[Che-student-staff-list] A brief report

[nwyho at ecn.purdue.edu]

Dear Prof Varma,

I have not come to visit you for a while.  I did have an unexpected  
health problem at the beginning of March.  It was totally my fault by  
not listening my doctor's advice to get a Shingle shoot.   
Unfortunately, I did get Shingles.  From the medicine for the  
shingles, it also gave me some stomach problem. I had never have any  
stomach problems for the last 10 to 20 years.  Fortunately, now it is  
over and I am fully recovered.  I did worked a lot at home since early  
April by communicating with companies interested in using the Purdue  
Yeast for cellulosic ethanol and for applying funds from Federal  
agencies to cover the research cost in my lab at Purdue.  One good  
thing is that we do have much improved yeast for cellulosic ethanol  
production.  It is good for me to establish GTA; now there is no  
Federal grant to support cellulosic ethanol research at the university  
level but there are Federal Grants, bigger ones also, to support  
bioenergy companies.  GTA is working hard to apply those. I will try  
to make an appointment to see you when ever your time permits.

Best regards,

Nancy

Quoting "Varma, Arvind" <avarma at purdue.edu>:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am writing to inform that Dr. Raj Chakrabarti will leave his  
> faculty position at Purdue and join CMU on August 1, 2012.  As many  
> of you are aware, his wife is a CMU faculty member - this move  
> permits them to be in the same location.
>
> Please join me in wishing Raj the very best for the future.
>
> Arvind
>
> Arvind Varma
> R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor
> Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering
> Purdue University
>
>