Society Awards and Honors
2011 Awards
Novella Bridges recognized as a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry
Novella Bridges, a chemist who has helped develop processes to reduce diesel emissions in vehicles and create therapeutic agents for cancer treatments, has been named one of 14 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, or IUPAC.
The awards were made by IUPAC to mark the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Marie Sklodowska Curie. Bridges, who has worked at PNNL since 2000, and the other international recipients will be honored at a ceremony during the IUPAC World Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug. 2. (announced 5/1/2011)