Chemistry Internships & Research Opportunities

The Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is an opportunity for students who have completed their first year at Stonehill to perform full-time, high-quality research over the summer months under the guidance of an expert faculty researcher. A student in the SURE program spends 8-10 weeks of the summer collaborating with a professor - and sometimes other students - on an original research project that fits into the faculty member’s overall research program. 

The experience includes postgraduate career seminars, program-wide outings, weekly lunches, and a student poster session in the fall. SURE students generally live on campus and receive a stipend for their summer work.

RECENT EXAMPLES

• Chemistry major Anthony Moriondo ’18 worked with Leon Tilley, professor of chemistry, on approaches to the synthesis of tetrahedrane an elusive, highly strained compound with potential as a high-energy fuel or feedstock for fuel cells.
• Chemistry major Laurin Joseph ’18 worked with Deno Del Sesto, assistant professor of chemistry, on the study of metalloporphyrins on gold and silicon surfaces via scanning tunneling microscopy.

Students who are interested in conducting research with a faculty member during the academic year may enroll in an Independent Research course. Independent Research allows students to spend 10-15 hours per week working with a professor on an original laboratory research project.

Summer research programs provide opportunities for a student to spend the summer at a university anywhere in the country, or even abroad, working in the laboratory of a faculty member at a research university. These programs allow undergrads to work alongside graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, use sophisticated instrumentation and ultimately gain a sense of for graduate school.

Stonehill chemistry students have participated in highly competitive and prestigious research programs across the country and around the world.

RECENT EXAMPLES

• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Nanotechnology at UMass-Amherst
• NSF-ThaiREU Program in Chemistry in Bangkok at the Chulabhorn Research Institute
• ACS IREU Summer Program at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland
• AMGEN Summer Scholars Program at the University of California, San Diego
• Columbia University REU Summer Program in Organic Chemistry
• General Searchable Clearinghouse
• National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Energy Global Change Program
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• National Science Foundation
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NASA
• Department of Homeland Security
• American Chemical Society Clearinghouse for Experiential Opportunities
• Office of Naval Research
• Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport
• Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute
• Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Mayo Clinic
• Penn State Hershey Medical Center
• Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences/Wake Forest School of Medicine
• Amgen Scholars Program
• Behavioral Research Advancements in Neuroscience (BRAIN) Announces its Summer Research Program
• CalTech MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• CalTech Amgen Scholars Program
• Nanotechnology Summer Internships
• University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program
• Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the New England Clean Energy Council — Massachusetts Clean Energy Internship Program
• UpState Medical University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

All Stonehill chemistry majors complete a research thesis in the fall semester of their senior year. In the spring semester, seniors make presentations of their research findings.