Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston

Hooray for Doctor Jay!

So proud of our outstanding students, our mentors, and our great colleague Dr. Brooke Van Horn!

Photos from SC_ACS Awards Dinndr & Undergarduate Poster Session

Posters by Walker Hoisington, Brison Shira, and Kaili Yap
CofC Outstanding Chem/Biochem Major awared to Brison Shira

Student Reflects on Local History as 1967 Legacy Program Scholarship Recipient (cofc.edu)
https://today.cofc.edu/2023/03/28/student-reflects-on-local-history-as-1967-legacy-program-scholarship-recipient/

Student Reflects on Local History as 1967 Legacy Program Scholarship Recipient The College of Charleston's 1967 Legacy Program, which supports the academic and professional success of Black students, has awarded the first Septima Clark and Esau and Janie B. Jenkins Local Legends Endowed Scholarship (Clark-Jenkins Scholarship) to freshman Alyssa Craft. The scholarship, endowed....

Hannah Todd presented her research yesterday at the meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis. Hannah conducts research with our department chair, Dr. Marcello Forconi. Great job Hannah!

Walker Hoisington and Casey O'Brien presented their research last night at the national American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Indianapolis. Walker is conducting research with Dr. Tim Barker and Casey is conducting research with Dr. Kate Mullaugh. Way to go! We're so proud of you!

Heidi Sabatini and Kyra Dorsey, both chemistry majors in our class of 2023, presented their research at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry (PittCon 2023) today in Philadelphia. Heidi and Kyra both work with Dr. Wendy Cory. Great job!

Hooray for Mike!

CofC Faces to Know: Mike Giuliano Name: Michael Giuliano Hometown: I was born and grew up in the suburbs around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Education: B.S. – Villanova University; Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin, Madison; Postdoctoral Research – Yale University Job title: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Bioche...

Some non-obvious career choices for chemistry majors...

What Can You Do with a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry? - American Chemical Society American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.

Congratulations Stephen Ferguson, class of 2012, on the publication of his second patent. We're so proud of you and your accomplishments!

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Congratulations to Grier Jones, class of 2018, on his first first-author paper! Grier is a PhD candidate at the University of Tennessee. Congratulations Grier!

Data-Driven Ligand Field Exploration of Fe(IV)-oxo Sites for C-H Activation High-valent Fe(IV)-oxo intermediates, found in enzyme active sites, are excellent targets for biomimetic design of molecular catalysts for C-H bond activation. C-H bonds in inert aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as methane, possess strong bonds that are resistant to chemical functionalization. To aid in...

Happy Halloween! Dr. Rogers never disappoints. This year she's Chegg. And Dr. Giuliano recognizes some of the material on her back, hmmm! If you have been looking at Chegg, are you spooked? Trick or treat!

The College of Charleston is hosting a Spooky Science Magic Show for rising high school juniors and seniors! Use this link to register https://blogs.cofc.edu/lowcountryhall/2022/10/12/2022-spooky-science-magic-show/

Congratulations to Addie Barnes, biochemistry major class of 2023, on presenting her research at the national American Chemical Society meeting last week in Las Vegas. Here she is talking about her research and at a dinner celebrating all of the speakers. Great job, Addie!

Congratulations to Dr. Nathaniel Fletcher, Class of 2017, who has completed his doctorate at the University of Tennessee! While at CofC, he conducted undergraduate research with Dr. Kate Mullaugh.

Heidi Sabatini, chemistry major class of 2023, presented her research today at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS). Heidi has been conducting research with Dr. Cory. Great job, Heidi!

Congratulations to Candice Ulmer Holland, class of 2012, for being named to the Analytical Scientist's "Top 40 under 40." What an honor, and well-deserved! Congratulations Candice, we're so proud of you and your accomplishments. https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/2022

https://www.epscorideafoundation.org/research-highlights/south-carolina-inbre-researcher-publishes-new-study-on-neuropeptide-galatin

SOUTH CAROLINA: INBRE researcher publishes new study on neuropeptide galatin | Research Highlights SOUTH CAROLINA: INBRE researcher publishes new study on neuropeptide galatin SC INBRE researcher Mike Giuliano, College of Charleston, and lab have recently published, “The neuropeptide galanin adopts an irregular secondary structure,” in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Said...

Summer research poster session

Drs. Mullaugh and Veal taking CofC Chemistry and Biochemistry international…

Some of our EVSS students have been on a summer study abroad trip in Ecuador with the Chemistry department! They are here with Dr. Veal and Dr. Mullaugh along with undergraduate students from the chemistry department testing various water sites for water quality in the highlands and Amazon River Basin!

CofC chem students, along with students in the masters in environmental studies program, are currently in Ecuador studying water quality and sustainability for a summer study abroad program with Dr. Kate Mullaugh and Dr. William Veal.

Congratulations !

