FROM THE CHAIR OF CHEMISTRY
Greetings to all friends and family of IC Chemistry! This is IC Chemistry Year 2016
in Review – covering the period since January 2016, when the last Alumni
Newsletter came out.
Anna Larsen
In March 2016 a group of seven IC students travelled to
the National ACS meeting in San Diego and successfully
presented seven research talks. You can read more details
on that in the individual lab news excerpts in the
Newsletter below. As always, our gratitude goes to
generous support from IC endowed funds allowing our
students to have this invaluable experience.
The department has gone through some more staffing
From left to right: Megan Wirth (’16), Ben Morse (’17), Adam
Scott (’16), Katrina Piemonte (’16), Taylor Reeves (’16),
.Jameson Martin (’16), Joshua Speer (’17)
changes this year. In July 2016, after six months with IC
Chemistry Department our Administrative Assistant
Joshua Ellis has abandoned us for a science teacher
position with Boston City Charter school system. In his short
time at IC Josh befriended many of us and provided
invaluable help with numerous projects. We were sad to see
Josh go, while wishing him all the best in his new teaching
career. As of August 2016 IC Chemistry has a new
Administrative Assistant – Ms. Paula Larsen (no relation to
Anna). Paula has been with Ithaca College for 18 years
Joshua Ellis
Paula Larsen
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within the Office of Facilities. She is excited to have the opportunity to work closely with the
faculty, staff and students of the chemistry department.
Dr. Adam Steeves decided to leave his faculty position here after the Spring 2016 semester.
Adam was a much-liked professor, in particular with the student survivors of the Experimental
Dr. Adam Steeves
Chemistry 3 and 5, who even dedicated a Christmas Carol to him! We wish great new things for
Adam in his future, wherever the path may take him.
In August 2016 we were fortunate to welcome Dr. David Richens, who joined our faculty as
Visiting Professor of chemistry. Dr. Richens area of expertise is Physical/Inorganic/
Bioinorganic chemistry. He comes to us after a long distinguished career in research and
education, both in the UK and in the USA. In addition to General Chemistry instruction, our
Dr. David Richens
students will benefit from Dr. Richens teaching senior elective classes in Environmental and
Bio-inorganic Chemistry.
IC students are also lucky to have excellent part-time teaching faculty: Dr. Kristina Hugar (IC
’07 alumni, now with Eco Lectro in Ithaca, NY) and Dr. Chris Ptak (Postdoctoral Research
Associate with Cornell University department of Molecular Medicine in the College of
Veterinary Medicine at Cornell) who both continue helping us out with the Chemistry
Dr. Kristina Hugar
Laboratory and Experimental Chemistry 1 and 2 classes.
We had an excellent class of chemistry and biochemistry graduates in 2016 and are looking
forward to hearing great things about their accomplishments in the nearest future. We also
hosted a number of recent and not-very-recent alumni speakers in our most active Fall 2016
seminar series, as well as learning about exciting summer 2016 research that our students did at
IC and other institutions. (Again, see more details about these events inside the Newsletter). All
Dr. Chris Ptak
in all, it was very busy year.
As always, we are looking forward to hearing from all of the IC Chemistry people, so please stay in touch! You
can contact us by email at [email protected], or email any of the faculty or staff.
- Anna Larsen,
Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, [email protected]
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Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Scholarships & Awards
ERIKA G. BRAVO (’17) AWARDED THE DR. GLENN C. VOGEL AND
MARJORIE CHELLY CHEMISTRY EDUCATION FUND AWARD
The Glenn Vogel and Marjorie Chelly Chemistry Education Fund award is given to
a student that embodies Dr. Chelly’s tremendous work ethic and has achieved
excellence through extraordinary effort.
LAUREN J. HODKINSON (’18) AWARDED THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY BOOK AWARD & ACS UNDERGRADUATE AWARD IN
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
The American Chemical Society Book Award is given to the top student within a
given chemistry year sequence. The award supports the recipient’s academic
advancement by providing financial assistance for the cost of books related to their
degree studies. The ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry is given to
the top student in Experimental Chemistry III.
