Hattiesburg, MS - Former University of Southern Mississippi professor Dr. Robert C. Bateman, Jr. received the 2010 Mississippi Section of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) “Chemist of the Year ” at the Mississippi ACS awards dinner held recently on the Southern Miss Hattiesburg campus.
Bateman, who retired from Southern Miss in June of 2011 after 23 years, served as chair of its Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for 10 years. His research has been supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Marine Fisheries Services and numerous others. Following his retirement, Bateman is now a member of the faculty at William Carey University.
Bateman received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and spent three years as a Postdoctoral Fellow in biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas before joining the Southern Miss faculty.
With more than 163,000 members, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress, ACS is at the forefront of the evolving worldwide chemical enterprise and the premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professions around the globe.
About Noetic Technologies:
Noetic Technologies, Inc. began as an initiative of The University of Southern Mississippi and is geared toward marketing and commercialization of the university’s technology. Noetic assists Southern Miss in the areas of contract negotiations, managing confidentiality & disclosure agreements, technical marketing, and intellectual property strategies.
Since 2004, Noetic has played a vital role in bringing ideas to the marketplace for several high tech startup companies. Noetic’s management team comprises over fifty years of combined experience in market research, product development, process management, and marketing strategies.
About Southern Miss:
The University of Southern Mississippi, founded in 1910, is a comprehensive doctoral and research-extensive university fulfilling its mission of being a leading university in engaging and empowering individuals to transform lives and communities. In a tradition of leadership for student development, Southern Miss is educating a 21st century work force providing intellectual capital, cultural enrichment and innovation to Mississippi and the world.
Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, MS, with an additional campus and teaching and research sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast; further information is found at www.usm.edu
For more information about the Southern Miss School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, call 601.266.4868 or visit http://www.usm.edu/polymer/
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