By Courtney Doucet | ReporterAnkeny, Iowa biochemistry major Alexandra Beard, is the recipient of the Medicinal and Bio-organic Chemistry Foundation’s Student Travel Fellowship. She received a grant with the fellowship which allowed her to travel to a conference in Steamboat Springs, Colo. on Jan. 27 to present her research on complex molecule synthesis. “It was quite exciting to be recognized by someone outside of Baylor as a good chemist. For someone to notice and recognize my potential in the future to be a chemist and rewarding me financially is a big honor,” Beard said.Beard’s research is titled “Synthetic Studies Towards…
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By Courtney Doucet | ReporterGeology Ph.D. candidate, Roy Bassoo, had his article published in the Brazilian Journal of Geology. The research published in the journal focuses on gold formation in Bassoo’s birth country Guyana.The journal is titled “The 9 Mile Deposit of the Barama-Mazaruni Greenstone Belt of the Guiana Shield: Geochemistry, Geochronology and Regional Significance” and is based on Bassoo’s master’s degree research on a gold deposit in Brazil. Though he completed his master’s in 2016, his research into the gold deposit was so extensive that he kept working on it until it was perfected for publishing in Dec. 2018.“I…
By Courtney Doucet | ReporterBaylor Chemistry Ph.D student, Sam Yruegas, has been named as the element Erbium (Er) on the “Periodic Table of Younger Chemists” by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The honor recognizes Yruegas as one of 118 high-performing young chemists. The honor was given as a part of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s 100th year anniversary celebration as a way to exemplify young chemists from around the world who embody the mission and core values of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry through their research and advocacy. Yruegas was…
Baylor geosciences PhD candidate Dylan (Jiajun) Jiang won the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. He is one of five recipients to receive the award in early January. Jiang works as a teaching assistant in the lab for Geology 1401 Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters. He teaches two to three labs a semester that average around 15 to 20 students.“I’m really proud of it. I was very happy because being a teaching assistant is part of my daily life. I really enjoy teaching undergraduates. The class I teach is a geology class for non-science majors.…