Summer Research Participants 2007

During the summer of 2007, 21 College of Wooster students and one student from The University of Wisconsin participated in summer research in the Department of Chemistry at The College of Wooster.

Emily Barth ('10)
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Funded by HHMI
Project: Purification of Phosphagen Kinases

Brandi Baughman ('07)
Ryan Story ('08)
Advisor: Paul L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Fabrication of Integrated Optical Waveguides

Jessi Baughman ('09)
Margaret Timmers ('07)
Advisor: Paul L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Developing Chemical Sensors for TNT

Christopher Chapman ('09)
Advisor: Paul L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Sol-Gel Film Deposition Techniques

Erin Fortin ('08)
Advisor: Paul A. Bonvallet
Funded by Research Corporation
Project: Synthesis of a Crown Ether Containing Polymer

Sarah Gollwitzer ('09)
Advisor: Melissa M. Schultz
Funded by Environmental Analysis and Action (EAA) Program
Project: Plant Uptake of Triclosan Degradates

Joel Keelor ('08)
Advisor: Paul A. Bonvallet
Funded by Research Corporation
Project: Fabrication of Organic Light Emitting Diodes

Dustin Klein ('09)
Advisor: Melissa M. Schultz
Funded by Sophomore Research
Project: Photodegradation Studies of Triclosan and Triclocarban

Chantal Koechli ('10)
Advisor: Melissa M. Schultz
Funded by Environmental Analysis and Action (EAA) Program
Project: Hydroponics Studies of Triclocarban

Rachel Lipner ('09)
Advisor: Sarah J. Schmidtke
Funded by Sophomore Research
Project: Photochemistry of Sunscreen Active Ingredients

Katherine Long ('10)
Advisor: Melissa M. Schultz
Funded by Environmental Analysis and Action (EAA) Program
Project: Hydroponics Studies of Triclosan

Andrew Marley ('10)
Advisor: Paul A. Bonvallet
Funded by HHMI
Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers

Christopher Nau ('09)
Advisor: Virginia B. Pett
Funded by Sophomore Research
Project: Expression and Purification of Three Small Heat Shock Proteins from Maize

Allyson Palmer ('10)
Advisor: Paul L. Edmiston
Funded by HHMI
Project: Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Phosphagen Kinases

Andrew Rudawsky ('09)
Advisor: Sarah J. Schmidtke
Funded by HHMI
Project: Spectral and Structural Properties of Sunscreen Active Ingredients

Warren Swegal ('08)
Advisor: Paul L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Understanding Phosphagen Kinase Evolution

David Thomas ('07)
Advisor: Mark J. Snider
Funded by NSF
Project: Subcelllular localization of a novel arginine kinase in C. elegans

Laura Underwood ('08)
Advisor: Paul L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Swellable Sol-Gels for Chemical Remediation

Rebecca Volzerv ('10)
Advisor: Paul L. Edmiston
Funded by NSF
Project: Synthesis of Novel Swellabel Sol-Gels

Jeremiah Zblewski ('07), The University of Wisconsin
Advisor: Sarah J. Schmidtke
Funded by Physics NSF RUI Grant
Project: Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions of Nucleobases

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-Fifth Annual Report when completed.