![2018 Oesper Award Winner Dave Thirumalai ThirumalaiWins2018OesperAward](http://sites.utexas.edu/thirumalai/files/2025/01/oesperaward.jpg)
Professor and Chair Dave Thirumalai is the recipient of the 2018 Oesper Award presented by the University of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry and the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes outstanding chemists for a lifetime of significant accomplishments in the field of chemistry with long lasting impact on the chemical sciences. Professor Thirumalai was honored at the Ralph & Helen Oesper Symposium in November.