In the Benedict lab, Brandon synthesized halogen-containing diarylethene molecules. This exciting class of photoswitchable molecules changes shape and electronic structure upon exposure to light! The molecules were then used to form halogen-bonded crystalline solids – a relatively new class of solid-state materials that utilize an increasingly popular type of supramolecular synthons.
Therese Wild has been working in the Diver lab since early 2020, but her undergraduate research was interrupted due to the research pause. Nonetheless, she got back to lab work in the Fall of 2020 working with her graduate student mentor Larry Rohde to synthesize a series of conjugated dienes using phosphorus-containing alkenes. Phosphorus based reagents are broadly useful in organic synthesis of complex molecules. A more reactive Grubbs catalyst was needed for many of these syntheses. This experience taught Therese how to perform air sensitive reactions and how to work in an inert atmosphere glovebox. Her work was published in early 2021 in J. Org. Chem. (“Ene–Yne Metathesis of Allylphosphonates and Allylphosphates: Synthesis of Phosphorus-Containing 1,3-Dienes” Laurence N. Rohde Jr., Thérèse H. Wild, and Steven T. Diver J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 2, 1371–1384.) This Fall (2021), Therese will begin her PhD studies in organic chemistry at the University of Utah.
Liz, in Prof. Morrow's group, has been studying the formation of “magnetic yeast cells” that are produced upon incubation of yeast (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) with paramagnetic metal ions including iron, cobalt, nickel and lanthanides. She monitors their magnetic properties through their attraction to magnets and also their effect on water proton relaxation. She is interested in the form of the metal ion and location in the yeast cells. This project is a collaboration with Prof. Paul Cullen in the UB's Biology Department. Liz will be going to graduate school in chemistry in Fall 2021.
Margaret Logan Detty, PhD, along with friends and family of the late Michael Detty, PhD, have created an endowed fund within the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc. to be used for the purpose of supporting a student participating in a summer research opportunity with a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry.
Our department is grateful to Margaret Logan Detty and the other donors for establishing this award, which honors Prof. Detty’s legacy and highlights his longstanding dedication to mentoring research students.
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GPA of 3.75 – 4.0
GPA of 3.50 – 3.74
GPA of 3.20 – 3.49
GPA of 3.50 – 3.74
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