Summer research
Students engaged in undergraduate research reported important gains, including personal and professional skills, thinking and working like a scientist, enhanced career or graduate school preparation, and shifts in attitudes to learning and working as a researcher Seymour et al (2004). As a department, we encourage our students and provide several opportunities to engage them in research activities year along.
Both undergraduate and graduate students take research courses during academic semesters. However, most of them needs to work over the summer to earn money for the following semester. As a department, we would like to pay our students to stay on campus to engage in research during the summer, when they can be full time researcher and learn more in depth within couple months.
The number of our majors has increased from 102 in 2006 to 244 in 2014. The number of our first year undergraduate students has increased from 18 in 2006 to 60 in 2014. In addition, our transfer student population also has increased from 10 to 20 in the same period. This are all good news, however, we need more help to support our students to involve in summer research to better prepare them for their future goals and jobs.
Every summer, our distinct faculty work full time with 20-25 students. We would like to offer some stipend money to keep all these students in the lab more often during summer with your help. Please consider donating monetary support for the Chemistry Summer Research program to provide stipend to undergraduate and graduate students.
Please Make a Gift to support our summer research students under Special Other Designations (type) "Chemistry Summer Research"
2015 Summer research students and their projects:
Sasha Padilla (Dr. Kestas Bendinskas): "Development of a mail-in kit for detection of a metabolite for succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency"
Katie Piazza (Dr. Kestas Bendinskas): "Fluorescence studies of BSA and A2M- metal interactions"
Ethan Walker (Dr. Kestas Bendinskas): "Purification of FtsZ and isothermal calorimetry studies of BSA- metal interactions" in collaboration with Kolkata University Kimberlyn Bailey.
Hannah Valentino (Dr. Kestas Bendinskas and Dr. James Pagano): "Syracuse Lead Study sample processing" in collaboration with Syracuse University
Erik Vik (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Use of Picolinamide derivatives as ligands in aryl-aryl C-O bond formations"
William Schwab (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Testing polymers with chelating groups in the remowal of heavy metals from water using atomic absorption" in collobortion with Dr. Vadoud
Rachel Scalzo (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Synthesis of polymers with different chelating groups for the remowal of heavy metal from water"
Walter Paz-Orozco (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Synthesis of new hydrozone derivatives from natural products Loganin and Genipin"
Theron Richardon (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Use of Picolinamide derivatives as ligands in aryl-aryl C-N bond formations"
Abdul Alawaed (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Use of Picolinamide derivatives as ligands in aryl-aryl C-O bond formations"
Jason Biasini (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Total Synthesis of Fimbricalyx"
Zachary Kuvent (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Synthesis of heterocylic fused ring systems via cyclization of hydrozone derivatives using copper"
Nazli Boke (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Total Synthesis of Trigonoine B" and "Synthesis of new hydrozone derivatives from natural products Loganin and Genipin"
Hasan Sarikahya (Dr. Fehmi Damkaci): "Synthesis of polymers with different chelating groups for the remowal of heavy metal from water"
Jesse Mazur (Dr. James Pagano): " Enviromental research program regarding great lakes monitoring"
Elmiy Yerdon (Dr. Casey Raymond): "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Polychalcogenide Compounds"
Lyndon Flynn-Roach (Dr. Jeffery Schneider): "Carbohydrate composition of wort as a function of time and temperature"
Austin Horna (Dr. Jeffery Schneider): "Mineral composition of common vitamin preparations using atomic absorption"
Chris Winn (Dr. Jeffery Schneider): "Preparation and analysis of synthetic soils"
Geoffrey Peterson (Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Chemical Analysis of Electronic Cigarettes Using SPME-GC/MS"
Timothy Jones (Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Chemical Analysis of Electronic Cigarettes Using NTD-GC/MS"
Hilda Posada (Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Analyzing Metal Contents of Fruits and Vegetables Collected from Local Farmers Market Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry"
James Calvert (Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Analyzing Metal Contents of Regular and Organic Fruits and Vegetables Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry"
Christopher McMullen (Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Method Development for Analyzing Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water Using SPE-HPLC"
Ilayda Kelley (Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Application of Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Coupled to Gas chromatography for Analyzing Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables"
Daniel Walter (Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Analyzing Pesticides in Regular and Organic Fruits and Vegetables Using SPME-GC-MS"
Kerina Herard (Dr. Sue Haddadi and Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Forensic Analysis of Drugs Facilitating Sexual Assault and Other Criminal Acts"
Soledad Mureb Barbosa (Dr. Sue Haddadi and Dr. Vadoud Niri): "Forensic Analysis of Drugs Facilitating Sexual Assault and Other Criminal Acts"