REU Site:Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Loyola University Chicago

化学系的这一奖项支持芝加哥洛约拉大学肯尼斯·W·奥尔森领导的本科生研究体验(REU)网站，从2010年开始，为期三个夏天。该网站将在为期10周的计划中，每年夏天为9名学生提供支持。这些研究项目侧重于化学科学中广泛领域的研究。样本项目包括：(1)改进的血红蛋白聚合物的合成和表征；(2)细菌和植物中淀粉合成的调节研究；(3)用于主客体研究的超分子结构的合成；(4)电循环反应中电子结构和核动力学的计算研究；(5)水消毒副产物二溴代甲烷形成的DNA加合物的研究；(6)纳米结构中电荷注入的研究；(7)粘土中电子转移过程的研究；(8)含二价金属阳离子的络合物的计算研究；(9)细菌中群体猝灭水解酶的研究；(10)密歇根湖湖风吹走过程和传输大气污染物的方式的研究。除了在暑期进行研究外，参加这个项目的学生还将参加实地访问(例如，阿贡国家实验室的高级光子源)，以及各种专业发展活动。芝加哥城市学院的学生以及该地区其他大学的学生将被录取。该地区的许多学校都有大量来自代表性不足的群体的学生。学生的选拔将基于他们对研究的热情、对知识的好奇心和积极性。年轻科学家需要接触到现代研究方法和工具，作为他们培训的一部分。这个REU网站旨在为大量原本可能没有这个机会的学生提供实际的、动手的研究培训。可能的项目涵盖了当前化学研究的广泛主题，为在洛约拉大学REU站点工作的学生提供了化学科学家调查的各种研究问题的极好范例。在这个网站参与研究的学生将为进入研究生院做好准备，并最终成为国家技术劳动力的一部分。学生的参与者将会多样化，其中许多人将来自传统上在化学科学中代表性较低的群体。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Kenneth W. Olsen at Loyola University of Chicago for three summers, commencing in 2010. The site will support nine students per summer in a ten week program. The research projects focus on research in a wide number of areas in the chemical sciences. Sample projects include: (1) the synthesis and characterization of an improved hemoglobin polymer; (2) the study of the regulation of starch synthesis in bacteria and plants; (3) the synthesis of supramolecular structures for host-guest investigations; (4) the computational study of electronic structure and nuclear dynamics in electrocyclic reactions; (5) the study of DNA adducts formed with the water disinfection byproduct dibromonitromethane; (6) the study of charge injection in nanostructures; (7) the study of electron transfer processes in clays; (8) the computational study of complexes containing divalent metal cations; (9) a study of quorum quenching hydrolases in bacteria; and (10) a study of the ways in which lake breezes off of Lake Michigan process and transport atmospheric pollutants. In addition to conducting research during the summer, the students participating in this program will participate in site visits (e.g. the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory), and a variety of professional development activities. Students in the City Colleges of Chicago will be recruited, as well as other colleges in the region. Many of the schools in the area have large numbers of students from underrepresented groups. Students will be selected on the basis of their enthusiasm for research, intellectual curiosity and motivation.Young scientists need exposure to modern research methods and tools as part of their training. This REU site aims to provide practical, hands-on research training to a significant number of students who might not otherwise have this opportunity. The possible projects span a wide range of topics of current chemical research, giving the students working at Loyola University's REU site excellent examples of the kinds of research problems that chemical scientists investigate. Students participating in research at this site will be well-prepared for graduate school, and eventual employment as part of the country's technical workforce. The pool of student participants will diverse, and many will come from groups traditionally underrepresented in the chemical sciences.