Undergraduate Fourth Year Students Showcase their research at Poster Day 2024!

Fourth-year students in the Chemistry and Food Science program presented their research to judges, faculty members, and the department on April 11th. The posters were judges by Graduate students in the program and the winners were awarded prizes. We congratulate all participating students for their hard work and wish them a bright future!

WINNERS:

Jason Lafontaine: Characterization of Antimicrobial Activity and Peptide-Containing Antimicrobial Compounds in Biocontrol Isolates of Bacillus spp.

Supervisor: Dr. Tyler Avis

Melody Li: The Role of Cellular Lipid Composition in the Sensitivity of Fungi to Bacillus Antimicrobial Compounds.

Supervisor: Dr. Tyler Avis

Anna Kirkland: Microbially Induced Corrosion of Cobalt by a Phenazine-Producing Bacterium

Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Gregoire

Amr Taher: Higher Charge State Chemical Derivatization to Enhance Lipidomic Analysis using Electrospray Mass Spectrometry

Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Manthorpe