Sixteen Union students and five Chemistry Department faculty members will attend the 237th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 22-26, joining about 15,000 other participants.
Each student will present a poster on his or her research, and two professors will give oral presentations. Many of these presentations represent collaborative and interdisciplinary work.
Participating students include biochemistry majors Marti Gabriella, Devin Harrison, Danielle Kimble, Linah Rusere, Evan Schloss and Michelle Wu, all seniors; chemistry majors Christopher Backlund, Shazia Baig, Daniel Bailey, Laura Castellano, Steven Herron, Jacob Klein, Michael Topka and Ursula Williams, all seniors, and junior Zachary Smith; and mechanical engineering major Michael Bono, a senior.
Accompanying them are Professors Mary Carroll, Michael Hagerman, Joanne Kehlbeck, Susan Kohler and Laura MacManus-Spencer.
During the event, the Union College Chemistry Club will also receive an Outstanding Student Affiliates Chapter Award, based on its 2007-2008 activities. This is the 15th consecutive year Union’s club has received an ACS award.
Backlund will be recognized by the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry. He is one of three students from across the nation to be given an I.M. Kolthoff Enrichment Award.
Travel funding for the students comes from grants from Union’s Internal Education Fund, the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, the National Science Foundation, Research Corporation and departmental support. To learn more about the ACS National Meeting, visit www.acs.org.