Summer Research Fun 2023

Great job to Rachel (part of Campbell’s Howard Research Fellows Program) and Jose (part of ACS Project SEED) on their summer research projects which capped off with a couple great presentations. A little sad that the summer fun is over but excited to pick things back up again this semester!

Jose crushing it in lab as usual.

ACS Project SEED Symposium was a success. Really cool seeing the work of these impressive high school students from all over the triangle.

Rachel capped off the summer at the Howard Research Fellows Poster Session with a great presentation.

Graduation 2023

Congrats to Ryan, Stephanie, Olivia and all other graduating chemistry and biochemistry students! You’ll be missed but we’re excited to see what your future holds!

Ryan and I at graduation

Dean's Award for Excellence

It’s an incredible honor to have been selected as the recipient for the 2023 College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence! I am humbled and proud to serve my students and colleagues. It truly is the best job in the world.

Wiggins Symposium 2023

Great job to Charlie, Nick, and Olivia on their poster presentations at Campbell’s Wiggins Symposium today! Charlie and Nick both won awards in the “Merit” category for Undergraduate Poster Presentations! The Chemistry department did great as a whole, with four awards overall. Check out the full list here: https://library.campbell.edu/symposium/

We all had a great time!

New and old lab members unite!

The award winners!

Howard Research Fellows 2023

Congratulations to Rachel on being awarded the Ester Howard Student Research Fellowship for 2023. Looking forward to doing some great work together this summer engineering thiamine-dependent enzymes! Check out the full announcement here: https://www.campbell.edu/about/strategic-plan/student-research-fellows-program/student-research-fellows-award-recipients/

ACS Indianapolis 2023

Ryan did a great job presenting his research on engineering thiamine-dependent enzymes at the ACS meeting in Indianapolis this week! We had a great time exploring the city, hearing about some cool science, and trying (unsuccessfully) to find pancakes for dinner. Definitely feeling inspired to get back to lab!

ASBMB Accreditation

Our biochemistry program was just awarded accreditation by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology! While we knew our program was great all along, it’s nice to have confirmation of that fact by the ASBMB. It’s been an honor and privilege to lead our program’s application efforts, and great to see the hard work of our faculty recognized.

Check out the press release here!

https://news.campbell.edu/articles/campbells-biochemistry-program-pre-med-track-earns-asbmb-accreditation/

Barthalmus Grant 2022

Congratulations to Nick for being awarded the 2022 George Barthalmus Undergraduate Research Award from the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium Organization! The award is meant to give sophomores a kick-start in their research endeavors. We’re excited to use the funds in support of our research on thiamine-catalyzed radical chemistry!

You can check out the award announcement below:

https://sncurcs.org/barthalmus-award-winners-2020-2021/

SERMACS 2022

Ryan traveled to Puerto Rico this week to present on his work with Dr. Goforth as part of Furman’s REU program, as well as our work with thiamine-dependent enzymes. A little jealous that I didn’t get to travel with them this time, especially since they were at the beach while it was 35 degrees Fahrenheit here!

Hispanic Heritage Month Video

I was invited by Campbell to speak about my Hispanic heritage in the video below! I wouldn’t be where I am today without all the hard work and sacrifices my mom made to build a better life for us. I am super proud to be a part of the Hispanic community and to be able to represent our community at Campbell!