Profiles of Selected Graduates

Kristin Smith

-B.S. Chemistry 2002


-Senior Research
"Chiral Calixarenes as NMR Chiral Solvating Agents"

-Employment as of 2003
Woods Hole Oeanographic Institute, MA


Geoffrey Geiger

-B.S. Biological Chemistry 2001
-Summa Cum Laude
-Phi Beta Kappa

-Senior Research
"Degradation of the Encephalomyocarditis Virus Leader Peptide"

-Post Graduate Work
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Medical Student)


Kate Hagstrom

-B.S. Chemistry 2001
-Magna Cum Laude
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Sigma Xi

-Senior Research
"Exploring the Reactive Properties of a New Heterogeneous Catalyst"

-Post Graduate Work
University of Rhode Island Graduate School


Gudrun Mirick

-B.S. Biological Chemistry 2001

-Senior Research
"Calix(4) Resorcarenes as Chiral Solvating Agints in NMR Spectroscopy"

-Post Graduate Work
New York Medical College (Medical Student)


Jesse Reich

-B.S. Chemistry 2001

-Senior Research
"Organometallic Analogs of the Bond Reaction"

-Post Graduate Work
Texas A and M University (Ph.D. Candidate)


David Sek

-B.S. Chemistry 2001


-Senior Research
"Lanthanide-Crown Ether Systems as Chiral NMR Resolving Agents"

-Employment as of 2003
Formatech, Andover, MA


Cameron S.C. Brown

-B.S. Chemistry 2000


-Senior Research
"Design and Fabrication of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Analysis of Tungsten Oxide"

-Employment as of 2002
United States Peace Corps, cbrown204@hotmail.com.


Michael Peter Danahy

-B.S. Biological Chemistry 2000
-Honors Thesis
-Cum Laude

-Senior Research
"Mechanistic Investigations into Organic Oxidations Catalyzed by MCM-4 1 Encapsulated Metalloporphyrins"

-Post Graduate Work
Princeton University


Michael's Post Graduate Publications


Jay Edmonds

-B.S. Biological Chemistry '99
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Magna Cum Laude
-Charles A. Dana Scholar Award
-Merck Chemical Company Scholar Award

-Senior Research
"The Analysis of a Protein Destruction Signal in the encephalomycarditis Virus 3C Protease Using a Competition Assay"

-Employment as of 2002
Breed Middle School, Lynn, MA


Michael Fink

-B.S. Chemistry '99

-Senior Research
"Data Storage by STM on Tungsten Oxides"

-Post Graduate Work
M.S., University of Oregon, 2001
University of Oregon (Ph.D. Candidate)


Lee S. Wacker

-B.S. Biohemistry '99

-Senior Research
"Synthesis of a Chiral Calix(4)arene and Calix(4)resorcinarene for use as Chiral Resolving Agents"

-Employment as of 2002
Marin Environmental, Haddam, CT


Melissa Vining

-B.S. Chemistry '98
-Magna Cum Laude
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Sigma Xi
-Dana Scholar
-Ruggle's Scholar
-CRC Press Award
-Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"Lanthanide-Crown Ether Complexes as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents"

-Post Graduate Work
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine


David James Richard

-B.S. Chemistry '98
-Cum Laude
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"Synthesis of a Novel Chiral Lanthanide Shift Reagent for NMR Spectroscopy"

-Post Graduate Work
University of Pennsylvania


Michelle Elizabeth Therrien

-B.S. Biological Chemistry '98

-Senior Research
"Investigating the Role of Estrogen in the Growth of E. coli Causing Urinary Tract Infections"

-Post Graduate Work
M.S., The George Washington University

-Employment as of 2002
Clinical Research Associate, Westat, Inc.


Kathryn Brogan

-B.S. Chemistry '97

-Sigma Xi

-Cum Laude

-Senior Research
"Lanthanide Chiral Carboxylate Complexes as NMR Shift Reagents"

-Post Graduate Work
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. Student


Matthew J. Chapin

-B.S. Biological Chemistry '97
-Sigma Xi

-Senior Research
"Mechanism and Impact of Insulin on Cardiac Ischemia"

-Post Graduate Work
MBA, Northeastern University

-Employment as of 2002
Opthalmic Research Associates, Andover, MA


Rhonda Marie Crosson

-B.S. Biological Chemistry '97
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Summa Cum Laude
-Sigma Xi
-ACS Award, 1996
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"A Heterocyclic Lanthanide Conjugate with Chiral Resolving Agents as Organic-Soluble NMR Shift Reagents"

-Employment as of 2002
Business Manager, Pfizer, Inc.


