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  2008 Awardees

• Héctor D. Abruña, Emile M. Chamot Professor and Chair of Chemistry at Cornell University, is the recipient of the 2008 Reilley Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry.

Shelley Minteer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at St. Louis University, will receive the 2008 Young Investigator Award.

Former Reilley Awardees

Former Young Investigator Awardees
 

Submission of Award Nominations

 SEAC is responsible for the establishment and the administration of the Charles N. Reilley Memorial Award and the SEAC Young Investigator Award. Sponsored by Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. and administered entirely by SEAC, the Reilley Award recognizes an active researcher who has made a major contribution to the theory, instrumentation, or applications of electroanalysis.  The Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Cypress Systems, recognizes accomplishments by researchers who are within the first seven years of their career. 
     In conjunction with the presentation of these awards, SEAC arranges an Award Symposium and an informal reception in honor of the Awardees at PITTCON.  In this way, SEAC serves as the focal point for analytical chemists who wish to exchange ideas about electroanalytical chemistry at the conference. 

Charles N. Reilley Award
The Charles N. Reilley Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry is given in memory of one of the most distigushed analytical chemists of the 20th century. Reilley's interests were both fundamental and broad; he made seminal contributions not only to electroanalysis, but also optical spectroscopy, NMR, chromatography, data analysis, instrumentation, and surface analysis. The signature of his research was to decline empiricism, seeking a basic understanding of measurements and detection schemes. Reilley recognized that measuring things is at the heart of modern chemistry. Reilley is central in the history of the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, which was formed following his death in 1981, as a vehicle for managing the award. A biography of Charles N. Reilley, by Royce Murray, is available at: http://newton.nap.edu/html/biomems/creilley.pdf

Nominations for the Reilley Award should include a letter of nomination describing the individual's significant contributions to electroanalytical chemistry, at least two seconding letters of support, and a curriculum vitae for the individual.  All nomination materials will be retained by SEAC. Once nominated, any individual will be considered for the Reilley Award for three years without being renominated.  The submission of any additional supporting information or a renomination is welcome at any time, however, the decision for the 2009 Award will be based upon the material that is available to the Award Committee by the 1st of March 2008. 

Young Investigator Award
  For the SEAC Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Cypress Systems, nominees must be within seven years of obtaining their Ph.D. or other terminal degree at the time of nomination.  Candidates may be nominated by any member of SEAC.  Nominations should include a letter describing the individual's promise in the area of electroanalytical chemistry, at least one seconding letter of support, and a curriculum vitae for the individual.  All nomination materials will be retained by SEAC.  Candidates for the YI Award must be renominated each year during their period of eligibility.  Nominations for the 2009 YI award are due by the 1st of  March 2008. 

Graduate Student Travel Award
     The SEAC Graduate Student Travel Grant, sponsored by Eco Chemie, Princeton Applied Research, CH Instruments, Gamry Instruments, and Nova Biomedical, is awarded to promising graduate students to offset the cost of travel to the Pittsburgh Conference to deliver an oral presentation in a Conference symposium.  The presentation should be on a topic related to their Dissertation or Thesis, and in some area or application of electroanalytical chemistry.

     Because the costs in various venues of the Conference may vary, the amount of the award will be determined by SEAC and will be between $250 and $500.  The value of all of the awards in any one year will be equivalent, but it may vary from year to year.  The award will not exceed the reasonable cost of advance-purchase economy airfare and reasonable expenses for lodging, nor the awardee's actual expenses.  In order to spread the travel money as equitably as possible, not more than two awardees will be selected from any one research group and no more than three awards will be made to students from any one educational institution.

Nominations for travel grants are due to the SEAC awards committee chair by January 23th. The nomination shall consist of the student's current graduate transcript, a copy of the abstract submitted to the Pittsburgh Conference, a complete resume including publication list, and a letter of recommendation from the student's research advisor.  The advisor's letter should include a statement of approximate graduation date and a short description of the student's speaking ability.  A candidate shall be considered for an award for travel to Pittcon meetings occurring up to one year after the student's Ph.D. defense.  Previous awardees will not be eligible for further consideration.

Award nominations should be submitted as a single pdf file to: