Spring 2009 Travel Awardees

The Women Chemists Committee/Eli Lilly Travel Award program continues in its 20th year of funding women chemists at the undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral level to make their first research presentation at a national scientific meeting.  For spring 2009 meetings, 16 women were selected among 48 applicants.  Those attending the 237th ACS National meeting in Salt Lake City will be recognized at the WCC luncheon.  The spring 2009 awardees are:

Kathy Beckner-Woody (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Michelle Cortes-Salva (University of South Florida)

Maria Deslandes (Case Western Reserve University)

Rebecca Frey (University of South Carolina)

Nadine Hanhan (University of California, Davis)

Patricia Hredzak (Tufts University)

Karen Johnson (Fordham University)

Amy Kallmerten (Northeastern University)

Ratika Krishnamurty (University of Washington)

Kristie Ruddick (The University of Memphis)

Claire Schmerberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Laura Sprunger (University of North Texas)

Kiley White (University of Pittsburgh)

Sharla Wood (Wayne State University)

For program information and the award application, please see http://membership.acs.org/W/WCC/.