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| Undergraduate Summer Research 2009 |
- Carly T. Bates - Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatographic Separation and Quantification of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Contamination in Aviation Fuels
Mentor: Dr. John V. Seeley
- Cassandra R. Belcher - The Effects of an Exotic Invasive Earthworm, Amynthas hilgendorfi, on Forest Ecosystems
Mentor: Dr. Scott D. Tiegs with Holly G. Greiner
- David R. Brandt - Terpene Emissions of White Pines
Mentor: Dr. John V. Seeley
- Melissa Bukowski - Development of a Potentiometric Senor Array for Nanomaterials Toxicity Assay
Mentor: Dr. Xiangqun Zeng
- Jennifer Day - Molecular Mechanisms of Serotonergic Potentiation of Endothelin-1: Involvement of JAK2 and p42/44 MAPK Pathways
Mentor: Dr. Amy Banes-Berceli
- James Edwards - Susceptibility to Chronic Post Traumatic Extremity Pain
Mentors: Dr. Douglas Wendell and Dr. Craig Hartrick (William Beaumont Hospital)
- Christina Egle - Interactions of Noble Metal Clusters with a Lewis Base
Mentor: Dr. Maria Bryant
- Beth Elledge - Aldol Reactions of Enolates Derived from Ketoketene Dimers
Mentor: Dr. Nessan Kerrigan
- Victor Hill - Characterization of the Conductive Polymer-Ionic Liquid Composites by FT-IR and UV-Vis
Mentor: Dr. Xiangqun Zeng
- Ryan Malek - Aurophilic Interactions: Insights from Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory
Mentor: Dr. Maria Bryant
- Joseph McDermott - The Pentavalent Methylated Arsenicals are Substrates of Mammalian AQP9
Mentor: Dr. Zijuan Liu
- Shawn Munafo - Direct Incorporation of Deuterium at the C-8 Carbon Atom in a Double Stranded DNA-Oligomer
Mentor: Dr. Michael Sevilla
- Matthew Naden - The Study of Oxalate Degradation Using Manganese Binging Ligands and Replicating Oxalate Oxidase Enzymatic Reactions
Mentor: Dr. Ferman Chavez
- Eric Salo - Synthesis of Acyclic Enol Esters from Ketoketene Dimers
Mentor: Dr. Nessan Kerrigan
- Talia Sebastian - Impact of Vegetation on Element Behavior in the Soil Environment
Mentor: Dr. Edith I.B. Chopin
- Andrew Vasyluk - FRET Study of Soluble Oligomers and Insoluble Aggregates in Peptide Aggregation
Mentor: Dr. John Finke
- Nicholas Vietto - Differential Effects of TLR-2 and TLR-9 Stimulation in the Production of IL-17 from CD4 Helper T Cells
Mentor: Dr. Susmit Suvas with Brandon Twardy
Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry Summer Research Application 2010
Applications will be accepted starting January 1, 2010
| Summer Research Opportunities |
The Department of Chemistry at Oakland University has a long history of participation in research by undergraduate students. This provides an extremely valuable addition to the student's education as well as generating important new results in chemistry. The programs listed here describe the current research opportunities available to undergraduates. Some of these involve opportunities in more than one department.
Dershwitz Summer Research Fellowship
- Research fellowship support for Oakland University undergraduates majoring in chemistry
- Provides stipend and supplies in Spring/Summer
- Oakland University undergraduate students
- Funding: established by Distinguished Alumni Award winner Mark Dershwitz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Anesthesiology, and Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts.
Kelly Biomedical Summer Research Fellowships
- Support for undergraduate participation in biomedical research
- Undergraduate students
- Provides stipend and supplies in Spring/Summer
- Funding: Kelly Scientific
Chemistry Department Summer Research Fellowships
- Research fellowship support for Oakland University undergraduates majoring in chemistry or biochemistry
- Provides stipend and supplies in Spring/Summer
- Oakland University undergraduate students
- Funding: Faculty donations
| Academic Year Research Opportunities |
Thompson Awards
- Support for undergraduate Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Environmental Health majors participating in research projects in the Department of Chemistry
- Typically 8--12 students per year, any semester
- Provides tuition for research credits, supplies
- Funding: endowment established by Ronald Bennett and Distinguished Alumni Award winner Janet Bennett, Ph.D.
Gift support for undergraduate research
- Support for undergraduate research participation in Chemistry
- Number of students per year varies
- Provides stipend and/or research supplies
- Funding from various gifts to the University. For example a donation from Distinguished Alumni Award winner Mark Dershwitz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Anesthesiology, and Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts provides summer stipend support for one student
Other opportunities:
- Undergraduate researchers receive salary support from faculty research grants for work in laboratories. Currently this involves approximately five students per semester
- Many undergraduates enroll in CHM 290, CHM 490, and CHM 491, earning academic credit for carrying out chemical research projects
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