MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentation to Facilitate and Enhance Research Projects and Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry at TAMUG

PI申请拨款购买仪器，以促进和加强TAMUG化学和环境化学的研究项目以及本科和研究生教育。要求的仪器包括FTIR， UV/Vis分光光度计和制备LC/HPLC，这将允许表征和鉴定特定有机化合物。这些工具将支持3个主要领域的已资助和计划研究；1)外聚物的生物化学；2)离子液体和离子脂质的研究；3)从土壤中浸出的天然有机物质的生物地球化学和官能团组成。更广泛的影响获得所要求的仪器将提高研究人员进行正在进行的研究的能力，为未来的研究活动提供基础，并为教学目的提供最先进的仪器。其中两种仪器也将直接在课堂上使用。海洋夏令营项目提供了很好的外展服务。

The PI's request funding for the acquisition of Instrumentation to Facilitate and Enhance Research Projects and Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry at TAMUG. The requested instrumentation includes a FTIR, UV/Vis spectrophotometer, and a preparative LC/HPLC, which will allow for characterization and identification of specific organic compounds. The instruments will support funded and planned research in 3 major areas; 1) the biochemistry of exopolymeric substances, 2) the investigation of ionic liquids and ionic lipids 3) the biogeochemistry and functional group composition of natural organic substances leached from soils into surface waters.Broader ImpactsAcquisition of the requested instrumentation will improve the ability of the investigators to proceed with ongoing research, provide the basis for future research activities, and provide state of the art instrumentation for teaching purposes. Two of the instruments will also be used directly in the classroom. There is good outreach offered through the SeaCamp program.