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and UW Chemistry Faculty Directory (pp. 67-83) Friday, September 29, 2017 Wisconsin Room, UWM Student Union Map p. 88/89 4:30 – 7:00 pm Check-in 5:00 pm Poster Session pp. 11-66 6:30 pm Opening Remarks and Dinner 7:30 pm Plenary Address p. 5 8:30 – 10:00 pm Mixer Saturday, September 30, 2017 Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex (KIRC) Map p. 88/90 7:30 am Chairs Breakfast 9:00 am Coffee/Snacks 9:15 am Workshop Concurrent Sessions I p. 10 10:15 am Break 10:30 am Workshop Concurrent Sessions II p. 10 11:30 am Lunch & Luncheon Keynote Address p. 6 Sponsored by Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 29th September 2017 Welcome UW Chemists, It is with enthusiasm that I welcome you to the 44th UW-System Chemistry Faculties Meeting. A sturdy 44-year record is testament to the importance of this conference and the conviction of the UW Chemistry faculty. UW-Milwaukee Chemistry and Biochemistry is very pleased to host this event for 2017 and our organizing committee has worked diligently to make this years’ meeting noteworthy and enjoyable for all attendees. Of particular note, we are very fortunate to have a current Nobel Laureate in Chemistry offer the Friday night plenary address. Ben Feringa has rightly garnered acclaim for his work with stereochemistry, organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, having been awarded the Koerber European Science Award (2003), the Spinoza Award (2004), the Prelog gold medal (2005), the Norrish Award of the ACS (2007), the Paracelsus medal (2008), the Chirality medal (2009), the RSC Organic Stereochemistry Award (2011), Humboldt Award (2012), the Grand Prix Scientifique Cino del Duca (French Academy 2012), the Marie Curie medal and the Nagoya Gold Medal (2013) and of course most recently the Nobel (2016). The Nobel prize was specifically bestowed for his work with self- assembling molecular switches, motors and molecular machines, that will of course be the subject of his lecture. The conference is indebted to the generosity of our sponsors who have made it possible for each attendee to bring a guest to the Friday evening dinner, plenary and mixer; a particularly appropriate concession given the importance of the plenary address. Shimadzu Scientific, Eurofins and UW-System are the primary donors for this years’ conference, but we have also received significant support from TWD Tradewinds, ThermoFisher, Vernier, Bruker, Waters, Turningpoint Technologies, Pearson, Tophat, Macmillian and McGraw Hill. UW-system’s contribution has been specifically put toward the Saturday workshops and exhibitions that will occur in the new KIRC building. We have tried to make the workshops relevant to all by including discussions of specific professional considerations for UW chemistry faculty, pedagogy and strategies for education, along with current instrumentation and techniques. The Saturday morning luncheon address will be given by Kyle Swanson who spear-headed efforts at UWM in program alignment and retention of at-risk students. His lecture will describe how to reach and target cohorts of students for tertiary education successes. It is the sincere desire of the Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty that you have an enjoyable, enriching, and relevant experience at the 2017 UW-System Chemistry Faculties Meeting. We acknowledge that many of you have travelled considerable distances to gather with us in Milwaukee, and hope that you depart the event with a sense of renewed connection to your system colleagues and re-invigorated within the chemistry education discipline. Dr Graham R. Moran Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1 2 Eurofins is a global network of laboratories specializing in chemical, bioanalytical, microbiological, and physical testing services. We offer solutions for both routine analysis and specialized testing and project management. Our technical expertise ensures the highest quality results and reporting, and our scientists are here to assist with your project challenges. Eurofins was founded in 1987 by Gilles Martin in France with 4 people having a focus on food authenticity and quality. Since then the company has grown to over 30,000 staff in more than 375 laboratories with over 130,000 methods across 41 countries. In the United States alone, there are 39 laboratories serving the needs of industry, research institutions, and academia. Our services include testing for food, pharma, environmental, consumer products, and food safety training. The Eurofins path has been and continues to be fulfilling the mission “To contribute to global health and safety by providing our customers with high quality laboratory and advisory services…” The Eurofins S-F Analytical laboratory in New Berlin, WI continues to enjoy a close relationship with the UW system. Included in our staff of chemist/scientists are 5 chemists with degrees from UW-M and 4 others in senior chemist and managerial positions having degrees from UW programs. A talented group of individuals comprised of local and national sources allows us to excel at providing testing services in Food Chemistry, Specialty Environmental, Microbiology and Special Investigative Analysis. 3 We greatly appreciate support for the meeting from the Office of the Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs, UW System. The University of Wisconsin System is one of the largest systems of public higher education in the country, serving approximately 180,000 students each year and employing more than 39,000 faculty and staff statewide. The UW System is made up of 13 four-year universities, 13 freshman-sophomore UW Colleges campuses, and statewide UW-Extension. Together, these institutions are a tremendous academic, cultural, and economic resource for Wisconsin, the nation, and the world. 4 Plenary Address Friday, September 29, 2017 at 7:30 pm Wisconsin Room, UWM Student Union The Art of Building Small Bernard L. Feringa Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2016 Jacobus van't Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen, Netherlands Beyond the fascinating designs of nature, the creative power of synthetic chemistry provides unlimited opportunities to build our own molecular world. For centuries, chemists have built their own molecular tools to create the building blocks of this world, which in turn enabled them to create life-sustaining drugs, smart materials, and molecules that have shaped modern society. In their art of building small, chemists have changed the macroscopic world; however, some have taken on the fundamental challenge to understand the principles of dynamic molecular systems to gain control of molecular motion at the nanoscale. In my presentation, I will describe our journey in the world of molecular switches and motors in addition to our contributions to control the regio- and stereochemistry of organic reactions with the aid of homogeneous catalysts. Prof. Ferigna is the Jacobus van’t Hoff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Among his many honors, he was awarded: the Koerber European Science Award (2003), the Spinoza Award (2004), the Prelog gold medal (2005), the Norrish Award of the ACS (2007), the Paracelsus medal (2008), the Chirality medal (2009), the RSC Organic Stereochemistry Award (2011), Humboldt Award (2012), the Grand Prix Scientifique Cino del Duca (French Academy 2012), the Marie Curie medal and the Nagoya Gold Medal (2013), and the Nobel Prize in 2016. The Nobel Prize was specifically bestowed for his work with self- assembling molecular switches, motors and molecular machines. 5 Luncheon Keynote Address Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 11:30 am KIRC 1150 Doubling completion rates: Impact of acceleration and intensification in early career STEM education for at-risk students Kyle Swanson Dean, College of Sciences Metropolitan State University St. Paul, MN Retention of academically at-risk students to major and degree in STEM fields is challenging for a number of reasons, most notably extensive pre-requisite course sequences necessary for entry into upper-level courses and difficulties in completing mathematics requirements. Here we describe the impact of an intense early-college STEM cohort experience on introductory STEM course sequence completion rates for academically at-risk STEM-intended first-year students, where at-risk is defined as placement into high-school level algebra and chemistry courses. Students in the cohort took introductory mathematics, chemistry and biology courses as co- requisites, participated in a professional development/academic support seminar, and had extensive access to senior faculty during their first year. In both quasi-experimental and limited randomization studies, students in the cohort completed introductory major-level course sequences in biology and chemistry at roughly double the rate of students in the control groups. This suggests that early career academic intensification and acceleration through co-requisite models may provide a means to keep more students in STEM majors. Kyle Swanson, PhD, is the Dean of the College of Sciences at Metropolitan State University. Prior to joining Metropolitan State, he held the positions of Professor, Department Chair and Associate Dean in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and physics, magna cum laude with honors, from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and a PhD in Geophysical Sciences from