Congratulations to chemistry major Heidi Sabatini on winning the Best Poster award at last week's AXE (Alpha Chi Sigma) national conclave! Heidi has been conducting research on pharmaceutical degradation with Dr. Wendy Cory. Her research was funded by the W. Frank Kinard Research Award in summer 2021 and SC-INBRE in 2022. Way to go, Heidi!

Addie Barnes (BA History and BS Chemistry, '23) runs 20 parallel biodegradable polymer syntheses (kinetics runs) under the direction of her mentor, Dr. Brooke Van Horn.

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The SSM is sending a big thank you and congratulations to Dr. Jim Deavor as he steps down from his role as Chair of the Department of Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston. Lucky for us he will be sticking around to continue teaching chemistry students. Thank you, Jim, for all of your years of service to CofC!

Congratulations, Hussain Bhagat!

Congratulations! Class of 2022! CHEM & BIOC!

Congratulations Class of 2022!

Congratulations Class of 2022!

Congratulations to our Chemistry & Biochemistry 2022 Award Winners for Outstanding Students, Departmental Honors, AIC, and ACS Awards! (Back row): Phia Gierszal, Hussain Bhagat, Fabio Najjar, Tommy Sinkway, Cahley Farrell. (Front row): Kim Sok, Jayda Carroll-Deaton, Raven King, and WeiJun VanLith.

Phia Gierszal is the recipient of the 2022 CofC’s Presidential Award for Scholarship, Leadership, and Service. Phia is president of CofC’s student affiliate ACS chapter, received the ACS Outstanding Biochemistry Major award, will graduate summa cm laude from the Honors College, and will be heading to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall to pursue a PhD in Chemistry.

More photos from SC-ACS Undergraduate Poster Session.

CofC Entourage at SC-ACS Poster Session and Awards Meeting at Claflin University! Hooray for our students presenting posters: Jayda Carroll-Deaton, Abanob Hanna, Phia Gierszal, Heidi Sabatini, and Fabio Najjar!

Congratulations to Abbey Reeves ('20 BS BIOC) for receiving an NSF graduate fellowship. She is at the Scripps Institute in California. While at CofC she performed undergraduate research with Drs. Fox and Forconi.

Congratulations to two 2022 Chemistry Goldwater Scholars: Abanob Hanna and Brison Shira!
https://today.cofc.edu/2022/03/31/3-honors-college-students-named-goldwater-scholars/

3 Honors College Students Named Goldwater Scholars Above (L-R): Abanob Hanna. Emily Dombrowski and Brison Shira, CofC's 2022 Goldwater Scholars. Three College of Charleston students have been named Goldwater Scholars for the 2022-23 academic year. The scholarship is a federally endowed award that encourages students to pursue careers in the fields o...

Accepted Abstract for the International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy in June ...
MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS: A
CELEBRATION OF A DECADE OF COLLABORATION
NATHAN A. SEIFERT, Department of Chemistry, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA;
THOMAS M. C. McFADDEN, GAMIL A GUIRGIS, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of
Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA; NICOLE MOON, AMANDA DUERDEN, G. S. GRUBBS II, Department
of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA.
In this reflective presentation, we will discuss a fruitful, decade long collaboration between the speaker and Prof. Gamil
Guirgis at the College of Charlestona and Gamil’s now distinct contributions to organosilicon chemistry. In particular, we
will focus on Gamil’s facilitation of undergraduate students and young scientists in their study of the chemical and spec-
troscopic properties of these molecules, as well as his use of microwave and infrared spectroscopy (and spectroscopists!)
as essential methods for chemical analysis.
Our discussion will primarily focus on recent microwave studies, such as silylcyclohex-2-ene, 1,1-
difluorosilylcyclohex-2-ene and cyclopentylsilane, whose spectra were recently acquired in the Grubbs lab at Missouri
S&T. However, given the timely nature of celebrating a decade of collaboration between Gamil and the speaker, we will
highlight the history and past results of Gamil’s collaborations with microwave spectroscopists in the past decade, which
stretches across multiple laboratories and research groups, many of which have been featured at ISMS in past years.b
Finally, we use this story as motivation to discuss the collaborative interface between the “spectroscopist” with the
“chemist”. As microwave spectroscopy continues to climb up the formidable but traversable mountain towards mainstream
chemical applicability, Gamil’s work with microwave spectroscopists offers a unique and compelling example of how
microwave spectroscopy and spectroscopists can provide (and have provided) essential services for those interested in
chemical synthesis.
a N. A. Seifert; G. A. Guirgis; B. H. Pate, J. Mol. Struct 2012, 1023, 222.
b Examples include: T. M. C. McFadden; N. Moon; F. E. Marshall, et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 2022, 24, 2454; G. A. Guirgis; J. S. Overby; M.
H. Palmer, et al., J. Phys. Chem. A 2012, 116, 7822; G. A. Guirgis; R. E. Sonstrom; A. J. Clark, et al., J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 4389.