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PRF awards supplemental funding
The ACS pilot program helps students build research skills
by Sara Cottle
May 15, 2025
The American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) has selected the second group of awardees in its grant pilot program. Each awardee will receive supplemental funding of $25,000 to help students at their institution build research and professional skills. The first group to receive this funding was selected last year. Fourteen recipients in institutions in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as one institution in Canada, were awarded funding for 2025.
Recipients are as follows:
Holly Diane Bendorf, Lycoming College
Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, Reed College
Danielle Chirdon, West Chester University
Edward Cloutis, the University of Winnipeg
Meaghan Deegan, Santa Clara University
Khaled Enab, Texas A&M International University
Huan Gu, the University of New Hampshire
Steven J. Kregel, Bradley University
Joshua Newby, Nazareth University
Allan Nishimura, Westmont College
Kathryn R. Riley, Swarthmore College
Yunye Shi, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Taylor Ann Thane, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Christopher R. Turlington, Hope College
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“The generous supplemental funds offered by the ACS PRF will allow for us to buy solvent purification system (SPS) expanding our research capabilities and enhancing our curriculum by honing our university’s ‘learn by doing’ motto,” says Taylor Ann Thane, a chemistry professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She says exposing students to advanced techniques will enable them to feel confident as they begin their careers as the next generation of scientists. Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, a professor of organic chemistry at Reed College, will use the supplemental funding to help acquire a thermogravimetric analyzer, which will enable precise thermal characterization of materials. “We are excited that this instrument will not only strengthen research and undergraduate training in materials chemistry within our department but also expand opportunities for collaboration with neighboring institutions across the Pacific Northwest,” Campillo-Alvarado says.
Chemical & Engineering News
ISSN 0009-2347
Copyright © 2025 American Chemical Society
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