Chemistry Students Present Research at American Chemical Society National Meeting
Eight 51吃瓜网 chemistry students traveled to New Orleans from March 16-21 to present research at the spring national meeting of the .
The students, who presented work carried out during SURF this past summer, included Will Adair 鈥�24, Kemp Jones 鈥�25, Kristina Sandiford 鈥�24, Michael Gessler 鈥�24, Matteo DeLuca 鈥�26, Olivia Zabko 鈥�26, Isabella McNulty 鈥�25, and Kelly Rogers 鈥�25. Rogers was awarded a travel grant by the American Chemical Society, Division of Inorganic Chemistry to present the results of her research. The students were accompanied by faculty mentors John Thoburn, April Mattei, Rebecca Michelsen, Serge Schreiner, and Suchen Lo.
The ACS is the leading source of scientific information in the field of chemistry through its peer-reviewed scientific journals, national conferences, and the Chemistry Abstracts Service. The semiannual ACS national meetings cover the complete field of chemistry and feature presentations by a wide range of scientists, from undergraduate students to Nobel laureates. Students submitted abstracts of their work months in advance of the conference and were accepted for presentation after peer review.
In addition to being a great venue to showcase their work, the ACS national meetings, which feature thousands of attendees, also serve as a recruitment opportunity for students pursuing graduate studies. In fact, the RMC contingent connected with two high-achieving chemistry alumni at the conference: Emma Tiernan 鈥�19, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia, and Keith Searles 鈥�09, a chemistry faculty member at the University of Florida.