BENJAMIN C. MORSE (’17) AWARDED THE RUSSELL DRAGO
CHEMISTRY AWARD
The Russell Drago Chemistry Award is given to rising seniors based on academic
achievement, laboratory skills, and greatest promise in the field of chemistry.
MARCUS LIEBENTHAL (’19) AWARDED THE ACS AMERICAN
CHEMICAL SOCIETY CORNELL LOCAL SECTION’S OUTSTANDING
FIRST-YEAR CHEMISTRY AWARD
The Cornell Section ACS Award recognizes the top student at the end of their first
year in Chemistry. This award is intended to help pay for books needed to further
the recipient’s studies in Chemistry or Biochemistry.
REBECCA DIFABIO (’16) AWARDED THE NM MORRIS FAMILY
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
The NM Morris Family Foundation Scholarship is given to a student majoring in
biochemistry, biology, chemistry, or physics based on academic excellence and
faculty nominations.
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Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Scholarships & Awards
DALLAS FONSECA (’18) WAS AWARDED THE LARRY METZGER, M.S.
’87, MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.
The Larry Metzger, M.S. ’87, Memorial Scholarship award was established by
Ithaca College in recognition of his many contributions and great dedication to the
College community for over 30 years. The award is given to an outstanding junior
or senior intending to pursue an advanced degree in science. Congratulations
Dallas!
Ithaca College Summer Research
Back Row: Greg Smith, Pierce Pfaff, Marcus Liebenthal, Mike Haaf, Anna Larsen, Noah Budin, Matthew Chiriboga, Omar A.
Chaarawi
Front Row: Molly DeTuri, Vincent DeTuri, Chan Hee Shin, Erika Bravo, Akiko Fillinger, Samantha Hilston, Jamie Ellis, Chun Li
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External Summer Research
Benjamin Morse ’17
Texas A& M
Was awarded NSF REU 2016 summer internship at Texas A&M Department of Chemistry,
working in Professor Oleg Ozerov’s Laboratory on “Synthesis and Reactivity Studies of
Rhodium Complexes Supported by the PNSi Pincer Ligand”
Joshua Speer ’17
Penn State University
Was awarded NSF REU 2016 summer internship at Penn State University, working on the
project titled “Enhanced Diffusion of Water by an Endothermic Enzyme Studied by Diffusion
NMR Spectroscopy”.
Kayla Plummer ’17
Utah State University
Was awarded REU internship at Utah State University Chemistry Department, working in the
laboratory of Professor Lisa Berreau on the project titled “Controlled Carbon Monoxide Release
by Novel Transition Metal Complexes”.
Benjamin Morse ’17 and Professor Janet Hunting
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Alumni News
Samantha Schrell (Cary) was awarded a prestigious Marie
Curie Distinguished Postdoc Fellowship in 2016!
Chemistry Division: Inorganic, Isotope, and Actinide Chemistry
(C-IIAC)
Education: Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry-Florida State
University; B.S. in Chemistry-Ithaca College.
Research: Samantha is currently working the area of actinide chemistry. Specifically
she is interested in exploring how to control covalency in actinide-ligand bonding.
Unraveling the nature of covalent bonding for actinides remains a computational and
experimental challenge. These efforts can directly impact actinide separations,
coordination chemistry, solid-state synthesis, and superconductivity.
Bio: Samantha Schrell (formally Samantha Cary) received her Ph.D. under the
guidance of Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt. Her thesis focused on studying the
structure and bonding of late actinide systems. During this time Schrell developed
proficiency in handling large (mg scale) quantities of Np, Pu, Am, Cm, Bk, and Cf in
support of the coordination chemistry studies associated with her thesis. In 2015
she received the Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Energy for her work with californium. In 2016, she joined the lab as
an Agnew National Security Postdoctoral Fellow, before becoming a Marie Curie
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow.
Left: 2012 IC Graduate Samantha Schrell (Cary)
at her wedding with fellow IC Grad Yuta Naro
(’12) where she marries Adrian Schrell (pictured
right) in North Carolina in October 2016.
Glenn Vogel , Michael Haaf
(’94), Mark Hedglin (’05) and
Mike Macauley (’05) at the
Penn State football game.
