Bryan Nell, assistant professor of chemistry at Ripon College, recently published a paper in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Acta Crystallographica Section E about a new X-ray crystal structure of a compound he synthesized. The paper, “Synthesis and crystal structure of sodium (ethane- 1,2-diyl)bis[(3-methoxypropyl)phosphinodithiolate] octahydrate,” details a new molecule that has never been reported with its […]
Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick H. Willoughby co-authored a paper published in Nature Chemistry, the chemistry-focused subsidiary journal of Nature. The paper, “Biocatalytic asymmetric aldol addition into unactivated ketones,” describes new approaches for the enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of amino acids. Willoughby worked alongside his students and his collaborators at UW-Madison to expand this idea to include […]
Ripon College’s biology senior seminar students took home awards for their research at the inaugural WiSER conference in early October. WiSER is a consortium of science educators in higher education from across Wisconsin that is focused on exposing students to research. This year’s conference was at Medical College of Wisconsin and involved undergraduates, master’s students, […]
Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick H. Willoughby and three of his students contributed to an article published in Chemistry: A European Journal. Contributors to “Nitrene C−H Bond Insertion Approach to Carbazolones and Indolones, and a Reactivity Departure for 7-Membered Analogues” included Alexis M. Piette ’26 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Samuel P. Trzebiatowski ’25 of Custer, Wisconsin; […]
Zachary Morris ’02 has been named chair of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Human Oncology. A leading expert on innovative approaches to cancer therapy, Morris is a radiation oncologist at UW Health and an associate professor of human oncology. He joined the faculty in 2016 and two years […]
A National Science Foundation grant worth more than $259,000 over four years has been awarded for an interdisciplinary research study led by Associate Professor of Physics Christina Othon, and her collaborators Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby and Erika Taylor, associate professor of chemistry at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. The study was recommended for funding […]
The laboratory work Zachary Wieland ’13 did at Ripon College influenced his career path. Wieland, of Appleton, Wisconsin, says, “The projects that the professors in Farr Hall allowed us to work on always gave us some freedom to explore a topic that interested us. Having that freedom to explore our curiosity helped provide real-life experience […]
The path to dentistry for Dr. Ross Oberschlake ’07 was built on a foundation made at Ripon College. “Taking key courses through the biology and chemistry departments got me ready to enter into any career in the health field,” says Oberschlake of Hillcrest Family Dental in Waukesha, Wisconsin. “All the professors gave incredibly personalized attention […]
A paper co-written by Adam Wronski ’20 is published in the March 2023 issue of Environmental Pollution, an international peer-reviewed journal, and is available on Sciencedirect.com. “Global occurrence and aquatic hazards of antipsychotics in sewage influents, effluent discharges and surface waters” is Wronski’s first published paper in connection with his Ph.D. studies in the Department […]
Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby has a paper published by ACS Publications. Two of the student co-authors are Ripon College alumnae: Sierra Thein ’22 of Oostburg, Wisconsin, a chemistry major; and Abbigail Grieger ’22 of Fargo, North Dakota, a chemistry-biology major. The paper describes a collaboration between Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison […]
A thesis chapter that Jordan Buhle Nutting ’15 wrote during her doctorate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was adapted into the Journal of Organic Chemistry, becoming one of the three most-read articles in the journal in 2021. Nutting’s thesis is concerned with the fields of organic synthesis and electrochemistry. She and her co-writers discovered […]
Seventeen students collaborated with Professor of Chemistry Joe Scanlon and Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby on ground-breaking research that resulted in a published article this summer. The article was published in Journal of Organic Chemistry and addresses the discovery of a new chemical reaction, the aryne-Abramov reaction. It also details how Scanlon, Willoughby and […]
Ripon College has received a significant donation of laboratory assets from Luxerin Laboratories LLC in Fond du Lac. The massive donation includes equipment, chemicals, glassware, textbooks and supplies valued at just over $54,000. Luxerin Laboratories LLC was founded in 1967 as a family business to fill microbiological testing needs. After the death of founder Patrick […]
A personal profile of Laura Schultz ’93 is featured in the July issue of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia newsletter. The newsletter’s Off Campus series focuses on off-work activities of hospital colleagues. Schultz is a data scientist in the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics. Schultz has had a lifelong love of music, and she […]
Paul Neuberger ’05 of Colgate, Wisconsin, is the host of new show on RightNow Media debuting Friday, April 23. “Faith at Work” will feature executives who have brought Christ into the workplace. Neuberger will interview each leader, learn about them and their organization, tour their facility and “see first-hand how they have created a God-centric […]
Carrie Donley ’98, director of the Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of North Carolina (UNC), interacted with students in the Chemistry 342 Advanced Laboratory course Wednesday, April 7. The course is taught by Professor of Chemistry Colleen Byron, and the collaboration was supported by a $1,000 grant through the Research Triangle […]
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated today, Feb. 11, by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. In recognition of the role women and girls play in science and technology, we honor one of our own making advances in the field. Jenan Kharbush ’09 says she has a personal commitment […]
Today is World Cancer Day, observed each Feb. 4. It is organized by the Union for International Cancer Control to rally the international community “to reduce the global cancer burden, to promote greater equity, and to ensure that cancer control continues to be a priority in the world health and development agenda.” Zachary Morris ’02 […]
As part of a sabbatical experience spanning January through August 2020, Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby helped develop new enzyme-catalyzed chemical reactions. The work was done in the labs of Professor Andrew R. Buller at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Willoughby and a graduate student, Anthony Meza, collaborated to engineer a strain of E. coli […]
Joe Scanlon, associate professor of chemistry, worked with five students on research over the summer. Alisha Harvat ’21 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Caitlin McNulty ’21 of Neenah, Wisconsin, and Abby Stitgen ’22 of Lodi, Wisconsin, were Oyster Scholars and worked on two projects. Abbi Grieger ’22 of Fargo, North Dakota, and Mckenzie Schmidt ’22 of West […]