Sivaguru Jayaraman, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been selected to receive the 2011 College of Science and Mathematics Teaching Award.

Greg Cook, professor and department chair, described Jayaraman as “a scientist and educator of high promise” in a letter of nomination.

“Dr. Jayaraman is truly an excellent teacher,” Cook wrote, noting Jayaraman has taught classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. “He teaches sophomore organic chemistry with a lot of flair and enthusiasm and brings his extensive computer expertise to help students in the classroom. At the graduate level, Dr. Jayaraman teaches courses in physical organic chemistry, spectroscopy and is currently teaching a special topics course in photochemistry which is being simultaneously broadcast over the Internet to students at Columbia University and the University of Miami.”

Jayaraman joined the NDSU faculty in 2006, following a postdoctoral research position at Columbia University. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Bharathidasan University, St. Joseph’s University, Trichy, India; his master’s degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India; and his doctorate from Tulane University, New Orleans.