SMYRNA -- Motlow Smyrna Organic Chemistry students William "Vince" Murphy and Jasper
Emerton were selected among Middle Tennessee community college students and
invited to participate in a paid full-time 10-week summer research program in
the lab of Dr. Nathan Schley, assistant professor of chemistry at Vanderbilt
University. This research experience opportunity is being funded by the
National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry. In addition to the hands-on
research, Murphy and Emerton were invited to attend weekly programmatic
offerings organized by the Vanderbilt NSF-REU program in Chemical Biology. This
offer represents the start of a new partnership between Dr. Nathan Schley of
Vanderbilt University and Motlow State Community College Organic Chemistry Instructor
Nathan Fisher to allow local community college students the opportunity to
perform summer scientific research. Community college students have
traditionally been underrepresented within academic laboratories. Participation
in this program will allow Motlow students to augment their application to
graduate programs in chemistry. According to Fisher, the plan is to expand the
program to students from other local community colleges beginning next year,
with the aim to support additional students in the future.
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| From left, Organic Chemistry Professor Nathan Fisher works with his student, William "Vince" Murphy. (Photo by Charles Whiting) |
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| Professor Nathan Fisher completes a project with his student, William "Vince" Murphy. (Photo by Charles Whiting) |
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| Organic chemistry student Jasper Emerton. (Photo provided by Jasper Emerton) |
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