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The Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the American Chemical Society sponsors summer schools in nuclear and radiochemistry funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. These six week summer schools in 2009 will be held from June 14 to July 25 at:
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY

AWARD DETAILS
Fellowships include all tuition, transportation, housing, some food, textbooks, laboratory supplies, and laboratory manuals. Six semester-units of transferable academic credit will be awarded by San Jose State University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  More in information is available at
http://www.nscl.msu.edu/~mantica/2009_SummerSchoolFlyer.pdf

QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates should be undergraduate chemistry or physics majors who will be entering their junior or senior year in the fall of 2009. Preference will be given to entering seniors. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.  No previous experience in nuclear science is necessary.

SELECTION
The Summer Schools are limited to 24 students, 12 at each campus. Announcement of awards will be in March 2009.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The formal program consists of lecture and laboratory components which cover the fundamentals of nuclear theory, radiochemistry, nuclear instrumentation, radiological safety, and applications to related fields. In addition, there are special symposia, guest lectures, and field trips to nearby research centers; typical topics are:

Thus, students get to meet and interact with many leading scientists in these various fields.

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
Participants in the 2009 Summer Schools will be encouraged to join a research project during the following summer at a university or federal research institution. Considerable personal assistance will be provided to secure summer positions and admission to Ph.D. and M.D. Programs at leading universities.

TO APPLY
Application forms are available from:

Prof. Paul Mantica, Director Summer Schools in Nuclear & Radiochemistry
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI   48824
Tel: (517)-333-6456
Fax: (517)-353-5967
Email: mantica@msu.edu

History of the Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools
Reprinted from the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 219, No. 2 (1997) 231-236 by permission Akadémiai  Kiadó, Budapest (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam)

The following link contains the listing of Nuclear Chemistry Summer School students.  If there is a "yes' in the e-mail column, then a current e-mail address is available upon request.  Please send any updated information to Frank Kinard at kinardf@cofc.edu.

Class List (1984-2007)

2007 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2007 Summer Schools:

San Jose State University

	Jonathan D. Burns	MidAmerica Nazarene University
	Richard A. Clark	Brigham Young University - Idaho
	Kelly A. Daniel	Truman State University
	Kristen N. Frommeyer	University of Kentucky
	Paul A. Goodman	Truman State University
	Nicholas G. Horton	Rollins College (FL)
	Lukasz A. Koscielski	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
	Elizabeth A. Long	Tennessee Technological University
	Robin L. Mizzell	Hollins University (VA)
	Eleanor M. Ott	University of Pittsburgh
	Nicholas B. Swanson	University of Saint Francis (IN)
	Mary E. Twist	Hillsdale College (MI)

pictures from the 2007 San Jose State Summer School

Brookhaven National Laboratory

	John Degrave	Hillsdale College (MI)
	Benjamin Farah	Northwestern University
	Brittany Gaydosh	Huntington College (AL)
	Zigfried Hampel-Arias	Rice University
	Joshua Henry	Austing Peay State University (TN)
	Andrew Klose	Jamestown College (ND)
	Kristina Knesting	St. Norbert College (WI)
	Tyler Litton	University of Missouri - Columbia
	Samantha Mroczynski	University of Alabama
	Dallas Reilly	Carthage College (WI)
	Monica Straatman	University of Missouri - Columbia
	James Tocyloski	West Chester University (PA)

pictures from the 2007 Brookhaven Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2007 New Orleans meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Beth Long of  Tennessee Technological University from the SJSU school and Ben Farah of the Northwestern University from the BNL school have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2007 summer schools..

2006 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2006 Summer Schools:

Brookhaven National Laboratory

	Carolyn W. Bauer	SUNY College at Oneonta
	Dan J. Cast	Augustana College
	Krista M. Cruse	Gustavus Adolphus College
	Sarah E. Dekat	University of North Florida
	Dan J. De Schepper	Northern Illinois University
	Tiffany M. Emmer	Carroll College
	John W. Freidrich	Minnesota State University-Mankato
	Noah D. Grant	UC- Berkeley
	Ta-Chung Ong	Colby College
	Stephanie A. Owens	Sewanee:University of the South
	Tashi Parsons-Moss	Mills College
	Allison L. Spencer	Whitman College

pictures from the 2006 Brookhaven Summer School

San Jose State University

	Maria Angelella	West Chester University
	Ben R. Caes	Augustana College (IL)
	Nat A. Fulton	Northern Illinois University
	Matt B. Goldey	Butler University
	Rebecca S. Hanania	Truman State University
	Stephanie L. Holbrook	Tennessee Technological University
	Brooke E. Kraft	College of St Benedict (MN)
	Rodger T. Mitchell	Westminster College (UT)
	Pawan Rastogi	Columbia University
	Danielle M. Stacy	Truman State University
	Bill J. Talkington	Austin Peay State University
	Esther S. Tseng	New York University

pictures from the 2006 San Jose State Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2006 Atlanta meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Pawan Rastogi of  Columbia University from the SJSU school and Sarah Dekat of the University of North Florida from the BNL school have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2006 summer schools..

2005 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2005 Summer Schools:

San Jose State University

	L. James Antonelli	University of Dallas
	Ming Yang Bi	Washington University (St. Louis)
	Brienne N. Bottenus	Washington State University
	Brooke M. Gardner	Middlebury College (VT)
	Jason T. Henline	University of Utah
	Zachary W. Kohley	Hillsdale College (MI)
	Jonathan H. Langdon	SUNY Stony Brook
	Cullen C. Matthews	University of Central Arkansas
	Joshua B. McCormick	Carthage College (WI)
	Rory N. Pruitt	Huntingdon College (AL)
	Tyler R. Reese	Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
	Angela R. Soemo	Truman State University (MO)

pictures from the 2005 San Jose State Summer School

Brookhaven National Laboratory

	Landon Clark	Austin Peay State University
	Peter Chen	SUNY Stony Brook
	Tamis Dudo	Clark University
	Narek Gharibyan	University of California – Berkeley
	Robin Johnson	Illinois Wesleyan University
	Andrew Kincannon	University of Arkansas
	Kaitlyn Morse	Alfred University
	Amy Ratliff	Radford University
	Wes Reid	Long Island University
	Allen Ricks	Calif. State University – Chico
	Jennifer Shafer	Colorado State University
	Sarah Steinhardt	Washington University

pictures from the 2005 Brookhaven Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2006 Atlanta meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Robin Johnson of the Illinois Wesleyan University from the BNL school and Brooke Gardner of  Middlebury College (VT) from the SJSU school  have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2005 summer schools..

2004 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2004 Summer Schools:

Brookhaven National Laboratory

	Laura Altman	Clarion University (PA)
	Dustin Demoin	Trinity University
	Michaela Flak	Cuesta College
	Kiel Holliday	California State University at San Marcos
	Kate Larson	University of Massachusetts -  Dartmouth
	Bryanna Lies	Arkansas State University
	Greg Lillvis	Hiram College
	Jill Pinter	Hope College
	Kyle Purdy	George Mason University
	Justin Roper	Austin Peay State University
	Christopher Seyfert	St. Mary's University
	Nicholas Smith	Lake Superior State University

pictures from the 2004 Brookhaven Summer School

San Jose State University

	Danielle Brennan	University Massachusetts -  Boston
	Ron Chen	Washington University (St. Louis)
	Dwight M. Donaldson	Linfield College (OR)
	Benj L. FitzPatrick	University of Wyoming
	C. Corey Hines	Tennessee Technological University
	Brian S. Lusby	New Mexico State University
	Randy L. Newhouse	Whitworth College (WA)
	Jane Holly Poplin	University of Alabama
	Antonia K. Shey	United States Naval Academy
	Jason R. Seifter	Reed College
	Kevin W. Wilson	Villanova University
	Stephanie A. Wissel	University of Dallas

pictures from the 2004 San Jose State Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2004 Anaheim meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Jill Pinter of the Hope College (MI) from the BNL school and Jason Seifert of  Reed College (OR) from the SJSU school  have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2004 summer schools..