Three generation of chemists
from IC!
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Alumni News
Kaylee Underkofler ’12
“After graduating from IC, I enrolled in the chemistry graduate program at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. There, I studied the conversion of
lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and other valuable chemicals using ionic
liquids. After earning my master’s degree in chemistry, I moved to Boston to
study medicine at Tufts University. I am currently in my third year of the
combined MD/MPH program at Tufts. In the next few months, I will begin the
process of applying to residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology, and
hope to pursue research in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
This past fall, I had the opportunity to return to IC and give a talk about life in graduate school in the
sciences and life in medical school. It was wonderful to be back on campus, see how the department has
grown, and be able to share what I’ve learned with the current students. I would like to say thank you again
to the department for that opportunity, and the many other opportunities it has provided me over the
years. Five years later, returning to IC still feels like going home!”
Class of 2016: Where Are They Now?
Emily Sherman
Auryana DeChick
Major: Chemistry (B.S.)
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Ph.D. Program
in Chemical Biology at the
University of Michigan.
Currently: Lake Erie
College of Osteopathic
Medicine
Adam Scott
Andrew Schultze
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Technician at
Q2 Solutions
Currently: Obtaining NYS
Paramedic license
Siera Rosen
Taylor Reeves
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Major: Chemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Research
Technician in the Stem Cell
Core Facility at Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center in New York, NY
Currently: Legal Assistant
at Silverman Law Group
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Class of 2016: Where Are They Now?
Kathleen Luckett
Jaime Lisack
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Technician at
Sloan Ketttering
Currently: Fulbright Biology
Researcher at Universität
Würzburg, Germany
Megan Wirth
Kaitlyn DeHority
Majors: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Major: Chemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Research
Assistant at Boston
Children's Hospital
Currently: Attending medical
school at SUNY Upstate
Medical University
George Clause
Katrina Piemonte
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Vermont Law
School
Currently: Attending M.D./
Ph.D. program at Case
Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Connor Shea
Blaine Pattavina
Major: Chemistry (B.S.)
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Enjoying the West
Coast
Currently: Attending joint
Master's program at
Dominican University of
California and Buck Institute
for Research on Aging.
Henry Beaman
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Jameson Martin (above)
Major: Chemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals
Michaela Clouden
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Research
Assistant Cornell
University
Ian Prudhomme
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Gabrielle Cordaro
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Saba University
School of Medicine
Benjamin Jung
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Cayuga Medical
Center Hospital
Benjamin Grove
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: United States
Army
Lauren Ryan
Major: Biochemistry (B.S.)
Currently: Ph.D. Program
in Evolutionary of Biology,
Maryland
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News From Faculty Labs
News from Anna Larsen’s Lab:
This year has been pretty eventful for our lab.
In Spring 2016 freshmen Melissa Raymond and Rain Talosig (pictured below) joined our lab and started working on
the low-melting ionic materials project. Now they have synthesized many new compounds and successfully solved
their own first X-ray structure, that has never been determined before, - using the data collected on the department X
-ray diffractometer (structure also shown on the inset).
In March 2016 two other members of our lab - Ben Morse (’17) and Megan Wirth (’16) traveled to the National
ACS meeting in San Diego and successfully presented their research posters in the CHED division. Megan’s
presentation also had a digital component from the teaching lab technique video clips they produced together with
Ben.
In August 2016 our paper on ruthenium complexes reactivity with alcohols came out in Polyhedron, a major peer
reviewed journal on Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. The
paper is a part of the Special Issue on Undergraduate Research. Ben
Morse and Megan Wirth were a huge help with the final manuscript
preparation and revisions. The three undergraduate coauthors
featured in this publication are our past lab members: Jason Diaz currently a teaching/research postdoc in U Penn, Kallee Rich ophthalmology resident in NH, and Semeret Munie - currently
completing her Surgery MD residency in Detroit, MI.
In summer 2016 Ben Morse was a recipient of a competitive NSF
REU research internship in Texas A&M, where he worked in the
organometallic group of professor Oleg Ozerov. This joint project
concerns rhodium pincer complexes and is continuing in our lab –
now also involving the newest members of the lab - chemistry seniors
Josh Speer and Kayla Plummer.
