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Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas Fellowship


The Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Research Fellowship was established in 2018 and sponsored by Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas and his wife Sacra N. Nicholas.  Dr. Nicholas, an emeritus faculty member from the University of Oklahoma, graduated from Stony Brook in 1969 after carrying out undergraduate research in the Department of Chemistry.  The Dr. Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Research Fellowship was established to recognize an outstanding URECA summer research applicant who is a Chemistry major (with preference given to students studying chemical synthesis or catalysis).  The Dr. Kenneth Nicholas award will provide funding for 10 weeks of full-time faculty-mentored research with a stipend fellowship of $5,000.

Recipients:

2023

Jacob Fox, Class of 2024

Project:Templated Charge-Transfer Catalysis for Selective Decarboxylative Functionalization of Amino Acids

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Lipshultz

2022

Nicholas Wodzenski, Class of 2023

Project: Enantioselective Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Reactions

Mentor: Dr. Ming-yu Ngai

2021

Gaurav Sharma, Class of 2022

Project: Understanding the Connection Behind Quorum Sensing, NosP, and NaHK Through the GacS Multikinase Pathway

Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Boon

2020

Abbigayle Cuomo, Class of 2021

Project: Testing Parameters for Simulation of Phosphorylated Amino Acids

Mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling

2019

Emily Chen, Class of 2020

Project: Design, Synthesis, and Investigation of Shape-Persistent Macrocycles as Hosts for Iodocarbons: Toward the Formation of Carbyne

Mentor: Dr. Nancy Goroff, Chemistry