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Suffolk Students Present at the National ACS Meeting

At the end of Spring Break in 2009, eight students and three faculty members from the Suffolk University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry flew to Salt Lake City to discuss science at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The students were a variety of majors (chemistry, biochemistry, and biochemistry forensic science) and years (freshmen to seniors), but they all shared a passion for chemistry and therefore joined the Suffolk ACS club.

At the meeting, the Suffolk ACS club was awarded an honorable mention from ACS for its activities of the previous year. The ACS club received money from an ACS grant, student activities club funds, fundraising activities, and the dean’s office to pay for the registration fees and travel for all the attendees.


Front row: Suffolk students Anton Dubarry, Amy Ng. Urjana Poreci, Mame Fall, and Matt Hamada
Middle row: Suffolk students Stephanie Laurer, Maria Levicheva, and Erin Cross
Last row: Suffolk faculty members attending – Dr. Dan Fox, Dr. Doris Lewis, Dr. Rachael Kipp


Most students and professors attending the meeting presented posters or papers:
 
Urjana Poreci, Amy Ng, Matthew A. Hamada, Mame Fall, and Anton Dubarry
 “Suffolk University – Activities of a Successful Chapter.”

Anton A. Dubarry, Matthew A. Hamada, and Dr. Daniel J. Fox
“Study of organometallic reaction mechanisms using parahydrogen induced polarization on an Anasazi 60 MHz NMR spectrometer.”

Amy Ng , Benjamin Anacleto, and Dr. Rachael Kipp
“Ligand properties of an imidazolium-based ionic liquid.”

Maria Levicheva, Erin Cross, and Dr. Melanie Berkmen
“Polar Localization of a Conserved ATPase Required for Mating of the Conjugal Element ICEBs1 of Bacillus subtilis.”

Dr. Doris Lewis, chapter advisor, presented a paper at the ChemEd Outreach Symposium titled “Public Access television: Your Chemistry Students Can Be Stars!” describing a television program of chemical demonstrations presented by Suffolk students. As an ACS councilor, she also attended governance activities.


Suffolk Students: Stephanie Laurer, Maria Levicheva, Matthew Hamada, Urjana Poreci, Amy Ng, Mame Fall, Erin Cross and Anton Dubarry

Amy Ng, a senior chemistry major, remarked “Being able to represent Suffolk University's Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at the national ACS conference in Salt Lake City was truly an honor and unforgettable experience.  To see so many established and fellow budding scientists gathering together at this meeting makes the scientific world feel closer, and we are all working hard to make changes and discoveries every day.”

Stephanie Laurer, a first year biochemistry major, added “It was a great opportunity to meet other undergraduate students from around the country who are also interested in chemistry. I was able to see what other universities are researching in as well as how they are bringing an interest in chemistry to the youth of their communities with their ACS chapters.