Eleven undergraduate students participated 2010. They worked in seven different research laboratories in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Over a period of three summer months all students got an excellent inside about the ongoing scientific research and expectations of UWM graduate students. At  the end of the program all students presented their work in form of a poster and summarized their work in a scientific written report. Many of these results will be part of future publications. The best poster was presented by Sarah Oehm.

Award ceremony (Sarah Oehm and Prof. Arnold)

The best best poster was presented by Sarah Oehm, who worked in the group of Prof. Hossain. The title of her poster was: Retrosynthetic strategy for indole synthesis by an intramolecular Buchward-Hartwig aminiation. Sarah started at UWM in 2009 and selected chemistry as her major. She is currently a graduate student in Prof. Schwabacher’s group.

Sarah Oehm

Angie Grzybkowska worked in the group of Prof. Cook. The title of her presented poster was: Development and application of a novel shorter route for the synthesis of GABA(A) subtype selective agents for the treatment of alcohol abuse. Angie started at UWM in 2006 and enrolled in biochemistry and pre-medicine.

Angie Grzybkowska

Bilal Sayyed worked in the group of Prof. Silvaggi. The title of his presented poster was: Understanding structure and function of condensation/epimerization domains (poster link). Bilal started at UWM in 2005 and selected biochemistry as his major.

Bilal Sayyed

Kelly Peshman worked in the group of Prof. Bennett. The title of her presented poster was: Formation of a bis-tungsten diisocyanide complex. Kelly started at UWM in 2007 and is currently at Sigma Aldrich.

Kelly Peshman

Travis Dove worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of his presented poster was: Synthesis of vitamin-D mimic LG190178. Travis started at UWM in 2005 and selected biochemistry as his major.

Travis Dove

Abbey Mattes worked in the group of Prof. Indig. The title of her presented poster was: The development of a new experimental protocol for the investigation of photoinduced lipid peroxidation in biological membranes. Abbey started at UWM in 2009 as a special student and selected biochemistry as her major.

Abbey Mattes

Ben Folsom worked in the group of Prof. Moran. The title of his presented poster was: Structural analysis of substrate bound 4-Hydroxy phenolpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) from Streptomyces avermitilis through single crystal X-Ray crystallography. Ben started at UWM in 2004 and selected biochemistry as his major.

Ben Folsom

Nina Yuan worked in the group of Prof. Arnold. The title of her poster was: Determination of binding modes for small molecule vitamin D receptor-coregulator inhibitors. Nina started at UWM in 2006 and selected biochemistry as her major. She started in 2011 as a graduate student with Professor Arnold and will be graduating in Summer 2016.

Nina Yuan

Samuel R. Cohen worked in the group of Prof. Wohl. The title of his presented poster was: Automatic tracking of single molecules in solution. Joseph started at UWM in 2004 and selected chemistry and mathematics as his majors.

Samuel R. Cohen

Sandra Simon worked in the group of Prof. Bennett. The title of her presented poster was: Synthesis and characterization of 1,4-diisocyanobenzene. Sandra started at UWM in 2003 and is currently a graduate student in our department.

Sandra Simon

Anne E. Wierzbinski worked in the group of Prof. Aldstadt. The title of her presented poster was: Study of the chemical speciation of Pb(II) in environmental soils.

Anne E. Wierzbinski