Christopher Cahill is the recipient of the 2024 Oscar and Shoshanna Tractenberg Prize for Scholarship (Research). This award recognizing outstanding research accomplishments. The award is meant to honor faculty scholarship and demonstrate the George Washington University’s commitment to research and creative endeavors.
Chemistry’s Cahill Elected AAAS Fellow. Christopher Cahill, chair of the CCAS Chemistry Department and a leader in inorganic and materials chemistry, was honored among a distinguished class of scientists, engineers and innovators.
Christopher L. Cahill was awarded the 2023 Hillebrand Prize in recognition of his contributions to the science of chemistry. The Chemical Society of Washington announced Professor Christopher L. Cahill as the winner of the 2023 Hillebrand Prize in recognition of illuminating research in condensed phase actinide chemistry and crystal engineering harnessing organic-actinide interactions, which inform efforts in environmental remediation, separations and nuclear forensics. Professor Cahill will be presenting at the upcoming CSW dinner meeting on March 14, 2024. You can read the story in GW Today
Christopher Cahill, Professor of Chemistry and International Affairs, was elected as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society, in the section on chemistry. The AAAS bestows the honor to those who have spearheaded efforts on “behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society". Through this, it seeks to recognize those who have distinguished themselves among their peers and colleagues. With his election, Dr. Cahill joins a prestigious cadre of fellows from over the years, including Civil Rights Activist Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, astronaut and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa, and physicist Dr. Steven Chu.
Christopher Cahill; Co-leads $25 Million Consortium Research Project. The purpose of the consortium, according to the U.S. Energy Department, is to educate the next generation of nuclear forensic scientists and engineers while engaging in research and development spanning basic aspects of new technology and methods to programmatic work directly supporting the nuclear security and nonproliferation missions of NNSA.
OVPR Research Mentorship Award, May 2021.
GW's Columbian College of Arts & Sciences Featured Article, Exploring the Frontier of the Periodic Table. March 2018
C&EN Article Dec 7, 2015
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