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Professor Stephen Martin is the recipient of the 2017 ACS Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products, sponsored by Givaudan. The purpose of this award is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in the analysis, structure elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products. The award consists of $6,000, a medallion, and a certificate. The medallion will be presented during the award address at the ACS National Meeting in April 2017 in San Francisco. Congratulations!!

The Martin research group was recently awarded a grant from the Bright Focus Foundation to further our research efforts in treating Alzheimer’s Disease.

A hearty congratulations to our recent graduates:

Shawn Blumberg
William Montgomery
Tim Hodges
Alicia Gravenstreter

We wish you the best of luck in your futures!

Alicia and Will get their horns!

A special thanks to our corporate sponsors of this event!

A Cause for Celebration:

Stephen Martin’s Birthday Symposium
February 6, 2016
Austin, Texas

SAVE THE DATE
February 5-7, 2016

Professor Stephen Martin’s research group is celebrating his birthday in February 2016, and we hope you will be able to join us for a symposium and celebration. Chemists from around the world will travel to the University of Texas at Austin to deliver seminars on innovative research and some of today’s hottest scientific topics!

The festivities begin with a welcome gathering on Friday evening, February 5, 2016, at Steve’s house and continue Saturday, February 6, 2016, with an all day symposium topped off with an informal dinner.

Please mark your calendars now! Additional information regarding this unique event and registration will be available soon.

The Martin group embarked on a new fundraising campaign through the University’s Horn Raiser fund raising platform and it was a smashing success!  Please click the link to follow the progress of this campaign:  Shining New Light on Alzheimer’s Disease

Stephen F. and Fay Evans Martin
Endowed Professorship in Chemistry
Established by former students, friends
and colleagues of Dr. Stephen Martin

Friends, former students and colleagues of Stephen Martin have joined together to establish the Stephen F. and Fay Evans Martin Endowed Professorship in Chemistry. This endowment will honor a man who has given so much of himself to the lives of his students and colleagues and will support, in perpetuity, the Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. This endowment requires gifts and pledges of $300,000 to reach its new goal. All pledges in support of the Martin Professorship may be paid over a five-year window and will be matched 1:1 by Steve and Fay.

Funds distributed annually from the Stephen F. and Fay Evans Martin Endowed
Professorship in Chemistry will be used to recruit and retain exceptional faculty in the Department of Chemistry. Endowed Professorships allow the College to grow the next generation of chemists by providing discretionary support for research seed grants, graduate student stipends and programmatic excellence.

In light of the extraordinary opportunity to establish a named professorship in honor of Stephen Martin and his wife Fay, the College of Natural Sciences looks to the former students, friends and colleagues of Dr. Martin to support this initiative.  Dr. Martin’s impact on UT and the chemistry department has been profound, and impacts in the study of chemistry.

Download a pledge form here, or make your gift online

“I will be forever grateful for Steve Martin’s guidance at the bench. His mentorship and the unique camaraderie he fostered within his group and across the UT Chemistry Department. Contributing to the endowment solidifies Steve’s legacy of top-notch science for future generations of UT students.”
Dr. Steve Davidsen

“Take a moment to think about where you are in your career…and how you got here.  I bet that our time in Steve’s group played a significant role in each of our career paths.  We would not be where we are today without the SFM experience.  I choose to show my gratitude by funding the legacy.”
Bridgette Kunst