REU Site: Research Opportunities in Biological and Chemical Catalysis

美国国家科学基金会化学部的这一奖项支持由东北大学教授Carla Mattos和Patricia A Mabrouk领导的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。东北大学化学与化学生物学系（CCB）的REU网站将以催化为主题，并将包括化学和生物系统的观点。每年将有9名本科生参加该计划，优先考虑那些没有研究生课程的机构，以及从科学领域代表性不足的群体中毕业的大量学生。每个学生将加入建行的一个研究小组，并将与该小组的一名东北大学本科生和一名研究生配对，在那里他/她将进行涉及研究催化的某些方面的实验。关于催化的主题将在开幕式上介绍，并通过每周的教师研讨会和学生的最后陈述得到加强。在夏季，每个学生将与导师共同撰写一份共同期望的声明，整理一个电子文件夹，并准备一张海报，在下一年的全国会议上展示。在该项目的三年中，共有27名学生将有机会在东北大学全职进行夏季研究，并拥有一群在指导本科生方面经验丰富的研究活跃的教师。指导关系将保持与每一个学生在其本科年的剩余时间。

This award from the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site led by Professors Carla Mattos and Patricia A Mabrouk, both at Northeastern University. The REU site in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) at Northeastern University will be centered on the theme of catalysis and will include perspectives from both chemical and biological systems. Nine undergraduate students will participate in the program each year, with priority given to those from institutions that do not have graduate programs and that graduate large numbers of students from underrepresented groups in the sciences. Each student will join a research group in CCB and will be paired with a Northeastern undergraduate and a graduate student in the group, where he/she will perform experiments that will involve some aspect of catalysis in research. The theme on catalysis will be introduced at the opening day and reinforced through weekly faculty seminars and a final presentation by the students. During the summer each student will write a statement of mutual expectation with the mentor, put together an electronic portfolio and prepare a poster to be presented at a national conference during the following year. Over the three years of the project, a total of 27 students will have the opportunity to do summer research full time at Northeastern with a diverse group of research-active faculty highly experienced in mentoring undergraduates. The mentoring relationships will be maintained with each student throughout the remainder of their undergraduate years.