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HMC Students to Present at National ACS Meeting

Twelve 无忧视频 students will present their research findings at the 245th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, April 7-11 in New Orleans.

The student鈥檚 work includes subjects such as the biomimetic synthesis of natural products, HIV-AIDS gene therapy and the use of nanostructured semiconductors for solar energy conversion.

鈥淎llowing our students to see how large, varied and vital the wider chemical community is proves a real eye opener,鈥� said HMC Department of Chemistry Chair Hal Van Ryswyk. 鈥淛ust being on site with 11,000 chemical professionals in a variety of jobs and career paths is exciting. Attending a meeting of this scale allows students to start to network, explore careers and stay abreast of the latest results and technology.鈥�

Every year, the HMC Department of Chemistry sends 10 to 25 students to the ACS national meeting to present the results of their research in a series of symposia at the forefront of science. This year鈥檚 projects include:

Bram Carlson ’13

鈥淥xidation of methane by cofactor F430鈥�

Jonathan Chance Crompton ’13

鈥淒etermination of the lyotropic liquid crystalline phases formed by green surfactants in ionic liquids through fluorescence spectroscopy鈥�

Brian Fielder ’13

鈥淎 four-step, stereoselective synthesis of artemone鈥�

Katie Hilleke ’13

鈥淭andem cross-coupling/electrocyclization cascades: a modular strategy鈥�
鈥淭owards a total synthesis of beilschmiedic acid C鈥�

Marie Kirkegaard ’15

鈥淒etermination of the binary phase diagrams of n-octyl-飦�-D-glucoside and n-heptyl-飦�-D-thioglucoside in the ionic liquid 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate鈥�

Cory Evans-Klock ’13

鈥淭owards a total synthesis of erythrophloin C鈥�
鈥淪tereoselective syntheses of antifungal davanoids鈥�

Alex Kohn ’13

鈥淪pectroscopically validated computational study of the reduction of haloalkanes by cobaloximes鈥�

Julia Lee ’14 and Bethany Okada ’13

鈥淭owards a total synthesis of endiandramide A鈥�

Morgan Luckey ’14

鈥淔ormaldehyde detection using liquid crystal birefringence鈥�

Emma Van Burns ’13 and Sejal Shah ’14

鈥淐oupling of a homologous series of porphyrin dyes to zinc oxide nantotube photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells鈥�

Scott Rayermann ’13 will attend the national meeting, but will not do a presentation.

鈥淎s you can see, a good fraction of the students we take are underclassmen presenting their results from a summer research experience here on campus,鈥� Van Ryswyk said.

As for HMC seniors, more than 80 percent have done research before they start their capstone senior thesis and, of these, about 65 percent have participated in HMC鈥檚 Summer Research Program, which engages students in 10 weeks of paid, full-time research.