Head shot of Nina Catalfo

A Year of N-Confusion: Determining Aggregation in N-Confused Porphyrins Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Name: Nina Catalfo Major: Chemistry Minor: English Advisor: Dr. Paul Bonvallet; Dr. Karl Feierabend (second reader) N-confused porphyrins, a porphyrin derivative with a nitrogen atom on the […]

Abigail Tarburton

Why Students Struggle in General Chemistry: Understanding Open-Ended Assessment in the Chemistry 111 Classroom

Name: Abigail Tarburton Majors: Chemistry, Education Advisors: Dr. Lilliana Morris (Advisor), Dr. Ryan Ozar (Education Advisor) Second Reader: : Dr. Jennifer Faust The world […]

Emma Schell ’23

Wooster student recognized for expanding coverage of Latin American topics on Wikipedia

College of Wooster junior Emma Schell ’23 recently received recognition from Wiki Education for her work to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of Latin American topics […]

Students participate in B-wiser Science Camp in 2019.

B-WISER Summer Science Camp runs June 12-17

The Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER), an educational partnership of The College of Wooster and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, will […]

Dr. Diane Brown-Young ’87

Chemistry alumna combats high infant mortality rates as OB-GYN Physician

In 2020, of the 13,204 babies born in Cuyahoga County, 101 didn’t make it to their first birthday. The majority (73%) of these babies […]

Professor James West

Professor West publishes scientific research with eight Wooster students

James West, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, biology, and chemistry at The College of Wooster, worked with eight Wooster students to publish an […]

Rachelle Burks

Raychelle Burks to Present Helen Murray Free Lecture

Raychelle Burks, an associate professor of chemistry at American University and a popular science communicator who has appeared on TV, in podcasts, and at […]

Helen Murray Free attends the lecture of Madeleine Jacobs, president of Strategic Science and former executive director and chief executive officer of the American Chemical Society who spoke for the Helen Murray Free Endowed Lecture Series in 2016.

Alumna and renowned chemist Helen Murray Free dies at 98

Lecture, endowment honor legacy of Helen Murray Free at Wooster

Lilly Woerner

Seeing Red: Investigation of the color’s use in early baroque art and stability based upon pigment preparation

Name: Lilly Woerner Majors: Chemistry and Art History Advisors: Dr. Sarah Sobeck and Dr. Tracy Cosgriff When the cochineal insect was first introduced to […]

Jenelle Booker

Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAM) as a Model for Photooxidation of Plastic Waste Using ATR-FTIR and Kinetic Modelling

Name: Jenelle C. Booker Major: Chemistry Minor: Environmental Studies and German Advisors: Karl J. Feierabend and Paul L. Edmiston As of 2017, 8.3 billion […]

Anna Schroeder

Multi-Step Synthesis of Small Molecules as Potential Inhibitors for MurG

Name: Anna Schroeder Major: Chemistry Minor: French and Francophone Studies Advisor: Dr. Sara Martin The threat of antibiotic resistance demands a response in the […]

Kamron Knowlton portrait

The Synthesis of Bio-Based Degradable Super Absorbent Polymers Through Employment of Multimetallic Catalysts

Student Name: Kamron Knowlton Major: Chemistry Advisor: Lilliana S. Morris Polymers are an ever growing part of our daily lives through their brief product […]

Louis Schwartz

Release Kinetics of Ibuprofen from Swellable Organically Modified Silica by Means of a Non-Active Release Modulator

Student Name: Louis Schwartz Major(s): Chemistry Minor(s): Theatre Advisor(s): Dr. Paul L. Edmiston (advisor); Dr. Sarah Sobeck (2nd reader) Controlled drug release is something […]

Heather Hartmann

Development of a Passive Sampler for Detecting PFAS Using Polymer-Organosilica Hybrid Adsorbents

Name: Heather Hartmann Majors: Chemistry, Spanish Advisors: Dr. Paul Edmiston, Dr. Karl Feierabend Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are environmental contaminants of emerging concern due […]

Brianna Mckeen

Breech in Time: Identifying and Dating Historical Textiles using ATR-FT-IR and HPLC-UV/Vis

Name: Brianna McKeen Majors: Chemistry, History Advisors: Dr. Karl Feierabend, Dr. Madonna Hettinger Textile fibers are used in making most everyday items: clothing, carpets, […]

Investigation of Para-Aminobenzoic Acid’s Photodegradation in Different pH Environments under UVB Light

Name: Jingyi Daniel Zhou Majors: Chemistry, Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Sarah Sobeck, Dr. Drew Pasteur The vast use of UV-filters has been related to many […]

Matteaus Klonowski

Understanding the Swelling Mechanism of Stimuli Responsive Organically-Modified Silica

Name: Mattaeus Klonowski Majors: Chemistry, Physics Advisors: Dr. Paul Edmiston, Dr. Cody Leary Stimuli-responsive polymers (SRPs) are materials which exhibit a change in physical […]

Georgia Hopps-Weber

Preserving Keith Haring’s Legacy of “Art for All” through the Study of the Chemical Degradation of Daylight Fluorescent Paints and their Constituent Rhodamine Dyes

Student Name: Georgia Hopps-Weber Major: Chemistry, Art History Advisors: Dr. Sobeck and Dr. Siewert Daylight fluorescent paints were introduced in the 1940s by the […]

Heather Hartmann

El concepto de autor y la originalidad en las adaptaciones de Natalia Lafourcade

Name: Heather Hartmann Majors: Chemistry, Spanish Advisors: Dr. Hernán Medina, Dr. Rebecca Garonzik My independent study explores the idea of the author and adaptations […]

An Tran

Attempted Copolymerization of Epoxides Synthesized from Oleic and Linoleic Acids

Name: An Tran Major: Chemistry Advisor: Dr. Lilliana Morris Dr. Melissa M. Schultz Sustainability and the Environment Award My chemistry IS project focuses on […]