REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Chem-SURF) Program

化学部（CHE）的这一奖项支持由加州大学欧文分校的Fillmore Freeman领导的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。 该网站支持的研究项目涉及广泛的化学领域。 本科生将被招募到这个网站主要从机构缺乏基础设施，以支持本科生的研究，包括来自代表性不足的群体的学生。 该网站将支持12名学生每年夏天在一个为期十周的计划。 本科生将参与的项目包括：（1）与Kieron Burke教授一起开发密度泛函理论;（2）与Robert Corn教授一起创建廉价的DNA阵列生物传感器;（3）与Filipp Furche教授一起开发新的电子结构方法;（4）与何伟信教授合作，利用最先进的隧道显微镜研究固体表面上的单分子;（5）与Elizabeth Jarvo教授合作，利用有机催化剂设计和合成环氧化物和氮丙啶;（6）天然产物生物合成的化学生物学和结构酶学，与蔡雪丽教授共同完成。 除了在夏季进行研究，参加该计划的学生将参加一些专业发展活动，包括道德培训，参与者也将有机会在国家学科会议上介绍研究。 青年科学家需要接触现代研究方法和工具，作为其培训的一部分。 这个REU网站的目的是提供研究培训，使用国家的最先进的设施，在广泛的主题在化学科学。 参与该网站的本科研究人员将有重要的，动手访问复杂的研究工具。 在该研究中心参与研究的多元化学生群体将为研究生院和最终作为国家技术劳动力的一部分就业做好充分准备。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Fillmore Freeman at the University of California - Irvine. The research projects supported in this site are in broad areas of chemistry. Undergraduates will be recruited to this site primarily from institutions that lack infrastructure to support undergraduate research, including students from underrepresented groups. The site will support twelve students per summer in a ten week program. A sample of the projects that undergraduates will work on include: (1) the development of density functional theory with Prof. Kieron Burke; (2) the creation of inexpensive DNA array biosensors with Prof. Robert Corn; (3) development of new electronic structure methods with Prof. Filipp Furche; (4) the study of single molecules on solid surfaces with state-of-the-art tunneling microscopies with Prof. Wilson Ho; (5) the design and synthesis of epoxides and aziridines using organocatlaysts with Prof. Elizabeth Jarvo; and (6) the chemical biology and structural enzymology of natural product biosynthesis with Prof. Sheryl Tsai. In addition to conducting research during the summer, the students participating in this program will participate in a number of professional development activities, including ethics training, and participants will also have opportunities for presentation of research at national disciplinary meetings. Young scientists need exposure to modern research methods and tools as part of their training. This REU site aims to provide research training using state-of-the-art facilities in a broad range of topics in the chemical sciences. Undergraduate researchers participating in this site will have significant, hands-on access to sophisticated research tools. The diverse student cohort participating in research at this site will be well-prepared for graduate school, and eventual employment as part of the country's technical workforce.