IRES: U.S.-Netherlands Collaborative International Research Experience for Students in Mass Spectrometry and Ion Spectroscopy

在这个国际学生研究经验（IRES）项目中，美国研究生和本科生将在韦恩州立大学的Mary T. Rodgers教授和犹他大学的Peter B. Armentrout教授的指导下，与荷兰的合作伙伴和机构一起参与国际合作研究项目，研究金属离子相互作用在生物学、能源和催化以及环境中的作用。他们开展的生物、催化和环境导向的质谱和光谱研究有望增加快速增长和发展的研究领域，引起广泛的研究人员的兴趣。每个美国学生将被分配在几个项目上合作，每个学生在一个特定的项目上担任首席研究员。本次IRES的成果预计将有助于这些方法的基础，并促进其持续发展，同时有助于STEM劳动力的准备。在三年的时间里，美国学生将每年两次前往荷兰进行为期一个月的研究访问，参与合作研究项目，这些项目将利用荷兰独特的仪器（激光系统和质谱仪）和位于奈梅亨大学（Radboud University Nijmegen）的自由电子激光红外实验（FELIX）设施的网络基础设施。荷兰的FELIX设施是一个国际用户设施，由先进的技术人员以及与该大学相关的教师、学生和博士后提供支持。计划的实验旨在直接测量金属配体配合物的红外光谱，从而通过分析观察到的光解途径以及伴随的理论工作提供结构和机制信息。由于FELIX设施欢迎来自世界各地的各种研究人员，因此IRES参与者应该受益于与荷兰合作伙伴以及来自其他机构和国家的研究人员进行互动的特殊的早期职业机会。在美国pi和荷兰导师的指导下，理论计算、额外的数据分析和准备报告结果将在学生返回美国后继续进行，最终达到科学出版物的预期结果。将进行访问前和访问后的调查以及为期三年的后续调查，以评估该IRES计划的成功。美国-荷兰IRES项目的网站将向参与者、更广泛的科学界和公众公布项目的结果。

In this International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project, U.S. graduate and undergraduate students under the supervision of Professors Mary T. Rodgers of Wayne State University and Peter B. Armentrout of the University of Utah will participate in international collaborative research projects with Dutch counterpartners and institutions to investigate the roles of metal ion interactions in biology, energy and catalysis, and the environment. The biological, catalytic, and environmentally oriented mass spectrometry and spectroscopic studies they carry out are expected to add to the rapidly growing and evolving research areas that interest a broad community of researchers. Each U.S. cohort will be assigned collaborate on several projects, with each student acting as the lead researcher on a particular project. Outcomes from this IRES are expected to contribute to the underpinnings of these methodologies and add to their continuing development, while contributing to STEM workforce preparation.Twice a year for three years, U.S. student cohorts will travel to the Netherlands for month long research visits to participate in cooperative research projects that make use of unique Dutch instrumentation (laser systems and mass spectrometers) and cyber infrastructure at the Free Electron Lasers for Infrared eXperiments (FELIX) facility at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The FELIX facility in the Netherlands is an international user facility supported by an advanced technical staff as well as faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows associated with the university. Planned experiments are designed to measure directly the infrared spectra of the metal-ligand complexes, thereby providing structural and mechanistic information through the analysis of the observed photodissociation pathways along with concomitant theoretical work. Because the FELIX facility welcomes a wide variety of researchers from around the globe, IRES participants should benefit from an exceptional, early career opportunity to interact with Dutch partners as well as researchers from other institutions and countries. Theoretical calculations, additional data analysis, and preparation of the results for presentation will continue after the students return to the U.S., culminating in the expected outcome of scientific publications, under the guidance of the U.S. PIs and Dutch mentors. Pre- and post visit surveys along with a three-year follow-up survey will be administered to assess the success of this IRES program. A website for this U.S.-Netherlands IRES program will make the results of the program available to participants, the broader scientific community, and the public.