NEWS FROM 2021
June 15, 2021 - 3:05-4:50 p.m.
Symposium in Memory of Dr. Nina McClelland at the 25th Annual ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference
Organizer: Mark R. Mason, Professor, The University of Toledo
This symposium will honor and celebrate the life of Dr. Nina McClelland and her impact on green chemistry, green engineering and water quality in her roles as president and CEO of NSF International, Chair of the Board of the American Chemical Society, a member of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Advisory Board and a leader and advocate at the University of Toledo.
Session schedule and presenters:
| 3:05 p.m. | Dr. Mark R. Mason | University of Toledo | Introductory Remarks |
| 3:10 p.m. | Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt | University of Cincinnati | A Remarkable Life: Remembrances of Dr. Nina I. McClelland |
| 3:20 p.m. | Kevan Lawlor | NSF International | Dr. Nina I. McClelland: Pioneer in Water, Chemistry and Environmental Health |
| 3:30 p.m. | Dr. Paul Anastas | Yale University | Nina McClelland and Her Vision for Green Chemistry |
| 3:40 p.m. | Dr. Mary Kirchhoff | ACS Green Chemistry Institute | Nina McClelland: A Champion for Green Chemistry |
| 3:50 p.m. | Dr. John Warner | Zymergen | Nina McClelland: A Champion for Green Chemistry |
| 4:00 p.m. | Dr. Bill Carroll | Indiana University | Personal Recollections of Nina McClelland |
| 4:10 p.m. | Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo | University of Toledo | Nina's Continuing Legacy at the University of Toledo |
| 4:15 p.m. | Dr. Karen Bjorkman | University of Toledo | Dr. Nina McClelland: University of Toledo Alumna, Leader, and Green Chemistry Advocate |
| 4:25 p.m. | Dr. Nina McClelland: In Her Own Words (video from ACS) | ||
| 4:30-4:35 p.m. | Live Panel Discussion: During this live session we will accept questions for the presenters, as well as call-ins from the audience of registered conference participants, for anyone wishing to share memories of Nina. | ||
If you would like to share some memories of Nina during the live session, please contact Dr. Mason at mmason5@utoledo.edu prior to the meeting, time during the live session is limited.
NEWS FROM 2019
October 2019
Professor Mark Mason was invited to serve on the Advisory Committee for the 24th Annual
Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference to be held on June 16 - 18, 2020 in Seattle,
WA.
September 2019
Congratulations to the Mason group for receipt of an ACS Green Chemistry Institute
Pharmaceutical Roundtable Ignition Grant of $25,000 in support of research on Iron-Catalyzed
Cross-Coupling of Heterocycles. Graduate students Mollie Enright and Christine Jette
lead this new research effort.
May 2019
Congratulations to Professors Jon Kirchhoff and Dragan Isailovic and their students
for their discovery that rice hulls, an inexpensive agricultural waste, can remove
microcystins from water. Microcystins are toxic chemicals released by harmful algal
blooms that have become problematic in Lake Erie and other inland lakes. The work
was published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. See the UToledo News article to learn more.
March 2019
Congratulations to UToledo graduate students Ehsan Akbari Fakhrabadi, Allison Rabon,
and Justin Maxwell for being accepted to the ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry
and Sustainable Energy. The event will be held on July 16-23, 2019 at the Colorado School of Mines. For a list of previous UToledo recipients, please see the following link.
February 2019
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ana Alba-Rubio for receipt of an NSF CAREER
award of $558,795 to study "Dual Function Materials for Capture and Conversion of
CO2 into Methanol and Higher Alcohols." More information can be obtained from the NSF and the UToledo News.
NEWS FROM 2017
December 2017
Congratulations to Laura Skebba for being the first graduate of the Professional Science
MS Degree in Green Chemistry and Engineering. Watch the video describing Laura's experience. The SGCE thanks SmartSolve for hosting Laura during her internship.
April 2017
The second meeting of the SGCE Advisory Board was held on April 14. The SGCE greatly
appreciates the board members' time and valuable feedback and suggestions. Click here for the names of SGCE board members.
April
The second meeting of the SGCE Advisory Board was held on April 14, 2017. The SGCE
greatly appreciates the board members' time and valuable feedback and suggestions. Click here for the names of SGCE board members.
