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12/06/2022
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!
11/18/2022
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...
10/31/2022
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!
10/27/2022
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/
10/26/2022
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!
10/25/2022
Photos from East Cooper Montessori Charter School's post
10/25/2022
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.
10/22/2022
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!
10/05/2022
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
08/25/2022
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...
08/22/2022
Summer research poster session
08/07/2022
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!
08/03/2022
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.
07/24/2022
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07/19/2022
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!
07/06/2022
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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05/23/2022
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!
05/10/2022
Congratulations, Hussain Bhagat!
05/08/2022
Congratulations! Class of 2022! CHEM & BIOC!
05/08/2022
Congratulations Class of 2022!
05/08/2022
Congratulations Class of 2022!
05/06/2022
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.
04/28/2022
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.
04/19/2022
More photos from SC-ACS Undergraduate Poster Session.
04/19/2022
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!
04/12/2022
Photos from College of Charleston's post
04/08/2022
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.
04/08/2022
Photos from Alpha Chi Sigma Gamma Delta Chapter's post
04/01/2022
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...
03/04/2022
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.
02/18/2022
Celebrating African American Chemists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im_17N_JVAE
Five Black Chemists Who Changed the World This week Reactions is celebrating Black History Month with some amazing black scientists. These people have changed the world through chemistry. 0:23 - Perc...
02/14/2022
Check out last night's episode of HBO's The Righteous Gemstones to catch of glimpse of the debut of Dr. Lavrich's debut as background security guard number 9. Don't blink or you may miss it.
02/03/2022
Studying in the nook! Third floor SSMB.
Have you found your go-to study spot yet? Both SSMB and Rita have fun nooks and crannies with all you need for that mid-week study session grind. Check out some of our SSM students finishing lab reports, studying for the MCAT, and writing abstracts in a cozy corner of the chemistry floor!
01/31/2022
Who is this CofC Chemist?
01/27/2022
Thanks to our donors and supporters!
It's finally here! Happy ! Make your gift to SSM now: https://cofcday.cofc.edu/organizations/school-of-sciences-and-mathematics
01/04/2022
Richard Lavrich visiting collaborator Jens-Uwe Grabow of Gottfried Wilhem Leibniz Universitat in Hannover, Germany. The two, along with Vadim Ilyushin of The Institute of Radio Astronomy in Kharkiv, Ukraine, are investigating coupled large amplitude motions in 5-methyl-9-hydroxyphenalenone using Broadband Fast Passage Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy.
Two Summer Internship opportunities at Solvay (Alpharetta Georgia) - polymer characterization, materials science and analytical chemistry. You can contact Dr. Cory for more information.
https://www.solvay.com/en/career/job-opportunities/analytical-chemistry-intern-14726
https://www.solvay.com/en/career/job-opportunities/materials-science-intern-14725
11/05/2021
Come check out what the students in our Chemistry of Alcohol class brewed up this semester! For the next month (age 21+), you can get a flight of our students' beers and vote for your favorite one. The winner will be announced after Thanksgiving and will be canned and distributed to the public. learning
10/26/2021
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