Professors Joseph O'Connor and Michael Sailor named 2011 AAAS Fellows

Nine professors at the University of California, San Diego have been named 2011 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation's largest scientific organization. Professors Joseph O'Connor and Michael Sailor are members of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. O'Connor, an organic chemist, was honored for major contributions to synthetic and mechanistic organometallic chemistry, including transition metal-triggered enediyne cyclizations. Sailor, an inorganic chemist, was honored for developments in the chemistry of nanomaterials, in particular nanoporous silicon and iron oxide nanoparticles, that have led to fundamental advances in sensors, drug delivery materials, and in-vivo diagnostic devices. Further information is available online <a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressreleases/nine_uc_san_diego_professors_named_2011_aaas_fellows/>http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressreleases/nine_uc_san_diego_professors_named_2011_aaas_fellows/</a>