{"id":209209,"date":"2021-03-23T09:35:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/?p=209209"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T14:28:57","slug":"mancini-acs-surf-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/2021\/03\/23\/mancini-acs-surf-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Student awarded SURF Fellowship from ACS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.organicdivision.org\/student-and-postdoc-awards\/surf\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship<\/a> includes $5000 in funding for summer research, which Kayla will conduct with her mentor <a href=\"\/~sarkara\">Amrita Sarkar<\/a> in the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/msupolymer.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sarkar Research Group<\/a>. Additionally, she will present her research this fall at the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pfizer.com\/science\/research-development\/centers\/ct_groton\" target=\"_blank\">Pfizer Research and Development Labs in Groton, Connecticut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kayla is thrilled to be working on a novel polymer synthesis project employing ring opening polymerization and microwave induced Diels Alder Cycloaddition under supervision of Professor Sarkar. Her research will lead to the development of a novel and greener alternative of organics used in Li-ion batteries.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This fellowship not only reinforces and solidifies her desire to pursue a PhD degree in organic chemistry but supports her in taking the necessary steps of advancing women in STEM.<\/p>\n<footer><cite>Dr. Amrita Sarkar<\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kayla Mancini, a junior biochemistry major, received the fellowship from the American Chemical Society&#8217;s Division of Organic Chemistry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":209215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,16,7,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-recognition","category-chemistry-biochemistry","category-research","category-csam-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209214,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209209\/revisions\/209214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}