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Chemistry
Two Students to Present Research at Scholars at the Capitol Feb. 19
11 Feb 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
Sam Jensen and Julie Rech will represent St. Thomas at the event, which will be held in the state Capitol’s rotunda.
Kristine Wammer and Her Students Take on a Major Source of Environmental Pollutants
14 Dec 2012 by Kristine Wammer / No Comments
Chemistry professor Kristine Wammer studies the effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment. “I am a ‘farm kid.’ I grew up on a corn and soybean farm in southern Minnesota that truly was the middle of nowhere, with the nearest town (Butternut) having a population that hovered around a dozen. Having no kids nearby meant that my brother Todd and I had to come up with creative – if slightly dangerous – ways to entertain ourselves.”
Testing the Waters: Undergraduates Leave the Lab and Plunge Into Research
28 Nov 2012 by Emily Koenig ’12 / No Comments
Most weekdays last summer Grant Schmura and David Houserman left the biology lab around noon and drove to Lake Judy in Shoreview, Minn. Before each of those days was done they would spend five hours gathering and tracking painted turtles.
Nick Serratore ’12 Mixes Patience and Vision in Graduate School Chemistry
11 Sep 2012 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
The Grand Rapids, Minn, native got his start in chemistry at St. Thomas four years ago, but what lies ahead now is five years of studies at the University of Wisconsin, a couple of years at a high-level research lab, and then perhaps an academic or industrial research position.
Depth of Field: Glowing Chemicals, Patient Student
23 Aug 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Nick Serratore points a small flashlight at the counter in an Owens Science Hall chemistry lab and thumbs the “on” button with his right hand. Nothing happens.
Chemistry Research is Booming (Figuratively Speaking)
15 Mar 2010 by Bill Ojala, Chemistry Department, and former summer research coordinator (Photos by Thomas Whisenand) / No Comments
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program is Growing Explosively
