Wightman was named an Alumni Distinguished Professor by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors in 1987. He established the Wightman Lecture, a part of the Highlands in Chemistry Seminar Series, in 2012.
Crawford's work models molecules by computer, a process that helps determine the handedness of molecules isolated from plants and animals and found to have beneficial health effects.
Ogliaruso, professor emeritus of chemistry at Virginia Tech, was inducted into Virginia Tech’s Academy of Teaching Excellence in 1979 and won the university’s William E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence in 1984.
Mevers, of the Department of Chemistry, received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that aims to leverage the microbiomes of marine egg masses for the development of next-generation antibiotics to treat emerging pathogens.
In addition to her academic and research success, Morris has a demonstrated record of service, including the recruitment and retention of minority and under-represented chemists.