Summer 2019
Week 1
Monday, June 3 at 3:30pm in PHSC 301
Dr. Carolynn Arpin
-"Summer Research Orientation"
Thursday June 6 at 1:00 pm in PHSC 301
Dr. David Ball (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
-"Structure Analysis Foiled by Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry"
Pizza and softdrinks provided.
Week 2
Friday, June 14 at 9am in PHSC 109
Dr. Carolynn Arpin (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
-"Synthesis in Today's Pharmaceutical Industry"
Week 3
Monday June 17 at 11:00 am in PHSC 301
Nina McCully (Chico State alumna and PhD candidate at UC Davis)
- "From Chico State to Graduate School"
Monday June 17 at 12:00 pm in Colusa 100 A & B.
College of Natural Sciences Summer Research Kickoff Luncheon
Friday June 21 at 9:00 am in PHSC 109
Dr. Lisa Kendhammer (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
-"How a National ACS Exam is Created"
Week 4
Wednesday June 26 at 12:00 pm in PHSC 301
Charlotte Park (Chico State alumna)
-"Working as a research assistant at the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD)"
Friday June 28 at 9:00 am in PHSC 109
Dr. Nathan Anderson, Dr. Joseph Greene (Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering and Sustainable Manufacturing), and Dr. Lisa Ott (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
-"Application of Chemistry and Engineering to Recycling in the Autobody Repair Industry"
Week 5
Wednesday July 3 at 12:00pm in PHSC 301
Dr. Erik Wasinger
- "Six-coordinate carbon?? Adventures in Breaking the Rules"
Friday July 5 - Canceled due to Independence Day
Week 6
Friday July 12 at 9:00 am in PHSC 109
Dr. David Stachura - Department of Biological Sciences, CSU Chico
- "Developing new targeted therapies for chronic myeloid leukemia"
Week 7
Friday July 19 at 9:00 am in PHSC 109
Dr. Paul Arpin - Department of Physics
- "Coherence of Photosynthesis"
Week 8
Friday July 26 at 9:00 am in PHSC 109
Jose Johnson & Vaneza Garcia (Drs. Lisa Kendhammer & Erik Wasinger)
-“Reconstructing Tradition: A Step Away From the Average General Chemistry Course”
Kasey Renard, Susie Uribe, & Jannat Dhillon (Drs. Lisa Kendhammer & Erik Wasinger)
-“Reconstructing Tradition: A Step Away From the Average General Chemistry Course”
Week 9
Friday August 2 at 9:00 am in PHSC 109
Gregor Jones, Nirvana Almada, Oliwia Morska (Dr. David Ball)
-"Syntheses of the Degradation Products of the Herbicide Oxyfluorfen"
Miranda McCaslin (Dr. David Ball)
-"Further Attempts in Synthesizing Compound A; A Degradation Product of the Pesticide Chlorantraniliprole"
Patrick Roach (Dr. Lisa Ott)
-"Development of Novel Methods for Recycling Automotive Paint Waste"
Week 10
Friday August 9 at 9:00 am in PHSC 109
Austin DuBose (Dr. Carolynn Arpin)
-"Library Synthesis of Nematocides"
Letzi Maldonado & Casey Becker (Dr. Carolynn Arpin)
-"Hemoglobin Drug Synthesis and Assessment; Experiment Redesign and Refinement"
Seema Shokooh (Dr. Dan Everson)
-"Synthesis of New Donor Molecules for Organic Photovoltaics"