2003 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2003 Summer Schools:

San Jose State University

	Trevor J. Bell	Tennessee Technological University
	Jeff W. Carlson	University of Wyoming
	Allison G. Caster	The University of South Dakota
	Karine N. Danskey	Linfield College (OR)
	Ashley L. Fiamengo	Austin College (TX)
	John L. Gensic	University of Saint Francis (IN)
	Deepen S. Kothari	Bowling Green State University
	Rebecca A. Morgan	New Mexico State University
	Chris M. Nemirow	Worcester State College
	John F. Ready	California State University, Sacramento
	Miriam D. C. Tibayan	Mills College (CA)
	Sara K. Wuenschel	LeTourneau University (TX)

pictures from the 2003 San Jose State Summer School
 

Brookhaven National Laboratory

	Dave A. Capretto	Saint Louis University
	Megan J. Carlson	Augustana College (IL)
	Andi D. Choiniere	Southampton College, Long Island University
	Chris L. Hallemeier	Washington University (MO)
	Andrew Kucher	The College of New Jersey
	Paul J. Marc	San Jose State University
	Brent Matteson	Hamilton College (NY)
	James M. Mitchell	Austin College (TX)
	Ryan C. Pettit	Belmont University (TN)
	Chris E. Spiese	Juniata College (PA)
	Kim M. Tyler	Carlow College (PA)
	Nathan R. Whitely	Western Kentucky University

pictures from the 2003 Brookhaven Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2004 Anaheim meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. John Gensic of the University of St. Francis (IN) from the SJSU school and Dave Capretto of  St. Louis University from the BNL school  have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2003 summer schools..

2002 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2002 Summer Schools:

Brookhaven National Laboratory

	George H. Chan	University of California, Berkeley
	Nicholas Cieslak	Brigham Young University
	Erin Finn	Whitman College (WA)
	Stacey Flanagan	Santa Clara University
	Mason Guffey	University of California, Berkeley
	Stephen Hobbs	Vanderbilt University
	Carl Jenks	Ball State University
	Yuen-Yu Lau	University of Maryland - College Park
	Mimi Lo	Purdue University
	Andrew Placzek	Framingham State University
	Brian Stein	St. Martin's College (WA)
	Brenda Walker	University of Memphis

pictures from the 2002 Brookhaven Summer School

San Jose State University

	Wes Carter	Tennessee Technological University
	Lisa Davis	University of Southern Indiana
	Scott Evans	Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
	Phil Fontaine	Western Connecticut State University
	Erin Heermance	Chatham College (PA)
	Chris Hill	Alfred University
	Meredith Jackrel	The College of New Jersey
	Bethany Lyles	Fort Lewis College (CO)
	Greg W. Serverin	University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
	Gavin Thorinson	Western Washington University
	Monty Trevino	Sam Houston State University
	Ben Visger	United States Naval Academy

pictures from the 2002 San Jose State Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2002 Boston meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Greg Severin of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana from the SJSU school and Steven Hobbs of  Vanderbilt University from the BNL school  have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2002 summer schools..

Greg Severin	Steven Hobbs

2001 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2001 Summer Schools:

San Jose State University

	Amanda K. Blockinger	Chatham College (PA)
	Mike G. Calvert	The College of New Jersey
	Kimberly Chung	The Cooper Union (NY)
	Lindsy M. Farina	University of Alabama
	Tiffany D. Goble	Thiel College (PA)
	Kathleen C. Holt	Western Washington University
	Christina J. Leggett	Florida State University
	Joseph C. Mitock	United States Naval Academy
	Aaron C. Noell	New York University
	Pam M. Piekarski	University of Missouri - Columbia
	Rachel A. Reuther	St. Mary's College (IN)
	C. Chase Reynolds	University of Kentucky

pictures from the 2001 San Jose State Summer School

Amanda Blockinger will attend the George Washington University medical school.
Lindsy Farina will attend graduate school in chemistry at the University of Alabama.

