Two Chemistry Students Win ICFNJ Research Awards

Two chemistry research students, Ariana La Rosa ’21 and Claudio Amaya ’21, were awarded a research grant from the Independent College Fund of New Jersey (ICFNJ) and will present their research findings at the Liberty Science Center in March 2020. La Rosa’s

research is titled “Ruthenium Water-Oxidation Catalysts Based on Amide Ligands” and Amaya’s research is on “Immobilization of Water-Oxidation Catalysts on Carbon Nanoparticles”. Both research students are working with their research advisor Yosra Badiei, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, who also helped them write and develop their research proposal earlier this summer. Amaya will also be working with Wanlu Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry.