Metrohm USA Announces 2015 Young Chemist Award Winner

Metrohm USA (Riverview, Fla.) and Metrohm Canada (Mississauga, Ont.) have announced that the winner of the 2015 Young Chemist Award is Chad Atkins. Chad is completing his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia where he works under the supervision of Robin Turner and Michael Blades. His research uses Raman spectroscopy to assess the degradation of stored red blood cells to measure age-related changes in stored cell breakdown.

This is the third year Metrohm USA and Metrohm Canada have awarded the $10,000 Young Chemist Award, continuing their philanthropic support and commitment to the advancement of science. Chad will present a short overview of his work at Metrohm’s press conference at Pittcon 2015 on March 9 in New Orleans.

The Young Chemist Award is open to all graduate, post-graduate and doctorate students residing and studying in the U.S. and Canada who are performing novel research in the fields of titration, ion chromatography, spectroscopy and electrochemistry. For more details, visit www.metrohmusa.com/youngchemist.