Chemistry

荣誉董事

Andrew Berke

430d Thesis: 8 credits, full-year course; offered each year

432d Thesis: 12 credits, full-year course; offered each year

Requirements

专业也是一样, 在高年级增加了一个研究项目，最终以书面论文和口头报告结束. 教职员工将询问优等生的研究成果.

要进入荣誉课程，你的GPA必须至少达到3分.专业成绩为0分，总绩点不低于3分.0. 学生申请时间不得早于大三下学期末，不得迟于大四上学期初.

参观班级主任 website 了解更多关于荣誉课程，截止日期和申请. 申请表和项目建议书必须提交给化学荣誉主任由部门批准.

Evaluation

The final honors designation (Highest Honors, High Honors, Honors, 及格或不及格)将基于对书面论文的评估(50%), 口头陈述(20%)和专业GPA (30%).

Deadlines

See the deadlines for 2023-24 Honors theses.

如果您对荣誉课程或截止日期有疑问，请联系 Andrew Berke.

从澳门葡京博彩软件毕业并获得美国化学学会颁发的证书, 您必须满足以下五个要求:

1. 完整CHM 111/111L和CHM 224/224L(或CHM 118/118L)
2. 学习化学的五个主要领域:分析学, biochemistry, inorganic, 有机和物理. To satisfy this requirement you would take:
   • 分析:三个中有两个来自CHM 326, CHM 336和CHM 346
   • 生物化学:BCH 252
   • 无机物:chm363
   • 有机:CHM 222/222L
   • 物理:332英镑
3. 包括至少12个学期的深度课程. 这是通过以下列表中的四门课程来满足的:BCH 352, CHM 223/223L, CHM 321, CHM 328, CHM 331, CHM 338, CHM 369.
4. 总共有400小时的实验室经验. This can be achieved at Smith in many ways. 一个典型的例子就是上普通化学课, 化学专业必修的有机课程和两门实验课, 总共215个小时. 另外两门有实验的课程和一学期的特殊学习将会给你超过400个实验学时.
5. 数学和物理要求包括MTH 111和MTH 112或MTH 114. 您还需要PHY 117和PHY 118以及随附的实验室.

Possible Schedule for Certification

Note that many of the courses can be taken at different times than given here; this is one possible choice.

The following example shows one possible major pathway fulfilling minimum requirements for a major.

There are many possibilities for a major. 对于不同的职业目标，参加额外的课程可能是有用的. Please discuss this with your adviser. 以下是一些学生的专业示例:

• plans on a profession in chemistry.
• 想要实现 医学院 requirements.
• 对某一职业感兴趣 环境化学.
• doesn't start the chemistry program until her second year.
• 愿花她 高三.

Schedule for a Professional Chemist

Note that the courses in the junior and senior years can be taken in many different arrangements from that given here; this is one possible choice.

Schedule in Preparation for Medical School

向顾问咨询这里的许多可能性. 你也可以咨询 prehealth建议.

环境化学

Some of the public policy courses in the environmental sciences minor might be of interest; talk with an adviser.

二年级开始

即使在一年没有化学的情况下，化学课程也相对容易开始.

三年级外

在国外度过大三的时候，提前计划是至关重要的.

所有计划修读CHM 111的学生应尽快完成在线实习. CHM 111是为已经学过0-1年高中化学的学生开设的入门化学课程. 我们建议在化学方面有更广泛准备的学生(2年以上HS化学), AP化学考试得4或5分, IB经验)在秋季学习118和118L CHM. These students also have the option of placing directly into CHM 222 (有机化学 I) in the Spring but should consult a member of the department before choosing this path.

化学和生物化学系，作为 STEM 澳门葡京博彩软件团队, are undertaking a variety of research projects that are amenable to undergraduate participation. 本科生的研究可以由各个层次的学生来完成，比如 特殊的研究, honors or 夏天的研究. It can also come in the form of shadowing or volunteering 在实验室里，如果你不确定研究是否适合你, 或者如果你还没有上过很多化学课.

如果你有兴趣和我们一起做研究，你应该先看看 研究兴趣 部分，并参加在化学午餐袋期间提出的许多教师研究讲座. Contact the faculty whose general research is of interest to find out about specific opportunities.

在学年期间，你必须提交一份化学系的报告 application, 你将被要求描述你的研究兴趣和你有兴趣合作的实验室(如果有的话)。.

所有申请将在开始研究前一个学期进行审查，并建议研究“匹配”. 我们很乐意给所有感兴趣的学生一个研究的机会, 我们只有这么多空间. So, 如果你第一次没有匹配到特定的实验室, 我们邀请并鼓励您在下个学期提交另一份表格!

注意申请截止日期（通常是春季学期的11月底和秋季学期的次年4月底）

夏天的研究 机会是通过SURF项目单独组织的，包括资金. Consult the Summer Research Opportunities 节中有关此程序的具体细节.

