Graduate Student Earns Prestigious ACS Fellowship
Miranda Limbach, graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, was chosen as one of four recipients of a 2024 American Chemical Society Analytical Graduate Research Fellowship.
A member of Assistant Professor Thanh Do’s research group, Limbach is currently finishing a summer internship with Merck. When she returns, Limbach will begin her fifth year of graduate studies at the university.
The goal of Limbach’s PhD research is to identify the underlying principles governing the membrane permeability of macrocyclic peptides. Macrocyclic peptides are being explored as a means of drug delivery that would target protein-protein interactions, potentially leading to new ways to treat a variety of diseases.
This prestigious fellowship awarded by the Analytical Division of the ACS is designed to support research, promote the growth of the discipline, and to recognize future leaders in analytical chemistry. The award will provide support to Limbach for 9 months, which will allow her to focus fully on her research without holding a GTA position.
Other winners of the nationally competitive award are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Florida State University, and the California Institute of Technology.
The American Chemical Society (ACS) was founded in 1876 and is one of the world’s largest scientific organizations. In addition to hosting regular conferences devoted to exploring new and continuing research across the discipline of chemistry, the ACS provides accreditation for undergraduate chemistry degrees, offers a variety of fellowships and awards for students and researchers, and publishes more than 80 peer-reviewed journals.