St. John’s Professor Named an American Chemical Society Fellow

August 28, 2012

Vijaya L. Korlipara, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Institute for Biotechnology at St. John’s University, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), in recognition of “outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession and the Society.”

Dr. Korlipara is one of 96 researchers the ACS selected as fellows nationwide from a wide range of disciplines in academia, government and industry. They were honored at the society’s fall national meeting in Philadelphia on August 20. With more than 164,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest organization representing professionals in all fields of chemistry.

The society “is especially proud to honor these chemists, who have given so much to the community and the profession,” said Nancy B. Jackson, Ph.D., immediate past president of ACS. “They are leaders whose work is having a lasting beneficial impact, not just on science but also on the ACS community.”

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