The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of nine new Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2024. The award honors young faculty in the chemical sciences who have created an outstanding independent body of scholarship and are deeply committed to education with undergraduates. Each Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar receives an unrestricted research grant of $75,000.
Robert Berger
Western Washington University
Moving Beyond Perovskites for Solar Energy Conversion Applications
Maren Buck
Smith College
New Strategies for the Preparation of Chemically-Fueled Hydrogel Actuators
Daniela Fera
Swarthmore College
Dissection of Protein Kinase Interactions and Their Effects on Immune Cells
Michael Groves
California State University, Fullerton
Using Machine Learning to Understand Gas Sensing Properties of 2D Materials
Miles Johnson
University of Richmond
Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions Enabled by Novel Aminophosphine Ligands
Nathan Kidwell
William & Mary
Accelerated Chemical Transformations in the Atmosphere
Seann Mulcahy
Providence College
Exploiting Atropisomerism in Bioactive Biaryl Heterocycles
Kana Takematsu
Bowdoin College
Driving Protons with Light in Unconventional Solvent Environments
Christina Vizcarra
Barnard College
Understanding and Inhibiting the Biochemical Activities of Formins