REU Site: Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Chem-SURF) Program at UCI

这项本科生研究经验(REU)站点奖授予加州大学欧文分校，在2020-2022年夏季支持8名学生进行10周的研究和专业发展。这个网站由数学和物理科学局的化学部资助，帮助学生发展合作、交流和批判性思维技能，以及化学中的实验和计算技术。除了教育和专业发展，学生们还从事跨越化学的独立研究项目。该项目提供了在专业和社会环境中与导师和同行互动的机会，这些环境旨在增加学生的知识和研究技能，并增强他们作为科学家的身份。学生参与研究项目，拥有最先进的设备和设施，并由教师、博士后研究员和研究生指导。项目包括结构蛋白质的分子建模，开发用于活体成像的生物发光探测器，研究颗粒性空气污染物的光学性质，以及将机器学习与有机合成相结合。学生还参加为其职业发展而设计的讲习班和研讨会，包括道德培训、研究生院和奖学金申请准备以及沟通技能。REU的学生在共享和交叉活动中与其他校园暑期研究项目和研究生院准备项目进行互动，包括会议、研讨会和专题讨论会。学生们为在科学会议上展示他们的成果并继续研究生学习做好了充分的准备。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of California – Irvine, located in Irvine, CA, supports eight students for ten weeks of research and professional development during the summers of 2020-2022. This site, funded by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, helps students develop collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills as well as experimental and computational techniques in chemistry. Alongside education and professional development, students also undertake independent research projects spanning chemistry. The program provides an opportunity to interact with mentors and peers in both professional and social environments that have been designed to increase students’ knowledge and research skills and increase their identities as scientists.Students participate in research projects with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, and are mentored by faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. Projects include the molecular modeling of structural proteins, developing bioluminescent probes for in vivo imaging, studying the optical properties of particulate air pollutants, and integrating machine learning with organic synthesis. Students also attend workshops and seminars designed for their professional development, including ethics training, graduate school and fellowship application preparation, and communication skills. REU students interact with other on-campus summer research programs and graduate school preparation programs during shared and crossover activities including conferences, seminars, and symposia. Students leave the program well-prepared to present their results at scientific meetings and to continue with graduate studies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.