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Research in Science 2013

Presentations form the Undergraduate Research Fellows and Associates in Chemistry

Photographer, Olivia Drake

 2013 Poster Session.
Photographer, Olivia Drake

Photographer, Olivia Drake

 

Grace Bomann

Grace Bomann, '14 is a rising senior.
"The Use of Solar Powered Rechargeable Batteries to Perform Electrolysis."
Hughes Associate - Mentor: 

Caitlin Bray

Caitlin Bray, '15, is a rising junior.
"1-Naphthol Hydrogen Bound Clusters."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

Inha Cho

Inha Cho, '15, is a rising junior.
"Investigating Hydration Dynamics of Disaccharide Fluorinated Derivatives."
"Hughes Associate" - Mentors:   and

Erin Cohn

Erin Cohn, '15, is a rising junior.
"Expression of DesB and DesZ, Two Extradiol Dioxygenase Enzymes Involved in LIgnin Degradation."
"Hughes Associate" - Mentor: 

Lilah Fones

Lilah Fones, '15, is a rising junior.
"Determination of ligand binding to the G-quadruplex DNA c-kit87up by hydroxyl radical reaction protocal and NMR."
"Hughes Fellow"  - Mentor: 

Derek Frank

Derek Frank, '15. is a rising junior.
"Microwave Spectroscopic Study of the Reaction of Allyl Phenyl Ether and Perfluoropropionic Acid."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

Emily Garvin

Emily Garvin, '15, is a rising junior.
"Anodic oxidation of 1,1-Diphenylacetone in Various Alcohols."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

 

Taylor Goodstein '14, rising senior.
"Expression and Purification of Heptosyltransferase in Three Species of Gram-Negative Bacteria."
"Hughes Associate" - Mentor:


Rob Halberg

Robert Hallberg '14, is a rising senior.
"Asymmetric Synthesis of Brazilin through an Interrupted Feist-Bénary Intermediate."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

 

Lucas Hansen, Visiting Junior.
"Synthesis of Molecular Probes for Detection of Lignin Depolymerization."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

Jesse Mangiardi, '15

Jesse Mangiardi, '15, is a rising senior.
"Zero Point Energies from Extended Hückel Bond Orders."
"Hughes Associate" - Mentor: 

Rebecca McClellan, '14

Rebecca McClellan, '14, is a rising senior.
"Optimization of an IFB-like Reaction of α, β-Diketoesters."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

Stuart Pasch

Stuart Pasch, '14, is a rising senior.
"Development of Selective Thiol-ene and Thiol-yne Reactions"
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

Max Seifer, '15

Charles Seifer, '15 is a rising junior.
"Development and application of rotaxane stoppers."
"Reseach Associate" - Mentor: 

Hanseol Song

Hanseol Song, '15 is a rising junior.
"Synthesis of 6,6'-deoxy-6,6' fluorothrehalose."
"Hughes Associate" - Mentor: 

Elaine Tsui

Elaine Tsui, '15 is a rising junior.
"Andodic Oxidation of 1,1-Diphenylacetone in Various Alcohols."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

Rohan Vaze

Rohan Vaze, '15 is a rising junior. 
"Catalytic, Asymmetric Interrupted Feist Bénary reaction using α-halo."
"Hughes Fellow" - Mentor: 

Qianyu Wang

Qianyu Wang, '15 is a rising junior.
"Determination of the Oligomeric state of Sec Y using in vivo photocrosslinking."
"Hughes Fellow"- Mentor:

Angela Yoo

Angela Yoo, '15 is a rising junior.
"Synthesis and Efficacy of Non-β lactams as β-lactamase Inhibitors."
"Hughes Fellow"- Mentors: