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Lu, Shanna, Amala, and our collaborators gave talks at the 2024 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE)!

Ward, L., Rotich, F., Raker, J. R., Popova, M., Using the organic chemistry representational competence assessment (ORCA) to understand student competence with…

Maia, Roshie, and Meghan attended/facilitated the first Summer Institute of the Chemistry Lab Curriculum (CLC) Innovators Program!

We welcomed 7 institutional teams to the beautiful campus of St. Mary’s College of Maryland for our first Summer Institute. The teams…

Roshie, Meghan, and Tyler gave talks at the NC CER symposium!

Kelly, M., Rotich, F., Popova, M., Organic Chemistry Students’ Representational Competence in the Context of Chair Conformations. Niles, T., Edmonson, Z., Shi,…

We published a paper about how students make inferences about stability from Lewis structures!

Rotich, F., Ward, L., Beck, C., Popova, M.* Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2024, doi.org/10.1039/D4RP00030G Despite representations’ central role in conveying chemical phenomena, mastering them is…

Huge congrats to Shanna for succesfully defending her proposal!

Shanna became a PhD candidate and is on track with her program! 🙂 May 31, 2024

Huge congrats to Dr. Fridah Rotich who defended her dissertation!

Huge congrats to Dr. Fridah Rotich for successfully defending her dissertation in Natural Products Chemistry under the guidance of Dr. Nadja Cech,…

Shanna won the Forrester Award for her outstanding contributions to the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry!

Shanna has been such a wonderful department citizen and member of the NOBCChE and DEIA committees. Shanna is always very eager to…

Lu was honored with the Distinguished Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry Award from the American Institute of Chemists!

Lu has proven to be a fantastic team member. She is very knowledgeable and skilled and does a great job completing tasks…