Dichtel

William Dichtel, Cornell assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has won a 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award.

Presented by the American Chemical Society (ACS), the award honors and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. Dichtel was recognized for pioneering the chemistry of covalent organic frameworks, which organize organic semiconductors into predictable two-dimensional layered networks ideal for photovoltaic performance.

He also uses synthetic and supramolecular chemistry to develop structurally precise organic materials. Projects in his laboratory involve organic and polymer chemistry, solution and solid-state characterization, nanofabrication and electronic testing of materials.

The award consists of $25,000, as well as an unrestricted $40,000 grant that the recipient can assign to any university or nonprofit institution for research in organic chemistry. Dichtel will give an address at the ACS national meeting in the fall, and the award will be presented at the ACS's national meeting in spring 2013.

ACS is the world's largest scientific society and represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry and sciences that involve chemistry.

Dichtel also recently received a Beckman Young Investigator Award, given by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation "to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences."