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Jason Anderson (Biology) to Present for Filling Station on Friday, March 24


On Friday, March 24, Professor Jason Anderson (Biology) will be the featured presenter for the second Filling Station event this semester. The presentation will occur from 12:00-12:50 pm, in 8-200. It is open to the entire College community.

An Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Chemistry and Geosciences Department, Jason Anderson earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemistry from Purdue University.  Since coming to MCC in 2009, Jason has continued his research interests in both organic chemistry and education, being a co-PI on several grants funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Jason’s presentation will provide an overview of his collaborative efforts with colleagues and undergraduate student researchers on two different NSF-funded grants.  The first of these grants is, in Jason’s own words, “a five-year grant with the University of Rochester involving a discipline-specific project that allows an MCC student and faculty member to participate in a summer research experience focused on organometallic chemistry; specifically, we investigate the use of iron as an inexpensive catalyst in the formation of carbon-carbon bonds.”  In the second project, “MCC and Rochester Institute of Technology chemistry faculty teamed up on two grants that have funded the development and implementation of a modular organic chemistry lab curriculum that utilizes a guided-inquiry approach instead of the traditional expository approach.  This project, now in its second phase, is expanding the impact of this approach to other regional institutions.” In the interests of keeping his presentation audience friendly, Jason will provide an overview of the research associated with each of these grants.

Tony Leuzzi
English/Philosophy
03/20/2017