Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate research is a critical component of the CCS Chemistry and Biochemistry experience.
Congratulations to Kathyrn Blaschke who was awarded the 2007 Chancellor's Award for Undergraduate Research! Kathyrn is a CCS Chemistry and Biochemistry student working on stem cell research in the laboratories of Prof. Dennis Clegg.
Advances in science and technology arise from laboratory research conducted by scientists worldwide. UCSB is a leader in science with five Nobel prizes being awarded to faculty over the past 10 years (two in chemistry, two in physics and one in economics). The chemistry and biochemistry program at UCSB was ranked 7th in the nation by ScienceWatch Magazine in 2002 [1]. Research programs at UCSB brought in over 150 million dollars in the 2005 fiscal year. There are numerous opportunities for undergraduate students to become involved with exciting research at UCSB. The College of Creative Studies is a unique gateway into the research community. |
Students viewing an image obtained from an MRI instrument that uses the Earth's magnetic field |
As with any worthwhile endeavor, research projects take time. The College of Creative Studies is uniquely organized to provide time for students to engage in independent research. The general education requirements in CCS are simplified so that students may stay focused on chemistry or biochemistry. Undergraduate students in CCS are granted many of the same privileges given to graduate students such as extended add/drop deadlines and library due dates. CCS students are able to take any chemistry or biochemistry class, including graduate level courses without meeting the prerequisites. This flexibility enables students to experience science at a high level earlier on. In addition, summer research fellowships specifically for CCS students are available each year encouraging students to work full time over the summer months on their research project. Faculty at UCSB recognize CCS students as the best students on campus and are enthusiastic to have them work in their research groups.
CCS Chemistry and Biochemistry Student Published Works
Undergraduate research projects often lead to publications in leading scientific journals. Listed below are some of the recent publications from CCS Chemistry and Biochemistry Students. Students names are in bold type.
2010
A. Krasovskiy, I. Thomé, J. Graff, V. Krasovskaya, P. Konopelski, C. Duplais, B. H. Lipshutz, "Cross-couplings of alkyl halides with heteroaromatic halides, in water at room temperature", Tetrahedron Letters (2011) (in press)
B. C. Melot, A. Goldman, L. E. Darago, J. D. Furman, E. E. Rodriguez, and R. Seshadri, "Magnetic ordering and magnetodielectric phenomena in CoSeO4", J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 22 (2010) 506003(1–7).
2009
S. A. Corr, M. Grossman, Y. Shi, K. R. Heier, G. D. Stucky, and R. Seshadri, "VO2(B) nanorods: solvothermal preparation, electrical properties, and conversion to rutile VO2 and V2O3 ", J. Mater. Chem. (2009)4362-4367
2008
S. A. Corr, M. Grossman, J. D. Furman, B. C. Melot, A. K. Cheetham, K. R. Heier, and R. Seshadri, "Controlled reduction of vanadium oxide nanoscrolls: Crystal structure, morphology, and electricalproperties." Chem. Mater. 20 (2008) 6396–6404
Papagiannakopoulos,T.; Shapiro,A.;1Kosik, K.S. "MicroRNA-21 Targets a Network of Key Tumor-Suppressive Pathways in Glioblastoma Cells" Cancer Research 2008; 68: (19). October 1, 2008
Lipshutz, B.H.; Chung, D.W.; Rich, B. "Sonogashira Couplings of Aryl Bromides: Room Temperature, Water Only, No Copper" Organic Letters, (2008) 10(17) 3793-3796
2007
Shoemaker, D.P.; Grossman, M.; Seshadri, R. "Exchange biasing of single-domain Ni nanoparticles spontaneously grown in an antiferromagnetic MnO matrix" Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Oct. 17, 2007
Toberer, E.S.; Grossman, M.; Schladt, T.; Lange, F.F.; Seshadri, R. "Epitaxial Manganese Oxide Thin Films with Connected Porosity: Topptactic Induction of Crystallographic Pore Alignment" Chemistry of Materials, (2007) 19, 20, 4833-4838
Tackett, R.; Lawes, G.; Melot, B.C.; Grossman, M.; Toberer, E.S.; Seshadri, R. "Magnetodielectric Coupling in Mn3O4" Physical Reviews B (2007), 76, 024409
Prevo, B.G.; Esakoff, S.A.; Mikhailovsky, A.; Zasadzinski, J.A. "Scalable routes to gold nanoshells with tunable sizes and their response to near infrared pulsed laser irradiation" Submitted for publication in Small 2007
2006
Melot, B.; Rodriguez, E.; Proffen, Th.; Hayward, M. A.; Seshadri, R. "Displacive disorder in three high-k bismuth oxide pyrochlores." Materials Research Bulletin (2006), 41(5), 961-966
Carrillo, Nancy; Davalos, Eric A.; Russak, Justin A.; Bode, Jeffrey W. "Iterative, aqueous synthesis of b3-oligopeptides without coupling reagents. " Journal of the American Chemical Society (2006), 128(5), 1452-1453
Lawes, G.; Melot, B.; Page, K.; Ederer, C.; Hayward, M. A.; Proffen, Th.; Seshadri, R. "Dielectric anomalies and spiral magnetic order in CoCr2O4."Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2006), 74(2)
Lipshutz, B.H.; Chung, D.W.; Rich, B; Corral, R. "Simplification of the Mitsunobu Reaction. Di-p-chlorobenzyl Azodicarboxylate: A New Azodicarboxylate" Organic Letters (2006) 8(22), 5069-5072
2004
Lorkovic, Ivan M.; Noy, Maria L.; Schenck, Walter A.; Belon, Craig; Weiss, Mike; Sun, Shouli; Sherman, Jeffrey H.; McFarland, Eric W.; Stucky, Galen D.; Ford, Peter C. "C1 oxidative coupling via bromine activation and tandem catalytic condensation and neutralization over CaO/zeolite composites II. Product distribution variation and full bromine confinement." Catalysis Today (2004), 98(4), 589-594
Lorkovic, Ivan M.; Yilmaz, Aysen; Yilmaz, Gurkan A.; Zhou, Xiao-Ping; Laverman, Leroy E.; Sun, Shouli; Schaefer, Dieter J.; Weiss, Michael; Noy, Maria L.; Cutler, C. Ian; Sherman, Jeffrey H.; McFarland, Eric W.; Stucky, Galen D.; Ford, Peter C. "A novel integrated process for the functionalization of methane and ethane: bromine as mediator." Catalysis Today (2004), 98(1-2), 317-322.
CCS student featured in Chemical and Engineering News (Eric Davalos)
Sohn, Stephanie S; Rosen, Evelyn L; Bode, Jeffrey W "N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed generation of homoenolates: gamma-butyrolactones by direct annulations of enals and aldehydes." Journal of the American Chemical Society (2004), 126(44), 14370-1
[1] ScienceWatch Magazine, Vol 13. No. 6, November/December 2002