Symposium Agenda
Agenda for the Schaap Chemistry Symposium
Hope College, Holland, Michigan
July 13ɫɓ14, 2023
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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Haworth Hotel & Conference Center and the A. Paul Schaap Science Center
9:30 a.m. | Check-in/packet pickup (for those not checking in Wednesday night) | Haworth Prefunction Lobby |
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Poster setup (will remain up for duration of Symposium) Find your abstract or consult the table inside the back cover of your book to know which poster number you have been assigned. |
Haworth Ballroom 136/144 |
10 a.m.ɫɓ1 p.m. ɫɔ Opening Session
Haworth Ballroom 134
Professor Jason G. Gillmore presiding
10 a.m. | Welcome and Introductory Remarks | |
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10:15 a.m. |
OPENING KEYNOTE (KL1): Prof. Jen Heemstra, Washington University in St. Louis |
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10:55 a.m. | ST01: Jane E. DeGroot, Hope College ɫɜFirst steps toward new 4-substituted BF2-azo dyesɫɝ |
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11:10 a.m. | ST02: Bryan J. Forrest, Hope College ɫɜExploring the effectiveness of novel directing groups for rhodium-catalyzed decarbonylationɫɝ |
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11:25 a.m. | ST03: Anna Koppin, Hope College ɫɜAssessing the function of lysine 473 in the trafficking of the cystine/glutamate transporter, System xc-ɫɝ |
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11:40 a.m. | Break ɫɔ Feel free to browse posters! | Haworth Ballroom 134/136/144 |
12 p.m. | ST04: Dr. Michael R. Bergman, Northeastern University ɫɜFeatures of lens proteins that support lifelong visionɫɝ |
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12:15 p.m. | ST05: Dr. Caitlin R. Lacker, University of Wisconsin ɫɜFunctional group permutation: the conversion of alcohols to ethers through an atom exchange strategyɫɝ |
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12:30 p.m. | ST06: Dr. Nuwandi Ariyasingha, Wayne State University ɫɜDisposable and handheld clinical-scale HP propane hyperpolarizer for pulmonary MRIɫɝ |
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12:45 p.m. | Announcements |
1ɫɓ2 p.m. ɫɔ LUNCH
Phelps Dining Hall
After lunch, the symposium moves to the A. Paul Schaap Science Center for the afternoon.
2:20ɫɓ3:20 p.m. ɫɔ Student Short Talks in Parallel Sessions
Schaap 1000
Professor Meagan Elinski presiding
2:20 p.m. | ST07: Amanda J. Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ɫɜFerroptosis and transcatheter chemoembolization for the treatment of liver cancerɫɝ |
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2:35 p.m. | ST08: Connor Bovia, Hope College ɫɜInfluence of nanoparticle chemical composition on in situ hydrogel frictionɫɝ |
2:50 p.m. | ST09: Chiamaka Peace Uzoewulu, NC State U. ɫɜIsotopic labeling strategies for biomolecules in ionic liquid and hexafluoroisopropanolɫɝ |
3:05 p.m. | ST10: Carson C. Cole, Rice University ɫɜDesign of a rapidly folding collagen heterotrimer by optimizing specificityɫɝ |
Schaap 1019
Professor Elizabeth M. Sanford presiding
2:20 p.m. | ST11: David V. Price, Hope College ɫɜBiodegradable metallopolymers: synthesis and polymerization of cyclic carbonate monomers with pendant metallocenesɫɝ |
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2:35 p.m. | ST12: Kiera M. Estes, Purdue University ɫɜSynthesis of materials for applications in protein structural determination by cryoEMɫɝ |
2:50 p.m. | ST13: Nathaniel G. Larson, Montana State U. ɫɜUnconventional site-selectivity in palladium cross-couplings of dichloroheteroarenes.ɫɝ |
3:05 p.m. | ST14: Victoria L. Cinnater, Duke University ɫɜSynthesis and photophysics of highly electron-deficient porphyrin oligomersɫɝ |
3:20 p.m. ɫɔ Break
Schaap Science Center Atrium
Light refreshments available.
3:40 p.m. ɫɔ Panel Discussions
Panel A: Industrial Careers in Chemistry
Schaap 1000
Professor Traci L. Smith presiding
Panel B: Faculty Careers at Undergraduate Institutions
Schaap 1019
Professor Kristin Dittenhafer-Reed presiding
4:40 p.m. ɫɔ Break
Schaap Science Center Atrium
5ɫɓ5:45 p.m. ɫɔ Student Short Talks in Parallel Sessions
Schaap 1000
Professor Kenneth L. Brown presiding
5 p.m. | ST15: Emily E. Williford, Washington U St Louis ɫɜStructure-based design of bisubstrate tetracycline destructase inhibitors that block flavin redox cyclingɫɝ |
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5:15 p.m. | ST16: Ryan M. Kosko, University of Rochester ɫɜA bio-nano hybrid system for photochemical hydrogen productionɫɝ |
5:30 p.m. | ST17: Olivia Sprys-Tellner, Hope College ɫɜThe effects of iron oxide nanoparticle exposure on a sentinel species: house sparrows as the new canary in the coalmineɫɝ |
Schaap 1019
Professor Elizabeth M. Sanford presiding
5 p.m. | ST18: Joshua Morales Campos, Notre Dame ɫɜIsolation of catalytic sites in 2D extended solids through atom-transfer/exchange reactions.ɫɝ |
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5:15 p.m. | ST19: Madison Shaffer, Michigan State Univ. Bioeconomy Institute ɫɜOptimizing the molecular design of pyridinium anolytes for energy storage applicationsɫɝ |
5:30 p.m. | ST20: Christopher Haines, Penn State Univ. ɫɜResearch in the Nacsa Group at Penn State: New approaches in electron transfer to develop synthetic organic transformationɫɝ |
5:45ɫɓ6:30 p.m. ɫɔ Optional Building Tours
Schaap Science Center Atrium
Meet Hope undergraduate student and faculty tour guides in the Atrium for tours leaving every 15 minutes or so.
Feel free to hang out in the Science Center until dinner (in the plaza right outside if the weather is fair), or you have time to go back to the Haworth Hotel before dinner to freshen up or change for dinner (and hopefully for the beach!).
Fair Weather Thursday Evening Plans
6:30ɫɓ7:30 p.m. |
Picnic Dinner in Van Andel Plaza |
Just north of Schaap Science Center |
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8 p.m. | Motor coaches to Holland State Park Beach Dessert, optional swimming, and sunset over Lake Michigan! |
Departing from Haworth Hotel circle drive 7:45ɫɓ8 p.m., returning by 10 p.m. |
Alternate Inclement Weather Thursday Evening Plans
6:30ɫɓ8:30 p.m. |
Indoor ɫɜPicnicɫɝ Dinner & Dessert |
Haworth Ballroom 134 |
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8:30ɫɓ11 p.m. |
Motor coaches will run shuttles back and forth from Haworth to BAM! Family Fun Center |
Departing from Haworth Hotel circle drive |
Friday, July 14, 2023
Haworth Hotel & Conference Center
8 a.m. ɫɔ Coffee & Light Breakfast
Haworth Ballroom 134/136/144
8:20 a.m. ɫɔ Panel C: Graduate School in Chemistry
Haworth Ballroom 134
Professor Jason G. Gillmore presiding
Hope College students are expected to attend. Research university postdocs and graduate students are encouraged to attend to lend additional voices to specifically recruited panelists. Research university faculty can take the hour off!
9:20 a.m. ɫɔ Poster Session
Haworth Ballroom 136/144
Light breakfast will remain available.
If there are two or more presenters on your poster, please have at least one presenter at the poster continuously. Lone presenters of odd-numbered posters should be at their poster for the first hour (viewing othersɫə posters in the second hour). Lone presenters of even-numbered posters should be at their posters for the second hour.
11:20 a.m. ɫɔ Lunch on your Own
8th Street, Downtown Holland
Local dining options are provided in your packet
1ɫɓ3 p.m. ɫɔ Closing Session
Haworth Ballroom 134
Professor Jason G. Gillmore presiding
1 p.m. | ST21: Caleb Brzezinski, Hope College ɫɜExtending computational chemistry to larger systemsɫɝ |
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1:15 p.m. | ST22: Michael L.Taylor, JD, Harness Intellectual Property ɫɜChemistry after the classroom and inside an IP attorney law officeɫɝ |
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1:30 p.m. | ST23: Emmanuela Chukwuezi, MS, Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing ɫɜTopics in biopharmaceutical aseptic manufacturing.ɫɝ |
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1:45 a.m. | Break ɫɓ Last chance to browse posters! | Haworth Ballroom 134/136/144 |
2 p.m. | CLOSING KEYNOTE (KL2): Prof. Jen Heemstra, Washington University in St. Louis ɫɜNavigating the choices that shape your careerɫɝ |
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2:35 p.m. | Concluding remarks, Surveys | |
3 p.m. | Please take down posters promptly Must vacate space by 3:15 p.m. |
Haworth Ballroom 136/144 |
4 p.m. | Shuttle to GRR departs Haworth Hotel (for preregistered guests only) A second shuttle is available ca. 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday morning for those spending Friday night. |
workP. 616.395.7630
chemistry@hope.edu