对于澳门葡京博彩软件大学STEM研究的总体描述，你可以探索一下 webpage.

Andrew Berke

Physical and Atmospheric Chemistry

My research focuses on the uptake of small organic molecules into complex (multicomponent) aerosol-mimicking solutions and the optical properties of aerosol particles generated from those complex solutions. 目标是表征气溶胶的光学特性, such as their ability to scatter light, 作为颗粒大小和化学成分的函数. 空气中粒子散射(和吸收)阳光的能力是影响大气净辐射强迫的最不为人所知的参数之一, which is the technical way of saying either heating (positive forcing) or cooling (negative forcing). One inherent problem is that aerosol composition can be heavily influenced by local emission sources, 这意味着一个简单的模式系统不能完全解释气溶胶光学特性和大气影响的区域变率. 解决这一问题的一种方法是系统地调整气溶胶成分并测量其随后的光学特性. This is the approach my lab takes, using a home-built cavity-enhanced absorption spectrometer.

大卫Bickar

Biochemistry

我的研究兴趣分为三个不同的领域. 第一部分着重于电子转移和氧还原的机理, 催化这些反应的蛋白质以及当这些反应出错时随之而来的细胞损伤. My second area of research is to determine why a small group of structurally similar compounds are selectively toxic to the neurons in one small region of the brain. My last area of study is the design and preparation of self-organizing chemical systems, 基于金属配合物的配体亲和和配位性质.

Maren Buck

有机/聚合物化学

我的研究兴趣落在有机化学的交叉点上, polymer chemistry and 材料科学. We use a polymer bearing reactive, 氮唑内酯官能团组装的多功能水凝胶感兴趣的背景下的药物输送, in vitro 细胞培养，组织工程和再生. We are currently developing both complex 2D and 3D hydrogel scaffolds functionalized with a broad range of chemical and biological motifs that can direct the behavior of mammalian cells cultured on these materials. 第二个主要的研究领域集中在使用这些以阿兹内酯为基础的聚合物作为大分子药物递送载体. 我们正在制造纳米级聚合物胶束，这种胶束可以用于输送化疗药物，并控制药物释放的地点和时间. We are also working in collaboration with Sarah Moore’s lab in engineering to synthesize protein-polymer-drug conjugates that specifically target cancer cells as well as cells at the blood-brain barrier.

David Gorin

Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry

我的研究兴趣是有机化学和生物有机化学. 精细选择性的化学催化剂和试剂是复杂环境下分子修饰和功能扰动所必需的, such as in biological samples. 因为化学家传统上关注的是单链的转化, pure starting material into a product, 很少有试剂能将化学反应导向许多底物中的一种. 我的实验室使用合成化学和分子生物学的工具来开发新的试剂，用于在混合物中对目标化合物进行定向转化.

Lesley-Ann吉丁斯

Natural Products Biochemistry

I am a natural products biochemist interested in: 1) bioprospecting extreme environments (e.g., acid rock drainage) for new bioactive agents produced by microbes; as well as 2) understanding the enzymology behind the assembly of these novel pharmacophores. My lab approaches these problems by using culture-dependent and culture independent methods (i.e.(下一代测序)鉴定次生代谢物. We also use basic biochemical techniques, 包括蛋白质纯化和酶动力学, 表征参与次级代谢途径的酶. Current projects include exploring connections between metal resistance genes and biosynthetic gene clusters to find new bioactive secondary metabolites in metal-contaminated environments. 我们还描述了参与铁载体生物合成的酶, metal-chelating secondary metabolites, 这有助于微生物在缺铁环境中茁壮成长. Characterizing these enzymes is important as they can be: 1) used for biocatalysis; 2) used in the synthesis of clinically approved siderophores and analogs; and 3) exploited as drug targets to prevent the virulence of human pathogens. My lab’s overall goals are to explore connections between the ecology of an environment and bioactivity as well as understand how microbial secondary metabolites are made.

杰米逊伊丽莎白

生物无机化学

我的研究兴趣是在生物无机化学领域. Specifically, my lab is interested in examining how complexes of the transition metal chromium damage DNA. 我们使用差示扫描量热法来观察铬形成的损伤如何改变DNA螺旋的热力学稳定性. We are also interested in investigating the structure of some of these lesions using NMR spectroscopy and in seeing how they affect the structure of nucleosomes.

