[{"id":543,"date":"2023-09-27T12:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/?p=543"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:55:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:55:47","slug":"graduate-students-in-kim-group-win-prestigious-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/2023\/09\/27\/graduate-students-in-kim-group-win-prestigious-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students in Kim Group win Prestigious Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Chemistry congratulates graduate students Amaechi Odoh and Giovani Gutierrez for their recent achievements!\u00a0 <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_053811.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_053811.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_053811-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_053811-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><figcaption>Chemistry graduate student Amaechi Odoh after his Award winning presentation at the DuPont GOLD Seminar Competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amaechi recently placed 2nd out of 1000 applicants in the DuPont GOLD (Growth Opportunities Leading in Diversity) Seminar Competition.\u00a0 Amaechi presented his lecture entitled &#8220;Diversification of Biomolecules via SuFEx Activation of Embedded Hydroxy Groups&#8221; at the competition in New Orleans, LA in September.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/20221111_13162481.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/20221111_13162481.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/20221111_13162481-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/20221111_13162481-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption>Chemistry graduate student Giovani Gutierrez, recent recipient of the Call Me Doctor Fellowship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giovani Gutierrez was recently awarded a Call Me Doctor fellowship.\u00a0 This fellowship supports Giovani&#8217;s doctoral work for two years and provides supplementary funding to support travel and professional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Amaechi and Giovani work in the labs of Prof. Byoungmoo (Boni) Kim in the Department of Chemistry.\u00a0 The Kim group focuses on the discovery of new organic reaction methodology including catalyst design and late-stage modification of complex organic molecules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Amaechi, Giovani, and Prof. Kim!\u00a0 <br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Chemistry congratulates graduate students Amaechi Odoh and Giovani Gutierrez for their recent achievements!\u00a0 Amaechi recently placed 2nd out of 1000 applicants in the DuPont GOLD (Growth Opportunities Leading in Diversity) Seminar Competition.\u00a0 Amaechi presented his lecture entitled &#8220;Diversification of Biomolecules via SuFEx Activation of Embedded Hydroxy Groups&#8221; 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Ever since my chemistry 1 class in high school, I\nhave been super fascinated by the topic and wanted to pursue a degree in\nchemistry here at Clemson! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you involved in\nResearch? Who is your PI? What are you working on? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not involved in research\nyet. However, I have plans to join Dr. Chouinard\u2019s research group in the spring\nof 2024. His research focuses on the use of ion mobility mass spectrometry to\nquantify and identify various metabolomics, proteomics, and lipidomics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your hobbies? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of my hobbies are playing\nrugby here at Clemson! I love to be on the water either fishing or cruising and\nI really enjoy watching football! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give\nto a Freshman Chemistry major? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My main piece of advice for\nFreshman Chemistry majors is to find the enjoyment in the process of achieving\nthe grades you desire for yourself. Studying and keeping up with the reports\ncan be tiresome and draining, but it is important to remind yourself of the\nenjoyment chemistry can bring you and why you chose to be a chemistry major. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite Clemson Moment? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite Clemson moment is\nwhen Gameday came to Clemson for the Clemson vs. NC State game. Gameday was\nsuch a cool experience and watching us win was even better! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your career goals\nafter Graduation? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have debated much about\nwhat I want to do after college, but I believe I want to pursue the\npharmacological path once I graduate. The production of medicines and how\ncertain medicines can affect the body is super interesting to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Where are you from? I am from Charleston, SC! Why did you choose to major in chemistry? I chose chemistry because of the love I had for the topic. Ever since my chemistry 1 class in high school, I have been super fascinated by the topic and wanted to pursue a degree in chemistry here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4121,"featured_media":541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-25-at-9.55.10-AM-150x150.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":538,"date":"2023-09-18T11:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/?p=538"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:55:00","slug":"chemistry-alumni-spotlight-dr-ramesh-dhakal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/2023\/09\/18\/chemistry-alumni-spotlight-dr-ramesh-dhakal\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Ramesh Dhakal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/image.png 504w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/image-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where are you from? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I came from Nepal, a beautiful country and the home of the\ntallest mountain in the world, <em>Mount Everest<\/em>, to pursue my graduate\ndegree at Clemson University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who was your research advisor and when did you\ngraduate?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. R. Karl Dieter was my PhD research advisor and I\ngraduated in the Spring of 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What did you work on? