CONWAY, Ark. (April 24, 2019) – Thirteen Hendrix College
students presented their research at the March 31-April 2 national meeting of
the American Chemical Society in Orlando, Fla.
The theme for the society’s 257th national meeting was “Chemistry for New
Frontiers.”
Accompanied to the meeting by Department of Chemistry faculty
members Dr. Bill Gunderson, Dr. David Hales, Dr. Courtney Hatch ’00, Dr. Peter
Kett, and Dr. Caitlin Scott, the students prepared research posters and shared
their research with conference attendees from throughout the world.
Students and their presentations included:
Kirstyn Baker ’21, a chemistry and Spanish double
major from Fort Smith, Ark. – “Development of a modified Michaelis-Menten
Langmuir kinetic model for supported lipid bilayer formation”
Jackson Bridges ’19, a chemistry major from Little
Rock, Ark. – “Investigating the role of a critical vesicle concentration in the
formation of supported lipid bilayers”
Megan Cassingham ’19, a chemistry major from
Shreveport, La. – “Analysis of PM2.5 organic fraction: Quantification of
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate”
Henry Dana ’19, a chemistry major from Boulder,
Colo. – “Water adsorption on polyhydroxylate microspheres as a function of
relative humidity using an FTIR spectrometer equipped with a flow cell”
Hailey Hayes ’19, a chemical physics major from
Conway, Ark. – “Water adsorption on polyhydroxylate microspheres as a function
of relative humidity using a quartz crystal microbalance”
Robbie Kiss ’20, a biochemistry/molecular biology
major from Fort Smith, Ark. – “Understanding the role of flow rate and lipid
concentration in the kinetics of supported lipid bilayer formation”
Allison Long ’21, a neuroscience major from
Springfield, Mo. – “Optimization of the expression, growth, and purification of
toxoflavin lyase”
Kameron Molloy ’21, a chemistry major from Hot
Springs, Ark. – “Activation parameters for fragmentation of three tetrapeptides
at penultimate proline in ethanol”
Karen Morris ’21, a biochemistry/molecular biology
major from Alma, Ark. – “Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) measurements: Design
and calibration of a CCN analysis system”
Claire Nissen ’19, a chemical physics major from
Austin, Texas – “Elucidating the enzymatic mechanism of toxoflavin lyase”
Rebecca Parham ’21, a chemistry major from Alma, Ark.
– “Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) measurements: Design and calibration of a
CCN analysis system”
Matthew Perkins ’19, a chemistry major from Little
Rock, Ark. – “Activation parameters for fragmentation of a series of
Arg-Xaa-Gly-Gly tetrapeptides”
Connie Zhang ’21, a chemistry and English literary
studies double major from Shreveport, La. – “Gas-phase fragmentation pathways
of bradykinin ions and comparison to solution-phase results”
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About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix
College consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal
arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40
Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.