Honors Students Present at American Chemical Society Meeting
Students and faculty at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting.
On March 20-24, Farquhar Honors College students and faculty presented research at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting in San Diego. The meeting allowed Honors students Isabel De Angelis, Valentina Guidi, Rebecca Mathew, and Samir Sakaria to showcase their chemistry research to peers and professionals in the field from across the world.
De Angelis presented her research titled “A protonation comparison between synthetic and natural porphyrins using UV-Vis Spectroscopy,” which she completed in collaboration with Maria Ballester, Ph.D., and Victor Castro, Ph.D., associate professors in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences (HCAS). Guidi presented her Honors thesis research titled “Investigating the specific phosphorylation sites of the human mineralocorticoid receptor using phospho-mapping,” which she completed under the guidance of her thesis adviser Beatrix Aukszi, Ph.D., associate professor in HCAS. Mathew and Sakari collaborated with Amelia Figueroa, an NSU student, and Dimitrios Giarikos, Ph.D., professor in HCAS, on their research titled “Effects of hard acid metal ion sizes and covalent indices on the biosorption capacities of Neochloris minuta and Neochloris alveolarisunder nitrogen deprivation.”
“I am very proud [of my students]!” said Giarikos, who accompanied students to the meeting alongside Aukszi. “It is not a small task to present at a big national American Chemical Society (ACS) conference. These students have spent a lot of time on these research projects so showcasing their work is a great opportunity for them and it shows the work they have put into it and the importance of their projects. It is always our goal to present the research and publish it as well.”
Posted 04/24/22