Student/Faculty Research in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Gustavus

The Gustavus Chemistry Department encourages student participation in research.

The opportunity for Gustavus students to undertake a research project working with a faculty member is a key part of the pre-professional chemistry major and biochemistry major. The Chemistry faculty design their research programs specifically with student participation in mind. (Information about specific faculty research may be found on their research links below.)

Research participation is encouraged and is open for all chemistry majors as well as the pre-professional chemistry and biochemistry majors, as individual faculty schedules allow. Pre-professional majors are expected to do research, so they will be given priority.

• Getting Started
• Doing Research

Summer Research Opportunities in Chemistry + Biochemistry for Gustavus Students (on- & off-campus)

• Faculty/Student Summer Research in Science+Math (on- & off-campus) (link to website)
• A list of off-campus Summer 2016 Research Opportunities - (updates will be posted as more information becomes available.)  Please note: many applications deadlines are February 1!
• Information is also posted in Nobel Hall - on the 2nd floor bulletin board across from Nobel 207.

Academic-Year Research Opportunities for Student/Faculty Collaboration

• Sigma Xi Funding for student/faculty research is available through Sigma Xi each academic year. Calls for applications are announced and posted online two times per year: in September and in late January/early Feb. Student researchers present their research at the Sigma Xi symposium held every spring, typically the day before Honors Day. Link to Sigma Xi website for the online application, research symposia details, etc.  The online application for Spring 2016 is posted and applications are due Friday, February 26, 2016. 
  
• IEX Research Course - offered during January term.
• Independent Study

Instrumentation

• Instrumentation Webpage
• Visualization & Imagining Center
  • The Center is a three room facility that offers a range of capabilities. One room contains a Zeiss LSM 700 laser scanning confocal microscope, built using an inverted Zeiss Axio Observer stand augmented with a fully motorized stage and a second detector, a high-resolution CCD camera. The Center also has a fluorescence imaging room with a HORIBA Fluoromax-4 fluorescence spectrometer equipped with integrated cuvette stirring, brackets for supplemental filters, programmable temperature control, and rotatable filters for polarized light (i.e. to detect anisotropy). An accompanying computer suite contains six dual-monitor workstations with imaging and molecular modeling software, including two with stereographic viewing capability, plus both stereographic and high-definition image projection systems. These spaces are used for faculty-student collaborative research and for instructional purposes.  The Center was equipped in part due to generous support from a Howard Hughes Medical Institute science education grant. Questions about the facility and reservation requests can be directed to Jeff Dahlseid. . 
  • Reservation Calendar (The reservation calendar for the Center may be accessed by those with a Gustavus network username.)

Research Symposia & Seminars

• Research Symposiums - on the Gustavus Campus
• CHE-399 Chemistry Seminar Series

Chemistry Department Faculty and their Research

Archive

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant (link to webpage)

Past Student Research

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