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St. Louis Chemists in the News

Bart Bartlett and William Buhro featured in ACS Scholar success story in C & E News

Bart Bartlett and William Buhro featured in ACS Scholar success story in C & E News

St Louis public schools don’t get a lot of respect. But, at least at Gateway Academic and Classical High, they are doing something right. Bart Bartlett graduated from this top-ranked high school in 1996, going on to Washington University for his bachelors degree in chemistry and to MIT for

Robert Becker takes Missouri statewide teacher-of-the-year honors

Robert Becker takes Missouri statewide teacher-of-the-year honors

Robert Becker, chemistry teacher at Kirkwood High School, has advanced from Kirkwood District teacher-of-the-year to Missouri teacher-of-the-year. And the field is not just chemistry, but all subjects! Becker, who has been teaching chemistry at Kirkwood since 1990, was previously recognized as the St Louis Section and the Midwest Region chemistry

Gabriel Hernandez and Keith Stine featured in Project SEED success story

St Louis high school student Gabriel Hernandez was featured in a Post-Dispatch article highlighting his involvement with Project SEED, the ACS program that helps economically disadvantaged students learn about and pursue careers in chemistry. Hernandez is in his second summer as a Project SEED fellow, working in the lab of

Hal Harris recognized as “Science Educator of the Year” by Academy of Science–St Louis

At the St Louis Scientist Awards Dinner hosted by the Academy of Science–St Louis, Hal Harris (Professor of Chemistry, UM–SL) received the Science Educator Award, “recogniz[ing] a distinguished individual or organization on the basis of outstanding contributions to science education or to the public understanding of science,

Ted Gast contributes to “Conversation Starter” project

Ted Gast, president of Arch Paper LLC, is featured in a video “conversation starter” that describes his chemistry job to a layman. The ACS project, part of the Chemistry Ambassadors program, is intended to show members how to engage non-chemists without the intimidating jargon and technical details that can make

Walter Stern, chemical engineer at the founding of Sigma Chemical Company, dies

On November 21, 2009, Walter Stern died. Walter was a chemical engineer who, in 1946, helped design the production process for saccharin, the first product of Sigma Chemical Company. When Monsanto entered the saccharin market, Sigma almost foundered. In searching for new opportunities, Sigma soon turned to ATP (adenosine triphosphate,

Marcel Madaras featured in C & E News employment outlook

The cover story in the November 2, 2009, issue of Chemical & Engineering News focused on the job outlook for chemists, amid a bleak employment scene in almost all segments of the workforce. To put a human face on the statistics, the experiences of Marcel Madaras were featured: first as