Brookhaven National Laboratory

	Inna Bashta	University of Nevada - Las Vegas
	Andrew Booher	Bradley University
	Suji Choi	Purdue University
	Cory Daignault	Florida State University
	Erik Epp	University of Michigan
	Melissa Ewert	Purdue University
	Angela Fox	Belmont University
	Jamon Holzhouser	Brigham Young University
	Chris Klug	University of Maryland - College Park
	Stephanie Soehnlein	Canisius College
	Tom Wall	Roger Williams University

pictures from the 2001 Brookhaven Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2001 Chicago meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Aaron Noell of New York University from the SJSU school and Jamon Holzhouser of  Brigham Young University from the BNL school  have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2001 summer schools..

Aaron Noell	Jamon Holzhouser

2000 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 2000 Summer Schools:

Brookhaven National Laboratory

pictures from the 2000 Brookhaven Summer School

Matt McGovern is a graduate student in chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana -  Champaign.
Sarai Tejeda will enter the Ph.D. program in biochemistry at Georgetown University in the fall of 2001.

San Jose State University

	Matthew C. Burns*	University of Dallas
	Toran D. Furch	San José State University
	Gloria S. Huang	University of Missouri - Columbia
	Jeffrey J. Liao	The Johns Hopkins University
	Alan E. Miller	University of California - Davis
	Jacqueline S. Perry	The College of New Jersey
	Sara E. Rees	University of Iowa
	Erin M. Skolness	California State University - Sacramento
	Lucas J. Tucker	Marist College (NY)
	Lindsey M. Wolf	Chatham College (PA)
	Carly J. Woodmansee	Lock Haven University (PA)
	Jia Zhou	SUNY-Stony Brook

pictures from the 2000 San Jose State Summer School

Alan Miller will attend Medical School at the University of California - Davis.
Carly Woodmansee will attend the Jefferson School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 2000 Washington meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Matt Burns of the University of Dallas from the SJSU school and Matthew McGovern of the University of Wisconsin - Parkside from the BNL school  have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 2000 summer schools..

Matthew Burns	Matthew McGovern

1999 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 1999 Summer Schools:

San Jose State University

	Abigail Bickley*	Dartmouth College. NH
	James Crispino	The College of New Jersey
	Ajit Gubbi	SUNY-Binghamton
	Keith Gutowski	University of Delaware
	Olayinka Oyeyemi	Mt. Holyoke College
	Danh Thanh Pham	Fairfield University (CT)
	Holly Russell	Quincy University (IL)
	Jennifer Stone	The College of William & Mary
	Richard P. Swatloski	The University of Alabama
	Nancy Torres	University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
	Amanda Wensmann	St. Mary's University (MN)
	Richard Wilson	SUNY-Binghamton

pictures from the 1999 San Jose State Summer School

Brookhaven National Laboratory

pictures from the 1999 Brookhaven Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 1999 New Orleans meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Abbi Bickley of Dartmouth College from the SJSU school and Kelli Schmieder of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from the BNL school  have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 1999 summer schools..

Abbi Bickley	Kelli Schmieder

1998 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

Congratulations to the following students who attended the 1998 Summer Schools:

San Jose State University

pictures from the 1998 San Jose State Summer School

Brookhaven National Laboratory

pictures from the 1998 Brookhaven Summer School

*An "Outstanding Student" is selected from each of the summer school sites and will be invited to attend the 1998 Boston meeting of the American Chemical Society with expenses paid. Andy Metz of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and David Partyka of The College of new Jersey have been named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 1998 summer schools..

