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THE
CATALYST
CBC ALUMNI MAGAZINE
DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF CBC@UA!
CAROLINA BARILLAS-MURY 2017 College of Science Alumna of the Year
Carolina Barillas-Mury, College of Science Alumna of the Year . . . . 3 Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Terry Holcslaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 James Rohrbough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Zachary Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Thomas Gaj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Alice Ferng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Eman Akam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Vicente Talanquer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2016–17 Student Awards . . . . . . . . 18 2016–17 Commencement . . . . . . . 19 Faculty and Staff Awards . . . . . . . . 20 Our Retirees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 New Faculty and Staff . . . . . . . . . . 20 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Careers in Chemical Sciences (CiCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Student Peer Mentors . . . . . . . . . . 22
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his past year has been a year of growth for CBC with six new faculty hires since June 2016. Michael Marty, Rebecca Page, and Wolfgang Peti signed on as faculty members last summer and have now established their labs and are training our CBC students. Michael is in renovated space on the fifth floor of the Marvel building, and Rebecca and Wolfgang are in renovated labs on the fifth floor of Biological Sciences West. In the past few months, we successfully recruited Thomas Gianetti and Nam Lee, both of whom joined CBC this Fall, and Thomas Tomasiak, who will start in January 2018.
This fall, we are pleased to honor Carolina BarillasMury, who has been selected as the College of Science Alumna of the Year. CBC alumni and friends who know Carolina are especially invited to attend this year’s Award Ceremony:
If you have started your own company, or are on the management team of a company, we hope you read about two CBC programs that provide an opportunity for you to formalize a working relationship with the CBC research and workforce enterprise. One is the CBC Industry Associates Program (IAP), and the other, the CBC Careers in Chemical Sciences (CiCS) program. More information about these two highimpact programs can be found in this issue of the Catalyst magazine and on our website.
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at 2:30 pm Student Union Grand Ballroom The ceremony is free, but an RSVP is required (URL below). Parking is available in the Second Street Garage with advance reservations. Carolina will also present a seminar “Plasmodium Evasion of Mosquito Immunity & Malaria Transmission” on Friday at 11 am in Biological Sciences East Rm 100, to which you are invited (no RSVP necessary).
We once again invite you to join us in pushing the boundaries of Chemistry & Biochemistry in the areas of research, teaching, and outreach by helping support CBC@UA! with your tax-deductible donation.
Industry Associates Program . . . . . 23
Carolina Barillas-Mury
Outreach Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Student Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The University of Arizona takes great pride in saluting alumni for their professional achievements, humanitarian and public service, advocacy for education, distinguished volunteerism and service to students and the University of Arizona.
Roger L. Miesfeld
Zhiping Zheng
Andrei Sanov
Department Head
Associate Head
Associate Head
CBC Scrapbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
PhD Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1992 Distinguished Investigator, NIH Head of the Mosquito Immunity and Vector Competence Section Sanofi/Pasteur Award, 2013 Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2014
Zhiping Zheng, Roger Miesfeld, and Andrei Sanov
Be sure to see the full PDF version of the Catalyst magazine posted on the CBC Alumni News website for more. cbc.arizona.edu/alumni_friends
Please reserve your space at the ceremony: Arizonaalumni.com/event/alumni-year-awards-ceremony-0 The University of Arizona is committed to a campus that is accessible, inclusive, and welcoming of its diverse community. If you have questions about access or to request any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate
your full participation at the awards ceremony, such as ASL interpreting, please contact Kristen Fought: kristen.fought@al.arizona.edu or (520) 626-3835