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my stay at Dr. Dieter\u2019s group at Clemson, I worked on\ndeveloping new synthetic methodologies, especially for synthesizing 1,2,3-trisubstituted\ncyclopropane derivatives and the regio- and stereoselective conjugate addition\nreaction to Michael and extended Michael substrates. I also got an opportunity\nto get involved in the collaborative research work with Dr. Pennington, Dr.\nDominy, Dr. Arya and Dr. Whitehead groups to understand the crystallographic,\ncomputational and mechanistic studies of the several synthetic projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are you doing now? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, I am working as a Process R&amp;D manager at\nThermo Fisher Scientific in Florence, SC. In my current role, I am leading a\ngroup of talented scientists to develop and implement economic, green, and\nrobust synthetic methodologies for the scale up manufacturing of Active\nPharmaceutical Ingredients (API). The synthetic routes leading to the APIs in medicines\ngoes through a process of extensive adjustment and optimization over time to\narrive at the final manufacturing route was. People like me and my team at\nThermo Fisher have worked for several years to ensure that a robust manufacturing\nprocess is in place to ensure the quality and safety of APIs found in\nprescription and over-the-counter drugs. Thermo Fisher in Florence, SC is a hub\nfor chemistry and chemical engineering graduates to support our program, and I would\nencourage Clemson graduates to consider joining our team! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your hobbies? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to watch sports (football, basketball, soccer) and of\ncourse Clemson Tiger games. In my leisure time, I like to go hiking with my\nbeautiful wife and two kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give a 1<sup>st<\/sup> year Ph.D.\nstudent? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate school is a long journey, but I believe that you\nare making the best choice of your life.\u00a0\nClemson&#8217;s chemistry department is equipped with all the necessary\nadvanced infrastructure and has a very talented group of research faculty. As a\nfirst-year Ph.D. student, prioritize building a solid foundation in chemistry\nby engaging deeply with existing literature and seeking guidance from your\nprofessors, advisors, and peers. Develop effective leadership and time\nmanagement skills to balance academic and personal life. Cultivate consistency\nand patient habits and be equipped to fight challenges and setbacks, as they\nare normal. Build strong networking with the academic community by attending\nconferences and leveraging collaborative initiatives with others to broaden\nyour knowledge. Remember, a Ph.D. is a marathon, pace yourself and maintain a\nhealthy work-life balance to sustain your motivation throughout the program and\nyour well-being in your entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite Clemson Moment? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a graduate student at Clemson, my entire stay was phenomenal.\nI have several favorite memories around the premises like Saturday\u2019s game,\nhiking around the campus, boating in the lakes etc. In particular, the pleasure\nof publishing my research work in scientific journals leading to my Ph.D.\ndegree, which in fact shaped my career after graduation is something that I\nwill always cherish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where are you from? I came from Nepal, a beautiful country and the home of the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, to pursue my graduate degree at Clemson University. Who was your research advisor and when did you graduate?\u00a0 Prof. R. 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I loved the chemistry classes I took in high school, so I just went on a whim and switched to Chemistry!! It was the best decision ever.\u00a0<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you involved in Research?\u00a0 Who is your PI?\u00a0 What are you working on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work with Dr. Sun in his lab!! We are currently working on a couple of projects, but I specifically have been helping create Carbon Dots with a polymer coating that can be used for antibacterial purposes! It is a lot of fun to work in the lab and it is so exciting knowing what our samples will become in the future!<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your hobbies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love to run and to just be outdoors in general, especially at a beach or near any body of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to a Freshman Chemistry major?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get involved with faculty early. Meet with teachers during their student hours, get to know your classmates, and just be involved in general. I learned so much by taking time to meet with professors outside of class. They have lots of good advice!!<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite Clemson Moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the First Friday parade every year. Maybe this is biased because the parade is coming up as I write these answers, but I just love how excited everyone gets to be in the parade or watch the parade. And I love seeing alumni and little kids join in on the fun. It reminds me what an awesome community Clemson has.\u00a0<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your career goals after Graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduation, I would love to work in a lab somewhere and continue to do research! <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where are you from? Basking Ridge, New Jersey! Why did you choose to major in chemistry? Honestly, I applied to Clemson as a Political Science major, but realized before registration that I was such a math and science person and I didn\u2019t want to spend the next four years reading and writing. I loved the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4121,"featured_media":536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/09\/Hannah_McGrath-150x150.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":529,"date":"2023-03-06T21:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T21:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/?p=529"},"modified":"2023-03-06T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T23:15:00","slug":"dr-kaylan-jackson-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/2023\/03\/06\/dr-kaylan-jackson-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Kaylan Jackson in the news!