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Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California
230 Physical Sciences Bldg.
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-4002
Fax: (831) 459-2935
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Alumni Gift Fund

	How do I give? Giving Options: Seminars Scholarships Equipment

The faculty in the Natural Sciences Division at UCSC have produced some exceptional research results over the years. In fact, when the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) examined papers published between 1987 and 1990, UCSC's physical scientists ranked first for the average number of citations per paper. A similar review of physical sciences research published between 1981 and 1991 rated UCSC third, behind Harvard and Princeton. To find out how to make a contribution, please read "How do I give?". You can contribute to our department's success in any of the following ways:

Seminar Program

Our department sponsors a variety of seminars in the four research fields of organic, inorganic, physical, and biochemistry. These seminars allow students to interact with distinguished scientists who are leading figures in their fields. Also, faculty are given the chance to meet and dialogue with the featured speakers. Last year, we were visited by Prof. Stephen J. Lippard from Massachusetts Institute of Technology who presented on "Non-heme Iron Centers and Biological Oxidation of Methane" and Prof. Clayton Heathcock from the University of California, Berkeley who gave a talk entitled, "Do Coprophilic Fungi and Okinawan Sponges Have Some Unusual Chemistry in Common?" Your donation would enhance this valuable program, helping us to provide students with a more thorough understanding of the exciting research taking place in the world of science. Additionally, we would be interested in featuring you as one of our seminar speakers. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact alumniinfo@chemistry.ucsc.edu for more information. Check out our seminar web page for a complete listing of this quarter's seminars.

Scholarship Program

	Read about undergraduate Lynne Lee's exciting research in the UCSC Review.

We are in the process of setting up a scholarship fund to award current UCSC graduate and undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students who excel in their research and studies. Competitive selections will be based on academic achievement and involvement in departmental activities. Although financial need may enter into the final selection decision, scholarships are primarily based on the student's performance. Status as the child of an UCSC alumna/us has no bearing on the selection process. We would appreciate your assistance in creating the funds needed to support this new program. If you would like to take a look at some of the exciting research that is being done, check out our department research pages.

Also, we encourage you to volunteer to sponsor an internship for current UCSC students. Your mentorship could provide the direction and guidance that would help ease the sometimes difficult transition from one's education to one's career. If you are interested in this opportunity to make a first-hand impact on a student's life, please respond to alumniinfo@chemistry.ucsc.edu.

Equipment

	Professor Thomas Schleich and Professor Phil Crews stand next to the Department's Varian 500 MHz NMR.

It is extremely important to us that the research interests of the faculty and the instructional requirements of the program are supported by sophisticated instrumentation. Our research includes such areas as marine natural products, organic synthesis, membrane biophysics, enyme mechanisms and drug design, protein folding, time-resolved spectroscopy, electron spin resonance, RNA structure and function, and asymmetric synthesis. Department instrumentation includes: Varian 500 MHz NMRs, GE 300 MHz Wide Bore NMR, Bruker 250 MHz NMR with Techmag data station upgrade, Micromass Quattro II Mass Spectrometer, Bruker EPR Spectrometer, (x2) AVIV CD Spectrometers, SPEX Fluorescence Spectrometer, Nicolet 800 High Resolution FTIR Spectrometer, Mattson 4020 High Resolution FTIR Spectrometer, Jasco Polarimeter, Perkin Elmer UV/Vis Spectrometer, Hitachi UV/Vis Spectrometer, several HPLC spectrometers, Nd;YAG Lasars, and Titanium Saphire Lasars. Please assist us in continuing to provide the state-of-the-art research environment of which we are so proud. If you would like to contribute to the Department's research efforts by donating instrumentation, please contact alumniinfo@chemistry.ucsc.edu.