Melanie Sanford Named Esquire Magazine's Chemist of the Year

CENTC investigator Melanie Sanford has been named Chemist of the Year in the December 2009 issue of Esquire Magazine. The article (pg. 163) touts Prof. Sanford as "a one-woman special-ops unit called in by chemical and drug companies to break down and put together molecules at her whim." Esquire goes on to describe her National Science Foundation-funded efforts "to convert methane - an abundant natural gas that's usefulness is limited because it's difficult to transport - into a petroleum-like fuel. If she succeeds, she will effectively double the world's fuel supply for pennies."