REU Site: Snapshots of Chemistry -- Visualization of Processes at the Molecular Level

REU 网站：化学快照——分子水平过程的可视化

• 批准号: 1757942
• 负责人: Kyung Jung
• 金额: $ 34.45万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757942&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Snapshots; Chemistry; Visualization

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, CA. The site supports the training of 10 students over 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2021. Professor Kyung Jung leads this site which is supported by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate. The site offers original research projects on a wide array of chemistry related topics. Student participants are paired with one of 32 research-active faculty members to pursue unique projects, collect and analyze data, and organize results for reports and presentations. Prior to the start of the program, students participate in a newly designed, preparative pre-summer REU program. Students develop skills necessary for professional chemistry careers by engaging in long-term mentoring relationships and taking part in faculty-led seminars and discussions on topics like responsible conduct in research, choosing a graduate school, and careers in chemistry. Students also build a cohesive community of peers, mentors, and graduate student advisors through participation in social activities. This program is committed to expanding access to research experiences among underserved and minority students from Southern California community colleges and primarily undergraduate institutions, first-generation college students, veterans, and people with disabilities. The program helps students become role models for their peers and attract other students to science programs. This synergy contributes to human resource development by improving the national pipeline into advanced education and career success in STEM fields. This REU program provides students with intensive hands-on experience in a wide array of chemistry sub-disciplines, including organic synthesis, reaction catalysis, mechanistic chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics, materials chemistry, theoretical chemistry and reaction dynamics, and ultra-fast spectroscopy. Examples of projects include the conversion of solar energy in chemical bonds, molecular synthesis, and visualizing molecular interactions between drugs and biological targets. Each participant conducts independent research in a participating faculty group and is trained closely by a faculty advisor and assisted by a graduate student mentor. This model empowers students to conduct individual research projects in their choice of research area. Students are encouraged to disseminate their work through publication in peer-reviewed journals or presentations at scientific conferences. To ensure a quality program, this site is evaluated annually in collaboration with the USC STEM Education Research Group and is refined accordingly.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.

南加州大学本科生研究体验(REU)网站位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶。该网站支持在2018-2021年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。Kyung Jung教授领导着这个网站，该网站得到了数学和物理科学局化学部的支持。该网站提供了一系列化学相关主题的原创研究项目。学生参与者与32名积极从事研究的教职员工中的一人配对，以追求独特的项目，收集和分析数据，并为报告和演示整理结果。在该项目开始之前，学生们将参加一个新设计的预备性暑期REU项目。学生通过参与长期的指导关系，以及参加教职员工领导的研讨会和讨论，如研究中负责任的行为、选择研究生院和化学职业，来培养专业化学职业生涯所需的技能。学生还通过参与社会活动，建立起由同龄人、导师和研究生导师组成的有凝聚力的社区。该计划致力于扩大南加州社区学院和主要是本科院校、第一代大学生、退伍军人和残疾人的弱势群体和少数族裔学生获得研究经验的机会。该项目帮助学生成为同龄人的榜样，并吸引其他学生参加科学项目。这一协同作用通过改善进入STEM领域的高等教育和职业成功的国家渠道，促进了人力资源的发展。这一REU课程为学生提供了广泛的化学子学科的密集实践经验，包括有机合成、反应催化、机械化学、生物化学和生物物理、材料化学、理论化学和反应动力学以及超快光谱学。项目的例子包括化学键中的太阳能转换、分子合成和可视化药物与生物靶标之间的分子相互作用。每个参与者在一个参与的教员小组中进行独立研究，并由一名教员顾问进行密切培训，并由一名研究生导师协助。这种模式使学生能够在他们选择的研究领域进行个人研究项目。鼓励学生通过在同行评议的期刊上发表文章或在科学会议上发表演讲来传播他们的工作。为了确保高质量的项目，该网站每年与南加州大学STEM教育研究小组合作进行评估，并进行相应的改进。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。

项目成果

Understanding the important variables to optimize glycolysis of polyethylene terephthalate with lanthanide-containing ionic liquids

了解用含镧系离子液体优化聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯糖酵解的重要变量

• DOI: 10.1039/d3su00090g
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: RSC Sustainability
• 作者: Bush, Nancy G.;Dinh, Caitlin H.;Catterton, Casandrah L.;Fieser, Megan E.
• 通讯作者: Fieser, Megan E.

Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Difluoromethyl Alkynes from Terminal and Silyl Acetylenes

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02799
• 发表时间: 2023-01-09
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Ispizua-Rodriguez，Xanath;Krishnamurti，Vinayak;Prakash，G. K. Surya
• 通讯作者: Prakash，G. K. Surya