CONWAY, Ark. (March 28, 2016) – Eighteen Hendrix College
chemistry students recently presented their undergraduate research at the 251st
American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring National Meeting in San Diego,
California.
The students all successfully completed poster presentations
of their research findings and had the opportunity to attend talks by
professional chemists in multiple subject areas, to interact with graduate
school and industry representatives, and to support Dr. Tom Goodwin as he
accepted the ACS
Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution.
The
students and their poster titles include:
- Mouad Abdulrahim ’17 – Synthesis of 3-substituted quinoline-4-carboxylic acids from
5-fluoroisatin via the Pfitzinger reaction
- Taylor Bennett ’16 – Characterization of soluble substrate proteases from venomous snake
species native to Arkansas
- Ashley Elser ’16 – Characterization of insoluble substrate proteases from varying snake
species native to Arkansas
- William Embry ’16 – Photofragmentation of photoionized furan clusters
- Abby Gatmaitan ’17 – Exploring the mechanism for iron uptake by phytoplankton: A biomarker
study
- Jake Higgins ’16 – Atmospheric aerosol sampling and analysis by GC/MS
- Caitlyn Hoffman ’16 – Metastable fragmentation and photofragmentation of photoionized tetrahydrothiophene clusters
- Aphrodis Imanishimwe ’18 – Synthesis of spiropyrrolizidenes and 3-substituted
quinoline-4-carboxylic acids from 7-bromoisatin
- Any Jivan ’16 – Ethanol
induces mitochondrial biogenesis in rats fed ethanol and a low-fat diet
- Fhaizan Khan ’17 – Metastable fragmentation of photoionized furan clusters
- Jenny Kim ’17 – Formic
acid uptake on montmorillonite clay: An FTIR study
- Shalom Lee ’16 – Synthesis of 5- and 6-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-acetylglyoxylamides
- Farai Musariri ’16 – Synthesis of spiropyrrolizidenes and 3-substituted
quinoline-4-carboxylic acids from 6-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-isatin
- Barbara Patterson ’16 – Computational study of photoionized furan,
thiophene, and tetrahydrothiophene clusters
- Pratheepa Ravikumar ’17 – Green synthesis of spiropyrrolizidenes via a three component
condensation in a variety of solvents
- Peiwen Sheng ’16 –
Comparison of venom proteases between
snake species
- Karla Sintigo ’17 – Synthesis of spiropyrrolizidenes from aryl-isatins, proline, and methyl
cinnamate
- Rachel Zweig ’16 – Role of intramolecular forces in protease heat stability
About Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private
liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with
the United Methodist Church since 1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges That Change Lives:
40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized in numerous college guides,
lists, and rankings for academic quality, community, innovation, and value. For
more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.