{"id":168972,"date":"2016-06-24T14:43:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T18:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=168972"},"modified":"2016-06-24T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T19:03:54","slug":"neidig-recognized-department-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/neidig-recognized-department-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Neidig recognized by Department of Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_169012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169012\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169012 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-08-10_Michael_Neidig_0112_resize.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Michael Neidig \" width=\"275\" height=\"413\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Neidig, Wilmot Assistant Professor of Chemistry. (University photo \/ Brandon Vick)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael Neidig, an assistant professor of chemistry, is one of 49 scientists to be recognized this year by the Department of Energy as one of the nation\u2019s \u201cexceptional researchers\u201d in his or her \u201ccrucial early career years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOE\u2019s prestigious Early Career Award consists of a five-year, $750,000 grant. Neidig, who was named the Wilmot Assistant Professor of Chemistry in May, will use the grant to study the electronic structure and bonding in lanthanides and actinides, including short-lived and transient molecules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese elements are not well understood, especially compared to the more traditional metals, such as iron and cobalt,\u201d says Neidig.<\/p>\n<p>Actinides, which include uranium, are particularly important in nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation. Lanthanides are important in the manufacture of semiconductors, hybrid car components, and glasses, among other products.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chem.rochester.edu\/faculty\/faculty.php?name=neidig\"><strong>Learn more about Professor Neidig&#8217;s work and lab<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cA better understanding of the chemistry of these elements is not only exciting from a fundamental standpoint,\u201d Neidig says. \u201cThe insight obtained is important due to the critical role that these elements play in environmental, nonproliferation, and energy issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neidig calls the award a \u201csignificant personal honor\u201d that presents an exciting opportunity to expand his research into heavy elements for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Neidig earned his PhD in chemistry at Stanford University and his MPhil in chemistry at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining Rochester\u2019s chemistry department in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant professor of chemistry Michael Neidig is one of 49 scientists to be recognized this year by the Department of Energy as one of the nation\u2019s \u201cexceptional researchers\u201d in his or her \u201ccrucial early career years.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":97782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[18612,486,19862,16072],"class_list":["post-168972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sci-tech","tag-announcements","tag-awards","tag-department-of-chemistry","tag-school-of-arts-and-sciences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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