2012 Award Recipient The Coblentz Society is pleased to announce that Professor Duncan Graham, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow has been selected to receive the 2012 Craver Award in recognition of his pioneering work in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to generate ultra-sensitive and highly selective methods of detection for a range of analytes, especially bio-analytical targets. Professor Graham obtained his BSc Honours in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Bioorganic Chemistry in 1996. Breakthroughs during a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Strathclyde led to a David Phillips Fellowship award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to examine the area of DNA analysis by SERRS. He was subsequently promoted to lecturer, senior lecturer and professor. He is the recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RS) Analytical Grand Prix Fellowship (2002), SAC Silver medal (2004), Nexxus Young Life Scientist of the Year award (2005), Corday Morgan prize of the RSC (2009) and Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award (2010). In 2007 he was elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is a cofounder and director of Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd. He is currently Director of WestCHEM (the joint chemical sciences research school at Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities), Co-director of the Center for Molecular Nanometrology, and Head of Research for Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde. He has published over 150 papers and 13 patents. His interests are in using synthetic chemistry to produce nanosensors that respond to a specific biological species or event as measured by surface enhanced Raman scattering and collaborating with scientists from different disciplines to exploit these approaches. The Craver Award will be presented at the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) annual meeting, SCIX, to be held in Kansas City, MO, September 30th to October 5th, 2012. Professor Graham will present the Coblentz Society's Craver Award Plenary Lecture in Applied Vibrational Spectroscopy and a separate half-day award symposium of six invited presentations will be held following his lecture at this conference. The Coblentz Society solicits nominations for the 2013 Craver Award in recognition of young investigators in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. Nominations will be accepted between March 30, 2012 and August 30, 2012.
Award Description
The Craver Award is presented annually to an outstanding young molecular spectroscopist whose efforts are in the area of applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. The candidate must be under the age of 45 on January 1 of the year of the award. The work may include any aspect of infrared (NIR, MIR, or Far), and/or THz, and/or Raman spectroscopy in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. The nominees may come from an academic, government lab, or industrial backgrounds.
In 2006, The Coblentz Society created an award to recognize the efforts of young professional spectroscopists that have made significant contributions in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. The Society has named this award for Clara D. Craver in recognition of her pioneering efforts in promoting the practice of infrared vibrational spectroscopy and her many years of service to the Coblentz Society. Further, the Craver Award is the Society’s complement of its prestigious 'Coblentz Award' that recognizes young spectroscopists for efforts in fundamental aspects of vibrational spectroscopy. The first award was presented at FACSS in Memphis in 2007.
The award comprises an honorarium, an engraved crystal award, and a travel allowance.  Award SymposiumThe awardee will be offered a plenary lecture to the assembled SCIX conference. Further, a separate half-day award symposium honoring the award recipient and highlighting the interests of the awardee will also occur at the same conference. At right is an image from the 2010 award presentation (Boris Mizaikoff at left, Ian Lewis at right). Nominations Nominations for 2013 must include a detailed description of the nominee’s accomplishments, a curriculum vitae or resume, and minimum of three supporting letters. Files of candidates will be kept active for 3 years or until the age of eligibility is exceeded. Annual updates of candidate files are encouraged and will be solicited from the nomination source by the award’s committee chair.
Please send nomination packages (email is preferred) to:
Recipients of the Craver Award are listed below:
Below are images of the inaugural Craver Award presentation in 2007. At left is Katherine A. Bakeev, and at right is Mary W. Carrabba (who was then the President of Coblentz).
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