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Karen Buchmueller, principal investigator and professor, Furman Department of Chemistry<\/p><\/div>\n
In the program, funded by NSF\u2019s Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, Furman Chemistry Professor and principal investigator Karen L. Buchmueller and colleagues host an REU site that involves three visiting teams, each consisting of a faculty mentor and two to three students who come to Furman University each summer to conduct research.<\/p>\n
The program also includes two Furman teams, each consisting of a faculty mentor and one student. The summer program begins with a research boot camp, providing mini-courses in laboratory safety, scientific ethics, career advising and hands-on experience with departmental instrumentation.<\/p>\n
This is the 10th grant the Furman Department of Chemistry has received through the NSF\u2019s REU program, but the department has received substantial competitive funding from NSF in support of undergraduate research for decades.<\/p>\n
Said Furman Associate Provost for Integrative Science John Wheeler, \u201cFurman has had nearly continuous REU support in chemistry dating back to 1987, and prior to that, the department was supported under previous REU-like initiatives as one of the early champions of faculty scholarship with undergraduate colleagues.<\/p>\n
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Furman has received nearly continuous funding from the NSF for decades.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cWe have been privileged with exceptional departmental vision in those funding efforts for over 40 years, which helped to establish Furman\u2019s reputation as a national leader in high-impact engaged learning activities. I applaud Dr. Buchmueller\u2019s extraordinary efforts in leading our REU efforts since 2015 and look forward to the impacts of this program in providing transformative experiences for future Furman students and visiting scientific teams.\u201d<\/p>\n