Rebecca Lynn Gladding

-B.S. Biological Chemistry '97
-Summa Cum Laude
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Dana Scholar
-American Chemical Society Student Award

-Senior Research
"Susceptibility of the Hepatitis A Virus in the Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteolytic Pathway"

-Post Graduate Work
UCSF School of Medicine


Bethany V. Pond

-B.S. Chemistry '97
-Honors in Chemistry
-Summa Cum Laude
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Lawrance Chemical Society
-Sigma Xi

-Senior Research
"Geometric Inclusion Studies of Cyclodextrin-Substrate Interactions Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy"

-Post Graduate Work
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Post-Doc, Stanford University


Sarah Kathryn Coulter

-B.S. Chemistry '96

-Senior Research
"Radiative and Collisional Properties of Barium (5d7p)3D1"

-Post Graduate Work
Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001

-Employment as of 2002
Senior Research Scientist, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown PA, coultesk@apci.com


Katie Michalewich Holmes

-B.S. Biochemistry '96
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Magna Cum Laude
-Sigma Xi

-Senior Research
"Identification of the Recognition Signal on the EMC Virus for Degredation by the Ubiquitin Pathway"

-Post Graduate Work
University of MA Medical School

-Employment as of 2002
Family Practice Resident in Women's Health


Martin Piech

-B.S. Chemistry and Mathematics '96
-Percy D. Wilkins Mathematics Award
-Summa Cum Laude
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Sigma Xi

-Senior Research
"Zedite Encapsulated Iron Porphyrins"

-Post Graduate Work
Yale University


Sarah Weinstein

-B.S. Chemistry '96
-Magna Cum Laude
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Sigma Xi

-Senior Research
"Crown Ethers as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents"

-Post Graduate Work
URI Graduate School of Oceanography


Scott Daniel Richard

-B.S. Chemistry and Biology '95
-Senior Award in Chemistry
-Cum Laude
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"Application of Computational Chemistry to Organic Synthesis"

-Post Graduate Work
MD, Albany Medical College, 1995

-Employment as of 2002
OB/GYN Department, Saint Barnabas Medical Center


Grier Wallace

-B.S. Chemistry '94
-Phi Beta Kappa

-Senior Research
"3-Sulfaline-1,1-Dioxide as Masked Butadienes"

-Post Graduate Work
Ph.D, UC Berkeley
Post-Doc, Penn. State

-Employment as of 2002
Array Biopharma, Boulder, CO


Jonathan Andrew Werner

-B.S. Biochemistry '94
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Magna Cum Laude
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"Analysis of the Stability and Ubiquitination of Model Polyprotein Precursors of the Encephalomyocarditis Virus"

-Post Graduate Work
Tufts University School of Veterinary
Center for Comparative Medicine, UC Davis
Resident, Veterinary Pathology, UC Davis


Michelle Marie Claffey

-B.S. Chemistry '94
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Magna Cum Laude

-Senior Research
"Regiochemistry of Addition of Organocuprates to Varioius B-Unsaturated Systems"

-Post Graduate Work
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1998
-Employment as of 2002
Pfizer, Groton, CT


Sarah Lizbeth Dunham

-B.S. Chemistry '93

-Senior Research
"Lanthanide-Cryptand Complexes as Chiral NRM Shift Reagents"

-Post Graduate Work
Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Chemist

-Employment as of 2002
Research Associate in Medicinal Chemistry, Theravance, So. SanFransisco, CA


Aaron Charles Wey

-B.S. Chemistry '93
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Cum Laude

-Senior Research
"Cloning, Expression, and Purification of the Encephalomyocarditis Virus 3C Protease"

-Post Graduate Work
Texas A&M University, Veterinary Medicine


Philip Gerard Clark

-B.S. Chemistry '92
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Cum Laude

-Senior Research
"Electronics for Scanning Tunneling Microscopes"

-Post Graduate Work
Ph.D. student, Harvard


Karen Jean Townsend

-B.S. Chemistry '92
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Cum Laude

-Senior Research
"Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Metal Chelate Polymers"

-Post Graduate Work
Ph.D. student, Dartmouth College


Estelle Linda Lebeau

-B.S. Chemistry '91
-Lawrance Chemical Society
-ACS Analytical Chemistry Award
-New England Institute of Chemists Outstanding Senior Award

-Senior Research
"NMR Resolution of Chiral Enantiomers through the use of B-Cyclodextrin Compounds"

-Postgraduate Work
Ph.D, University of North Carolina, 1997
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

-Employment as of 2002
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Central Michigan University


Michael David Oberst

-B.S. Chemistry '91
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Highest Honors in Chemistry -Cum Laude
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"Characteristics of the Rapid Degradation of Encephalomyocarditis Viral 3C Protease in Reticulocyte Lysate"

-Postgraduate Work
Tumor Biology Program, Georgetown University


Susan Marie Carrier

-B.S. Chemistry '90
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"Synthesis and Characterization of Substituted o-Xylene Tricarbonyl Manganese Complexes"

-Postgraduate Work
University of Minnesota


Oguz Ersoy

-B.S. Chemistry '90
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Cum Laude
-Lawrance Chemical Society

-Senior Research
"Synthesis of Spiro(adamantane-2,1-cyclobutane)4-tosylate

-Postgraduate Work
Sc.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Post-Doc, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden MBA Candidate, University of Warwick

-Employment as of 2002
Section Manager, Amersham Bioscience, Oguz.Erosy@eu.amershambiosciences.com



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