June 18, 2014
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on A Postcard From: Stephanie Yang ’15
Name: Stephanie Yang Class Year: 2015 Major: Chemistry What’s happening? We’d love to hear how your internship is going! This summer, I am conducting research in Dr. Burgmayer‘s lab at Bryn Mawr on polypyridyl Ruthenium complexes. My lab partner Kai … Continue reading
July 24, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Alicia Makepeace ’14: Water in Disguise
Chemistry can change day-to-day depending on the weather (humidity in particular) and other factors. Recently, we were testing an alternative oxidative method that uses copper salts instead of mercury. Originally, we saw semi-promising results that warranted further exploration. Therefore, more … Continue reading
June 25, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Alicia Makepeace ’14: The Beauty of the Dry Box
With the official start of summer research, we jumped right in and synthesis started the second day. The first step in the reaction pathway is the addition of a dithiol to synthesize a substitutated dithiane. The dithiane acts as a … Continue reading
June 17, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Alicia Makepeace ’14: A Summer of Chemistry
When summer is mentioned, images of beaches, cold drinks and friends commonly fill one’s head. So what would motivate working eight-hour workdays, five days a week for ten weeks during the summer months? For me, the rationale is this: summer … Continue reading