<p>Sure, and congratulations on your acceptance!</p>
<p>The results of the most recent NRC ranking were reported about a year ago but they were based on surveys and analyses from about 5 years before that. Six or seven years ago, Princetons chemistry department wasnt ranked in the top ten in the country (I believe it was in the top 20). Since that time, there has been a dramatic change in that department. It was completely rebuilt with new leadership and impressive professors drawn from other top programs around the country. Best estimates are that if the NRC ranking were performed again today, Princetons chemistry department would be in the top five in the nation. The new and massive chemistry building is home to some of the most exciting research being done in that area today.</p>
<p>In the last few years since the revamping of the department, the number of chemistry professors winning major national awards has increased dramatically:</p>
<p>2012 American Chemical Society Fellows</p>
<p>[Princeton</a> University - FACULTY AWARD: Three Princeton researchers named 2012 ACS Fellows](<a href=“FACULTY AWARD: Three Princeton researchers named 2012 ACS Fellows”>FACULTY AWARD: Three Princeton researchers named 2012 ACS Fellows)</p>
<p>Three Princeton University professors were among 96 researchers nationwide selected by the American Chemical Society as 2012 ACS Fellows. Established in 2009, the fellows program recognizes excellence in chemistry research and teaching. The newest fellows will be honored in August at the society’s national meeting.</p>
<p>The Princeton honorees are: Emily Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and applied and computational mathematics; Richard Register, chair and the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; and Edward Taylor Jr., the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, Emeritus, and senior chemist. . . . (continued)</p>
<p>2012 American Chemical Society Fellows
(top schools)</p>
<p>3—Princeton, Purdue
2—MIT, U. of Illinois, U. of Kansas, U. of Utah, U. of Wisconsin, UNC Chapel Hill</p>
<p>The Ivies were also represented by a new fellow from Brown.</p>
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<p>2012 National Academy of Sciences New Members
(top schools)</p>
<p>6—Stanford
4—Princeton
3—Berkeley, Columbia, JHU, MIT, Penn, U. of Pittsburgh, U. of Washington & UC San Diego
2—Harvard, Ohio State, U. of Arizona, U. of Colorado, UC Santa Barbara, Vanderbilt, Yale</p>
<p>The Ivies were also represented by Brown and Cornell, each of which had one new member.</p>
<p>Princetons showing is significant given its lack of a medical school (which always generates many new members) much smaller faculty and broad focus on both the humanities and sciences. Princetons newly-elected members were:</p>
<p>Prof. William Bialek, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prof. Pablo Debenedetti, Chemistry
Prof. John Groves, Physics
Prof. Nai Phuan Ong, Physics</p>
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<p>You can learn more about chemistry at Princeton here:</p>
<p>[Home</a> - Department of Chemistry](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/chemistry/]Home”>Princeton University Department of Chemistry)</p>