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Hong, associate professor of chemistry,
at Iowa State University, is the recipient of two recent awards.
Hong will receive the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Pure
Chemistry during the ACS national meeting later in March in Los
Angeles. Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity sponsors the $5000 award, which
recognizes and encourages fundamental research in pure chemistry
carried out in North America by young men and women. Nominees must
have been born after April 30, 1968, and must have accomplished
research of unusual merit.
Previous recipients of the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry include Frank
Spedding, deceased Iowa State chemistry professor and a pioneer
in the Manhattan Project, who received the award in 1933.
Earlier this month, Hong also received the 2004 Mary Lyon Award
from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. The award is given
to "a young alumna who has been out of the College 15 years
or less, who demonstrates promise or sustained achievement in her
life, profession, or community consistent with the humane values
with Mary Lyon exemplified in her life and inspired in others."
Lyon was the founder of the prestigious women’s college.
A 1992 graduate of Mount Holyoke, Hong was recognized with the Mary
Lyon Award for her "exceptional achievements and contributions
in the field of chemistry, especially in the use of nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy to study the structure and function of biological
molecules."
She was one of two recipients of the Mary Lyon Award, along with
author Gianna Pedace Allentuck.
Hong, a faculty member at Iowa State since 2000, earned her Ph.D.
from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research interests
are biophysical, bioanalytical and solid-state NMR.
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