REU participants at an undergraduate research symposium in Cleveland.

Participants in the REU program undergo cleanroom traning in the Liquid Crystal Institute.

REU students enjoy a day at the Holden Arboretum in Mentor, Ohio.

An advisor works with an REU student.

Students participate in a number of social events throughout the REU program.

An REU participant displays her research at a poster session.

Summer Projects

Dr. Sanjaya Abeysirigunawardena: "Post-transcriptional RNA Modifications and Ribosome Assembly"
Dr. Soumitra Basu: "Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) Nanoparticle as Anti-Cancer Therapeutics" and "A Novel Non-Coding RNA to Sensitize the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells to Chemotherapy"
Dr. Scott Bunge: "Synthesis of Low-Coordinate Main Group, d-Block, and f-Block Complexes"
Dr. Christopher Fenk: "Development of Introductory and Advanced Applications of Digital Camera Colorimetry"
Dr. Elda Hegmann: "Biodegradable and Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Scaffold"
Dr. Torsten Hegmann: "Chiral Nanoparticles in Liquid Crystal Phases"
Dr. Songping Huang: "Nanoparticles of Gallium Prussian Blue Analog for Theranostic Use"
Dr. Antal Jakli: "Liquid Crystals Meet Water"
Dr. Mietek Jaroniec: "Ordered Nanoporous Materials"
Dr. Edgar Kooijman: "Biophysical characterization of Protein-Lipid interactions"
Dr. Oleg Lavrentovich: "Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals"
Dr. Hanbin Mao: "Mechanical Properties of DNA G-Quadruplex Structures"
Dr. Jeffrey Mighion: "Selective Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds"
Dr. Paul Sampson & Dr. Alexander Seed: "Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted 3-Fluorothiophene-containing Liquid Crystals" - A "Two Student and Two Advisor" Project
Dr. Hao Shen: "Single-Molecule Soft Matter Chemistry"
Dr. Michael Tubergen: "High Resolution Structures of Biomaterials"
Dr. John West: "Multi-Component Responsive Fibers"
Dr. Yaorong Zheng: "Development of Novel Metal-Based Cancer Therapy"