Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston

Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston

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I graduated from CofC in Biochem, minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (shout out Dr. Mullaugh on the awesome Environmental Chem class!) in 2017 and have worked at Kemira ever since, currently in Raw Material Coordinating and Sourcing. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me directly, through DM or email [email protected]. I'm fine to chat and help you decide whether to submit a formal application! However - we are already scheduling interviews so the sooner the better. Start time can be after 2022 spring graduation.
Our SSM Dean stopped by Bosch yesterday to take ownership of a Thermo Fisher Scientific FTIR for our Department of Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston. Thank you so much Bosch USA for supporting STEM programs at College of Charleston. We send graduates to top Ph.D. Chemistry programs in the U.S. thanks to undergraduate research and training on such instruments.
Addie Barnes (BS Chemistry, BA History, ‘23) is hard at work in the lab. She is running 25 parallel polymerization kinetics experiments to determine the best ratio of reagent and organic catalyst to use in her polymerization reaction.
Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston
Why is chemistry major Heidi Sabatini great at solving problems? Because she has all the solutions.
Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston
Dr. Kate Mullaugh, along with students from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston, participated in the Global Climate Strike as part of the CofC Alliance for Planet Earth - APE event on the Cistern Yard today.
Lane Kenan is working in Dr. Michael Giuliano’s lab to develop small peptide models of hydrophobic collapse, one of the critical initial components of protein folding that is often challenging to observe directly. These models will help better understand a fundamental stage of protein folding and inform the design of peptides that activate cell-surface receptors. She is studying these model peptides using two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).

Lane is pictured here purifying peptides using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Her work was supported by SSM/SC-INBRE funds and an SC-INBRE grant to Dr. Giuliano.

Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston
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SSM Board of Advocates member Oliver Fetzer ('85) is finding the perfect chemistry to reduce carbon emissions through biofuel.
Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston
Congratulations to our own Dr. Amy Rogers for winning the 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award! We are proud of her and honored to have her as a colleague in our department.
Biochemistry major Hussain Bhagat shares a week in his life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPA4T3AU22A

Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston
Dani Gottlieb, Dean's List honoree and College of Charleston Honors College student, is working in Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston with Dr. Boucher as a student research assistant conducting a solubility study of regiorandom P3HT proteins.

She is also in the Lowcountry EMS EMT-Basic program at CofC Fire & EMS that prepares students to provide basic emergency medical care to victims of trauma and illness. The course covers CPR, infection control, IV maintenance, weapons of mass destruction, hazardous materials, and more.
Extending a heartfelt thank you to our SSM colleague, donor, and friend Dr. James Deavor, Chair of Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston. This CofC Day, Jim volunteered for the virtual call center and made personal gifts to initiatives including the Auerbach “Do Science” Scholarship and the SSM Diversity Enhancement Fund. Thank you, Dr. Deavor, for your longstanding commitment to SSM!
Action shot of the day! Kyle & Fabio have been working with a chemical modeling program MINEQL+ to determine the adsorption behavior of inorganic and organic pollutants on surfaces to determine how nanoparticles may be used for water treatment. Advisor: Dr. Mullaugh.
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Photos from College of Charleston School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering's post 08/08/2023

Hooray for Doctor Jay!

Photos from College of Charleston School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering's post 05/10/2023

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

04/27/2023
Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 04/19/2023

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 03/30/2023

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....

03/28/2023

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!

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 03/27/2023

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!

03/21/2023

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!

CofC Faces to Know: Mike Giuliano 01/20/2023

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...

11/19/2022

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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Data-Driven Ligand Field Exploration of Fe(IV)-oxo Sites for C-H Activation 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...

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 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!

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 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!

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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

SOUTH CAROLINA: INBRE researcher publishes new study on neuropeptide galatin | Research Highlights 08/25/2022

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...

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 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!

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 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!

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Congratulations, Hussain Bhagat!

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 05/08/2022

Congratulations! Class of 2022! CHEM & BIOC!

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 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.

Photos from Chem and Biochem at the College of Charleston's post 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!

Photos from College of Charleston's post 04/12/2022
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.

Photos from Alpha Chi Sigma Gamma Delta Chapter's post 04/08/2022
3 Honors College Students Named Goldwater Scholars 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.

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