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Students Take Full Advantage of Collaborative Summer Research Opps
PROJECTS IN PLAY Of those students participating in summer research, following is a list of their individual projects: sE leanor Demis,
“Synthesis of Dibenzotriazoleacetone” sS rdan Jovanovic
“Solid State Lighting from a POETIC CHEMISTRY. (l-r) Joseph Moreno ‘13, Pedro Perez ‘13, Eleanor Demis ‘13, Alexander Mitchell ‘13, Srdan Jovanovic ‘13, Carolyn Mukai ‘13, and Gustavo Quintana ‘13.
Metal Organic Frameworks” sA lex Mitchell,
“Synthesis, Purification, This summer was a busy time for the
Perez’s research was supported by a fellow-
chemistry department, with seven students
ship from the Fletcher Jones Foundation.
working alongside Professors Amy Moskun,
“In past, our students have gone on to
and Characterization of Various Luminescent Substituted Lophine Derivatives” s J oseph Moreno,
Ralph Isovitsch, Christina Bauer, and Devin
present summer work at the national meet-
Iimoto on various research interests.
ing of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
“Biomimetic Synthesis of
and other conferences. We look forward to
Luminescent Silica Nanoparticles”
Participants included Eleanor Demis ’13, Srdan Jovanovic ’13, Alex Mitchell ’13, Joseph
supporting this new group at similar profes-
Moreno ’13, Carolyn Mukai ’13, Pedro Perez ’13,
sional conferences,” added Iimoto.
and Gustavo Quintana ’13, each of whom
Last spring, Prof. Isovitsch led two
has been working with a faculty mentor on
teams of student and alumni researchers who
individual, science-based projects.
presented at the ACS national meeting. The
“This is the most students we’ve ever
two poster presentations were: “Synthesis
had working during the summer,” said
and Photophysical Characterization of
Iimoto, who credits recent grants for provid-
three 2,5-substituted Pyridines and two
ing the support needed to accommodate
2,4-substituted Pyrimidines,” by Andres
summer positions.
Villapando ’12 and Kristina Little ’12 and
sC arolyn Mukai,
“Synthesis and Characterization of novel triazenes: 1,3-bis(biphenyl)triazene and 4-[(E)-2-(biphenyl diazenyl]-morpholine” sP edro Perez and
Richard Beswick, ”Inhibiting Cytochrome P450 1A1 and 1B1 as a Potential Means
Funds from the Chester and Olive
“Synthesis, X-ray Structure Analysis and
McCloskey Chair in Chemistry were avail-
Photophysical Characterization of Benzil-
able to apply toward the upkeep of key
based Diimine Ligands and their Palladium
instrumentation, funding student research
(II) Complexes,” with Daniel Covarrubias ’11,
“Photophysical Characterization
stipends, and the purchase of supplies and
Miles Kubota ’13, and Cameron Pye ’10.
and Quantum Yield Determination
chemicals for the research projects. Mukai
of Preventing Cancer” sG ustavo Quintana,
of a Novel Schiff Base Pyrene”
and Jovanovic each received stipends from the McCloskey Chair monies; in addition,
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