Celebrating Chemistry: CofC Receives Prestigious Grant
A student poster session, seminar and reception showcased chemistry students' work.
Above: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted a Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate students at the College, including a poster session where students showed off their research. (Photos by Lizzie Koschnick)
The College of Charleston Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences (SNES) is the recipient of this year’s competitive Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
This is the first time the College of Charleston has been awarded the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship.
The award supported a recent poster session for undergraduate chemistry research and will help fund student researchers this summer. The poster session featured student work by College of Charleston undergraduates within all disciplines of chemistry, ranging across areas from fundamental understanding of chemical reactions, to studying molecules relevant to the origins of life on Earth.
The grant also brought a prominent speaker to campus. Renowned chemist Scott J. Miller, Sterling Professor of Chemistry at Yale University, delivered multiple lectures to students last week. Miller’s research focuses on using catalysts to carry out chemical reactions in complex molecular environments, including antibiotics and other medicines.
“These events helped showcase chemistry in a variety of ways, and we were thrilled to draw a wider audience to see the work of our talented undergraduate chemistry students who work so diligently with their faculty mentors,” says Michael Giuliano, associate professor of chemistry and Honors faculty fellow.
