REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates at Illinois

化学部（CHE）的这一奖项支持由伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的Anne Baranger和Alex Scheeline领导的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。 该网站支持的研究项目涉及广泛的化学领域。 本科生将被招募到这个网站主要从机构，缺乏基础设施，以支持本科生的研究，包括学生从肯尼迪国王学院在芝加哥。 该网站将支持10名学生每年夏天在一个为期十周的计划。 本科生将参与的项目包括：（1）与Alex Scheeline教授一起研究酶催化振荡反应中的非线性动力学;（2）与Ryan Bailey教授一起使用硅光子微共振器阵列对生物分子进行无标记检测;（3）与Gregory Girolami教授一起研究使用无机化合物作为起始材料来制造具有有趣特性的固体;（4）与Martin Gruebele教授一起研究蛋白质和RNA折叠;（5）与Zan Luthey-Schulten教授一起使用计算化学技术研究RNA的结构，功能和折叠：蛋白质复合物;（6）与Catherine Murphy教授一起研究金属纳米颗粒的合成，表征和应用。 除了在夏季进行研究，参加该计划的学生将参加一些专业发展活动，包括道德培训。 REU网站的参与者还将与校园内其他项目的参与者合作，包括GAANN计划，妇女化学委员会（通过参加海报会议）和校内夏季研究机会计划。 青年科学家需要接触现代研究方法和工具，作为其培训的一部分。 这个REU网站的目的是提供研究培训，使用国家的最先进的设施，在广泛的主题在化学科学。 参与该网站的本科研究人员将有重要的，动手访问复杂的研究工具，并将与一些化学领域的领导者合作。 在该研究中心参与研究的多元化学生群体将为研究生院和最终作为国家技术劳动力的一部分就业做好充分准备。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Anne Baranger and Alex Scheeline at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The research projects supported in this site are in broad areas of chemistry. Undergraduates will be recruited to this site primarily from institutions that lack infrastructure to support undergraduate research, including students from Kennedy King College in Chicago. The site will support ten students per summer in a ten week program. A sample of the projects that undergraduates will work on include: (1) the study of nonlinear dynamics in enzyme-catalyzed oscillatory reactions with Prof. Alex Scheeline; (2) the label-free detection of biomolecules using arrays of silicon photonic microring resonators with Prof. Ryan Bailey; (3) the study of the use of inorganic compounds as starting materials to make solids with interesting properties, with Prof. Gregory Girolami; (4) the study of protein and RNA folding with Prof. Martin Gruebele; (5) the study of the structure, function and folding of RNA:protein complexes using computational chemistry techniques with Prof. Zan Luthey-Schulten; and (6) the study of the synthesis, characterization and applications of metallic nanoparticles with Prof. Catherine Murphy. In addition to conducting research during the summer, the students participating in this program will participate in a number of professional development activities, including ethics training. Participants in the REU site will also work with participants in other programs on campus, including the GAANN program, the Women's Chemistry Committee (through participation in a poster session) and the intramural Summer Research Opportunity Program. Young scientists need exposure to modern research methods and tools as part of their training. This REU site aims to provide research training using state-of-the-art facilities in a broad range of topics in the chemical sciences. Undergraduate researchers participating in this site will have significant, hands-on access to sophisticated research tools, and will be working with some of the leaders in a number of areas of chemistry. The diverse student cohort participating in research at this site will be well-prepared for graduate school, and eventual employment as part of the country's technical workforce.