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/03\/kaylan-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/03\/kaylan-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/03\/kaylan-1024x587-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/03\/kaylan-1024x587-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about Kaylan (Dr. Jackson), one of our recent graduates, who is featured along with 4 other outstanding women in science! Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/women-in-science-how-five-women-with-clemson-ties-are-making-a-difference\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 It is a true honor to see her doing so well!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:176px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read about Kaylan (Dr. Jackson), one of our recent graduates, who is featured along with 4 other outstanding women in science! 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The purpose of this event is to share the research and accomplishments of the last year with each other and the larger Clemson community that we are a part of.\u00a0 The Symposium feature 63 posters by both undergraduate and graduate students from the department, as well as students from schools in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_poster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_poster.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_poster-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_poster-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_poster-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the event, we also hosted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chemistry.northwestern.edu\/people\/core-faculty\/profiles\/neil-kelleher.html\">Dr. Neil Kelleher<\/a>\u00a0(Northwestern University), who offered the keynote lecture <em>&#8220;<\/em><strong><em>Measuring proteoforms to level up proteomics: applications of Ultra-High Performance Mass Spectrometry in top-down proteomics&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Visit these links to check the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/acrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/02\/2023_ACRS_abstracts.pdf\">book of abstracts<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/acrs\/dt_gallery\/2023-symposium\/\">pictures of the event<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/IMG_8450-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/IMG_8450-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/IMG_8450-scaled-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/IMG_8450-scaled-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/IMG_8450-scaled-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The event also overlapped with the visit from a group of students who have applied to graduate program. It was great to spend some time with them and answer all their questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_visit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_visit.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_visit-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_visit-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_visit-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend we hosted our 8th\u00a0Annual Chemistry Department Research Symposium. The purpose of this event is to share the research and accomplishments of the last year with each other and the larger Clemson community that we are a part of.\u00a0 The Symposium feature 63 posters by both undergraduate and graduate students from the department, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3399,"featured_media":524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_poster-150x150.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":517,"date":"2023-01-25T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/?p=517"},"modified":"2023-03-06T23:13:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T23:13:55","slug":"8th_acrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/2023\/01\/25\/8th_acrs\/","title":{"rendered":"8th Annual Chemistry Department Research Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-518 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/symposium-500x330.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"280\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">We would like to cordially invite students and general public to participate in the 8th Annual Chemistry Department Research Symposium, which will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday Feb 25, 2023 at the Watt Innovation Center. The Symposium will feature posters presented by both undergraduate and graduate students and aims to both share their research and accomplishments and bolster interactions with local institutions. This year, we will also feature Dr. Neil Kelleher from Northwestern University.&nbsp; His research is focused on Proteomics, Natural Products Biosynthesis, and Chromatin Biology. In case you would like to know more about the event, please visit the site <a title=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/acrs\/\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/acrs\/\">https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/acrs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students who wish to present posters at the Symposium should submit an abstract by the due day end of Saturday, February 18. It is very easy to submit the abstract online where you will find also all necessary instructions: <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/acrs\/program\/abstract_submission\/\">https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/acrs\/program\/abstract_submission\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope that you find this Symposium to be an exciting opportunity to discuss cutting edge research as well as interact with peers to inspire new ideas and collaborations. We strongly encourage you to participate and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<br \/>\nThe Organization Committee<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We would like to cordially invite students and general public to participate in the 8th Annual Chemistry Department Research Symposium, which will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday Feb 25, 2023 at the Watt Innovation Center. The Symposium will feature posters presented by both undergraduate and graduate students and aims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3399,"featured_media":524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/02\/2023_poster-150x150.