Joseph Breen Memorial Fellowship Past Recipients
Congratulations to all past recipients of the Joseph Breen Memorial Fellowship, which supports international green chemistry scholars in green chemistry meetings, conferences, and training programs. Please read the award announcement for the 2022-2023 winners published in The Nexus blog: Nine Outstanding Students Selected for 2023 ACS GCI Travel Awards
Year | Name and Institution | Research Area |
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2024 | Pablo Lopez-Porfiri University of Manchester (England) | Separation alternatives for green production routes for a sustainable industry |
2024 | Neha Parashar Indian Institute of Technology Patna | Novel adsorbent synthesis, emerging pollutants removal, and water/wastewater treatment |
2024 | Daniel Reddy Queen’s University at Kingston (Canada) | Green analytical chemistry; minimized sample sizes/volumes, and reduced waste streams |
2023 | Thomas Freese University of Groningen | Green feedstocks and chemical transformations using bio-based materials, the use of light and molecular oxygen toward waste-free transformations, and the clean production of hydrogen peroxide |
2023 | Francisco Yarur Villanueva University of Toronto | Nanocrystalline systems that avoid the use of heavy metal elements such as lead and cadmium for applications in solar energy conversion |
2022 | Holly Rudel Yale University | Removing heavy metals from water using nanoscale iron-oxide biopolymers |
2022 | Anthony Davis Idaho State University | Developing greener adhesives from elemental sulfur and natural monomers using an inverse vulcanization synthesis |
2021 | Mary Kate Lane Yale University | Investigations at the supercritical fluid - nanomaterial nexus: Green solvent synthesis for composition, size, shape, and surface controlled nanomaterials |
2020 | Emily Chapman Augsburg University | Developing a greener alternative to the Biginelli reaction using microwave irradiation and a urea catalyst |
2020 | Giulia Ischia University of Trento | Thermochemical processes for the valorization of waste biomass into bio-based products, sustained completely by solar energy |
2019 | Hanno Erythropel Yale University | Safer product design and green pharmaceuticals |
2019 | Selene Ramer George Washington University | Computational modeling for greener chemical design |
2018 | Bonnie Buss Colorado State University | Organic photoredox catalysts and photo-flow reactor systems |
2018 | Luke Morrical Ohio State University | Combating microbial contamination in food with botanical compounds and biobased polymers |
2017 | Caitilín McManus Trinity College, Dublin | Palladium substitution in Buchwald coupling reaction |
2017 | Samantha Smith University of Toronto | Design and applications of new iron-based hydrogenation catalyst |
2016 | Sarah Kwan Yale University | Exploring the rate of surface microbial redevelopment after cleaning in schools; DNA-sequencing and ATP analysis |
2016 | John-Hanson Machado George Washington University | Computational modelling of skin permeability |
2015 | Lauren Grant University of California, Berkeley | Transition metal homogeneous catalysis |
2015 | Zachary Wickens California Institute of Technology | Organic and organometallic chemistry |
2014 | Jennifer Dodson Fedderal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Development of natural catalysts from marine polysaccharides |
2013 | Julia Griffen University of Bath | Sustainable synthesis of biologically active azacarbasugars via microbial arene oxidation |
2013 | Michiel Dusselier Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium | Application of catalysis and green engineering techniques for processes towards the synthesis of biodegradable polymers |
2012 | Danniebelle Haase University of Pennsylvania | Organic/biological chemistry; Use of catalysts in reactions rather than stoichiometric reagents |
2012 | Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan University of Texas, Austin | Greener approach to fiber spinning |
2011 | Henning Kayser Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie | Tailor made fuels from biomass |
2011 | Michelle Linder SUNY College at Oneonta | Green synthesis of imines |
2010 | Keary Mark Engle The Scripps Research Institute | Conversion of unactivated carbon-hydrogen (C–H) bonds into carbon-carbon (C–C) bonds using operationally simple and environmentally benign reagents |
2010 | Galia Maayan University of Florida | Green oxidation catalysis & alternative energy |
2009 | Evan Beach Yale University | Sustainability and biofuels |
2009 | Pete Heinzelman California Institute of Technology | Enzymatic biomass conversion processes |
2008 | Antonio Osario-Lozada The University of Iowa | Microbial methods for the oxidation of diclofenac |
2008 | Mageswary Karpudewan | Green chemistry education |
2007 | Zoe Schnepp University of Bristol | Bioconversion of lignin to useful chemical feedstocks |
2007 | Adelina Voutchkova Yale University | Green variant of the Suzuki reaction |
2006 | Dara Woerdeman Drexel University | Materials: Molecular to macroscopic scale |