Graduate Research Traineeship Program in Environmental Chemistry

塞缪尔·P·库纳夫斯教授由美国国家科学基金会化学部和研究生教育与研究部为研究生研究培训计划提供资助，该计划将有四名研究生接受环境化学培训。这一培训计划包括塔夫茨大学十名化学教员的参与，他们汇集了分析、无机、物理和有机化学等传统分支学科的专业知识，以产生环境化学方面的重点研究和教学成果。将特别重视确定、招聘和鼓励妇女和少数族裔学生申请，并在整个研究生培训期间积极支持和鼓励她们。我国在环境化学所涵盖的关键领域培养训练有素的科学家的能力不仅对我们的环境健康至关重要，而且对我们的科学和经济领导地位也至关重要。为了有效地管理环境，我们需要训练有素的化学家，他们能够在以下不同领域中运用他们的专业知识来解决环境问题：生产过程的控制；先进的环境传感器和监测技术；废物管理；生物降解；化学反应的大气和水模型；以及更好的能源生产和储存。这一研究生研究培训计划的目的是提供一批经过培训的博士化学家，以解决这些具有挑战性的问题。

Professor Samuel P. Kounaves is supported by a grant from the Chemistry Division and the Graduatae Education and Research Division of NSF for a Graduate Research Traineeship Program which will involve four graduate students who will receive training in environmental chemistry. This traineeship program includes participation by ten chemistry faculty at Tufts University who have brought together their expertise from traditional sub-disciplines of analytical, inorganic, physical and organic chemistry to produce a focussed research and teaching effort in environmental chemistry. A special emphasis will be placed on identifying, recruiting and encouraging women and minority students to apply, and to actively support and encourage them throughout their graduate training. %%% Our country's ability to produce trained scientists in the critical areas encompassed by environmental chemistry is not only vital to the health of our environment, but also to our scientific and economic leadership. In order to effectively manage the environment we need trained chemists who can apply their expertise in solving environmental problems in such diverse areas as: control of manufacturing processes; advanced environmental sensor and monitoring technologies; waste management; biodegradation; atmospheric and water modeling of chemical reactions; and better energy production and storage. The aim of this Graduate Research Traineeship Program is to provide a group of Ph.D. chemists who are trained to address these challenging problems.