Research

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Undergraduate Student Researchers: The involvement of undergraduate students in the research labs is strongly encouraged by our faculty. It provides the students with more hands-on experience in the labs and application of what they have learned in thier courses. It also provides an opportunity to expand their knowledge into areas not covered in the standard courses. Since the work in my research lab deals with the synthesis and handling of air and moisture sensitive compounds, the students working with me will be utilizing Schlenk line techniques under inert atmosphere or vacuum. Students will also be involved in all aspects of the projects: literature searches, project direction and development, and manuscript development upon completion of projects.

Andrea L. Bechtel: Phosphazene and Phosphoranimine Chemistry

Premedicine - Pennsylvania State Univerisity

Kyle A. Bernheim: Synthetic Bone: A Polyphosphazene/Hydroxyapatite Composite.

1996 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship with the essay "Synthetic Materials to Assist Tissue Repair."
B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry 1998 - Pennsylvania State University
PhD Biology 2004 - California Institute of Technology - Thesis title "Functional and Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Humans and Macaques"