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Current
group members 2009–2010
Belinda B. Wenke '11
Independent study Spring 2009.
Project: Synthesis of squaraine dye rotaxanes.
Support: Petroleum Research Fund.
Genevieve Asante–Odame '10
Independent study Fall 2008. Summer Research Program 2008.
Project: Thermodynamic assembly of stacked architectures.
Support: Petroleum Research Fund.
Former group members 1999–2009
Jennifer A. Soltis '10
Independent study Fall 2008.
Project: Synthesis of 1,3,5–tribsubstituted cyclohexanediones.
Support: MHC.
Emily M. Harcourt '09
Independent study Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009. Summer Research Program 2006, 2008. Undergraduate researcher, University
of Cambridge (UK), Summer 2007. Honors Thesis, Spring 2009 (Summa Cum Laude).
Projects: Microwave-promoted assembly of organometallic complexes. Urea–mediated assembly of molecular stacks.
Support: HHMI, Petroleum Research Fund.
Amy M. Cagulada '07
Independent study Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007. Summer Research Program 2005, 2006. Honors Thesis, Spring 2007 (High Honors).
Project: Carbonyl condensation chemistry for reversible rotaxane formation.
Support: National Science Foundation.
Participant at 233rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago (IL), March 2007. MHC Senior Symposium participant Spring 2007.
Elisabeth D'Agosto '07
Summer Research Program 2005, 2006.
Project: Transfer of research laboratory protocols to the organic teaching laboratory.
Support: Mount Holyoke College.
Chenaimwoyo A. Gondo '07
Independent study Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006. Summer Research Program 2004, 2005. Honors Thesis, Spring 2007 (Honors).
Project: Approaches to macrocyclization using dipolar cycloadditions.
Support: National Science Foundation.
Participant at 229th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago (IL), March 2007. MHC Senior Symposium participant Spring 2007.
Lara E. Schlies '07
Summer Research Program 2006.
Project: Transfer of research laboratory protocols to the organic teaching laboratory.
Support: National Science Foundation.
Shifra R. Yonis '07
Independent study Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006. Summer Research Program 2005.
Project: Microwave-promoted assembly of organometallic complexes.
Support: Petroleum Research Fund.
Kathryn G. Rose '06
Independent study Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006. Summer Research Program 2003, 2004, 2005. Honors Thesis, Spring 2006 (Summa Cum Laude).
Project: Chemistry of mellitic triimides.
Support: Petroleum Research Fund, National Science Foundation.
Participant at 229th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego (CA), March 2005. MHC Senior Symposium participant Spring 2006.
Getrude Chimungwe '06
Independent study Fall 2006.
Project: Electrochemistry of cobalt sandwich complexes.
Support: Petroleum Research Fund and Mount Holyoke College.
Dina Jaber '05
Independent study Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005. Summer Research Program 2004. MHC Science Symposium participant Spring 2005.
Honors Thesis, Spring 2005 (High Honors).
Project: Chemistry of mellitic triimides.
Support: Cascade Program, Petroleum Research Fund, National Science Foundation.
Participant at 229th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego (CA), March 2005.
Anne M. Malhowski '05
Summer Research Program 2003.
Project: An improved synthesis of mellitic triimides.
Support: Petroleum Research Fund.
Patricia A. Peart '05
Summer Research Program 2003.
Project: Chemistry of the polyether antibiotic Lasalocid.
Support: Research Corporation.
Andra Petrica '04
Summer Research Program 2001. Independent study Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003.
Project: Chemistry of the polyether antibiotic Lasalocid.
Support: Summer 2001, Research Corporation. MHC.
Katie A. McMenimen '03
Independent study Fall
2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2003. Undergraduate researcher, University
of Cambridge (UK), Summer 2002. MHC Science Symposium participant Spring 2003.
Honors Thesis, Spring 2003 (High Honors).
Project: Synthesis and
properties of mellitic triimides.
Support: MHC.
Participant at "Connecting
to the Nano World", 15th Annual Symposium of the Center for Study of
Gene Structure & Function, Hunter College (NY City), October 2001; 223rd
ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Orlando (FL), April 2002; 224th ACS
National Meeting & Exposition, Boston (MA), August 2002; 225th ACS National
Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans (LA), March 2003.
Gina A. Virtue '02
Summer Research Program
2000, 2001. Independent study Fall 2001, Spring 2002. MHC Science Symposium
participant Spring 2002. Honors Thesis, Spring 2002 (High Honors).
Project: Preparation of
cation sensors via organometallic–directed host assembly.
Support: Balfour Program
for Undergraduate Research, Petroleum Research Fund.
Ninani E. Coyne '02
Independent study Spring
2001. Summer Research Program 2001.
Project: Preparation of
cation sensors via organometallic–directed host assembly.
Support: General Electric,
Petroleum Research Fund.
Sonja J. Castellino '02
January Term 2000. Independent
study Spring 2000, Fall 2000.
Project: 2,5–Thiophene
dicarboxylates as reversible conformational switches.
Support: MHC.
Divya R. Errabelli '02
Summer Research Program 2000.
Project: Modification and non–covalent dimerization of the polyether antibiotic Lasalocid.
Support: MHC.
Jeanne K. Bloom '01
Independent study Fall 2001. MHC Science Symposium participant Spring 2002.
Project: Chemistry of the polyether antibiotic Lasalocid.
Support: Research Corporation.
Melissa L. Highfill '01
Summer Research Program 2000. Independent study Fall 2000, Spring 2001. Science Symposium participant Spring 2001. Honors Thesis, Spring 2001 (High Honors).
Project: Design and synthesis of components for self–assembly of defined molecular architectures.
Support: MHC, Petroleum Research Fund.
Sophia T. Ghebremicael
'01
Summer Research Program
2000.
Project: Cation sensing
systems based on robust organometallic fragments.
Support: General Electric,
Petroleum Research Fund.
Amy L. Clark '00
Summer Research Program
2000.
Project: Thermal decomposition
of ammonium mellate.
Support: MHC.
Julie A. Siegenthaler '00
Independent study Spring
2000.
Project: Kinetic vs thermodynamic
preparation of tri–o–thymotide.
Support: MHC.
Prior Undergraduate Research Projects 1996–1999 (Cambridge, UK)