Worcester State University - Chemistry

Congratulations to our graduates! 🎓🥳

📷: Jeff Nichols, Jeremy Andreatta, Lauren Lachapelle



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1. A selfie of our Chemistry faculty at the DCU Center on Saturday.
2. Our soon-to-be Chemistry graduates are all smiles waiting for the ceremony to begin.
3. Lauren Lachapelle, Biotechnology graduate, gives Dr. Dilip a hug.

Dr. Jaber made ice cream with nitrogen for his class. 🍨 Sorry I didn’t save you any. 😬



Image description: An empty cup with a spoon and remnants of chocolate ice cream around the edges.

We were proud to celebrate our Chemistry students following their internship presentations!

Lina Tran – Prana Biosciences
Jordyn Poirier – ETR
Syeda Faatima Adnan – UMass Chan, Worcester

Internships like these provide invaluable real-world experience and help shape future career paths in chemistry and beyond.

A wonderful afternoon of presentations—and celebration (yes, cake included!)—as we also recognized our soon-to-be graduates.

📷: Meghna Dilip



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1. Lina presenting her internship.
2.-3. Soon-to-be graduates cut the cake at the End of the Semester Celebration.

Thank you to our Chemistry Advisory Board Members for sharing your insight on industry and potential directions for program development at our annual Chemistry Advisory Board Meeting on Tuesday! We appreciate your time and expertise!

📷: Kerry Popp



Images: Chemistry faculty, staff, and students meet with Advisory Board Members:
Anita Mattson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jonathon McGee, CEM Corporation, WSU Alumni
Michael Romanelli, Flexcon
Nunzio Sciammetta, Merck
Ken Spizuoco, Qnity™ Electronics
Victoriano Tamez, MarathonLS

Congratulations to Xin, Sean, Agathon, and Sophia for winning the Library Research Award for their presentation at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity! Their poster is titled, "Design and the Development of Protein Kinase C Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents."



Image description: Agathon Malik, Dr. Xu (faculty advisor), Xin Xiong, Sophia Westort, and Sean Furlong stand in front of their poster at the recent Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity.

Congratulations to Christian Biadasz on winning 3rd Place in Chemistry at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity poster competition! The title of the poster: “Comparing Detection Limits of GC-MS and GC-FID Using Caffeine as a Model Compound” with Dr. Murphy as Faculty Advisor.



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1.-2. Christian explains his research to attendees in the Competition Gym of the Wellness Center.

Congratulations to Emily Walls on winning 1st Place in Chemistry at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity poster competition! The title of the poster: “The Chemicals in the Snow that Surround Us” with Dr. Dilip and Dr. Reynolds as Faculty Advisors.

📷: Meghna Dilip



Image description: Emily and Dr. Dilip stand in front of a second poster in the Competition Gym of the Wellness Center.

Congratulations to Fayez Alshammaa on winning 1st Place in Chemistry at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity poster competition! The title of the poster: “The Synthesis of μ-oxo-bridged Manganese Phthalocyanines” with Dr. Sturtz as Faculty Advisor.

📷: Jeremy Andreatta



Image description: Fayez stands next to the poster in the Competition Gym of the Wellness Center.

Congratulations to Kyle McGown on winning 2nd Place in Chemistry at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity poster competition! The title of the poster: “Investigation of CO2 Copolymerization Under Ambient Pressures” with Dr. Andreatta as Faculty Advisor.

📷: Jeremy Andreatta



Image description: Dr. Andreatta and Kyle stand in front of the poster in the Competition Gym of the Wellness Center.

Congratulations to all of our students who presented at the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity in the Wellness Center yesterday! Watch for more event photos and the winners of the poster competition for Chemistry.

📷: Meghna Dilip



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1. Agathon, Sean, and Sophia present research to an attendee.
2. Kaitlyn presents research to Dr. Xu.
3. Maddox presents research to Dr. Barseguian.
4. Kyle presents research to Dr. Andreatta and attendees.
5. Emily presents research to Dr. Hu.