REU Site: Puerto Rico Chemical Learning Integrated in Materials and Biomolecular applications (PR-CLIMB)

本科生研究体验(REU)网站位于波多黎各大学，位于宾夕法尼亚州圣胡安，由Arthur Tinoo领导。它支持在2018-2020年夏季对10名学生进行为期9周的培训。在这个由数学和物理科学局的化学部支持的网站上，学生们从事材料和生物分子的基础研究，这些材料和生物分子在水净化、能量储存、传感、药物设计和药物输送方面具有潜在的应用价值。学生通过研讨会和实践工作坊进一步发展他们在生物技术和制药领域的技能。除了科学研究，学生还参加专业发展研讨会，主题包括研究中的道德、产生高质量研究和公开演讲的战略，以及为研究生工作提供资金的机会。学生们还与学术界和工业界的专业人士就各自的工作领域进行讨论。参与者是从不同的学生中招募的，重点是来自两年制和四年制机构的学生，这些机构获得研究机会的机会有限。参加这个为期九周的课程的学生将利用最先进的化学和/或计算表征技术，以及工程材料和生物分子在水净化、能量储存、传感、药物设计和药物输送领域的潜在应用，进行基本的探索工作。这些学生直接与高级研究生或博士后研究人员合作，他们与经验丰富的教师一起担任共同导师。学生还参加高分辨率核磁共振光谱学、层析、多肽合成/纯化/鉴定、X射线表征、电化学、纳米颗粒表征和表面分析等主题的研讨会。参与者参加一系列研讨会，并通过口头和海报介绍他们的研究来发展科学交流技能。最终，该网站为波多黎各制药和生物技术行业的研究生和职业生涯做好准备。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site is at the University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, located in San Juan, PR, and is lead by Arthur Tinoco. It supports the training of 10 students for 9 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. At this site, supported by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate, students engage in fundamental studies of materials and biomolecules for potential applications in water purification, energy storage, sensing, drug design, and drug delivery. Students further develop their skill sets for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields through seminars and hands-on workshops. Alongside scientific research, students take part in professional development seminars on topics including ethics in research, strategies for producing high quality research and public presentations, and funding opportunities for graduate work. Students also engage in discussions with professionals in academia and industry about their respective job fields. The participants are recruited from a diverse pool of students with an emphasis on students from two and four-year institutions with limited access to research opportunities. Students who participate in this nine-week program engage in fundamental exploratory efforts using state-of-the-art technology for chemical and/or computational characterization and for engineering materials and biomolecules for potential applications in the areas of water purification, energy storage, sensing, drug design, and drug delivery. The students work directly with advanced graduate students or postdoctoral researchers who serve as co-mentors alongside experienced faculty. Students also participate in workshops on topics such as high-resolution NMR spectroscopy, chromatography, peptide synthesis/purification/identification, X-ray characterization, electrochemistry, nanoparticle characterization and surface analysis. Participants take part in a series of seminars and develop science communication skills through oral and poster presentations on their research. Ultimately this site prepares students for graduate school and careers in Puerto Rico's pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.