Melissa Raymond and Rain Talosig & Their X-ray
Structure
Akiko Fillinger’s Lab
At the end of May 2016 Noah Budin (Chemistry ’18), who had been working on Cu2O
research project for nine months, did an oral presentation titled “Underpotential
Deposition of Nickel on Cu2O Films and Its Effects on Reactivity and Stability of Cu2O
Films” at the Electrochemical Society (ECS) National Meeting at San Diego, CA. This
was his very first science research presentation of any sort. Noah courageously played a
pinch-hitter role for Akiko, who was unable to attend due to other commitments, at the
meeting where the presence of undergraduates was extremely rare. He continued to
work on this project during the summer and presented it at the Ithaca College
Chemistry & Biochemistry Seminar. This time he looked quite relaxed. Currently,
Noah has been working on the last experiment, which examines whether an electron
donor in anode facilitates hydrogen generation at Cu2O photocathode and should be
included in our most recent publication on Cu2O.
Noah Budin at the
Electrochemical Society
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News From Faculty Labs
Angela Asala Preparing for Experiments in
Our Lab
Angela Asala (Chemistry ’16) and Samantha Hilston (Biochemistry ’18),
who started to work on a new research project on Fe2O3 with Akiko in the
spring of 2016, continued to work as summer research students. Angela
and Sam presented their progress on the project at Ithaca College
Chemistry & Biochemistry seminar as a team. Angela responded to
questions very well, and Sam found herself a natural at the public science
talk. Angela has been continuously working on the Fe2O3 project as
Senior Research Experience requirement under the new curriculum. In
January 2016 Akiko gave an invited talk at University of Hyogo, Himeji,
Japan. This was her first science presentation in Japanese, and she found it
surprisingly difficult without knowing technical vocabulary in Japanese
because she learned them in the U.S. Nevertheless, the presentation was
very well received and she enjoyed a tour of the materials engineering
department afterward.
During the summer of 2016 Akiko participated in two workshops on
Computational Chemistry. The first one was NSF sponsored cCWCS
(Chemistry Collaborations, Workshops & Communities of Scholars) in
Atchison, KS. On the way to the workshop Akiko had a chance to
have a lunch with a former research student, Delbert Shoals
(Chemistry ’13) in Kansas City, KS. It was great to catch up with a
former student! The second one was MoleCVUE (Molecular
Computation and Visualization in Undergraduate Education) at
Bethlehem, PA. She is excited to incorporate computational chemistry
that she learned at the workshops in her teaching courses (although she
found it not for her research because she was tired of sitting in front of
a computer for many hours).
Samantha Hilston Imaging Electrodeposited
Fe203 Surface with a Scanning Electron
Microscope at the Cornell Center for Materials
Research
Updates from Vince DeTuri’s Lab
There have been a couple of big changes in the lab. The delicious smell of coffee brewing in the afternoon has been
relocated to another building and the computational lab is now super-sized. Projects have increased in size and
complexity such that farming calculations out to a supercomputer
was the only realistic way to make progress. Many of our recent
calculations were done using the supercomputing resources
through XSEDE, Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery
Environment, through grant support. The outside grant for
computational resources on a supercomputer was the catalyst to
bring supercomputing to Ithaca College. Marcus Liebenthal (’19)
was funded by a Dana grant during the summer of 2016 to continue
calculations on the acetylacetone-chloroform system. In between
analyzing data he built a 5 node 20 processor cluster. Based on
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News From Faculty Labs
positive results we built a second cluster with 8 nodes and 32 processors. While not quite a supercomputer we have
seen big gains in throughput.
A big congratulations to Marcus who presented his research at the 15th Annual MERCURY Conference on
Undergraduate Computational Chemistry in July 2016 and a big congratulations to Taylor Reeves who graduated in
May. The lab space is being shared with Greg Smith who is currently in the second year of a teaching postdoc
position and Heinz still comes in every other Wednesday and shares stories. I’m still free of wooden nickels.
