Sara L Simonson - Revision history

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 PI: Dr. Karl J. Wallace | University of Southern Mississippi | Summer 2021
-A series of three coumarin enamine sensors with three possible positions where ESIDPT can occur were designed, synthesized, and characterized. The organic frameworks of these compounds contain an enol-keto tautomer, which can be observed using optical spectroscopy; therefore extensive solvent studies in a number of solvent systems were carried out and their optical properties were recorded using UV-Vis, steady state fluorescence, and fluorescence lifetime studies. The end goal of this project involves putting these compounds into thin-polymer films.
+A series of three coumarin enamine probes with two possible positions where ESIPT can occur were designed, synthesized, and characterized. The organic frameworks of these compounds contain an enol-keto tautomer, which can be observed using optical spectroscopy; therefore extensive solvent studies in a number of solvent systems were carried out and their optical properties were recorded using UV-Vis, steady state fluorescence, and fluorescence lifetime studies. The end goal of this project involves putting these compounds into thin-polymer films for use in OLEDs.
-A brief look into the synthesis and characterization of 5 monomeric coumarin enamine sensors, with a tridentate binding motif for future investigation to be used as probes for divalent metal ions with better analyte discrimination in multivariant analysis techniques as compared to previously published work based around sensors with bidentate binding motifs was carried out as well.
+A brief look into the synthesis and characterization of 5 monomeric coumarin enamine probes, with a tridentate binding motif for future investigation to be used as probes for divalent metal ions with better analyte discrimination in multivariant analysis techniques as compared to previously published work based around sensors with bidentate binding motifs was carried out as well.

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 Title: [[''Investigating the Effect of Regiochemistry of ESIPT on Bis Coumarin Enamine Probes'']]
-==Awards==
+==Awards & Honors==
 Freshman Chemistry Award (Spring, 2019)
-Lola Walsh Anacker Scholarship (Spring, 2020)
+Robert Minteer '66 Prize (Spring, 2021)
-Dean's List (Fall 2018 - Fall 2020)
+Dean's List (Fall 2018 - Spring 2021)
 ==Career Goals==
 Upon entering college, I was interested in vet school; therefore, I secured a job at a local vet clinic. After a few months of working there, I realized I did not want to go into veterinary medicine after graduation. Since then, my career interests have shifted towards the environmental chemistry realm.

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	[[Chemical, Enzymatic, and Electrochemical Oxidation of Biophenols]]		[[Chemical, Enzymatic, and Electrochemical Oxidation of Biophenols]]
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		+	The oxidation products of 4-hydroxyphenol acetic acid, N acetyl tyrosine, tyrosine, and diiodotyrosine will be evaluated in this project. The redox properties of phenols, such as the compounds described, can be studies using chemical, enzymatic, and electrochemical methods. Whereas chemical and enzymatic methods have a fixed oxidation potential, electrochemical methods allow for control of the oxidation potential.

	[[Introduction to Electrochemistry]]		[[Introduction to Electrochemistry]]

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	Research Advisor: Dr. Bradley Sturgeon \| Monmouth College \| Spring 2021 - Present		Research Advisor: Dr. Bradley Sturgeon \| Monmouth College \| Spring 2021 - Present

		+	For this project, I worked on developing methods of eDNA extraction and isolation from the freshwater and saltwater fish tanks located on the third floor of CSB. I also looked up protocols for 16S rRNA gene amplification, primer construction, and sample preparation for anticipation of using the MiSeq Illumina Sequencing Platform at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

	[[nitrate in the Freshwater Fish tank]]		[[nitrate in the Freshwater Fish tank]]

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	==Undergraduate Research Experience==		==Undergraduate Research Experience==
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		+	[[Chemical, Enzymatic, and Electrochemical Oxidation of Biophenols]]

	[[Introduction to Electrochemistry]]		[[Introduction to Electrochemistry]]

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 Updated instructions of how to operate the IC instrument and how to analyze the data is presented below:
 '''Summer 2020'''
 I applied to the Summer 2020 Doc Kieft Research Program but due to Covid-19 it was cancelled; therefore, I took a position in the crop physiology and breeding lab at Bayer Crop Science

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	I applied to the Summer 2020 Doc Kieft Research Program but due to Covid-19 it was cancelled; therefore, I took a position in the crop physiology and breeding lab at Bayer Crop Science		I applied to the Summer 2020 Doc Kieft Research Program but due to Covid-19 it was cancelled; therefore, I took a position in the crop physiology and breeding lab at Bayer Crop Science

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	Updated instructions of how to operate the IC instrument and how to analyze the data is presented below:		Updated instructions of how to operate the IC instrument and how to analyze the data is presented below:
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		+	Applied to the Summer 2020 Doc Kieft Research Program but due to Covid-19 it was cancelled; therefore, I took a position in the crop physiology and breeding lab at Bayer Crop Science

	==Work Experience==		==Work Experience==

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-REU: Sensing and Assembly Based on Non-Covalent Interactions at USM
+'''REU: Sensing and Assembly Based on Non-Covalent Interactions at USM'''
 PI: Dr. Karl J. Wallace | University of Southern Mississippi | Summer 2021
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 For this project, I became familiar with the workings of the nitrogen cycle in aquatic ecosystems. With a focus on determining the daily rise in nitrate concentrations due to convict cichlid metabolism, dissolved fish food pellets, and algal modulation via the Thermo Fisher Scientific<sup>TM</sup> Dionex<sup>TM</sup> Aquion<sup>TM</sup> Ion Chromatography System with the built in Chromeleon 7 Chromatography Data System software, I also collected and analyzed local creek, pond, and ground water samples to serve as open system comparisons to the closed fish tank system.
 ==Work Experience==