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":512,"date":"2023-01-09T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/?p=512"},"modified":"2023-01-09T18:27:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T18:27:03","slug":"2023-mandel-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/2023\/01\/09\/2023-mandel-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Mandel Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-515 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/B49D7BB4-DCAC-4A30-B7CB-F335F66F686D_1_105_c-1024x559.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/B49D7BB4-DCAC-4A30-B7CB-F335F66F686D_1_105_c-1024x559.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/B49D7BB4-DCAC-4A30-B7CB-F335F66F686D_1_105_c-300x164.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/B49D7BB4-DCAC-4A30-B7CB-F335F66F686D_1_105_c-768x420.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/B49D7BB4-DCAC-4A30-B7CB-F335F66F686D_1_105_c-340x187.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/B49D7BB4-DCAC-4A30-B7CB-F335F66F686D_1_105_c.jpeg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the\u00a0<strong>2023 Mandel Fellowships<\/strong>, an award made possible by a gift established in honor of Dr. Frederick Mandel. This year\u2019s recipients are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Lopez, Claudia<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=6KRRB-wAAAAJ&amp;hl\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=6KRRB-wAAAAJ&amp;hl<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Composite and Polymer Formulation Employing Sulfur and Bio-olefin Feedstocks<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr. Rhett Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sheriff, Kirkland<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ukocOBoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ukocOBoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Investigations on New Inorganic and Hybrid Nanomaterials \u2013 Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties.<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr. Shiou-Jyh Hwu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Miller, Brock<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project: Expansion of the Diazacyclobutene Motif for Antiparasitic Evaluation<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dan Whitehead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edirisinghe, Dimuthu<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=search_authors&amp;mauthors=dimuthu+edirisinghe&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=search_authors&amp;mauthors=dimuthu+edirisinghe&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Metal Silicate Complexes as a Versatile Intermediate for the Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles and Complex Nanostructures<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Prof. George Chumanov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kwain, Samuel<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Tf2vzrcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Tf2vzrcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Molecular Modelling-Aided Discovery of Small Molecules for the Selective Inhibition of Polysaccharide Metabolism in Human Gut Microbes<\/li>\n<li>Advisors: Dr. Daniel Whitehead and Dr. Brain Dominy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wysor, Sarah<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=RM_-B4UAAAAJ<\/li>\n<li>Project: Two-dimensional Liquid Chromatography using Capillary-Channeled Polymer Fibers<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr. R. Kenneth Marcus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bandara, Madushi<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Project: Deep Eutectic Solvents and cocrystals based on Halogen Bonding.<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr.Bill Pennington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patel, Bhakti<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=G9G1AwoAAAAJ\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=G9G1AwoAAAAJ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Hydrothermal Synthesis of Novel Single-Crystal Magnetic Materials<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr. Joseph Kolis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meedin, Shalika<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=cL-xNtYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en--\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=cL-xNtYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&#8211;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Response of Ionizable Polymers to Changing Environments: NMR and Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation Studies<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr. Dvora Perahia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kosgallana, Chathurika<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=J4K-zKQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=J4K-zKQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Ionomer Response to Effects of Dielectrics of the Solvent: Neutron Scattering and Computational Study<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr. Dvora Perahia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wolsleger, Rhianna<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=Ol6ry-UAAAAJ&amp;\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=Ol6ry-UAAAAJ&amp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project: Development of Mixed O\/S-Donor Imidazole Thione Ligands for Trivalent Actinide\/Lanthanide Separations<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Dr. Julia Brumaghim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are thankful for their contribution and we expect that this award contributes to their professional development and success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the\u00a02023 Mandel Fellowships, an award made possible by a gift established in honor of Dr. Frederick Mandel. This year\u2019s recipients are: Lopez, Claudia https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=6KRRB-wAAAAJ&amp;hl Project: Composite and Polymer Formulation Employing Sulfur and Bio-olefin Feedstocks Advisor: Dr. Rhett Smith Sheriff, Kirkland https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ukocOBoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en Project: Investigations on New Inorganic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3399,"featured_media":514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2023\/01\/1A69D2BA-7E00-4403-9793-2EAB39F15CC0_1_105_c-150x150.