Michael Haaf’s Lab
It was a busy summer in the Haaf lab! Omar Charaawi (’17)
started work on a brand new project synthesizing a relative
new class of materials: polymers of intrinsic microporosity
(PIMs). We are trying to make a new version of a PIM that
has photoisomerable azo functional groups in the backbone.
This new “twist” (pun intended!) would allow one to control
the pore size of the polymer with light, which could be very
interesting. Omar has made excellent progress so far – we
have this novel PIM in hand, and now have a lot of
experiments to do in order to characterize its properties. It
also has the added bonus of being an intensely yellow color.
Erika Bravo (’17) spent the summer working on a project inspired by exciting new results from Professor Will
Dichtel’s (Northwestern University) research lab. [Fun fact: two recent Ithaca College graduates, Rachel Snyder (’16)
and Max Klemes (’16), are now graduate students in this lab!!] Erika synthesized a network polymer of cyclodextrin
subunits interconnected by rigid linkers, creating a porous material shown by the Dichtel lab to be exceptionally
effective at removing organic micropollutants from water. Erika explored the use of this material in a teaching lab
setting, and designed experiments to demonstrate important concepts in chemistry such as intermolecular forces,
organic synthesis, and the use of UV/Vis spectroscopy and Beer’s law to determine concentrations of pollutants. We
hope to use these experiments in our teaching labs down the road.
Work on each of these projects is continuing, and results from both will be presented at the ACS meeting in San
Francisco next year. Thanks for a fun and productive summer Omar and Erika!!
Gregory Smith’s Lab
This past summer was a busy and exciting time for our lab, as I had my first summer research student, Chan Hee Shin
’17, who did great work investigating a bacterial enzyme found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular
dynamics simulations. Chan Hee capped off the summer by presenting a poster at the 2016 Mercury Conference on
her work, and she is continuing her work this fall.
I’ve also picked up a new research student, Khalil Castillo-Aponte ’17, who is working on quantum calculations of an
enzyme active site to try to understand details of the catalytic mechanism. Getting a model small enough to calculate,
but large enough to be representative of the enzyme, is definitely an art, but we are slowly iterating and getting a good
base model to explore reaction paths. Teaching thermodynamics and kinetics for the second time has been a great, as I
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News From Faculty Labs
get to correct all my rookie mistakes from last year, and hopefully
not make too many new ones! Students are working hard to
understand both the equations and math, as well as making
connections to the concepts.
I’m also developing and teaching a full semester computational
chemistry course this fall. The first half is based on classical
simulation methods and we’re just now starting the second half
based on quantum mechanics. Some interesting student projects
from the first half, so I can’t wait to see the second half!
Janet Hunting’s Lab
Chan Hee Shin (Biochemistry 2017) Presents her
This past year was another good one in the Hunting research lab.
Research at the 2016 Mercury Conference
Kito Gilbert-Bass (Chem. ’19), joined Connor Shea (Chem./
Physics ’16), Jameson Martin (Chem. ’16), Joshua Speer (Chem.
’17), and Kayla Plummer (Chem. ’17) in our lab. In a short time, Kito became very adept at working with our singlecrystal X-ray diffractomer – no small feat!
Kayla worked with characterizing the
electrical and magnetic properties of
lanthanum-based perovskites. She presented
her research at the April 2016 NCUR meeting
in Asheville, NC; her poster was entitled:
Towards cheaper and more efficient
perovskite compounds: lanthanum “A” sites
with alternating dopants.
Josh Speer (left) and Jameson Martin (right) presenting their research the
Jameson researched transition metal oxide/
ACS national meeting in San Diego, California
nitride syntheses, mixing two metal oxide
powders to make a ternary metal oxide, then
reacting these oxides under flowing ammonia to produce new nitrides and oxynitrides. In March 2016, Jameson
presented his research poster at the 251st ACS National meeting in San Diego, CA, entitled Ternary Transition Metal
Nitrides through Ammonolysis: Synthesis and Characterization.
