Chemistry

The GGC Chemistry Grants and Awards Committee would like to recognize both our graduating seniors, and several outstanding undergraduate students for their achievements and excellence! These students were honored at a ceremony on May 10th on the GGC campus. Congratulations to our Spring 2022 Graduating Seniors: Jacob Abreu Emmanuel Chua Bao Dang Richard Forson Madison Little Jennifer Nguyen Congratulations to our Spring 2022 Chemistry Award Recipients: Alexa Sheets – 2022 GGC Physical Chemistry Student Award Iulia Bradeanu – 2022 GGC Biochemistry Student…

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This semester, the American Chemistry Society (ACS) student club RSO hosted several events to engage GGC students in some fun, hands-on chemistry. They welcomed students back to face to face campus events in August by having them make (and eat) liquid nitrogen ice cream, while learning about the chemistry involved. In September, the club hosted a tie-dye event. Participants were invited to hang out on the lawn and make their own tie-dye t-shirts using supplies provided from RSO funding opportunities….

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Two Chemistry faculty recently gave presentations at the Fifth Annual GGC Teaching & Learning Day. This annual internal conference allows faculty to share their current scholarly work with the GGC campus. Chemistry-related presentations at this year’s conference included: Introduction of Mindful Doodling into an Organic Chemistry Course Michael Morton (mmorton1@ggc.edu) Supporting Students from Underrepresented Minority Groups in STEM through Peer Supplemental Instruction Chantelle Anfuso (canfuso@ggc.edu), Cindy Achat-Mendes, Judy Awong-Taylor, Cynthia Johnson, Kathy Pinzon, Jamye Curry Savage, Benjamin Shepler, and Tirza…

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Congratulations to GGC Chemistry major Madison Preston who received the American Chemical Society’s 2020 Undergraduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry! Madison conducted productive research under the supervision of Dr. Seungjin Lee, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, with outcomes influential in synthesis and application of hydrogels for nutrients recycling from human urine. This is the fourth consecutive year that a GGC student has won this prestigious national award.