Chemistry

Summer Science Research Opportunities

Earlham College will provide on campus science summer research opportunities for Earlham students during the summer of 2008. 

A list of project titles is listed below. For detailed descriptions, please contact Terry Shipley. If you have specific concerns and questions regarding a particular research project, please contact individual project supervisors directly.

Project Supervisors and Project Titles

Peter Blair
Department of Biology
6 weeks
Dates:  June 6-July 11, 2008
Title: Refining the Annotations of the Malaria Genome

Mike Deibel
Department of Chemistry                                                                 

9 weeks
Dates:  May 5 – July 4, 2008
Title:  Determination and Modeling of Metal Toxicity in Aquatic Species, Determination of Trace Metals in Soil, Water and Aquatic Life in Springwood Lake

Mark Stocksdale
Department of Chemistry

8 weeks
Dates:  May 5 – June 27, 2008 (subject to change, see Mark with questions)
Title:  Synthesis of Fluorescent-Labeled Phytosiderophore Analogs

Lori Watson
Department of Chemistry

6 weeks
Dates:  May 5 – June 13, 2008
Title: Synthesis, Characterization, and Computational Modeling of Unsaturated Organometallic Complexes

Charlie Peck
Computer Science Department

10 weeks
Dates: TBA    
Title: Field Sensor and Recording Systems

Fonsie Guilaran
Department of Physics

8 weeks
Dates: May 5-June 30, 2008
Title: Characterization of SnO2 Nanobelt-Based Gas Sensors

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