Josh worked on an independent project comparing two different synthetic methods: the glycine-nitrate process (metal
nitrates and glycine react exothermically to produce the high temperatures necessary for the reaction), and the coprecipitation method (uses a strong base instead of a high temperature to form the desired product). He presented his
research at the ACS National meeting in San Diego in an excellent presentation: Comparative Synthesis between the
Glycine-Nitrate Process and Facile Co-precipitation of Lanthanum- and Cerium-based Perovskites.
Connor continued his independently designed research studying a new class of photovoltaic materials with great
potential in the realm of solar energy conversion. The foundational material, methylammonium lead iodide, is a hybrid
organic-inorganic material adopting the versatile perovskite crystal structure. Connor presented his research at the
NCUR meeting and produced an outstanding honor’s thesis: The Effects of Cation Substitution on Moisture Stability
in Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Photovoltaics.
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News From Faculty Labs
Jamie Ellis’s Lab
Research in the Ellis lab continues to expand. Our work explores structure-function relationships in a family of
transcription factors regulating growth and development in plants. Each project in the lab takes on separate domains
within larger protein to define the behavior of each distinct part. Adam Scott (Biochemistry ’16) and Omar Chaawari
(Chemistry ’17) continued their work in the lab joined by Katrina Piemonte (Biochemistry ’16) for the year. Adam
successfully developed protocols for fluorescence characterization of intrinsically disordered proteins. After
graduation, he has excitedly started work at Q2 solutions where he will prepare preclinical/clinical trial samples.
Omar continued with the protein:protein
interaction domains joined by Katrina to
resolve changes in structure and motion of the
proteins in isolation versus in pairs by our first
NMR trials. Katrina successfully defended her
thesis before graduation; she is now working
toward a PhD/MD at Case Western University.
Matt Chiriboga (Bioc ’17) joined the lab in the
summer; his research focuses on
troubleshooting a difficult protein expression
and purification as well as labeling of proteins
with fluorophores for further analysis that he
continues through in this academic year. Our
work in fluorescence will be greatly expanded
with a new fluorimeter that arrived just at the
end of the summer. We will now be able to
explore biochemical events occurring on a
Omar, Adam, and Katrina making Ukrainian eggs in Fall 2015.
rapid nanosecond timescale.
Lots of the lab members made it to national
meetings this year. Adam and Katrina presented posters at the 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting in
March 2016 while Omar presented at the NCUR meeting in April 2016. I spoke at a special symposium “Synthetic
Biology and Genetically Modified Organisms” in a session focused on Policy Challenges & Opportunities at the
252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting. The session explored both advancements and public debates in
the field GMOs. I joined to discuss the strategies used in the textbook Chemistry in Context for a nonSTEM-targeted
discussion of biochemistry and genetic engineering.
We are looking forward to more transcription factor excitement as Matt will be joined in the lab by four new
research students. Allan Bowen (Biochemistry ’17) is generating a larger library of intrinsically disordered proteins
to explore with Adam’s protocols. Margaret Carroll (Biology ’18) will compare and contrast the DNA binding
domains of a transcription activator and repressor. Shelby Johnston (Biochemistry ’19) and Jeffrey Taylor
(Biochemistry ’19) will join Matt in exploring the protein:protein interaction domains.
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The Class of 2017 ~ Good Luck!
Justin Bird
Biochemistry
Matthew C. Bixby
Chemistry
Allan Bowen
Biochemistry
Erika Bravo
Biochemistry
Khalil Castillo-Aponte
Chemistry
Omar Chaarawi
Chemistry
Matthew Chiriboga
Biochemistry
Matthew Finegan
Biochemistry
Kristen Keene
Biochemistry
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The Class of 2017 ~ Good Luck!
Philip Monka
Biochemistry
Adriana M. Morales
Biochemistry
Ryan Murtagh
Chemistry
Kayla J. Plummer
Chemistry
Chan Hee Shin
Biochemistry
Joshua M. Speer
Chemistry
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Chemistry Club 2016 Trip to the Corning Museum of Glass
From left to right:
Kito Gilbert-Bass, Adam Steeves, Eva Chebishev, Anthony DiBernardo, Claire Levitt, Rain Talosig, Ari
Libenson, Kaitlyn DeHority, Ben Morse, Joshua Speer, Jamie Ellis, Megan Wirth
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