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St. Lawrence University Chemistry Chemistry students at St.

Lawrence participate in cutting-edge research with devoted faculty mentors in state-of-the-art laboratories while benefiting from the broader liberal arts environment.

Our new infrared spectrometer arrived!! Ana is the first user, also her first IR spectrum. Go Ana! Sample preparation wa...
06/19/2026

Our new infrared spectrometer arrived!! Ana is the first user, also her first IR spectrum. Go Ana! Sample preparation was an adventure because she needed to make a glass pellet for the IR using high pressure die method. The goal today was to characterize the carbon dots she made to hopefully detect microplastics like those getting into the environment and our bodies from plastic bottles (PET).

Summer research -Aurora left a reaction to make polystyrene particles overnight and arrived in the morning to find a pro...
06/18/2026

Summer research -
Aurora left a reaction to make polystyrene particles overnight and arrived in the morning to find a product that looked like milk 🥛 For her project, she is making quantum carbon dots to detect small amounts of the antibiotic tetracycline in milk - comparing milk form Spain and the US, which have different regulations for giving antibiotics to dairy cows.

Dr. Schmeisser, who coordinates the general chemistry labs, invited the senior chemistry major and minors over to Johnso...
05/13/2026

Dr. Schmeisser, who coordinates the general chemistry labs, invited the senior chemistry major and minors over to Johnson Hall of Science for liquid nitrogen ice cream to celebrate the start of senior week. Dr. Tartakoff can be seen helping with the fun part🍦Congratulations to all!!!

Thanks to our seniors for their inspiring SYE research presentations over the last couple of weeks! We didn’t catch all ...
05/02/2026

Thanks to our seniors for their inspiring SYE research presentations over the last couple of weeks! We didn’t catch all of you for the picture…Chase A, Kate P., Paul, Emma.

Organic chemistry takes organometallic catalytic cycles to the streets. These are Stille couplings and ring-closing meta...
04/27/2026

Organic chemistry takes organometallic catalytic cycles to the streets. These are Stille couplings and ring-closing metathesis - so Dr. Lutz says.

Chemistry was everywhere at the festival of scholarship! Congratulations to all the presenters.
04/27/2026

Chemistry was everywhere at the festival of scholarship! Congratulations to all the presenters.

Some days in lab do not go as planned 🫟What’s the purple splatter? Chase is working with a tetrahedral iron cage that m...
04/23/2026

Some days in lab do not go as planned 🫟What’s the purple splatter? Chase is working with a tetrahedral iron cage that may become a component of more environmentally friendly batteries.

On Saturday April 18th five seniors - Katie, Kaitlyn, Lauren, Tom and Will - presented their research at the Northern Ne...
04/20/2026

On Saturday April 18th five seniors - Katie, Kaitlyn, Lauren, Tom and Will - presented their research at the Northern New York American Chemical Society hosted by Clarkson University. Keep an eye out for the Festival of Scholarship this Friday and upcoming SYE talks in the department to learn more about their projects.

Coffee, tea, and chromatographyStudents in Quantitative Analysis roasted Kenyan coffee beans to light (City) and dark (F...
04/20/2026

Coffee, tea, and chromatography

Students in Quantitative Analysis roasted Kenyan coffee beans to light (City) and dark (Full City) levels, then tested whether roast level makes a significant difference in caffeine content.

They also measured caffeine levels in some of Dr. Lutz’s favorite teas and became the first students to run samples on Dr. Lutz’s brand-new HPLC. Thanks, Dr. Lutz, for the new instrument and the opportunity for hands-on learning!

Chemistry never smelled so good!

04/06/2026

Column chromatography in colorđź«ź

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