Congratulations to Badri Bhattarai and Yasaman Saleh on their admission to the ACS Summer School for Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy. The school will be held at the Colorado School of Mines on June 20-27 with funding for the program provided by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund and the American Chemical Society. Badri is a doctoral student of Dr. Terry Bigioni, and Yasaman is a doctoral student of Dr. Mark Mason.
March
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Jorgensen for receipt of a 2016-2017 Edith Rathbun
Award for Excellence in Outreach and Engagement at the University of Toledo. Prof.
Jorgensen was recognized for his considerable efforts in science education and outreach,
particularly those related to climate change and sustainability.
NEWS FROM 2016
November
Congratulations to Badri Bhattarai for receipt of a Ciba Travel Award. Badri will
attend the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco in April 2017 and will present his
research results on greener routes for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles. Badri
is a doctoral student of Dr. Terry Bigioni. Learn more
October
The UT SGCE partnered with the U.S. EPA, Ohio EPA, and Spartan Chemical to host a
webinar on Green Chemistry, Safer Choices. The webinar is available here for those who missed it. Webinar Link
Dr. Anne Marteel-Parrish, Professor of Chemistry and the Creegan Chair in Green Chemistry at Washington College, has been named the 2016 Outstanding Alumna for the UT College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Dr. Marteel-Parrish received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Toledo in 2003. Her doctoral research, conducted with Professors Julian Davies, Mark Mason, and Martin Abraham, focused on the hydroformylation of alkenes in supercritical carbon dioxide.
NEWS FROM 2015
November
Congratulations to Brooke Mason for receipt of a Ciba Travel Award. The award will
support Brooke's travel to the ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in June
of 2016. Brooke is a graduate student of Dr. Defne Apul.
September
Paul Anastas and John Warner participate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry's
centennial celebration.
The UT Professional Science Masters Degree in Green Chemistry and Engineering receives
affiliation approval from the National Professional Science Masters Association
(NPSMA).
August
The SGCE hosts the first meeting of its advisory board.
UT hires three new faculty members with interests in green chemistry and green engineering.
NEWS FROM 2012
The UT SGCE was well represented by faculty, students, staff, and alumni at the
16th
Annual ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference in Washington, DC. Learn more
Dr. Andrew Jorgensen, University of Toledo Associate Professor of Chemistry, has been
honored by selection to the 2012 class of American Chemical Society Fellows. See
article in UT News.
Dr. Peter Andreana and his research group joined the SGCE and Department of Chemistry
in August of 2012. Dr. Andreana is a synthetic organic chemist with research interests
in natural product synthesis, carbohydrate-based diversity oriented synthesis (DOS),
carbohydrate-based vaccines and combinatorial methods for high-throughput screening. The
Andreana group incorporates principles of green chemistry into their research as illustrated
by development of a novel multicomponent, single pot coupling reaction to give complex
heterocycles in high yield and with high atom economy. Further information on Dr.
Andreana and his research can be found at the Andreana faculty profile.
NEWS FROM 2011
Dr. Nina McClelland, University of Toledo Dean emerita and driving force for the formation
of the SGCE, has been honored by selection to the 2011 class of American Chemical
Society Fellows. See article and media clip in UT News.
Dr. Anne Marteel-Parrish, former UT chemistry graduate (Ph.D. 2003) and chair of the
Department of Chemistry at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, has been appointed
the inaugural Frank J. Creegan Chair in Green Chemistry at Washington College. This endowed chair position was created by a $2 million donation
from an anonymous donor, and is only the second designated green chemistry chair in
the nation. Dr. Marteel-Parrish was a doctoral student of Professors Julian Davies
and Mark Mason, and worked in collaboration with Professor Martin Abraham on an EPA-funded
project focussed on hydroformylation of 1-hexene in supercritical carbon dioxide.
President Lloyd Jacobs of The University of Toledo announces creation of the School of Green Chemistry and Engineering (SGCE). Dr. Paul Anastas, "father of green chemistry" and EPA assistant administrator for Office of Research and Development, Dr. Matthew Platz, Director of the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation, and Robert Peoples, Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, participate in the announcement event in July 2011. See media clip and article in UT News.
School of Green Chemistry and Engineering, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 43606-3390