Kate Queeney

物理化学

我的研究使用物理化学的镜头来研究发生在固体表面的化学和物理过程. 我们实验室目前的重点是了解表面化学(如.g. the functional groups that exist on a surface) and surface topography (the 3-dimensional structure of a surface) influence the interaction of biological entities like bacteria with those surfaces. 初步研究, 与微生物学家Rob Dorit合作, 表明表面化学(羟基vs. 长烷基链)和表面形貌(原子平面vs. 覆盖50-100纳米的凸起)协同作用，影响硅基表面上形成生物膜的细菌的增殖. 我们现在正在研究如何增加我们可以在这些系统中探索的表面化学的范围. One approach has been to attempt to selectively functionalize those nanoscale bumps—seeing if we can populate the sides and tops of the bumps with different functional groups. 另一种方法，这次是与聚合物化学家玛伦·巴克合作的. is to use polymer films that we can selectively modify to achieve a more continuous range of surface wettability (how hydrophobic the surface is) and ideally to separate out effects of surface wettability and surface charge. Underlying all our work is careful attention to fully characterizing the surfaces we make, 使用传统的表面科学工具来深入了解我们制造的表面以及它们如何演变. Sometimes this leads us into productive detours in more fundamental physical chemistry, 例如，了解不同二维模式的官能团如何影响表面润湿性, 或者纳米级的表面特征如何影响这些表面的光学测量. Students in my lab will learn new techniques such as dynamic contact angle goniometry, ellipsometry, 原子力显微镜和表面红外光谱.

Kevin Shea

有机化学

我利用有机合成研究碳-碳键形成的新方法，并开发生物活性分子的合成. 已完成的研究主要集中在串联Nicholas和Pauson-Khand反应在三环杂环合成中的应用. Ongoing research involves expanding the use of cobalt-alkyne complexes in organic synthesis. Our goals are to develop a tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand protocol for the production of tetracyclic compounds and a method for the synthesis of cyclic alkynes using the Nicholas reaction. An unrelated project involves a collaboration with Steve Williams in the Smith Biology Department which aims to identify natural products as drugs to combat lymphatic filariasis. A new project in the lab is focused on women's health and involves converting tea leaf waste into sustainable materials for the construction of menstrual pads for women who currently don't have reliable access to menstrual supplies.  

亚历山德拉斯特罗姆

机理研究与催化反应发展

我的研究重点是为合成化学家开发新工具. The reactions we develop use organic and organometallic chemistry to create more efficient bond-forming reactions that cut out unnecessary steps in synthetic sequences and provide new pathways to complex chemical structures from simple building blocks. 我小组的一个项目是用铁催化羰基衍生物的α位功能化. 我小组的另一个项目是利用周环反应来合成芳香族化合物. 我们的研究使用机械洞察力来指导这些反应的发现.

克里斯蒂娜•苏亚雷斯

物理化学

My research interests focus on different areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. 目前，我的主要兴趣领域集中在溶液核磁共振技术的应用，以分析有趣的生化问题. 我们正在对受损短DNA结构的结构和动力学特性进行表征. 我的实验室使用各种核磁共振实验(COSY, NOESY, exchange等).)来研究这些特性. 我们最近也研究了阳离子（Na+和K+）通过天然和合成离子转运体/通道的转运. 我们目前正在研究环肽转运系统的合成.

Summer Research Opportunities

每年夏天，澳门葡京博彩软件的化学系都会提供一些职位，让学生参与化学和生物化学的研究. To find out more about specific projects and research opportunities in the chemistry department, either:

1. 参加几个化学午餐袋系列之一, offered during the academic year, 教师们会在那里展示他们在澳门葡京博彩软件的研究大纲.
2. Directly talk to a faculty member.

Learn more about SURF student opportunities.

Research Experience for Undergraduates

• 克拉克科学中心
• REU网站列表
• ACS国际网站
• ACS实习机会

在澳门葡京博彩软件，本科生的研究是化学研究不可或缺的一部分. You have exciting opportunities to conduct research within the department and during the summer.

Students and faculty use an array of advanced instrumentation for research and in classes. 本署备有下列文书:

• Bruker 300 MHz NMR spectrometer
• 布鲁克500MHz核磁共振光谱仪与四个可用探头：一个5毫米VT BBO探头, 5毫米VT TBI探针, 一个10毫米VT BBO探头, 10mm探头用于选择性19F/1H观察.
• GC-MS
• GC-FID
• 傅立叶变换红外光谱仪
• 紫外可见光谱仪
• AFM
• Polarimeter
• Atomic absorption spectrometer
• 可变角度椭偏仪
• Zeta PALS颗粒分析仪
• 接触角测角仪
• Differential scanning calorimeter
• Nd-YAG泵浦染料激光器
• EZ-stat potentiostat/galvanostat
• CEM发现微波

Extensive additional equipment is maintained in the following core facilities at Smith:

• 空间分析实验室
• 蛋白质组学研究中心
• 分子生物学中心
• 显微学中心 & IMAGING
• CENTER FOR AQUEOUS BIOGEOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Our Mission

在澳门葡京博彩软件，我们的使命是促进积极的安全文化. On the following link, you will find:

• 澳门葡京博彩软件’s COVID-19 Response Plan

To see 完整的细节和实用的安全信息 关于定期的研究和指导，请访问澳门葡京博彩软件的研究 & 安全网站.

