Welcome to the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, and Geology at Winthrop University

Achieving national excellence in science WinthropChem on Twitter

Tenure-Track Faculty Opening for Biochemistry Position

Faculty Chemistry: Calloway Grattan Hanna Hartel Kullberg Lammi Owens Snyder Biochemistry: Hurlbert Sumter Physics: Mahes Sebhatu Geology: Boland Bollinger Daley Werts	Students Chemistry Majors at Winthrop Sep09 Student Poster Session Apr09 Student Poster Session
Biochemistry Professor Takita Sumter Wins First NIH AREA Grant Ever Awarded to a Winthrop Faculty Member May 21, 2009. Based upon the recommendation from a peer-review panel of biomedical scientists, the National Cancer Institute has awarded Dr. Takita Sumter a $232,500 grant for her cancer research “Structure Function Studies of the HMGA1 Functional Domains Involved in Malignant Transformation.” Since its founding in 1886, this is the first NIH AREA grant ever awarded to a Winthrop faculty member. During the 1990’s, President DiGiorgio sparked an initiative to make investments in infrastructure to establish national caliber undergraduate science programs at Winthrop. Dr. Sumter was one of the outstanding science faculty recruited to Winthrop as an outcome of these investments. Since her arrival in 2004, Dr. Sumter has been a PI or co-PI on several major NSF and NIH grants. She is the co-PI on Winthrop’s INBRE II proposal and serves on the national ASBMB committee for undergraduate biochemistry education and minority affairs.
Chemistry Professor Robin Lammi Awarded First Major NSF-RUI Research Grant in Winthrop University’s History May 20, 2009. The National Science Foundation notified Winthrop President DiGiorgio today that Dr. Robin Lammi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and INBRE target faculty, was awarded $251,274 for her proposed undergraduate-centered research project "Probing Early Events in Amyloid-beta Association by Single-Pair Forster Resonance Energy Transfer." The grant provides materials, summer and academic year student stipends, and funds for conference presentations over the next three years. At Winthrop, Lammi and her students have assembled one of the few single molecule spectroscopy setups in the Southeast and have begun exploiting this capability to better understand physical processes that occur at the molecular level during early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Two of Lammi’s former Winthrop research students are enrolled in PhD chemistry programs at Clemson and USC. A third is headed to reknown SHERP science writing... More
Bethany Bush Wins National Undergraduate Student Research Competition at 2009 ASBMB Meeting in New Orleans April 19, 2009. Chemistry major Bethany Bush won the top undergraduate research award in cell signaling at the 13^th Annual Undergraduate Student Research Poster Competition held during the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting in New Orleans. Bethany’s research, conducted over the past three years in Sims under the mentorship of Dr. Takita Sumter, centered on linking increases in High Mobility Protein Group (HMGP) expression with cell mutations that occur during early stages of colon cancer. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the US. A better understanding of HMGP’s role in colon cancer may ultimately lead to more effective colon cancer treatment and therapies. This fall, Bethany will begin graduate studies with Harvard Medical School’s PhD program in Chemical Biology.
2008 Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner, UNC Chemistry Professor, and 2008 Tar Heel of the Year Speaks at Winthrop February 18, 2009. Dr. Joseph DeSimone, Professor of Chemistry at UNC Chapel Hill, presented an inspiring talk today on “Engineered Drug Therapies Enabled by Fabrication Processes from the Electronics Industry” to an overflowing chemistry lecture room packed by more than 100 enthusiastic Winthrop chemistry students and faculty. Dr. DeSimone outlined how technology was now driving basic science research and described exciting applications of microelectronic fabrication techniques that were providing, for the first time in human history, monodispersed nanoparticles with specifically designed shapes, charges, sizes, and chemical properties to allow targeted drug delivery to cancer cells. The seminar was followed by a reception for Dr. DeSimone hosted by the Student Affiliate of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) and by the Winthrop student chapter of the National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)... More Lisa Kingsmore Selected to First-Team Academic All-American Division I Women’s Softball May 27, 2008. Chemistry major Lisa Kingsmore is one of 11 Division I softball student-athletes nationally chosen to First-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Women’s Softball Team. Lisa is a rising senior completing Winthrop’s ACS-approved Biochemistry program next year followed by funded graduate work in chemistry or biochemistry…More Aaron Hartel Awarded First ACS Petroleum Research Fund Grant in Winthrop’s History April 15, 2008. The American Chemical Society has announced that Dr. Aaron Hartel has been awarded Winthrop’s first American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Grant. The $65,000 grant is for 40 months and will ….More Winthrop University Fall 2007 Alumni Magazine Features Chemistry Student Research and Achievements “In this issue of the Winthrop Magazine, I encourage you to read about the thriving Department of Chemistry program that emphasizes advanced faculty-student research and rigorous academic course work, all of which have resulted in numerous prestigious national awards for several recent graduates.” Anthony J. DiGiorgio, President, Winthrop University

