IRES: U.S.-Hungarian Research on Harvesting Light Energy for Redox Chemistry and Biosensors

这一美国-匈牙利国际学生研究体验(IRES)项目支持本科生到匈牙利布达佩斯进行研究访问，与匈牙利导师和学生进行身临其境的合作。在首席研究员、黎巴嫩山谷学院的Timothy Peelen博士的全面指导下，来自大西洋中部地区的12名美国学生在EöTVöS洛兰德大学的实验室工作，由两位匈牙利首席导师Zoltán Novák博士和Péter Kele博士指导。出发前，所有学生将在黎巴嫩山谷学院进行为期两周的培训，为为期八周的海外研究经历做准备，以了解匈牙利的文化和语言，并学习与光能基础应用相关的概念和技术，涵盖有机金属和生物正交化学。在布达佩斯，学生们在Novák和Kele实验室开展一系列围绕光能应用这一主题的活动。虽然围绕这一统一的主题进行设计，但具体的项目允许参与者在无机、有机、光物理和生物化学领域追求个人兴趣。IRES的每个本科生参与者还获得了化学工具的应用经验，这些工具可用于操纵金属络合物的光物理性质，以及分别用于光氧化还原催化和生物正交化学的荧光探针。总的来说，IRES在EöTVöS洛兰德大学的活动提供了宝贵的早期沉浸式研究经验，这将使本科生研究人员在追求未来职业生涯的过程中与国际同行进行富有成效的互动。P.I.将向不同代表性不足的群体提供服务，包括承诺挑选同等数量的男性和女性参与者，同时努力将代表性不足的少数族裔和残疾学生包括在内。作为一名本科生，参与一项严谨的研究项目与重要的收获有关，比如像科学家一样思考和工作，以及澄清职业或研究生的计划。作为该项目的巅峰体验，IRES学生将被强烈鼓励参加每年10月在巴尔的摩校区马里兰大学举行的化学和生物科学本科生研究研讨会。

This U.S.-Hungarian International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project supports undergraduate students' research visits to Budapest, Hungary, for an immersive collaboration with Hungarian mentors and students. With overall direction by the Principal Investigator, Dr. Timothy Peelen of Lebanon Valley College, twelve U.S. students from the mid-Atlantic region, work in laboratories at Eötvös Loránd University guided by two lead Hungarian mentors, Drs. Zoltán Novák and Péter Kele. Prior to departure, all students prepare for their eight week research experience abroad during a two week orientation at Lebanon Valley College to learn about Hungarian culture and language, and for instruction in concepts and techniques related to fundamental applications of light energy, spanning organometallic and bioorthogonal chemistry. In Budapest, students work in the Novák and Kele laboratories on a cluster of activities centered around the theme of applications of light energy. While designed around this unifying theme, specific projects allow participants to pursue individual interests in the areas of inorganic, organic, photophysical, and biological chemistry. Each of the IRES undergraduate participants also gains experience with the application of chemical tools that can be used to manipulate the photophysical properties of metal complexes and fluorogenic probes for applications in photoredox catalysis and bioorthogonal chemistry, respectively.Overall, IRES activities at Eötvös Loránd University offer a valuable early immersive research experience that will prepare the undergraduate researchers to engage productively with international colleagues as they pursue their future careers. The P.I. will reach out to serve different underrepresented groups, including a commitment to select equal numbers of male and female participants while striving to include underrepresented minorities and students with disabilities. Participation in a rigorous research project as an undergraduate has been linked to important gains such as thinking and working like a scientist and clarification of career or graduate school plans. As a capstone experience for the program, IRES students will be strongly encouraged to participate in the Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciencesheld each October at Unniversity of Maryland, Baltimore Campus.