1997 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools
San Jose State University

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Jennifer Cox of Tennessee Technological University and Bill Huston of Saint Cloud State University were named as the "Outstanding Students" in the 1997 summer schools.

1996 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools
Brookhaven National Laboratory

San Jose State University

Information supplied my Matt Lippis (12/98)

Mike Vance — Oh well. Yes, Jen and I are getting married on August 1st in Crawfordsville, IN. We have currently decided to put off grad school. We are both working for Eli Lilly in Indy for the next two years. I am doing analytical and Jen is doing organic for Discovery. The jobs are pretty nice. Getting paid is nice, the benefits are great, and my group is extremely cool. In two years we will go back to grad school to get Ph.D.'s in chem. Jen will go for organic and I will opt for a discipline to be named later.

Trent Vorlicek: (at Univ of Maryland) — Now, what do I do? I guess I'm an environmental aqueous geochemist. I am studying the wastemetal transport in sulfidic waters. Sulfidic waters occur under anoxic conditions as microorganisms turn to sulfate for electron transfer (thereby reducing it to H2S) in order to oxidize organic matter. Specifically, I am studying molybdenum chemistry. I am looking at the possible role mineral surfaces play in surface catalysis for thiomolybdate (MoS4(2-)) formation. A previous grad student has shown that molybdate ion (MoO4(2-)) can under four substions of S for O to form thiomolybdate and that this process is acid catalyzed. I am looking at clays like kaolinite to see if there is enough protanation on the surface of the clay (they have a very large surface area) even at the pH of seawater (pH=9) to facilitate surface catalysis of molybdate to thiomolybdate. I am also looking at pyrite (FeS2). Eventually, I will do a kinetics study and characterize the mechanisms involved. Right now, I

am just trying to prove that it is a worthy Ph.D. project which it appears I have done. The hope of such study is to show that thiomolybdates can serve as a proxy for anoxic conditions. Evidently, over time, the thiomolybdates can sorb to particulate matter and settle out. Cores can

then be taken and dating methods applied. But moreso, my research is just trying to add some knowledge to waste metal transport in the ocean. As a part of my project, I will be using EXAFS to characterize complex formation at the mineral interfaces. In fact, my advisor will be on sabatical all next year at SLAC to study EXAFS for this purpose.

Mike McCarthy: (at Berkeley) — I have joined an atmospheric chemistry group. I am studying the mass independent fractionation of ozone and N2O in the stratosphere. This is stable isotope stuff with a mass-isotope ratio mass spec.

Joann Prisciandaro: — Long time no hear. Things are going well for me in grad school, a little hectic but what else is new. I working at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, taking classes and trying to get some research done. I'm interested in studying nuclear structure of neutron-rich nuclides, within the vicinity of Z=23. I working with Paul Mantica, a fairly new faculty member at MSU. Should be running my thesis experiment May of 1999, that is if there aren't any more changes in the schedule.

Unfortunately I somehow lost contact with Po-ssu when he went off to CalTech for grad school. He’s doing some high level biology studies (I was completely lost last time we talked). Catherine hasn’t emailed me yet about her work at the Seaborg Institute yet. But currently she’s working for CES/LLNL in the environmental monitoring group. I’m still searching for James Baker and Sharon Joag. Tara White has gotten married and I believe isn’t going to school or pursuing it.

The material in the following sections was reproduced from the "10th Anniversary of the DOE/ACS sponsored Summer School in Nuclear Chemistry at San Jose State University" compiled by the late Dr. Alan Ling.  Any corrections are updates should be sent to kinardf@cofc.edu .

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Mr. Jesse Fecker was selected as the outstanding student to attend the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago, IL.

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Mr. Philip Wilk was selected as the "outstanding student" to attend the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D. C.

1993 Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools
San Jose State University