Royce W. Murray, Ph.D., Kenan Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded the 2008 Southern Chemist Award from the American Chemical Society.
Royce W. Murray, Ph.D., Kenan Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded the 2008 Southern Chemist Award from the American Chemical Society.
The award, sponsored by the Memphis section of the society, acknowledges outstanding achievement in chemistry and scientific contributions that have brought recognition to the South.
Murray, who works in the field of electrochemistry, has made contributions in areas ranging from renewable energy to medical sensing technology. He introduced the concept of chemically modified electrodes, tools that are important as chemical sensors, fuel cells and in solar energy conversion.
Murray came to UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences in 1960 as an instructor, just weeks after earning his doctorate in chemistry from Northwestern University in only three years.
A former chemistry department chair, he has garnered numerous awards and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and editor-in-chief of the journal Analytical Chemistry.
During his 48-year career at UNC, Murray has mentored about 140 graduate and postgraduate students, published more than 450 research articles, nearly 200 editorials and four books, and holds four patents.
He will be officially presented with the Southern Chemist Award Dec. 9, in Memphis, Tenn.
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Spurr, (919) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu
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