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Huntingdon College
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
1500 East Fairview Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36106-2148
Dr. Maureen Murphy, Chair
Phone: 334.833.4462
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Department of Chemistry& Biochemistry at Huntingdon
UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH Department of Chemistry
& Biochemistry
2011-2012
Huntingdon College
“Can Molecular Mechanics Predict Flexibilty in Biologi-
cal Molecules?” Paige Lathem, Mary Elizabeth Terrell
and Maureen K. Murphy, presented at the 2012 Re-
search & Creative Activity & Nanobiology Symposium,
Alabama State University, March 15, 2012.
“The success of every student is the focus of
everything we do.”
2012
“DNA as a Wire: Using the
Particle-in-the-Box Formal-
ism to Calculate the Rate of
Electron Transfer Through
the DNA Helix,” Andrew J.
Swift and Maureen K. Murphy, presented at the 2012 Re-
search & Creative Activity & Nanobiology Symposium, Ala-
bama State University, March 15, 2012.
“Exploration of the relationship between ring size, degree of
nitration, and strain energy in a series of polycyclic explo-
sives,” Dallas Thomas, B.J. Foroughian and Maureen K. Mur-
phy, presented at the 2012 Research & Creative Activity &
Nanobiology Symposium, Alabama State University, March
15, 2012.
“The predicted structure of the
alpha-domain from MATa1 of Sac-
charomyces cerevisae reveals an
evolutionary conservation to the
HMG family of transcription regula-
tors,” Rami Herrera, Tarnisha Law-
son, Angelica Trammell, Song Tan
and Doba D. Jackson, presented at the 2012 Research & Crea-
tive Activity & Nanobiology Symposium, Alabama State Uni-
versity, March 15, 2012.
“Structure, Pricing, and Com-
mon Medications Prescribed
for the Treatment of Prostate
and Breast Cancer,” Suzanne
M. Mock , Kellie R. Hilton,
Elizabeth A. Perdue and
Maureen Kendrick Murphy,
presented at the 2012 Re-
search & Creative Activity & Nanobiology Symposium, Ala-
bama State University, March 15, 2012.
Why Do Undergraduate Research?
Undergraduate Research
“Structure of Ru(II)-Arene Complexes Using Select-
ed Ligands,” Rami Herrera, Kellie Hilton, Mary Eliz-
abeth Terrell, Ginger Tyson, Winston Wooten and
Jeremy M. Carr, presented at the 242nd national
American Chemical Society meeting, Denver, CO,
August 21-24, 2011.
“Developing a Facile Method for Forming Stryker’s
Reagent,” Caroline Benjamin, Dexter Dean, Paige
Lathem, Quintarious Perdue, Chasity Ward and
Jeremy M. Carr, presented at the 242nd national
American Chemical Society meeting, Denver, CO,
August 23, 2011.
2012“Developing a Facile Method for Forming
Stryker’s Reagent,” Caroline Benjamin, Dexter
Dean, Paige Lathem, Quintarious Perdue, Chasity
Ward and Jeremy M. Carr, presented at the 243rd
national American Chemical Society meeting, San
Diego, CA, March 25-29, 2012.
“Preparation of NHC Ligated Copper(II) Acetate
Precatalysts,” Ginger Tyson and Jeremy M. Carr,
presented at the 2012 Research & Creative Activity
& Nanobiology Symposium, Alabama State Univer-
sity, March 15, 2012.
2011-2012
Undergraduate Research
Presentations
2011“Fluorous oxytocin: A
model peptide for probing the
thermal properties of peptides
and antibiotics using tempera-
ture-dependent molecular me-
chanics calculations,” Sarah
Frampton and Maureen K. Murphy, presented at the
241st national American Chemical Society meeting,
Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011.
“Exploration of the relationship between ring size, de-
gree of nitration, and strain energy in a series of poly-
cyclic explosives ,” Frank Q. Mitchell, Cole P. Smith,
Andrew J. Swift, Ginger Tyson and Maureen K. Mur-
phy, presented at the 241st national American Chemi-
cal Society meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011.
“Binding of Lanthanide and
Actinide Ions to Oxytocin:
A Model for Radioactive
Ion Binding to Proteins,”
Tiffany Dean, Tarnisha
Lawson, Ashlee Walters,
John Sloan and Maureen K.
Murphy, presented at the 242nd national American
Chemical Society meeting, Denver, CO, August 21-24,
2011.
A.J. Swift (Chemistry, Class of 2012) , left, at Brookhaven National
Laboratory in Long Island, NY as a part of research in the DOE Nuclear
Chemistry Summer Fellows Program.
Undergraduate research
and presentation at a
professional meeting in
chemistry and biochem-
istry at Huntingdon are
required for all majors as
part of the degree. All majors enroll in CHEM 385
or CHEM 485 research cours-
es in their junior and senior
year and work alongside our
professors on a project of
interest. Undergraduate re-
search provides professional
training in research skills and
oral communication skills. The critical thinking skills
developed in undergraduate research lead to graduate
fellowships in Ph.D./Pharm.D./M.D. programs. Under-
graduate research experience is also now required to
be interviewed at UAB School of Medicine. Research
also leads to publication in peer-reviewed journals.