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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Department, University of Virginia
May 29 - August 6, 2005
THE PROGRAM: The Department with the National Science Foundation is offering a 10-week undergraduate research program for highly motivated and qualified undergraduates. The program is targeted for rising fourth-year students, but exceptional rising third-year students will be considered. Students will work with individual faculty during the 10-week program lasting from Sunday, May 29 to Saturday, August 6, 2005. Students are introduced to our faculty and department during the first two days and mentor selections are made. Efforts will be made to match students and advisors, although students may not get their first choice. Two science-related trips are planned. Hikes, birthday parties, pizza parties, and other social events complement the program. Our program is an equal opportunity one, and we encourage applications from minorities.
Students participate in weekly discussion groups with their peers and mentors, make several oral progress reports on their work, write a final report, and give a final oral presentation at a mini-symposium and banquet. Each student will receive a certificate, a group photo, and a CD photo yearbook. For the mini-symposium, students can invite a faculty member from their home institution whose travel and accommodations will be subsidized by the program.
FINANCIAL AID: Successful applicants will receive a $3,250 stipend plus housing. Students are responsible for food and travel. Group housing with cooking facilities is provided.THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT: The department is dynamic, growing, and well funded with an exceptionally full range of state-of-the-art chemical instrumentation including mass and high field NMR spectrometers and X-ray CCD diffractometers. Individual research groups have lasers, access to the Keck Cellular Imaging Center, and time-resolved and steady state spectrofluorimeters. Excellent computer and graphics facilities are available.
THE UNIVERSITY: The University of Virginia is one of the most highly respected comprehensive public universities in the U.S. We are located 110 miles from Washington, D.C. in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
ELIGIBILITY:. Applicants cannot have graduated before the summer, and must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Strong preference will be given to students in non-graduate degree granting colleges.
DEADLINE: The deadline for applying is March 14, 2005. We have rolling acceptance, so please complete early.
MORE INFORMATION: Please call (434 924-3623), or email (csk3a@virginia.edu); web site: www.people.virginia.edu/~jnd/REU05/REU05.htm
The Department web page with detailed descriptions of faculty research is at: http://www.virginia.edu/chem
PARTICIPATING FACULTY
Carthene R. Bazemore-Walker. Mass spectrometry of biological molecules. Signal transduction. Proteomics.
Milton L. Brown. Design, organic synthesis and biological evaluation of novel drug targets. Molecular modeling and 3D-QSAR.
Robert G. Bryant. Molecular recognition, inter-molecular energetics, and dynamics from small molecules to proteins.
John Bushweller. Structural biology of leukemia-associated proteins; rational drug design; NMR spectroscopy.
David S. Cafiso. Membrane protein structure and dynamics, cell signaling, magnetic resonance.
James N. Demas. Design and applications of luminescent inorganic complexes. Luminescence analysis. Molecular probes.
Jeffrey F. Ellena. Biomembrane structure and function, magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Cassandra L. Fraser. Polymeric metal complexes. Biomaterials for drug delivery. Functional nanopatterned block copolymer films..
Mario Geysen. Synthesis of small-molecule compound libraries for high-throughput screening with various kinase targets, using robotic solid-phase synthetic methodologies.
Ian Harrison. Surface photochemistry and the reaction dynamics of catalysis. Development of time-resolved surface spectroscopies, scanning tunneling microscopy.
James Landers. Development of microfabricated analytical devices for analytical chemistry and clinical diagnostics.
Timothy L. Macdonald. Enzyme mechanism and ligand-receptor interactions. Development of syn-thetic methods and their application in total synthesis.
Lin Pu. Organic synthesis. Asymmetric catalysis. Fluorescent sensor. Polymer synthesis.
Michal Sabat. Supramolecular chemistry. Crystal engineering. Biophysical chemistry of nucleic acids.
Carl Trindle. Theoretical physical chemistry. Molecular modeling.
Please Note: Faculty Participants cannot be guaranteed -- circumstances can change the faculty list at any time.