Two professors and six students from Hamilton traveled to Anaheim, Calif. from March 28 – April 1 to attend the American Chemical Society National Meeting and present papers and posters on their research. The students, Christopher Butts, Jessica Callahan, Henry Chicaiza, Brent Matteson, Jakub Sroubek and Andrew Vermilyea, are all members of the Class of 2004, and were accompanied by Chemistry Professors Karen Brewer and Stephen Waratuke.
The students presented their results under the auspices of the professional divisions of the American Chemical Society including the Divisions of Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Colloid and Surface Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry.
Jessica Callahan and Professor Brewer presented their research on sol-gel glasses with physics professor Ann Silversmith. At the meeting, in the Division of Inorganic Chemistry, they will present two posters, "Fluorescence of rare earth ions in binary zirconia-silica sol-gel glasses," and "Energy transfer from chelated ligands to rare earth cations in a sol-gel matrix."
Andrew Vermilyea presented a paper in the Division of Environmental Chemistry titled "Role of dichlorocarbene reduction during carbon tetrachloride transformation on the surface of magnetite." He co-authored the paper with biology professor Michael McCormick.
Jakub Sroubek presented his paper, "Stereochemical investigation of bromoallenic acetogenin synthesis," co-authored with chemistry professor Robin Kinnel, in the Division of Organic Chemistry.
Henry Chicaiza presented a paper he co-authored with chemistry professor Ian Rosenstein titled "Synthesis of radical precursors for the study of the cyclopropylcarbinyl radical ring opening reaction."
Christopher Butts presented his paper, "A Thermodynamic Characterization of Ca(II) Binding to Tetracyclines," co-authored with chemistry professor Tim Elgren in the Division of Inorganic Chemistry.
Brent Matteson presented "Antigen binding efficiency of microcontact printed antibody nanostructures," which he co-authored with chemistry professor John LaGraff , as well as students Margo Rockwell '05 and Daniel Roston '06. His presentation is in the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry.
