Outreach

Our outreach activities are designed to promote awareness of and incite excitement in chemistry. These include interactive talks and hands on labs at local high schools, middle schools and general interest seminars for potential/new SBU students. In addition, individual faculty mentor high-school students within their research laboratories. Our department’s track record for Intel and Siemens finalists is outstanding (see below).

By introducing both young and older students to the excitement and prospects of chemistry, it is our hope that we increase interest in science in general and increase the number of students who consider it a viable option for their future.

August 16, 2012

A tour group of summer interns from Long Island Science Center visits the Department of Chemistry seen in photo from the left with two graduate students: Taylor (Zhengyuan) Gu, Megan Himmler, and Dr. Deborah Stoner-Ma (Director of Laboratories) in front row.

October 30, 2009

• Candice Gurbatri
  Half Hollow Hills HS West, Dix Hills, NY
  Siemens semi-finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Boon
  
• Aditya Ramesh
  Sachem HS East, Farmingville, NY
  Siemens semi-finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Boon
  
• Ruoyi Jiang
  Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
  Siemens regional finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling
  
• Kevin Zhao
  Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
  Siemens regional finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Carlos Simmerling
  
• Daniel Katz
  John L Miller Great Neck North HS, Great Neck, NY
  Siemens semi-finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Roy Lacey
  
• Matthew Kim
  Commack HS, Commack, NY
  Siemens semi-finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
  
• Cara Lin
  Ward Melville HS, E. Setauket, NY
  Siemens semi-finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
  
• Sahil Khetpal
  Texas Academy of Math & Science, Denton, TX
  Siemens regional finalist
  Mentor: Dr. Iwao Ojima