Sarah Wengryniuk Is One of Nation’s Five “Women in Chemistry” Merck Index Scholarship Recipients for 2007 Chemistry major and recent graduate, Sarah Wengryniuk, is one of five students nationwide selected as a 2007 Merck Index "Women in Chemistry" scholarship recipient.  Awards were presented during the Women in Industry breakfast at the Boston ACS meeting in August.  The five recipients later made presentations on their undergraduate research during a special award symposium.  Sarah’s talk centered on organic synthesis involving silyl-lithium reagents to selectively reduce alpha, beta-epoxycarbonyls. The results Sarah presented in Boston were from research conducted on the third floor of Sims over the course of three academic semesters and one summer under the mentorship of Dr. Aaron Hartel. Merck is providing Sarah with a $5,000 graduate scholarship. In August, Sarah began a Ph.D. in chemistry at Duke; the other four Merck recipients recently began graduate studies in chemistry at Princeton, Cal-Berkley, Stanford, and MIT.
Wake Forest, Winthrop & WCU Chemistry Team Earn Homeland Security Funding Aug. 29, 2007. ROCK HILL, S.C. - The National Science Foundation recently announced that a team of researchers from Wake Forest, Winthrop University (Cliff Calloway), and Western Carolina….More Chemistry Faculty Awarded NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Grant August 14, 2007. The National Science Foundation recently announced that chemistry faculty Jason Hurlbert, Cliff Calloway, Takita Sumter, and Chasta Parker have been awarded $282,309 to…More Dr. Sumter Awarded Largest NSF Research Grant in Winthrop's History February 2, 2006. The National Science Foundation announced today that Dr. Takita F. Sumter, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded a $167,428 Research Initiation Grant (RIG) .....More Winthrop Biochemistry Program Gains ACS Approval January 11, 2006.  The American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Professional Training (CPT) has added Winthrop University to the institutions offering ACS-approved programs in biochemistry....More Winthrop Chemistry Faculty Awarded $2.4 Million NIH Biomedical Research Grant Nov 9, 2005.  A team of five Winthrop chemistry faculty (Calloway, Lammi, Owens, Parker, & Sumter) were recently notified that the National Institutes of Health will be funding their proposed five year initiative to increase biomedical research capacity on campus. Over the next five years, Winthrop University will receive nearly $2.4 million from the NIH to assist in accomplishing this goal…More Winthrop Chemistry Programs Gains ACS Approval Sep 22, 2004 The American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Professional Training (CPT) has added Winthrop University to its roster of institutions offering ACS-approved programs in chemistry. More... Anna Vagstad is South Carolina's Selection for 2004 NCAA Woman of the Year Sep 14, 2004.  Chemistry major and Winthrop volleyball player Anna Vagstad has been named as South Carolina's Selection for the NCAA Woman of the Year. More. .. Virtual Chemistry Experience chemistry through VRML, ideal for viewing molecular models. Visit the VRML page to view our collection.	Chem Prof Awarded NSF Grant Phys Prof Selected as ITP Scholar Chem Grad Wins NSF Fellowship Chem Prof Wins Cottrell Award News Archives Request Information Here
Courses | Faculty | Instruments | Summer Research | B.S. Degree | Minors | Molecular Modeling | SAACS | Links Copyright ©1996-1998, Winthrop University. Clock tower symbol and Winthrop University logo are registered trademarks of Winthrop University. This is the only official web page for the Deparrtment of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics and Geology at Winthrop University. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer Winthrop Chemistry Web Stats Last Modified: