Boston University Chemistry 2015-2016 Academic Year Grant Awards
The Chemistry Department is one of the most active research departments at Boston University. With 24 research active faculty involved in many different focus areas, we are committed to a research active learning environment where our faculty and students are afforded the opportunity to do cutting edge chemical research. In order to continue to build on […]
Professor John Straub receives United Methodist Church Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award
Boston University’s Chemistry Department is proud to announce that Professor John Straub has been selected as this year’s recipient of the United Methodist Church Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award! This award is given each year to a Boston University faculty member in recognition of their record of ongoing, outstanding research and scholarship, and excellence as a teacher. This […]
John Straub Serves as Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
The Phi Beta Kappa’s Visiting Scholar Program (VSP) offers undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars. It aims to contribute to the intellectual life of the campus by making possible an exchange of ideas between the Visiting Scholars and the resident faculty and students. Professor John Straub is one of the 14 […]
Straub Group Receives NSF Award to Simulate Phase Changes
As theoretical chemists John Straub and his Research Group apply mathematical statements of basic physical laws to accurately simulate known phenomena, and then from this basis, make predictions about the unknown. The intellectual challenge they face is first choosing the appropriate mathematical description of a problem that embodies its basic physics, and then coming up […]
Chemistry’s Renovated Front Office
Chemistry friends and alumni are invited to view our completely redesigned and renovated front office by clicking here or — better yet — by visiting. While looking radically different, the new front office fits seamlessly into the original footprint. The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) commissioned the design from Kristine Stoller and Alan Westman […]
Insights into Protein-Misfolding Diseases
The work of Professor John Straub and his collaborator at the University of Maryland, Professor Dave Thirumalai, demonstrates that when aggregation occurs in aqueous solution between amyloid or prion peptides …
Straub named Associate Editor of JCP
The Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP) reports significant research in methods and applications of chemical physics both in traditional areas (spectroscopy, kinetics, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics) and in newer areas (polymers, materials, surfaces/interfaces, information theory, and systems of biological relevance are of increasing importance). The journal is published by the American Institute of Physics. […]
Prof. Straub Receives $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to continue research on the causes of Alzheimer’s disease
College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry Professor John Straub, who won one of BU’s Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching last May, is known as a charismatic lecturer. But he is also internationally recognized for his research, especially in theoretical and computational chemistry. Indeed, Straub recently received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes […]
Professor John Straub receives Boston University 2005 Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence
BOSTON UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES THREE PROFESSORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING (Boston) — Boston University recognized two faculty members as recipients of Metcalf Awards for Teaching Excellence: Akihiro Kanamori, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and John E. Straub, a professor in its Department of Chemistry. “Based on recommendations […]
Professor John Straub Awarded Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) bestows three faculty teaching awards, including the Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching. The recipients are selected by a committee comprised of associate deans, faculty, and students. On April 9, CAS Dean, Jeffrey J. Henderson, announced that the recipient of the 2003 Gitner Award is Professor John Straub. This is […]