The chemistry department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges takes seriously its responsibility of educating, mentoring and training the science professionals of the future. We recognize that education must extend beyond the classroom and this commitment is evidenced by the extensive opportunities for student engagement in meaningful undergraduate research activities. Feedback from our alums indicates that we provide an excellent background with which to pursue a variety of post-graduate careers.

Student Publications

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Faculty – Student Publications:

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" Electrochemical Investigations of Oligomers and Polymers Containing Ruthenium- and Iron-Arene Complexes", Christine R. de Denus, Philip Baker, Jaclyn Toner*, Sheila McKevitt*, Erin K. Todd, Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz Macromol. Symposia, Wiley and Sons, 2003.

“Conformational Analysis of Siloxane-Based Enzyme-Mimic Precursors,” Carol Parish, Martel Zeldin, Jennifer Pratt and Sean Hilson Macromolecular Symposia, Wiley and Sons, 2003.

“Conformational Analysis and Modeling Studies of Synthetic 4-Dialkylaminopyridine-Siloxane Oligomers with Selective Esterase Activity,” Carol Parish, Martel Zeldin and Jennifer Pratt, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers 2002 12(1-2), 31-47.

“A Comparison of the Low Mode and Monte Carlo Conformational Search Methods,” Carol Parish, Rosina Lombardi, Kent Sinclair, Emelyn Smith, Alla Goldberg, Melissa Rappleye and Myrianne Dure, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling 2002, 21(2) 129-150.

Beals, B.J.; Bello, Zainab I.; Cuddihy,K.P.; Healy, E.M.; Koon-Church, S.E.; Owens, J.M.; Teerlinck, C.E.; Bowyer, W.J. "Absolute kinetic rate constants and activation energies for the formation of Grignard reagents." J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, 106, 498-503.“Synthesis of Oligomeric and Polymeric Ethers Containing the Cp*Ru+ and CpFe+ Metal Moieties”

Christine. R. de Denus, Lacey M. Hoffa, Alaa. S. Abd-El-Aziz, and Erin. K. Todd. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers 2000, 10(4), 189-208.

Kneisel, E.A.; Ciszkowski, N.A.; Bowyer, W.J.; Walker, F.S.; Huntsberger, T.G.; Foust, R.D. "Identifying clay sources of prehistoric pottery using atomic spectroscopy." Microchem. J. 1997, 56, 40-46.

Teerlinck, C.E.; Bowyer, W.J. "Reactivity of magnesium surfaces during the formation of Grignard reagents." J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 1059-1064.

Clark, M.E.; Ingram, J.L., Blakely, E.E.; Bowyer, W.J. "Effects of cell design on electrochemical measurements in submicroliter volumes." J. Electroanal. Chem. 1995, 385, 157-162.

Ingram, J.L.; Bowyer, W.J.; Fong, J. "Frequency dependent capacitance of microelectrodes and arrays." J. Electroanal. Chem. 1994, 365, 79-86.

Koon, S.E.; Oyler, C.E.; Hill, J.H.M.; Bowyer, W.J. "Visualization of the areal distribution of the reactivity of magnesium surfaces in the formation of Grignard reagents." J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 3225-3226.

Hrehocik, M.E.; Lundgren, J.S.; Bowyer, W.J. "Anodic stripping voltammetry analysis of selenium: comparison of electrode geometries." Electroanalysis 1993, 5, 289-294.

Feinberg, J.S.; Bowyer, W.J. "Heavy metal determination and speciation: anodic stripping voltammetry employing microelectrodes." Microchem. J. 1993, 47, 72-78.

Bowyer, W.J.; Clark, M.E.; Ingram, J.L. "Electrochemical measurements in submicroliter volumes." Anal. Chem. 1992, 64, 459-462.

Odell, D.M.; Bowyer, W.J. "Fabrication of band microelectrode arrays from metal foil and heat sealing Tefzel film." Anal. Chem. 1990, 62, 1619-1623.