UST Chemistry is again well-represented at ACS Meeting

Nine students from the Chemistry Department presented their research at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City in March.  Student presenters, their projects, and their advisors were:  Melissa Joyce, “A Computational Study of TiH5+ and CH5+ ” (student of Dr. Joseph Brom); Andrew Knoff, “Synthesis of a Functionalized Isoluminol Derivative,”  Nick Lesmeister, “Novel Biocompatible Phosphorylcholine Polymers from Norbornene Derivatives,”  Amanda Louiselle, “An Improved Method for the Detection of 17B-Estradiol in an ELISA,” Luyen Nguyen, “Synthesis of a Novel Oxazolidinone Antimicrobial,” Ashley Patraw, “Optimization of the Synthetic Methodology Towards the Synthesis of a Novel Antibiotic,” and James Stokman, “Synthesis and Testing of a Novel Antimicrobial” (students of Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti, who accompanied the students to the conference); Anthony Gerten, “Toward Isostructural Isomeric Benzylideneanilines:  A Severely Nonplanar Conformation Forced by 2,6-Disubstitution,” and Jeremy Leavell, “Structure-Defining Interactions Involving the Nitro Group in Crystalline 'Bridge-Flipped' Isomeric Phenylhydrazones,” (students of Dr. William Ojala).

In addition, the UST Chemistry Club was recognized at the conference as their ACS Student Affiliates Chapter was given the ranking of "Outstanding" for the third consecutive year.