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WIU Chemistry Students Present at ACS National Meeting in Chicago

October 19, 2022

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MACOMB, IL -- Twelve Western Illinois University chemistry students, five chemistry graduate students and seven undergraduate students, with two majoring in chemistry and five majoring in forensic chemistry, presented posters at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2022 National Meeting in Chicago in August.

The students were accompanied by WIU chemistry professors Liguo Song, John Determan and Brian Bellott.

The ACS national meeting is the largest scientific conference attended by chemists/researchers from all over the world, where thousands of chemistry professionals meet to share ideas and advance scientific and technical knowledge. The Fall 2022 meeting attracted a total of 12,261 participants, with 9,779 as in-person attendees. There were more than 2,400 abstracts programmed at the event, which was also held virtually. The theme of the Fall 2022 ACS National Meeting was "Sustainability in a Changing World."

Song's research group presented four posters: 1. "Quantification of Cannabigerol in Hemp Oil by Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry," by Zach Dodson, a chemistry graduate student, of Macomb; 2. "Quantification of Cannabigerol among Sixteen Cannabinoids in Hemp Oil by Liquid Chromatography Ultraviolet Detection," by Grant Meyer, a chemistry graduate student, of Onarga, IL; 3. "Quantification of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol among Sixteen Cannabinoids in Cannabis by Liquid Chromatography Ultraviolet Detection," by Emmanuel Adejumo, a chemistry graduate student, of Macomb; 4. "Quantification of Cannabidiol among Sixteen Cannabinoids in Hemp Oil by Liquid Chromatography Ultraviolet Detection," by Mojisola Adisa, a chemistry graduate student, of Macomb.

Determan's research group presented four posters: 1. "Synthesis of humic acid and humic-like acids and metal functionalization of humic acid," by Briar Hilsabeck, a senior chemistry major, of Edelstein, IL; 2. "Fluorescent cored silica nanoparticles for the detection of illicit drugs," by forensic chemistry majors Logan Barnard, a junior, of Morton, IL; Mary Pearson, a senior, of Bethalto, IL; Regina Scarpaci, a junior, of Dalzell; and Ashley Webb, a junior, of Aurora, IL; 3. "Analyzing illicit drugs using copper nanoparticles," by Lillie Purcell, a senior chemistry major, of Jerseyville, IL; 4. "Correlation consistent basis sets designed for density functional theory: 5-p block elements," by Matt Ward, a chemistry graduate student, of Catlin, IL.

Bellott's research group presented one poster, "Antioxidant capacity of hot brew and cold brew tea," by Michael Combs, a senior forensic chemistry major, of Savoy, IL.

ACS meeting provided students an excellent opportunity to attend seminars by leading scientists from all over the world; and to be exposed to different kinds of research that are carried out at the national and international level.

Student travel funding and registration was funded by the WIU Department of Chemistry, the College of Arts and Sciences, and Song's DOJ grant.

For more information about the graduate and undergraduate chemistry programs at WIU, visit wiu.edu/chemistry.

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