Attendees and presenters at the 2018 ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium. (photo, Susan D Wiediger)The 2018 ACS–St Louis Section Undergraduate Research Symposium was held Friday, November 2nd, from 2:30-5:00 p.m. in the Science Laboratory West building at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville. Twenty-two presenters from six area universities shared work from fifteen projects. In addition to learning from each other, students had an opportunity to explain their work to a range of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty. More photos from the event are available via the section’s Flickr account.
Award recipients at the 2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium, l. to r.: Anna L Grobelny (2nd), Anusree Natraj (2nd), Christine Campisi (1st), Sarah Neisch (Honorable Mention), and Chris Perry (4th) (photo Dana Baum)Awards were made to the following students (not all co-authors and collaborators are listed):
1st: Christine Campisi, mentored by Timothy Wencewicz of Washington University–St Louis, for Towards the total synthesis of the acyclic analog of tabtoxinine-β-lactam
2nd (tie): Anna L Grobelny, mentored by Ryan Groeneman of Webster University, for Solid state [2+2] cycloaddition reactions within pure and mixed co-crystals based upon dihalogenated resorcinols and 4-stilbazole Anusree Natraj, mentored by Johnathan Barnes of Washington University–St Louis, for Synthesis of sequence-defined redox-responsive polyviologens
4th: Chris Perry, mentored by Sarah Luesse of Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville, for Effect of substituted 2-furaldehyde and 2-nitrophenol components on Passerini-Smiles couplings
Honorable Mention: Sarah Neisch, mentored by Dana Baum of Saint Louis University, for Advances in comb-branched DNA synthesis
Symposium organizers for 2019: Monica Rieth and Samira Azad.Appreciation is extended to all the attendees and volunteers. We would also like to announce new organizers for the undergraduate research symposium for 2019: Welcome to Monica Rieth and Samira Azad!
