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Professor Aren Gerdon is the Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics and an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Emmanuel College. He leads his own chemistry research group, focusing on biomaterials, and works closely with other research groups across campus. Professor Gerdon is passionate about sharing his deep knowledge of chemistry with his students, guiding them from class work to practical, real-world lab...
Krista Meserve ’18 – New Experiments!
One of my favorite things about research is getting to use instruments that I wouldn’t have gotten to use otherwise. Last week, I learned how to use the Dynamic Light Scattering instrument (pictured here). DLS utilizes the scattering of light by a particle in solution to calculate the radius of the particles. It will be useful to us as it can measure the size of the mineral formed during a mineralization...
Jason Miech ’18 – Big Man on Campus
Emmanuel College junior Jason Miech participated in the Big Man on Campus competition in memory of Dr. Christine Jaworek-Lopes. All proceeds from the event will go towards colon cancer research and awareness efforts. Jason got “runner-up” while David Tracy, a fellow chemistry major, won it...
Instrumental Analysis Students Help with poly-Aspartic Acid experiments!
Thanks for all chemistry majors in CHEM 3108 – Instrumental Methods of Analysis for completing a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) lab to look at the interactions between hydroxyapatite and poly-aspartic acid. The entire class joined the research group and we collected a lot of data quickly! ~Dr....
Bobby Tzepos ’18 – Study Abroad in Italy
Bobby took a semester off research to have the awesome opportunity to study abroad in Florence. While it looks like an amazing experience, it sounds like Bobby is missing chemistry! “I was informing my friends about the research I conducted over the summer and showed them the Gerdon blog site. They loved it! As I was scrolling through, I saw Marianna’s post about the new potentiostat! After seeing that, it made me miss learning about chemistry, to be honest. All these religion and philosophy classes are interesting but nothing beats learning about the real good stuff, Chemistry. ” Thanks for the inspiration...