Hello, I am Dr. Darshi Bopegeddera. I am a chemistry professor at The Evergreen State College. I want to talk to you about the opportunities to learn chemistry at Evergreen.

	General chemistry is offered in two programs, Matter and Motion and Foundations of Natural Science. You have already learned about the Matter and Motion program from Megan and Justin. This is an excellent program that gives you a solid foundation in chemistry. The Foundations of Natural Science program is an integrated study of general chemistry, biology and pre-calculus based mathematics. Although this program is taught at a slower pace than Matter and Motion, it covers a full year of general chemistry.

Organic and biochemistry have been offered in the Molecule to Organism program. This is a year-long study of organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, anatomy and physiology which is the standard foundation for our pre-med and laboratory biology students. This year, we are trying a somewhat different way of integrating the same material, in a new year-long program called Structure and Function in Biology and Chemistry.

	Poster session for student research projects Molecule to Organism

			Students are exposed to analytical chemistry in the Environmental Analysis program. This is an application oriented program that explores analytical chemistry as it applies to environment-related issues. The laboratory work is intensive, and involves the use of several analytical grade chemical instruments.

			We offer a year of physical and inorganic chemistry in the Atoms, Molecules and Research program. I have taught this program for several years now. The theme of this program is "What does a chemist do?" In every aspect of the program we explore how what you learn in the classroom applies in the real world. We invite professional chemists from academia and industry to come and talk to the students in the classroom about their work.

			The instrument based laboratory enables students to get an in-depth understanding of the theory of chemical instrumentation. Students are also involved in a two-quarter long research project under the supervision of a chemistry faculty member.

Atoms, Molecules & Research Students with posters for American Chemical Society meeting		"FTIR Spectroscopy of Germanium Containing Radicals"

			The seminar discussions in each of the chemistry programs enable you to explore interesting topics such as ethics and values in science, new developments in science, biographies of scientists as well as current chemistry literature.

			I am happy to say that students who have completed the Atoms, Molecules and Research program have been very successful in obtaining research positions at national labs as well as employment in the chemical industry. Fifty percent of these students are currently pursuing graduate studies at universities across the country.
	Darshi with alums doing graduate work in chemistry University of Arizona

	Evergreen provides you with many opportunities to engage in research in chemistry. All of our chemistry faculty are active in research, and engage their students in their work. For example, Dr. Clyde Barlow and Dr. Jeff Kelly study the tissue of metabolism using optical reflectance and flourescence methods. They develop new analytical and diagnostic methods for medical and research applications.
			Faculty chemists Clyde Barlow, Jeff Kelly and Paula Schofield M to O potluck

	Dr. James Neitzel applies basic ideas from physical and organic chemistry to biological systems; his main interest is protein structure and function, including mechanisms of enzyme action.

			I am interested in studying the structure of reactive molecular systems using spectroscopic techniques. These molecular fragments are of importance and of interest because of the vital role they play in the chemistry of flames, combustion, explosions and in the interstellar medium.

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