Undergraduate chemistry majors and underclassmen strongly considering a major in chemistry were invited to participate in the Summer Research program of 2008, funded by the NSF. This summer program ran for 10 weeks under the direction of Professor Adam Johnson.  We had students conducting research, learning about the chemistry profession, and honing their presentation skills. They also participated in a variety of social activities, such as a chili cook-off, t-shirt dyeing, and a good ole game of Duopoly.

ENTIRE CHEMISTRY SUMMER RESEARCH GANG PIC

Professor Shenda Baker
Eric Nacsa '10:  Effects of PCBM on the Microphase Separation of PS-b-PMMA Copolymers
Taylor Neiman '09:  Diblock-Triblock Co-Polymer Blends:  A New Experiment
Timmy Wu (Harvard '12):  PS-PEO Nanstructures:  Triblock and Diblock Copolymer Blends 

Professor Karl Haushalter 
Karen Chiu (Williams College '09) and Alexandra Torres (Harvard '09):  Properties of  APOBEC3G (A3G)
Caitlin Olmsted '10 and Jennifer Fukuto '09:  Crosslinking Histones and DNA to Prevent Transient Site Exposure 

Professor Adam Johnson (SEE PIC)
Lauren Hughs '09:  New Directions in Asymmetric Hydroamination of Aminoallenes
Katie Near '10:  Evaluation of electron Withdrawing
Joanne Redford '09:  Synthesis and Characterization of TitaniumAmide Alkoxide Complexes with Dynamic NMR Behavior and Other Stuff
Camille Sultana '10:  Not so Close to ... Synthesis of Multidentate Chiral Ligands for Stereocontrol of Asymmetric Hydroaminatio 

Professor Kerry Karukstis
Mary Beth Daub (Williams College '12) and Chiara Giammanco '10:  Characterizing Binary Phase Diagrams Using PRODAN
Alison Lee '09:  Spectroscopic Characterization of Prodan Encapsulated Within the Nanocavities of Cyclodextrins

Professor Gerald Van Hecke
Joshua Cobb '09:  Nonideality in the Binary Phase Diagrams of Homologous 4'-n-alkyl-4-cyanobiphenyls
Mark Cyffka '10:  Excess Functions via Laser Light Scattering
Trevor McQueen '09:  Investigation of Binary Phase DiagramsThrough the equal GibbsCurve (EGC) Method
Aurora Pribram-Jones '09:  A Library of Mesomorphic Materials for the SystematicStudy of Asymmetry and Physical Properties:  The Smectogenic 2,7 Diacyl Fluorenes 

Professor David Vosburg
Andrew Chung '10 and Rachel Nishimura '09:  Progress Towards a Biomimetic Synthesis of the Endiandric Acids
Jonathan Litz '09:  Getting Really Close to a Biomimetic Synthesis of (+)-Davanone