Seven chemistry students traveled to Memphis, TN on November 4-7, 2015 with Professor Lynn Koplitz to present their research at the Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Three of the student presenters, Dayla Rich (`17), Nate Kamm (`18), and Nathalie Argueta (`18), work with Dr. Stephenson. The other four, Francesca Vaccaro (`16), Erin Larrabee (`17), Mary Claire Kramer (`18), and David Olivier (`17), do research with Dr. Koplitz. 

The posters presented are as follows:

“A comparison of interaction energies in 2-cyano-1-methylpyridinium
salts,” Francesca Vaccaro*, David Olivier*, Mary Claire Kramer*, Kevin
Riley, Joel T. Mague, Lynn V. Koplitz. Poster 607 presented at the Joint
Southeastern/Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society,
Memphis, TN, Nov. 4-7, 2015.

 “Synthesis and characterization of thermochromic pyridinium salts,”
Erin Larrabee*, David Olivier*, Lynn V. Koplitz.  Poster 599 presented at
the Joint Southeastern/Southwest Regional Meeting of the American
Chemical Society, Memphis, TN, Nov. 4-7, 2015.

 "Formations of Asymmetric Rhodamine Derivatives for Chiral Sensing,"
Dayla Rich, Nathaniel Kamm, Nathalie Aleman, Michael Maher, Justin
Romaire, Clifton J. Stephenson.  Poster presented at the Joint
Southeastern/Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society,
Memphis, TN, Nov. 4-7, 2015.