The Department of Chemistry at Michigan State University and the National Science Foundation has offered a 10-week program of Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) during the summer for many years. Students participate in research projects under the guidance of a research faculty advisor. The focus of the program is the synthesis, modeling and characterization of materials.
Students who will have completed their junior year (or equivalent) in the current Spring Semester, with a grade point average in chemistry greater than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, will be given preference.
Students accepted in the program will receive a stipend of at least $3,000 for the 10-week period. Travel expenses will be reimbursed up to $250. Room and Board will be provided on campus at MSU for up to $1,750 for the 10-week period from June 1 to August 6.
| Professor | Research Topic | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory Baker | "Polymer Brushes" | Organic |
| Gary J. Blanchard | "Layered Molecular Assemblies" | Analytical |
| Babak Borhan | "Organic Synthesis and Bioorganic Chemistry" | Organic |
| Merlin Bruening | "Ultrathin Polymer Films for Separations and Sensing Applications" | Analytical |
| Marcos Dantus | "Laser Control of Molecules and Chemical Reactions" | Physical |
| John W. Frost | "Biocatalytic & Chemical Catalysis" | Organic |
| James Geiger | "Protein Crystallography and Transcriptional Regulation" | Physical |
| Katharine Hunt | "Nanoscale Dielectric Functions" | Physical |
| James Jackson | "Green Chemistry, Organic Crystal Engineering, and Discovery of New Kinds of Hydrogen Bonding" | Organic |
| Mercouri Kanatzidis | "Exploratory Solid-State Synthesis; Design and Synthesis of Mesoporous Materials; Preparation of New Chalcogenide Glasses" | Inorganic |
| Robert Maleczka | "Organic Synthesis" | Organic |
| James McCusker | "Synthesis of Redox-active Ligands for the Development of Magneto-optical Materials" | Inorganic |
| Aaron Odom | "Organometallic Catalysis, such as Hydroamination of Alkynes and New Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Processes involving Metal-ligand Multiple-bond Intermediates" | Inorganic |
| Piotr Piecuch | "Ab Initio Studies of Molecular Electronic Structure and Dynamical Behavior of Molecular Systems" | Theoretical Physical |
| Lynmarie A. Posey | "Laser Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry of Transition-Metal Ions in Microsolution Environments" | Physical |
| Michael Rathke | "New Synthetic Reactions in Organic Chemistry" | Organic |
| Mitch Smith | "Catalysis with Transition Metal and Main Group Complexes: From C-H Activation of Hydrocarbons to Polymer Design for Biomedical Applications" | Inorganic |
| Greg Swain | "Electrochemical Assays for Biologically and Environmentally Important Analytes Using Diamond Thin Film Electrodes Coupled with Separation Science" | Analytical |
| David Weliky | "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Biological and Inorganic Molecules" | Physical |
| William Wulff | "Total Synthesis of Natural Products, Asymmetric Catalysis and Organometallics in Organic Synthesis" | Organic |
This program will not be available during Summer 2005. Please check this website in December 2005 for informationa about the Summer 2006 REU Program.
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Last Updated: December 16, 2004
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