{"id":11476,"date":"2024-05-23T21:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2024-05-23T21:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:26:59","slug":"michael-wentzel-appointed-augsburg-universitys-lindstrom-professor-of-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/23\/michael-wentzel-appointed-augsburg-universitys-lindstrom-professor-of-chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wentzel Appointed Augsburg University\u2019s Lindstrom Professor of Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michael<\/a>Michael Wentzel has been named the inaugural Terry \u201973 and Janet Lindstrom Endowed Professor of Chemistry at Augsburg University, effective June 1, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so fortunate to have Michael Wentzel on our faculty,\u201d said Paula O\u2019Loughlin, provost and senior vice president for academic and student affairs. \u201cHe is an extraordinary teacher and an outstanding scientist. Even more significant is his generosity as a colleague and mentor. By engaging undergraduate students as partners in his own impressive research program, he helps students unlock possibilities they never imagined before, both for themselves and for a more sustainable future.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wentzel is an organic chemist whose research focuses on the growing field of green chemistry<\/span><\/a>, a systems-based approach that incorporates sustainability considerations into the the design, development, and implementation of chemical products and processes. As one of the first green chemists to be named a fellow by the Science Communication Network in 2018\u201319, he also works to help students and other researchers communicate their methods and findings to the public more effectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wentzel received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2011. He joined Augsburg\u2019s chemistry department in 2013, where he currently oversees STEM summer research and serves as department chair. He also serves as interim director of Augsburg\u2019s Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Wentzel\u2019s approach to teaching and scholarship is exactly the kind of leadership Terry and Janet Lindstrom desired to support with their transformative investment in our new School of Natural Sciences,\u201d said Augsburg President Paul Pribbenow. \u201cWhether in the lab, in the classroom, or on the chemistry club intramural basketball team, he is steadfast in his commitment to hands-on learning and in saying \u2018yes\u2019 to helping our students reach their goals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terry \u201973 and Janet Lindstrom Endowed Professorship of Chemistry<\/span><\/a> was established in 2024. Terry Lindstrom, a current member of Augsburg\u2019s Board of Regents and a retired distinguished research fellow at Eli Lilly and Company, holds numerous patents supporting life-changing drugs, including Evista and Cymbalta. Together, the Lindstroms have provided generous philanthropic support to Augsburg students for more than 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Wentzel has been named the inaugural Terry \u201973 and Janet Lindstrom Endowed Professor of Chemistry at Augsburg University, effective June 1, 2024.\u00a0 \u201cWe are so fortunate to have Michael Wentzel on our faculty,\u201d said Paula O\u2019Loughlin, provost and senior vice president for academic and student affairs. \u201cHe is an extraordinary teacher and an outstanding …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":11477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3228],"tags":[571,4031,2697],"class_list":["post-11476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-kudos","tag-chemistry","tag-lindstrom-professorship","tag-stem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11478,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11476\/revisions\/11478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}