6th Annual Chinook Symposium for Chemistry and Biochemistry

October 9, 2012

6th Annual Chinook Symposium for Chemistry and Biochemistry WINNERS

The 6th Annual Chinook Symposium for Chemistry & Biochemistry was held on Sept. 28, 2012. There were 43 participants in the Symposium, a new record.

Winners were:

Undergraduate—Chem
1st - Nathan Kostiuk
2nd - Saif Zahir
Undergraduate—Bchm
1st - Luc Roberts
2nd - Ben Vuong
Graduate—Chem
1st - James Goettel
2nd - Johnathan Kohout
Graduate—Bchm
1st - Jenna Friedt
2nd - Lisza Bruder

Presenters for the Loren Hepler Gold Medal for Ph.D. Research Excellence were selected from numerous submissions and were:
PhD—Chem Farhad Faghihi
PhD—Bchm Laura Keffer-Wilkes

Farhad Faghihi won first place and Laura Keffer-Wilkes won second place.

Congratulations to ALL 43 participants for great poster presentations and talks.

Judges were:

Chemistry
Dr. Stacey Wetmore (Chem & Bchm)
Dr. Greg Patenaude (Chem & Bchm)
Dr. Adriana Predroi-Cross (Physics & Astronomy)

Biochemistry
Dr. Steven Mosimann (Chem & Bchm)
Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden (Chem & Bchm)
Mrs. Caroline Zentner (The Lethbridge Herald)

Photos and full details are in the Chem & Bchm Dept. newsletter.

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