REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Chem-SURF) Program

该奖项由加州大学欧文分校化学系（CHE）颁发，支持由菲尔莫尔·弗里曼（Fillmore Freeman）领导的本科生研究经验（REU）项目。本网站支持的研究项目涉及化学的广泛领域。本网站将主要从缺乏基础设施支持本科生研究的院校招募本科生，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。该网站每年夏天将为12名学生提供为期10周的课程。本科生将从事的项目样本包括：(1)与Kieron Burke教授一起发展密度泛函理论；(2)与Robert Corn教授合作开发廉价的DNA阵列生物传感器；(3)与Filipp Furche教授合作开发新的电子结构方法；(4)与Wilson Ho教授合作，利用最先进的隧道显微镜研究固体表面的单分子；(5)与Elizabeth Jarvo教授合作，利用有机催化剂设计和合成环氧化物和叠氮嘧啶；(6)与Sheryl Tsai教授合作，研究天然产物生物合成的化学生物学和结构酶学。除了在夏季进行研究外，参加该计划的学生还将参加一些专业发展活动，包括道德培训，参与者还将有机会在国家学科会议上展示研究成果。作为培训的一部分，年轻科学家需要接触现代研究方法和工具。该REU网站旨在提供研究培训，使用最先进的设施，在化学科学的广泛主题。参与本网站的本科生研究人员将有重要的、实际操作的机会使用复杂的研究工具。在这里参与研究的不同学生群体将为读研做好充分准备，并最终成为该国技术劳动力的一部分。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Fillmore Freeman at the University of California - Irvine. 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 underrepresented groups. The site will support twelve students per summer in a ten week program. A sample of the projects that undergraduates will work on include: (1) the development of density functional theory with Prof. Kieron Burke; (2) the creation of inexpensive DNA array biosensors with Prof. Robert Corn; (3) development of new electronic structure methods with Prof. Filipp Furche; (4) the study of single molecules on solid surfaces with state-of-the-art tunneling microscopies with Prof. Wilson Ho; (5) the design and synthesis of epoxides and aziridines using organocatlaysts with Prof. Elizabeth Jarvo; and (6) the chemical biology and structural enzymology of natural product biosynthesis with Prof. Sheryl Tsai. 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, and participants will also have opportunities for presentation of research at national disciplinary meetings. 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. 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.