RESEARCH & 指令安全

美国化学会提倡安全的化学实践. 我们遵循他们的指导方针和建议. 访问他们的站点，了解各种资源和工具

ACS CHEMICAL & 实验室安全

To Help You In and Out of Class

• 参观科学馆电脑及技术服务 支持的软件网页 to access a variety of scientific software.
   
• Smith chemistry students have access to CHEMDRAW a chemical drawing tool that professionals use. To get your own copy of the tool, 到CATS支援的软件网页(上面的连结)，并按指示操作.
   
• WebMO是一个基于web的计算化学包的接口. 使用WebMO的说明
   
• The 雅各布森中心 会和你一起提高你的写作和学习技能吗. The 卢卡雷利中心 for Quantitative Learning will support students doing quantitative work across the curriculum. They offer chemistry tutoring, workshops and class study sessions outside the regular classroom.

留学顾问:Maria Bickar (mbickar)

化学专业的设计是为了让学生享受一个学期或一年的海外学习计划. 学生们去了澳大利亚、法国、英国、意大利和其他目的地. Careful planning is essential. 一个学生在国外度过大三的主要途径的例子可以在主要途径页面上看到.

如果你正在考虑出国留学，一定要联系学校的顾问 Office for International Study 审查额外的细节和信用要求.

支付的机会

Every semester the department offers the following paid opportunities that can help students gain practical and job-related experiences outside of the classroom:

学生助教 协助讲师管理实验室部门. 如果你满足了最低的课堂作业要求，并且喜欢和其他学生一起工作, the application period is typically towards the end of the semester before the course starts, 尽管在学期开始时可能仍然有空缺.
Time commitment: 3 hours of introductory chemistry lab and 4 hours of an advanced lab per week.

准备工作岗位 用于实验课程. 我们寻找有组织、可靠的学生来帮助我们建立教学实验室. The work includes preparing solutions, as well as gathering and setting out reagents and equipment. 申请时间与助教职位相同.
Time commitment: hours vary and are flexible.

如欲申请上述职位，请点击下载 form.

Tutoring 是获得更多教学经验的另一种方式，也是为MCATs或gre考试练习化学的绝佳方式. 家教是通过 卢卡雷利中心 with the recommendation of the department. 我们正在寻找可靠和可靠的学生，具有良好的学习成绩，喜欢与其他学生一对一的工作.
Time commitment: 10 hours per week for a full-time tutor, but can be a shared position. 导师通常在下一学年的四月份被聘用，所以你应该在三月份联系你有兴趣辅导的教员.

无薪的机会

参与澳门葡京博彩软件科学社区的无薪机会的例子包括申请成为一名 AEMES mentor or a department liaison.

学生奖

2022年，我们新毕业了一届化学和生物化学专业的学生. 我们的学生努力学习，他们的努力经常得到回报. 过去几年, 澳门葡京博彩软件获得了创纪录数量的富布赖特奖学金和其他奖学金. 他们中有几个是化学和生物化学专业的学生! 这是2021-22学年颁发的学术奖项名单.

• ACS Division of 有机化学 Award in 有机化学: (CHM) Miranda Wu '22 and Mona Munia '22
• ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award in Inorganic Chemistry: (CHM) So Hyun Park '24J
• 美国化学学会物理化学分会物理化学奖:(CHM) Mona Munia '22
• ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Analytical Chemistry: (CHM) Laura Bickart '23
• 国家Iota Sigma Pi本科生奖获得者:(CHM) 哈雷Lin-Jones '22 and Melany加西亚 '22
• National Iota Sigma Pi Gladys Anderson Emerson Award Recipient: (CHM) Laura Bickart '23
• 美国化学学会/新英格兰分会奖:(CHM) Grace Ou ’22
• Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society Award: (CHM) Mary Kasbo ’22, (BCH) Miranda Wu '22
• C. 波琳·伯特奖:(BCH) Yeji Lee '22, (BCH) Sophie (Fubin):歌 ’24
• Hause-Scheffer Memorial Prize: (CHM) 哈雷Lin-Jones '22
• Rosenfeld Award in 有机化学: (CHM) Emily Kish ’24, 艾玛Whittemore ’24
• Introductory Chemistry Achievement Award: Hannah Ross 25年，经易斯25年， 劳拉·爱德华兹 ’25, Lily Weber ’25
• Hellman Award in Biochemistry: (BCH) Sophie (Fubin):歌 ’24.
• pHunger Games Winners: (all CHM)
  1st place: 
  2nd place: