During the summer The College of New Jersey supports undergraduate research and creative activity through the Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience (MUSE) program. Chemistry students regularly participate in the MUSE program, during which time they are immersed in the research laboratory and are able to gain research training that will help prepare them for post-graduate studies and careers. The program also includes a number of coordinated intellectual and social activities across all academic disciplines at TCNJ, helping to develop our chemistry students as broadly engaged scientific citizens.
2017 MUSE and Externally-Supported UG Researchers
Bryan Bogin: Building a coarse-grained model of type IV pilus filaments
Maria Fairfield: Investigation of the binding of the comP pilin protein to DNA
Kristen Vogt: Studying the permeability of lipid bilayers to ionic liquids and antibiotics
Joseph Baker, faculty mentor
Shaziya Ahmed, Allison Smith
New Air and Water Stable Iridium Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation: How Do They Operate under Base-Free Conditions?
Abby O’Connor, faculty mentor
Gianna Barreto, Christopher Kouba
Synthesis and Biochemical Testing of Next Generation Peptide Inhibitors of Thrombosis
Danielle Guarracino , faculty mentor
Celine Mileham, Kyra Kerman
Synthesis and Characterization of Smart Polymers
Heba Abourahma, faculty mentor
Eliana Aerts
Determining the Differences in Structure and Function of an Insect Protein– Implications in the Development of Selective Insecticides.
Stephanie Sen, faculty mentor
2015 MUSE and Externally-Supported UG Researchers
Aleena Andrews
Computational Modeling and Simulation of Proteins Involved in the Assembly and Disassembly of Extracellular Bacterial Filaments
Troy Brier
Computational Modeling and Simulation of Proteins Involved in the Assembly and Disassembly of Extracellular Bacterial Filaments
Joseph Baker, Faculty Mentor
Kendall Ciriacco
A Forensic Investigation of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, with a Focus on Document Analysis
John Allison, Faculty Mentor
Andrew Glass
Preparation of Resveratrol derivatives
David Hunt, Faculty Mentor
Sara Martin
Characterizing Novel Peptides as Anti-Thrombosis Agents
Danielle Guarracino, Faculty Mentor
Andrew Ruff
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation using iridium pyridinesulfonamide catalysts
Abby O’Connor, Faculty Mentor
Rebeca Saldanha Castro
Joseph Baker, Faculty Mentor
Tanya Townsend
Mechanistic insights into catalytic transfer hydrogenation using iridium pyridinesulfonamide catalysts
Abby O’Connor, Faculty Mentor
Allison Zumwalde
John Allison, Faculty Mentor
2014 Summer Research Projects
Megan Merbach
Studying Interactions of Artist’s Media (Egg Yolk) with Pigments – Are phosphopeptides Altered?
John Allison, Faculty Mentor
Ryan Chin
Studying the Folding Pathway of Truncated and Full-Length Human Serum Albumin via FCS
Bunagan, Faculty Mentor
Will McDermott
Discovery of Novel Thermoelectric materials by the Destruction of the Rock Salt Structure of Bismuth Telluride (Bi2Te3)
Chan, Faculty Mentor
Lea Palacios
Discovery of Novel Thermoelectric materials by the Destruction of the Rock Salt Structure of Bismuth Telluride (Bi2Te3)
Chan, Faculty Mentor
Kayla Gentile
Development of ‘Artificial’ Peptides that Bind Collagen as Potential Anti-Thrombosis Agents
Guarracino, Faculty Mentor
Dylan Nguyen
Development of ‘Artificial’ Peptides that Bind Collagen as Potential Anti-Thrombosis Agents
Guarracino, Faculty Mentor
Catherine Lee
Polymerization of Norbornene Using Cationic (Pi-allyl)Ni(II) Dialkylbiaryl Phosphine
O’Connor, Faculty Mentor
Mia Kunitomo
Exploring the Reactivity of Norbornene with (Pi-allyl)Pd Cations Containing Dialkyl Biaryl Phosphines
O’Connor, Faculty Mentor
Andrew Ruff
Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalyst Screening for Cp*Ir Pyridine Sulfonamide Complexes
O’Connor, Faculty Mentor
Husnain Sajjad
Progress Towards the Synthesis of [N,N,N]-Dianionic Pincer Ligands to Stabilize Iridium in High Oxidation States
O’Connor, Faculty Mentor
Taylor Horsfield
Analyzing the Use of Bisphosphonates as Inhibitors of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase in Manduca Sexta
Sen, Faculty Mentor
Alexis Jones
Analyzing the Use of Bisphosphonates as Inhibitors of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase in Manduca Sexta
Sen, Faculty Mentor