REU Site: Summer Research in Chemistry and Biochemsitry at Miami University

在这个由化学系本科研究经验项目资助的项目中，俄亥俄州牛津市迈阿密大学的Carole Dabney-Smith教授及其同事为学生提供了广泛的独立研究经验，旨在培养和完善学生的实验技能，提高他们作为研究团队一员的工作能力。积极的研究、专业发展和队伍建设的结合将为下一代科学家提供全面的经验，并强烈鼓励他们继续在众多科学领域中的一个领域作为职业。该项目的重点是那些在化学领域代表性不足的学生和/或那些没有机会在本国机构进行研究的学生。学生将从分析、生物、无机、有机、物理化学和化学教育研究等研究项目中进行选择，其中大多数项目是跨学科的，如生物分析、生物无机、生物物理和纳米技术等领域。学生还将参加涵盖与专业发展相关的一些主题的会议，包括(i)研究提案和科学报告的发展，（ii）理解科学中的伦理，（iii）化学和生物化学的可用职业道路，包括科学政策。活动旨在为学生准备化学家的各种工作机会，并建立一个强大的队列。许多本科化学和生物化学专业的学生往往缺乏接触科学研究的职业机会或将批判性思维技能应用于开放式研究的机会。迈阿密大学化学和生物化学REU项目的更广泛影响是促进化学和生物化学研究作为一种职业，特别是对那些在物理科学领域代表性不足的学生。

In this project funded by the Research Experience for Undergraduate Program of the Chemistry Division, Professor Carole Dabney-Smith and colleagues at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio provide students with extensive, independent research experiences that are designed to develop and refine students' experimental skills and enhance their ability to work as part of a research team. The combination of active research, professional development, and cohort-building will provide the next generation of scientists with a well rounded experience and strong encouragement to continue in one of many areas of science as a career.The project focuses on students underrepresented in chemistry and/or those who do not have opportunities for research at their home institution. Students will choose from research projects in analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, physical chemistry, and chemistry education research, with most projects being interdisciplinary, such as in the areas of bioanalytical, bio-inorganic, biophysical, and nanotechnology. Students will also participate in sessions that will cover a number of topics associated with professional development including (i) the development of research proposals and scientific presentations, (ii) understanding ethics in science and (iii) available career paths in chemistry and biochemistry, including science policy. Activities are designed to prepare students for various job opportunities for chemists and to build a strong cohort. Many undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students often lack exposure to scientific research career opportunities or opportunities to apply critical thinking skills to open-ended research. The broader impacts of Miami University's Chemistry and Biochemistry REU program are to promote research in chemistry and biochemistry as a career, especially for students underrepresented in the physical sciences.