REU Site: Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer Research Program REU

该奖项由《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)提供全部或部分资金。密西西比大学本科生研究体验(REU)网站位于密西西比大学，位于密西西比州牛津，支持2023-2025年夏季为期10周的10名学生的培训。该网站由首席研究员内森·哈默和伊登·坦纳管理，提供实验和理论物理化学方面的原创研究项目。这些研究项目促进了物理和计算化学小组成员之间的交流和合作，从而提高了高性能计算及其对化学的适用性方面的素养。除了参与研究外，学生还通过教员主导的关于量子化学、分子光谱学和药物化学等主题的讲座，加深物理化学方面的知识。学生们与密西西比大学的本科生和研究生、教职员工一起参加为期一个夏天的有组织的职业发展和社会活动。这些活动预计将为学生的化学职业生涯做好准备，并有助于建立同行和教职员工网络。为了扩大参与和发展多样化的化学劳动力，该网站从美国各地招募学生，特别是那些来自化学领域代表性不足的团体和研究机会有限的机构的学生。学生参与者将在教职员工的实验室中使用密西西比超级计算研究中心(MCSR)进行原创研究。这些研究项目以实验和理论物理化学为中心，包括捕光、光发射和催化材料的合成设计；表征新开发材料的光物理性质；重要生物相关相互作用的光谱研究和计算模拟；以及具有重要能源或药物开发和输送应用的新开发材料的合成和计算模拟。高级人员指导学生进行原创研究，主持物理化学相关主题的讲座，管理小型课程，并组织社会活动。该计划的学生在获得物理科学实践经验的同时，还将化学知识应用于现实世界的问题和共同撰写学术出版物。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 award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford, MS, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. Managed by principal investigators Nathan Hammer and Eden Tanner, the site offers original research projects in experimental and theoretical physical chemistry. These research projects foster communication and collaboration between members of physical and computational chemistry groups, which increases literacy in high performance computing and its applicability to chemistry. In addition to participating in research, students develop a deeper knowledge in physical chemistry through faculty-led lectures on topics like quantum chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, and medicinal chemistry. Students engage in a summer-long schedule of organized professional development and social activities with University of Mississippi undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. These activities are expected to prepare students for chemistry careers and help to build a network of peers and faculty. To broaden participation and develop a diverse chemistry workforce, this site recruits students from throughout the U.S., particularly those from underrepresented groups in chemistry and from institutions with limited research opportunities.Student participants will perform original research in the laboratories of faculty members and using the Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research (MCSR). Centered around experimental and theoretical physical chemistry, the research projects include synthetic design of light-harvesting, photoemissive, and catalytic materials; characterizing the photophysical properties of newly-developed materials; the spectroscopic study and computational modeling of important biologically relevant interactions; and the synthesis and computational modeling of newly-developed materials with important energy or drug development and delivery applications. Senior personnel mentor students in original research, present lectures on physical chemistry-related topics, administer mini-courses, and organize social activities. Students in the program gain practical experience in the physical sciences, while also applying knowledge in chemistry to real world problems and co-authoring scholarly publications.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.