Chemistry Students RISE to the occasion

Four undergraduate Chemistry students are heading to Germany for the DAAD Rise (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) this summer! (L to R: Ayla McCallum, Alex Cross, Lindsay Weller, and Patricia Eiman)

The Department of Chemistry is thrilled to report that four of our undergraduate students have been selected to participate in the highly competitive DAAD RISE (RISE Germany) program this summer. Ayla McCallum is a 3rd year Chemistry Specialization student who completed two semesters of the CHEM 299 research opportunity course with Prof. Rik Tykwinski. She was selected for the DAAD RISE Germany scholarship to intern in Darmstadt at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, focusing on the simulation and modeling of polymers. Alex Cross is a 3rd year chemistry specialization student who completed two semesters of the CHEM 299 research course with Prof. Vladimir Michaelis. He was selected to participate in a RISE internship project in Berlin, Germany at the Fritz-Haber Institute and Humboldt University. Lindsay Weller is a 3rd year student in the Specialization Chemistry program who previously spent two semesters taking CHEM 299 working with Dr. Jason Cooke. She will be interning at Christian Albrecht's University in Kiel, Germany where she will be working on the hydrophobization of metal-organic frameworks for the selective detection of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. Patricia Eiman is a 4th year Chemistry and Biology double major student who has completed two semesters of CHEM 299 with Dr. Hayley Wan and one semester of CHEM 399 with Prof. Lingzi Sang. She was selected for the DAAD RISE Germany scholarship in Freiberg at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource and Technology, focusing on the recovery of lithium from Li-ion battery recycling effluents through ion-exchange techniques. We wish all four students a wonderful summertime experience!

The Department of Chemistry undergraduate research courses (CHEM 299, 399, 401, 403, and 499), while not required for participation in programs like DAAD RISE, provide students an excellent platform to discover their scientific passions, network with peers and professors, and learn about the diversity of opportunities available for experiential learning at the University of Alberta, as well as in industry and other universities both near and far! If you have questions regarding research courses in the Department of Chemistry, please reach out to undergrad@chem.ualberta.ca