Undergraduate Researcher Published! Again.
As an undergraduate researcher, your world expands. Justin Hachey, while an undergraduate researcher in the Rodriquez lab, contributed to a paper that was recently published. The author list...
Research brings students into contact with a variety of chemical literature, fosters a spirit of independence and inquiry, builds familiarity with complex instruments and technologies and helps develop sound judgment. Many students make connections in the lab that turn into professional opportunities and careers down the road.
Students majoring in American Chemical Society (ACS)-certified degrees must complete a minimum research requirement, but we strongly encourage all undergraduates to pursue lab opportunities as early as first year.
Learn about cutting-edge chemistry research at GW and get started with research! CHEM 2199: Frontiers of Chemical Research is a 1.0 credit hour seminar course that will introduce you to current research in the Chemistry Department. Each week, a different chemistry faculty member will present their research and answer questions. Toward the end of the semester, you will select a professor to engage with further to learn more about their research program and to shadow a researcher in their lab.
Offered in fall semesters. Prerequisite: CHEM 1112 or consent of the instructor. Contact Professor Meisel for more information.
"This fellowship allows me to continue my research regarding the development of a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry selected ion monitoring method to separate and detect nitazene analogs in drug residues from syringe samples. Nitazenes are a novel class of synthetic opioids that are more potent than fentanyl and have started showing up in the DC area."
Alexa Mehlman
Madeleine Reines Jacobs Fellowship Recipient 2023
Undergraduate Researcher Published! Again.
As an undergraduate researcher, your world expands. Justin Hachey, while an undergraduate researcher in the Rodriquez lab, contributed to a paper that was recently published. The author list...
CCAS Alumna Abby Pepin on the Luther Rice Fellowship
For Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellow Abby Pepin, BS ’17, a chemistry degree led to a lifelong mentor in Associate Professor Martin Zysmilich.
Please join us for the next poster symposium highlighting the research of undergraduate students from across the country as part of the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Contact: Dr. Stephen Boyes.
As an undergraduate researcher, you will work side by side with graduate students and faculty in our light-filled modern labs.
For further guidance, contact your advisor or a member of our staff.
An undergraduate research course, CHEM 4195 or 4195W, is required for certain majors. We recommend that students take the course for at least three credits over two semesters. The first semester (one credit) provides a transition into the research group and introduction to the methodology. In the second semester (two credits) students dive deeper into the project. The more time (and credits) spent on the research, the more useful the data will be.
The course culminates with a paper describing the methods and results of the project. The final paper should be a well written, comprehensive and properly documented report, regardless of the success of the research. Students are expected to deliver a final paper presentation.