Chemistry Professor Alexei Demchenko earns recognition, new funding for his work in carbohydrate synthesis
(WorldNews Health)

Alexei Demchenko, Curators` Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will receive the Academy of Science-St. Louis` Fellows Award at the 26th annual Outstanding St. Louis Scientists Awards dinner in April. Demchenko and colleague Keith Stine recently received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance their efforts to create an automated process for carbohydrate synthesis. (Photo by August Jennewein) One might expect Alexei Demchenko to be basking in all the recent attention and acknowledgement that has come his way over the past two months. The Curators` Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis...