Fall 2009 ACS/CCG Excellence Graduate Student Travel Award

The winners of the Spring, 2009 award have been announced! The Department of Chemistry would like to congratulate:

Yilin Meng

University of Florida

Constant pH replica exchange molecular dynamics simulation in biomolecules

Advisor: Adrian Roitberg

on their awards, which will be presented at the National Meeting in Salt Lake City.

The CCG Excellence Awards have been created to stimulate graduate student participation in ACS COMP Division activities (symposia and poster sessions) at ACS National Meetings. Those eligible for a CCG Excellence Award are graduate students in good standing who present work within the COMP program, either in oral or poster format. Winners receive $1,150, as well as a copy of CCG's MOE (Molecular Operating Environment) software with a one-year license. They are also honored during a ceremony at the COMP Division Poster Session.

The awardees are chosen on the basis of the quality and significance of the research to be presented, as well as the strength of the supporting letter and other materials. All graduate students of the Americas (North, South or Central) are encouraged to submit applications. Awards will be given only to those individuals making presentations, not co-authors.