Title of my presentation Title of my presentation

Janet Schmanet’s labJanet Schmanet’s labBy Sally FriendlyBy Sally FriendlyUCORE 2010UCORE 2010

Big Picture (for Grandma)Big Picture (for Grandma) Lab Mentor’s research goalLab Mentor’s research goal Background: What is already known? How?Background: What is already known? How?

Some background data / diagrams / imagesSome background data / diagrams / images

My job… (goal for the summer)My job… (goal for the summer) My process (for Grandma)My process (for Grandma)

Pictures of me doing that… (action shots!)Pictures of me doing that… (action shots!)

My findingsMy findings

Plots of my data! Images, with scale!Plots of my data! Images, with scale!

Conclusions and future directionsConclusions and future directions What I have learned, skills I have gainedWhat I have learned, skills I have gained AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline

Big PictureBig Picture

Described in a way that will Described in a way that will make sense to Grandmamake sense to Grandma

Why does anyone care about Why does anyone care about this?this?

How will this maybe be How will this maybe be useful?useful?

What’s cool about this?What’s cool about this?

My lab mentor’s goalMy lab mentor’s goal One part of the big One part of the big

picturepicture What my mentor is trying What my mentor is trying

to find outto find out WhyWhy HowHow

Mensinger, Z. L.; Gatlin, J. T.; Meyers, S. T.; Zakharov, L.N.; Keszler, D. A.; Johnson, D. W. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 9484.

BackgroundBackground

What is already What is already knownknown

How it was found outHow it was found out Why we need to find Why we need to find

out more nowout more now Some data and/or Some data and/or

diagramsdiagrams

My jobMy job My goal for the summer My goal for the summer

was to…was to… Thing AThing A Thing BThing B

Because that would Because that would further my mentor’s further my mentor’s research in this useful research in this useful

way…way… Ga(NOGa(NO33))33 + MeOH + MeOH

Mensinger, Z. L.; Kamunde-Devonish, M. K. ; Gatlin, J. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. in preparationMensinger, Z. L.; Gatlin, J. T.; Meyers, S. T.; Zakharov, L.N.; Keszler, D. A.; Johnson, D. W. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 9484.

My processMy process So that Grandma So that Grandma

understands it a bitunderstands it a bit Spell things out -- don’t Spell things out -- don’t

just say ‘XRD’ (Grandma just say ‘XRD’ (Grandma doesn’t know what that is)doesn’t know what that is)

Hey wouldn’t it be cool to Hey wouldn’t it be cool to have a picture of me in have a picture of me in my lab right here! my lab right here! (Instead of this (Instead of this anonymous molecule!)anonymous molecule!)

Challenges I ran into…Challenges I ran into…

Mensinger, Z. L.; Kamunde-Devonish, M. K. ; Gatlin, J. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Johnson, D. W. in preparationGatlin, J. T.; Mensinger, Z. L.; Zakharov, L. N.; MacInnes, D.; Johnson, D. W. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 47, 1267.

What happenedWhat happened What we think it meansWhat we think it means Data (graphs with axes clearly Data (graphs with axes clearly

labeled)labeled)

FindingsFindings

TGA: GaTGA: Ga1313

Conclusions and future Conclusions and future directionsdirections

What will happen next with the work I startedWhat will happen next with the work I started How and whyHow and why What do we expect / hope to find outWhat do we expect / hope to find out

+ Ga(NO3)3

MeOH

Future InterestsFuture Interests

Synthesize clusters incorporating Cu & ZnSynthesize clusters incorporating Cu & Zn Continue studies on AlContinue studies on Al

Rationalize ideal conditions for production of Rationalize ideal conditions for production of Al-In libraryAl-In library

Understand the process between solution Understand the process between solution precursor and M-O depositionprecursor and M-O deposition Analyze species in solutionAnalyze species in solution

What I’ve learnedWhat I’ve learned

Zack MensingerZack Mensinger Maisha Kamunde-DevonishMaisha Kamunde-Devonish Darren W. JohnsonDarren W. Johnson Lev N. ZakharovLev N. Zakharov DWJ LabDWJ Lab Kate HulpkeKate Hulpke Dean LivelybrooksDean Livelybrooks PCC- Rock CreekPCC- Rock Creek UCOREUCORE NSFNSF

AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements