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REU 2013 Participants

Name School Professor Research Focus Sarju Adhikari SE Louisiana University Dr. Shaughnessy ortho-Arylation of Unsymmetrical Oxime Ethers of Benzophenone Jerome Areceneaux University of Alabama-Birmingham Dr. Nikles Builidng a Nanoscale Magnetically Triggered Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy Rubicelys Guzman Columbus State University Dr. Woski Synthesis of Novel Nucleosides John Herndon Dr. Pan Spectroelectrochemistry of Single Nanoparticles Elizabeth Kimball SE Louisiana University Dr. Shaughnessy ortho-Alkoxylation of Unsymmetrical Oxime Ethers of Benzophenone Alan Lee Birmingham Southern College Dr. Snowden A New Stragegy […]

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REU 2012 Participants

Name School Professor Research Focus Sarju Adhikari SE Louisiana University Dr. Shaughnessy Negishi Coupling of Imidoyl Halides Jerome Areceneaux University of Alabama-Birmingham Dr. Nikles A Targeted, Magnetically Triggered Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy Kevin Benham Troy University Dr. Goebbert Mass Spectrometry of Energetic Materials Bijay Bhattarai SE Louisiana University Dr. Shaughnessy Heck Coupling of Imidoyl Halides Matthew Campbell Georgia Southern University Dr. Busenlehner Meavy Metal Inhibition of a DNA Repair Protein Kimberly Johnson Judson College Dr. Nikles A Targeted, […]

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Chem Student Interns at HudsonAlpha

Chemistry-Biology Major One of Five UA Undergraduates to Earn Prestigious Biotech Internships Three students from the College are getting hands-on experience in sophisticated biotechnology as part of the BioTran internship program at the HudsonAlpha Institute in Huntsville. Anna Willis, a senior from Powder Springs, Ga., studying biology and chemistry at UA, is working with Serina Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company that develops treatments for Parkinson’s disease, cancer, inflammation, pain, and metabolic disorders. Only 10 percent of those that apply for the BioTran […]

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Chemistry Grad Students Visit Nobel Laureates

Two graduate students participate in Lindau Meetings in Germany In July, 35 Nobel Laureates congregated at Lake Constance in Germany to meet the next generation of leading scientists and researchers, including two UA graduate students from the Department of Chemistry. Steven Kelley, a native of Olive Branch, Miss., and Michele Stover, a native of Moselle, Miss., attended the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting along with more than 600 young researchers from nearly 80 countries. Kelley earned his bachelor’s degree in […]

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Grad Student Earns NSF Fellowship

More than 13,000 graduate students applied for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Seven of those selected represented The University of Alabama, three of those have ties to the College of Arts and Sciences, and one — Jordyn L. Johnson — is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry. Jordyn Johnson, originally from Chattanooga, Tenn., studies the regulatory mechanism of the enzyme alpha-isoproplymalate synthase in the lab of Dr. Patrick Frantom, an assistant professor in the Department […]

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