July 2016 July 15: Assistant professors Ryan Murelli and Emilio Gallicchio publish “Synthetic alpha-hydroxytropolones as inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase ribonuclease H activity” in MedChemComm. July 12: Associate Professor Contel publishes “Water-compatible gold and silver nanoparticles as catalysts for the oxidation of alkenes” in the journal Polyhedron. Two undergraduate students contributed to this research. June 2016 June 27: Professor David Cole-Hamilton from St. Andrews University in Scotland (also president of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences, and president, Dalton Divisional Council, Royal Society of Chemistry) has recorded a video that was displayed at the XXXV Venezuelan Chemistry Olympiad, where the Professor Roberto Sánchez-Delgado Award for academic excellence has been announced. The video starts in Spanish for less than a minute and then continues in English. May 2016 May 23: Emeritus Professor Irving Alan Kaye turns 100! Irving Alan Kaye, a Brooklyn College Chemistry Department faculty member from 1945 to 1984, celebrated his 100th birthday on May 23, 2016. Irv was born in Brooklyn, earned his A.B. from City College (1935), master’s degree from NYU (1939), and Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Michigan State College (now University) (1942). He became an instructor at Brooklyn College in 1945 and was promoted to full professor in 1965. During his tenure here, he taught organic chemistry and carried out research in synthetic organic chemistry and the development of organic laboratory techniques. Irv was always in good physical condition and he used to run up and down the bleacher steps and the steps from the basement of Ingersoll Hall to the sixth-floor observatory. This probably made a significant contribution to his longevity. Happy 100th Birthday, Irv! Professor Kaye at Brooklyn College in 1952. May 20: Associate Professor Contel publishes “Titanocene-gold complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands inhibit growth of prostate, renal and colon cancers in vitro” in the journal Organometallics. April 2016 April 19: Congratulations to Aaron Frank on his appointment as an assistant professor in the departments of Chemistry and Biophysics at the University of Michigan. April 16: Congratulations to Assistant Professor Mariana Torrente, one of the recipients of the Feliks Gross Endowment Award in recognition of her outstanding research. April 7: Assistant Professor Mariana Torrente speaks at the Feliks Gross award ceremony on April 7, 2016, at the CUNY Graduate Center.
