REU Site:Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Loyola University Chicago

化学部（CHE）颁发的这一奖项支持由Kenneth W。奥尔森在芝加哥洛约拉大学的三个夏天，从2010年开始。 该网站将支持九名学生每年夏天在一个为期十周的计划。 研究项目集中在化学科学的广泛领域的研究。 示例项目包括：（1）改进血红蛋白聚合物的合成和表征;（2）研究细菌和植物中淀粉合成的调节;（3）用于主客体研究的超分子结构的合成;（4）电环化反应中电子结构和核动力学的计算研究;（5）与水消毒副产物二溴硝基甲烷形成的DNA加合物的研究;（6）纳米结构中电荷注入的研究;（7）粘土中电子转移过程的研究;（8）含有二价金属阳离子的络合物的计算研究;（9）细菌中群体淬灭水解酶的研究;（10）密歇根湖吹出的湖风处理和输送大气污染物的方式研究。 除了在夏季进行研究，参加该计划的学生将参加实地考察（例如，在阿贡国家实验室的先进光子源），以及各种专业发展活动。芝加哥城市学院的学生将被招募，以及该地区的其他学院。 该地区的许多学校都有大量来自代表性不足群体的学生。 学生将根据他们对研究的热情、求知欲和动机来选择。年轻科学家需要接触现代研究方法和工具，作为他们培训的一部分。 这个REU网站的目的是提供实用的，动手研究培训，以显着数量的学生谁否则可能没有这个机会。 可能的项目涵盖了当前化学研究的广泛主题，为在洛约拉大学REU网站工作的学生提供了化学科学家调查的各种研究问题的优秀例子。 在这个网站上参与研究的学生将为研究生院做好充分的准备，并最终成为该国技术劳动力的一部分。 学生参与者的群体将是多样化的，许多人将来自传统上在化学科学中代表性不足的群体。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Kenneth W. Olsen at Loyola University of Chicago for three summers, commencing in 2010. The site will support nine students per summer in a ten week program. The research projects focus on research in a wide number of areas in the chemical sciences. Sample projects include: (1) the synthesis and characterization of an improved hemoglobin polymer; (2) the study of the regulation of starch synthesis in bacteria and plants; (3) the synthesis of supramolecular structures for host-guest investigations; (4) the computational study of electronic structure and nuclear dynamics in electrocyclic reactions; (5) the study of DNA adducts formed with the water disinfection byproduct dibromonitromethane; (6) the study of charge injection in nanostructures; (7) the study of electron transfer processes in clays; (8) the computational study of complexes containing divalent metal cations; (9) a study of quorum quenching hydrolases in bacteria; and (10) a study of the ways in which lake breezes off of Lake Michigan process and transport atmospheric pollutants. In addition to conducting research during the summer, the students participating in this program will participate in site visits (e.g. the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory), and a variety of professional development activities. Students in the City Colleges of Chicago will be recruited, as well as other colleges in the region. Many of the schools in the area have large numbers of students from underrepresented groups. Students will be selected on the basis of their enthusiasm for research, intellectual curiosity and motivation.Young scientists need exposure to modern research methods and tools as part of their training. This REU site aims to provide practical, hands-on research training to a significant number of students who might not otherwise have this opportunity. The possible projects span a wide range of topics of current chemical research, giving the students working at Loyola University's REU site excellent examples of the kinds of research problems that chemical scientists investigate. Students participating in research at this site will be well-prepared for graduate school, and eventual employment as part of the country's technical workforce. The pool of student participants will diverse, and many will come from groups traditionally underrepresented in the chemical sciences.