Student Resources

How to Sign-Up

• Complete, or have almost completed, Organic Chemistry II Lecture and Lab.

• Find an available lab and meet with faculty during office hours.

• Attend chemistry department faculty research seminars.

Typically, but not always, students begin working in a research lab during the summer months.

All majors accepted for research in the department must sign up for at least 1 unit of CHEM 397 Research Methods and Practice during the fall or spring semester.

Herman Nikolayevskiy

Synthetic Organic Chemistry – synthesis and evaluation of "turn-off" cytotoxins as a way to increase the tolerability of anti-cancer chemotherapies.

Michael Stevenson

Bioinorganic Chemistry – use of calorimetry and spectrophotometry to quantify and probe metal-specific interactions with antimicrobial peptides for use in therapeutic design.

https://mjstevensonlab.com/

William Karney and Claire Castro

Computational Organic Chemistry - use of computational tools to solve problems in organic chemistry, with a focus on reactive intermediates and heavy-atom tunneling.

https://www.cs.usfca.edu/~karney/

Janet Yang

Biochemistry - thermodynamic and kinetic analyses of ATP Binding Cassette transporters — membrane proteins that regulate the cellular intake of nutrients and export of toxins — using a variety of biochemical and biophysical approaches.

Giovanni Meloni

Physical Chemistry - high-temperature reactions and spectroscopic characterization of reaction intermediates important to atmospheric and combustion chemistry, especially focusing on biofuel molecules.

Osasere Evbuomwan

Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry - development of lanthanide complexes for prostate cancer diagnosis, and image-guided tumor resection via Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging properties.

Caltech WAVES's Program

The WAVE Fellows program provides support for undergraduate students, who are underrepresented in STEM and intend on pursuing a Ph.D., to conduct a 10-week summer research project under the mentorship of Caltech faculty.

Research opportunities in biology, neuroscience, chemistry, chemical engineering, engineering and applied science, geology, environmental science, sustainability, astronomy, physics, nanotechnology, quantum sciences, humanities, social science, and more!

Research-specific information sessions are scheduled starting on November 3. This is a chance to learn more about the program, application process, and meet Caltech faculty in different disciplines.

Applications due Jan 7, 2022.

Program dates: June 13 - August 19, 2022.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must be current sophomores, juniors, or non-graduating seniors;

have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2;

be a US citizen, permanent resident, or have DACA status.

Strong applicants are encouraged to have prior research experience.

https://sfp.caltech.edu/programs/wavefellows/application_information

Environmental Protection Agency

**Generally, EPA internships, whether paid or unpaid, are limited to U.S. citizens only. Pathways Programs participant must be a U.S. citizen or national, or be lawfully permitted to the U.S. as a permanent resident or otherwise authorized to be employed.**

Paid Internships: Paid by EPA

EPA hires high school and college interns for administrative/clerical positions as well as technical positions in areas such as life sciences, program or policy analysis, and engineering. Most positions have salaries ranging from the GS-2 to GS-7 level. All internships paid by EPA appear in the government-wide USAJobs.gov portal. Most internship opportunities for the summer are advertised in March, April and May but some may be advertised earlier.

• You can start your search on the USAJobs.gov Pathways for Students page.

• You can also view all student jobs, at any agency, across the nation and narrow your search results using the search criteria on the right side of the page.

  • Note that positions are typically open for 1-2 weeks only, so act fast!

  • Locations are all over the nation; check specific listings for location(s).

  • Check specific listings before you apply to ensure that you can meet all requirements.

https://www.epa.gov/careers/student-internships

National Science Foundation: REU Chemistry

This is a list of the active chemistry division funded REU sites (Sites with active NSF awards). Almost every site has a web page where more information can be obtained. Clicking on a highlighted site title should direct you to the external web page. [NSF is not responsible for the content of these external web pages.] Useful information for REU Site Principal Investigators can be found through the REU Leadership Group (http://chemnsfreu.com/) [Not an NSF website -- NSF is not responsible for its content]

https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5048

National Institutes of Health (NIH): Biomedical Sciences

This is a list of active internships through the National Institutes of Health.

https://www.training.nih.gov/programs