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Aren Gerdon – Pittcon 2025!

Aren Gerdon – Pittcon 2025!

Posted by on Mar 11, 2025 in Posts

Dr. Gerdon had a great day at Pittcon Conference + Exposition in Boston last week! Thanks to Dr. Michelle Kovarik for the invitation to present in the Future of Analytical Chemistry Education session. It was great to share our work at Emmanuel College (Boston) on social justice in the chemistry...

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Mia Mullen ’25 – A Sticky Situation

Mia Mullen ’25 – A Sticky Situation

Posted by on Mar 11, 2025 in Posts, Student News

After making it through half the spring semester, Mia is making progress with her research. The lipid nanoparticle powder proved to be difficult to work with at first, but after identifying the usefulness of sucrose, the process is slowly coming along. Originally the pure and dry lipid nanoparticles were too sticky and did not grind well into a powder....

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Juan Alejandro ’25 – Y so many changes?

Juan Alejandro ’25 – Y so many changes?

Posted by on Mar 11, 2025 in Posts, Student News

The spring semester is moving fast (faster than expected). Exams are unfortunately beginning, ACS is just around the corner, graduation is approaching, and research is coming along very slowly. Juan has made many changes to the QCM Y-junction set-up, and a pause has been placed on dynamic experiments. Currently, the flow-cell chamber has been removed to...

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