Three Princeton University faculty members have been honored by the American Chemical Society with national awards for 2011. Robert Cava, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry, will receive the society's award in inorganic chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. Francois Morel, the Albert G. Blanke, Jr., Professor of Geosciences, will receive the award for creative advances in environmental science and technology sponsored by the society's division of environmental chemistry. David MacMillan, chair of the Department of Chemistry and the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, will receive the award for creative work in synthetic organic chemistry. That award also is sponsored by Aldrich. The three faculty members will be honored at an awards ceremony in March in Anaheim, Calif.
