Summer 2021 cohort
Leslie Castro
Columbia University in the City of New York
BA in Chemistry, May 2022
Concentration in Earth Science
Research Mentor: Prof. Goldberg
Project Title: “Employing Poly(triazine imide) in the Guerbet Reaction to yield n-Butanol”
Publication:
Ethanol Upgrading to n-Butanol Using Transition Metal Incorporated Poly(triazine)imide Frameworks. Cypher, S.M.; ‡Pauly, M.; Castro, L.G.; Donley, C.L.; Maggard, P.A.; Goldberg, K.I. Manuscript in Preparation.
Presentation:
Ethanol Upgrading to Butanol Using Transition Metal Incorporated Poly(triazine)imide Frameworks and Water-Soluble Homogeneous Catalysts. Cypher, S.M.; Pauly, M.; Smith, A.M.; Castro, L.G.; Eblen, A.C.; Donley, C.L.; Miller, A.J.M.; Maggard, P.A.; Goldberg, K.I. CHASE All Hands Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC. Poster. May 2022.
Accepted in UC Berkeley Chemistry PhD Program
Warner Carnero
Montclair State University
BS in Chemistry and Mathematics, May 2022
Research Mentor: Prof. Saven
Project title: “Simulations of tetrameric bundles of BUND1 and E28M variant”
Accepted in the University of Pennsylvania Chemistry PhD program
Octavia Florent
Geneva College
BS in Chemistry with a Professional Concentration, May 2022
Minor in Mathematics
Research Mentor: Prof. Rappe
Project Title: “Mechanistic Study of Functionalizing Graphene via Aziridination Reaction”
Accepted in Brown University Chemistry PhD program
Brandon Mai
Vassar College
BA in Chemistry, May 2022
Research Mentor: Prof. Tomson
Project Title: “Catalytic Silylation of N2 to Silylamine using Dicobaltcomplexes”
Jasjit Kaur
Drexel University
BS in Chemistry, June 2022
Research Mentor: Prof. Kozlowski
Project Title: “Synthesis of PAH Molecules from Commercially Available Aniline Precursors”
Accepted in Temple University Chemistry PhD program
Anthony Smaldone
Binghamton University
BS in Chemistry and Mathematics, May 2022
Research Mentor: Prof. Walsh
Project Title: “Sulfenate-Anion Catalyzed Enantioselective Aziridination”
Accepted in Yale University Chemistry PhD program (Theoretical Chemistry)