After Lewis & Clark

Students and Alumni Profiles

Jennifer Maki '06 - Chemistry Graduate Program U. Washington

• Phi Beta Kappa

• Honors Thesis Title:
“Developing Better Chemical Shift Thermometers (CSTs) for NMR Spectroscopy"

• "The chemistry department at L&C prepared me well for my graduate work at the University of Washington...I have far more hands-on experience with all of the spectrometers and other lab instruments than students from other schools, which will be an asset in my analytical studies."

Angela Blum '05 - Chemistry Ph.D. program at California Institute of Technology

• 2005 Rena Ratte recipient and 2004 Goldwater recipient

• Honors Thesis Title:
“Investigation of the Hydrolysis of Novel VX Mimics”

• NSF graduate fellowship

 

Mark Creelman '05 - Chemistry Ph.D. program at UC Berkeley

• Phi Beta Kappa

• Honors Thesis Title:
“Molecular Encapsulation of Paramagnetic Shift Thermometers.”

 

Andy Bohaty '03 - Ph.D. Chemistry Program at U. Utah

• Rena Ratte Finalist and Phi Beta Kappa

• Varsity L&C football; Scholar Athlete of the Year.

• Undergraduate research project: Aldehyde and Ketone Reduction with Aqueous Metallocence Complexes.

• "The courses that I took at Lewis & Clark College provided me with a great background in chemistry that has allowed me to excel in all of my graduate courses...Overall the unique learning environment and diverse opportunities available at L&C have given me a great foundation to develop as a scientist and as a person."

Marie Spong '01 Ph.D. Chemistry Program at Harvard

• Rena Ratte Finalist and Goldwater recipient

• NSF and HHMI graduate fellowship

• Honors Thesis Title:
“DNA Bending as a Function of Distance Between dG-BPDE Lesions on Opposing Strands”

• "The most valuable part of my undergraduate education was the one-on-one interactions between faculty and students. I found the professors in the chemistry department to be excellent mentors both in the classroom and as research advisors."

Scott Kennedy '00 - Medical Residency at OHSU

• Phi Beta Kappa

• Varsity L&C football

• Undergraduate research project:
Ab Initio Computational Study of the Allenyl Cope Rearrangement in Allenylnorborene.