REU 2017 Participants

Name School Professor Research Focus
Sarah Altman University of Texas-San Antonio Dr. Papish Anticancer Ruthenium Compounds
Victoria Arau Gordon College Dr. Pan Nanoelectrochemistry for imaging and sensing
Bailee Barrett University of Tennessee-Martin Dr. Szulczewski New ways to detect explosives
Joseph Burke University of the Cumberlands Dr. Shaughnessy New palladium catalysts for bond-forming reactions
Shantal Garcia Swarthmore College Dr. Gupta Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films and Nanocrystals
Jackson Gunter University of Alabama Dr. Pan Developing nanostructured semiconductor electrode for solar energy harvesting and conversion
Angela Hairston Alcorn State University Dr. Papish Ruthenium Anticancer Compounds
Adam Hartley  Erskine College Dr. Dixon Computational Studies of Fluorides for Molten Salt Reactors
Orrion Kuykendall Kennesaw State University Dr. Papish Energy Related Catalysis
Flor Lozada Santiago Inter American Univ. of Puerto Rico- Guayama Dr. Bonizzoni Chemical sensing using fingerprinting techniques
John Morgan University of  Alabama Dr. Gupta Semiconducting Films for Solar Cells
Carlo Rodriguez University of Alabama Dr. Bowman Binding of Molecules to Cytochrome P450
Jose Sanchez Rodriguez Inter American Univ. of Puerto Rico- Guayama Dr. Gupta Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticle
Shiyen Sinclair Colorado College Dr. Vincent Bioinorganic Chemistry of Chromium
Nick Trybala Tennessee Technological University Dr. Jennings Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products
Zach VanOrman Hillsdale College Dr. Pan Developing nanostructured semiconductor electrode for solar energy harvesting and conversion
Jordan Wilson University of Montevallo Dr. Pan Nanostructured semiconductor electrode for solar energy harvesting and conversion