i-REU Site: The UF/France Research Exchange in Chemistry: Advancing Diversity Through International Engagement

i-REU 网站：佛罗里达大学/法国化学研究交流：通过国际参与促进多样性

• 批准号: 2244028
• 负责人: Valeria Kleiman
• 金额: $ 52.2万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244028&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; UF; France; Research

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of Florida, located in Gainesville, FL, supports the training of 12 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. This program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, seeks to advance diversity through international engagement. Participants travel to France to engage in collaborative intensive research projects at one of four partner sites: Sorbonne University (Paris), University of Strasbourg, AgroParis Tech (Reims), and University of Toulouse – Paul Sabatier. Participants also take part in mentoring and professional development activities throughout the summer that focus on science communication, developing a portfolio to highlight their laboratory skills, and applying for graduate programs and national fellowships. Through immersion in an international research environment, this site develops students’ self-confidence and awareness of the global aspects of chemistry. The program targets undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in STEM, and for whom summer research abroad will help steer them towards graduate school and a career in STEM, thereby broadening participation in STEM and increasing the diversity of STEM skilled workers to match the global scientific challenges for the next 30-40 years. This international REU program is run as a bidirectional exchange site where domestic students are matched with host groups at each of the partner sites and French institution-funded students are sent to the University of Florida for summer research. Students participate in a pre-departure orientation workshop, then each student is matched with an active research group to conduct individually mentored research projects across all areas of chemistry. Mentoring and professional development activities are included in weekly virtual meetings with the addition of an online journal, introduced to guide scientific self-awareness and to help develop a portfolio highlighting their laboratory skills. A 3-day workshop brings all participants together for a visit to a biorefinery in Pomacle-Bazancourt highlighting green chemistry applications. Upon return to the US, students present their research outcomes at an ACS National Meeting, where they meet with the PIs for a final mentoring session on fellowship applications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学的本科生（REU）网站奖上的这项研究经验在2023 - 2025年的夏季，支持12名学生的培训11周。该计划由化学部资助，旨在通过国际参与来提高多样性。参与者前往法国，在四个合作伙伴网站之一中参与合作密集研究项目：索邦大学（巴黎），斯特拉斯堡大学，阿罗帕里斯理工大学（Reims）和图卢兹大学 - 保罗·萨巴蒂尔（Paul Sabatier）。参与者还在整个夏季都参加精神和专业发展活动，专注于科学沟通，开发投资组合以突出其实验室技能，并申请研究生课程和国家奖学金。通过沉浸在国际研究环境中，该站点发展了学生对化学全球方面的自信心和意识。该计划的目标是来自STEM中代表性不足的群体的本科生，在国外，夏季研究将帮助他们转向研究生院和STEM的职业，从而扩大了STEM的参与并增加了STEM熟练工人的多样性，以符合接下来30 - 40年的全球科学挑战。该国际REU计划是一个双向交流网站，在该地点与家庭学生匹配的每个合作伙伴站点，法国机构资助的学生被送往佛罗里达大学进行夏季研究。学生们参加了开发前的导向研讨会，然后每个学生都与一个活跃的研究小组匹配，以在化学各个领域进行单独指导的研究项目。指导和专业发展活动包括在每周的虚拟会议上，并增加了在线日记，该期刊引入了以指导科学的自我意识，并帮助发展投资组合，突出了他们的实验室技能。一个为期3天的研讨会将所有参与者召集在一起，参观Pomacle-Bazancourt的生物融资，突出绿色的化学应用。返回美国后，学生们在ACS全国会议上提出了他们的研究成果，他们与PIS会面，进行有关奖学金申请的最后心理课程。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估被认为是宝贵的支持。

项目成果

Species-specific profiles of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in small coastal sharks along the South Atlantic Bight of the United States

美国南大西洋湾沿岸小鲨鱼中全氟烷基物质和多氟烷基物质 (PFAS) 的物种特异性概况

• DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171758
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Science of The Total Environment
• 影响因子: 9.8
• 作者: Mehdi, Qaim;Griffin, Emily K.;Esplugas, Juliette;Gelsleichter, Jim;Galloway, Ashley S.;Frazier, Bryan S.;Timshina, Alina S.;Grubbs, R. Dean;Correia, Keyla;Camacho, Camden G.
• 通讯作者: Camacho, Camden G.