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All chemistry majors are strongly encouraged to participate in a research experience during their undergraduate years.
Chemistry faculty members maintain vigorous undergraduate research programs that include both summer and academic year opportunities. Information about Current Research Projects in the Macalester Science Division is available on the Science and Research Office (SRO) website.
Summer research is an integral part of the chemistry major for students anticipating entry into the chemical industry, graduate school, or medical school. The Science And Research Office (SRO) also has information about summer research opportunities in a variety of industrial companies, as well as at other universities and colleges throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Joan Toohey, director of SRO, is available for individual consultation.
Over the past five years, fully 75% of our chemistry majors have gained research experience as undergraduates, 85% of them doing research at Macalester itself.
STUDENT-FACULTY JOINT PUBLICATIONS
Professor Paul Fischer, Michelle Neary ’10 (Minnetonka, Minn.), Aaron Heerboth ’08 (Tucson, Ariz.), and Kevin Sullivan ’12 (Shoreview, Minn.) co-authored “Allylnickel(II) and Allylpalladium(II) Derivatives of [(2-(Diphenylphosphino)ethyl)cyclo- pentadienyl]-tricarbonyl metallates: Reactions with Free Radicals” which appeared in Organometallics in 2010.
Professor Rebecca Hoye, Gretchen Anderson, ‘05 (Minnetonka, Minn.), Susan Brown ’07 (Kingston, Jamaica), and Erica Schultz ’08 (Owatonna, Minn.) co-authored “Total Synthesis of Clathculins A and B” which appeared in the Journal of Organic Chemistry in 2010.
Professor Keith Kuwata, Matthew Hermes ’09 (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Matthew Carlson ’10 (Lake Elmo, Minn.) and Cheryl Zogg ’11 (Fargo, N.D.) coauthored “Computational Studies of the Isomerization and Hydration Reactions of Acetaldehyde Oxide and Methyl Vinyl Carbonyl Oxide” which appeared in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A during 2010.
Professor Thomas Varberg, Elissa Butler ’10 (Grapevine,Texas), Benjamin Knurr ’09 (Woodbury, Minn.), Kara Manke ’07 (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Tyson Vervoort ’07 (Pullman,Wash.) co-authored “Excited electronic states of AuF,” which appeared in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A in 2010.
Professor Thomas Varberg, Benjamin Knurr ’09, and Elissa Butler ’10 co- authored “Electronic spectrum of AuF: Hyperfine structure of the [17.7]1 state,” which appeared in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A in 2009.
Professor Paul Fischer, Kristina M. Krohn ’05 (Cloquet, Minn.), and Victor G.Young, Jr. co-authored “Tricarbonyl(chlorodiphe nylstannyl){[h5-(2-dimethylaminoethyl] cyclopentadienyl} molybdenum,” which appeared in Acta Crystallographica. 2009, E65, m558.
Professor Thomas Varberg, Professor Keith Kuwata, Kara Manke ’07 and Tyson Vervoort ’07 co-authored “Electronic Spectrum of TaO and Its Hyperfine Structure,” which appeared in the Journal of Chemical Physics in 2008.
Professor Keith Kuwata and LukasValin ’05 (Windsor Heights, Iowa) co-authored “Quantum Chemical and RRKM/Master Equation Studies of Isoprene Ozonolysis: Methacrolein and Methacrolein Oxide,” which appeared in the Chemical Physics Letters in 2008.