Rachel Sitko

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Personal Information

Senior Chemistry Major - Mathematics Minor

Hometown: Des Plaines, IL

Undergraduate Research Activities

Summer 2016: Summer Opportunity for Intellectual Activity (SOfIA) with Dr. Bradley Sturgeon & Dr. Laura Moore

Fall 2019-Spring 2020: Synthesis and Characterization of Lignin Monomers

Presentations

November 2019: [[File:Science_Sem_Pres_.pdf]Science Seminar Presentation Fall 2019]]

August 2016: SOfIA Presentation Poster Titles:

• The Chemistry of Baking: The Basics
• The Chemistry of Baking: Experiments

Interests/Activities

American Chemical Society

The Courier: Contributing Writer

Swimming

Pi Beta Phi

Career Plans

Interested in going back to school to receive a teaching license to become a high school chemistry teacher. Also looking into the Golden Apple Accelerators Program for teaching. Plan on working for IHSA refereeing for high school swim meets.

References

• Simple Preparation of 8--5-coupled Diferulate

• Structure-Activity Relationships

• Lignin Biosynthesis and Structure

• Oxidative Coupling during Lignin Polymerization is Determined by Unpaired Electron Delocalization within Parent Phenylpropanoid Radicals

• [Overview from Lignin and Lignans: Advances in Chemistry]

• Facile Large-Scale Synthesis of Coniferyl, Sinapyl, and p-Coumaryl Alcohol