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":504,"date":"2022-12-10T18:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T18:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/?p=504"},"modified":"2022-12-10T18:04:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T18:04:05","slug":"happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/2022\/12\/10\/happy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy holidays !!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a long-standing tradition, the Faculty and Staff from our Department celebrated the end of another great year. Many thanks to everyone that was able to join us and (of course) to Wendy Marshall and Bill Pennington for all the work done to host this event.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=100050989130019&amp;set=a.689379979438300\">Facebook page<\/a> to see all the pictures of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-505 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7840-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7840-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7840-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7840-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-507 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7842-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7842-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7842-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7842-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-509 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7843-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7843-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7843-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7843-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7841-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7841-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7841-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7841-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-506 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7801-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7801-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7801-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7801-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-508 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7800-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7800-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7800-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7800-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a long-standing tradition, the Faculty and Staff from our Department celebrated the end of another great year. Many thanks to everyone that was able to join us and (of course) to Wendy Marshall and Bill Pennington for all the work done to host this event. Please visit our Facebook page to see all the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3399,"featured_media":507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_7842-150x150.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":501,"date":"2022-12-10T17:50:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/?p=501"},"modified":"2022-12-10T17:50:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:50:31","slug":"paper_ayres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/2022\/12\/10\/paper_ayres\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest paper from Lucas Ayres, featured in the cover of Analytical Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/uacl\/people\/ayres\/\">Lucas Ayres<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/uacl\/people\/jordan\/\">Jordan Brooks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/science\/academics\/departments\/biosci\/about\/profiles\/kwhiteh\">Kristi Whitehead<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/uacl\/garcia\/\">Carlos D Garcia<\/a>\u00a0for their article\u00a0Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Using Paper-Derived Electrochemical Biosensors, featured as a cover of the prestigious journal <em>Analytical Chemistry<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-502\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/541A3CDB-B9D9-4559-AADD-29FA5F33A4E3_1_105_c-500x330.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/541A3CDB-B9D9-4559-AADD-29FA5F33A4E3_1_105_c-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/541A3CDB-B9D9-4559-AADD-29FA5F33A4E3_1_105_c-768x1021.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2022\/12\/541A3CDB-B9D9-4559-AADD-29FA5F33A4E3_1_105_c.jpeg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This paper describes the development of a sensor for the detection of <em>S. aureus<\/em> using paper-derived carbon electrodes, modified with a thin layer of sputtered gold (that minimizes lateral resistivity and significantly improves the electron transfer process) and with chitosan (used as a binder and coffering flexibility). To control the proposed biosensor, a custom-built potentiostat was developed and applied to detect (via a wireless connection) the presence of the bacteria via the oxidation of the ferrocyanide (produced from ferricyanide by the bacteria\u2019s respiration cycle). The combined use of this wearable sensor with the instrument was also demonstrated by detecting the presence of S. aureus under optimized experimental conditions, in 20 minutes, and without relying on protein-based biorecognition elements. This is a promising avenue for the implementing of paper-derived electrodes towards a wide variety of wearable systems to monitor skin infections in low-income settings. You can read the full article at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.2c03970\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.2c03970<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Analytical Chemistry 94 (2022) 16847\u201316854<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to\u00a0Lucas Ayres, Jordan Brooks, Kristi Whitehead, and\u00a0Carlos D Garcia\u00a0for their article\u00a0Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Using Paper-Derived Electrochemical Biosensors, featured as a cover of the prestigious journal Analytical Chemistry. 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