Summer Research Participants 2006

During the summer of 2006, 17 College of Wooster students participated in summer research in the Department of Chemistry at The College of Wooster. Margaret Timmers ('07) was also in the department for a short time. She worked for Dr. Edmiston for two weeks setting up some new experiments and helping the new researchers to get started on their projects.

Logan Andrews ('06)
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Funded by NSF RUI
Project: Determination of the Kinetic Parameters for a Psychrophilic Arginine Kinase From an Arctic Bacteria.

Valerie Andrus ('09)
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Funded by HHMI
Project: Synthesis of a Nitro-substituted Crown Ether for Incorporation into a Light-emitting Polymer

Brandi Baughman ('07)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: The Effect of Ambient Conditions on the Fabrication of Sol-Gel Derived Integrated Optical Waveguides

Jessi Baughman ('07)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: The Use of Actively Swellable Sol-Gel Materials for Chemical Sensing Applications

Colleen Burkett ('06)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Swellable Sol-Gels

Allyson Buytendyk ('09)
Advisor: J. C. Amburgey-Peters
Funded by HHMI
Project: Synthesis of Cyclohexyl Phosphoric Acid; A Precursor to the Phospholipid Analog Mono Phosphatidylserine Cyclohexane

Erin Fortin ('08)
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Funded by Research Corporation
Project: Synthesis and Characterization of a Dimethyl Dibenzo-30-crown-10 Ether

Benjamin Franks ('08)
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Funded by Research Corporation
Project: Investigation of the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction for the Preparation of a Conjugated Polymer

James Graham ('08)
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Funded by NSF RUI
Project: Investigating Cooperative Ligand Binding by Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

Amanda Kaschalk ('07)
Advisor: J. C. Amburgey-Peters
Funded by HHMI
Project: Condensation of Cyclohexyl Phosphoric Acid to Form Crude Cyclohexyl (CBZ-L-Ser-Bzl) Phosphodiester; a Potential Phospholipid Analog

Joel Keelor ('08)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Detection of Gas Phase TNT Using Integrated Optical Waveguide Spectroscopy

Rebecca Prada ('06)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF RUIv Project: Structure Function Studies of Phosphagen Kinases

Lucas Stetzik ('09)
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Funded by NSF RUI
Project: Investigating Cooperative Ligand Binding by Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

Warren Swegal ('08)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF RUI
Project: Mutating Specific Residues in Arginine Kinase in Order to Induce Dimerization

David Thomas ('07)
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Funded by HHMI
Project: A Supramolecular Approach to Controlling Emission Wavelength in Electroluminescent Polymers

Laura Underwood ('08)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Sol-Gel Imaging Using SEM

Natalie Walker ('06)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Chemical Sensor Development Using Integrated Optical Waveguide Spectrometry

Many Wooster students were granted summer research positions off-campus. A list of these students and the positions they held can be found in the Forty-Fourth Annual Report.