FSU Professor Cross honored for contributions in chemistry

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A Florida State University biochemist whose work mapping the surfaces of bacteria and viruses could one day lead to the development of drugs capable of controlling such potentially deadly diseases as tuberculosis and the flu has been honored as one of the top scholars in his field in the southeastern United States.</p>

<p>Timothy A. Cross, the Earl Frieden Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State and director of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, has been selected to receive the 2010 Florida Award by the Florida Local Section of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes leadership and contributions toward the advancement of the profession of chemistry.

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<p>For the rest, see: [Florida</a> State News and Events](<a href=“http://www.fsu.edu/news/2010/04/20/cross.honored/]Florida”>Florida State News and Events)</p>