Students attend Southeastern American Chemical Society Meeting

Twenty-six students and eight faculty members from the University of Richmond's chemistry department presented thirty scientific papers at the 219th American Chemical Society Southeastern Regional Meeting in Greenville, S.C. October 24th through 27th 2007.

Richmond's chemistry department prides itself on high-quality teaching and research. Students receive a strong background in chemistry in an environment of enthusiasm and support from an able and enthusiastic faculty. A significant number of students work side-by-side with faculty on cutting-edge externally funded research projects. Students enjoy the use of a wide variety of modern instrumentation both in their teaching laboratories and in their research. Many students are co-authors on peer-reviewed scientific publications and almost all students present their work at regional and national meetings. Since 2002 there have been more than 124 presentations by Richmond chemistry students at regional and national ACS meetings.

The American Chemical Society, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit, scientific and educational organization and the largest scientific society in the world. Chartered by Congress, the ACS is a world leader in fostering chemical education and research. Its membership of nearly 160,000 chemists and chemical engineers is international.

Richmond attendees: 

Jonathan Dattelbaum's research group:
Matt Luchansky and Bryan Der

Wade Downey's research group:
Brian Mahoney

Lisa Gentile's research group:
Jason Barnes, Melissa Pham, Joon Kim, Monica Rocha, Cloe Franko

Emma Goldman's research group:
Jared Fisher

John Gupton's research group:
Gordon Myers, Kristin Smith, Eric Worrall, Matt Keough

Michelle Hamm's research group:
Carlos Siekavizza-Robles, Sarah Nicolson

Mike Leopold's research group:
Andrew Loftus, Katie Reighard, Anne Galyean, Bobbie Day, Melissa Mullaney

Carol Parish's research group:
Jackie Lee, Shana Middleton, Heather Hollis, Evan Wang, Greg Springsted, Jeanice Brown

Posted November 1, 2007