{"86741":{"#nid":"86741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"DARPA Young Faculty Awards Received by Soper and Kelly","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessors Wendy Kelly and Jake Soper both received Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Awards. This program selects rising research stars from around the country and exposes them to the needs of the Department of Defense.  DARPA\u00e2\u0080\u0099s goal is to fund researchers who will focus a significant portion of their careers on Department of Defense and National Security issues. Only 33 awards were made nationally in 2009, with two awarded to faculty in Georgia Tech\u00e2\u0080\u0099s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. DARPA is funding Dr. Kelly\u00e2\u0080\u0099s research on \u00e2\u0080\u009cBiosynthetic engineering of thiopeptide antibiotics\u00e2\u0080\u009d and Dr. Soper\u00e2\u0080\u0099s research on \u00e2\u0080\u009cRedox-Active Ligand-Mediated Radical Coupling at Terminal Metal Oxo Ligands: Reactions Relevant to Water Oxidation for Artificial Photosynthesis\u00e2\u0080\u009d. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Professors Wendy Kelly and Jake Soper both received Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Awards.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Wendy Kelly and Jake Soper receive honors."}],"uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2010-05-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:18","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9499","name":"Alzheimers"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EShirley Tomes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=st81\u0022\u003EContact Shirley Tomes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0591\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["shirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}