This past Saturday (March 28) two Washburn students from the Chemistry Department presented their research in the poster session at the 147thAnnual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science (KAS) held at Pittsburg State University. Jalen Dickson won First Placeand Aaron Stadler won Second Place in Undergraduate Poster Presentation. Congratulations to Jalen and Aaron!

The following are the titles of the poster presentations:

Jalen Dickson (Research Mentor: Dr. Stephen Angel)

“Solvent-Free Synthesis of Biologically Active Stilbene Derivatives”

Aaron Stadler (Research Mentor: Dr. Shaun Schmidt)

“Detosylation of Cyclic Tosylamides Using Na/Hg to Form Azamacrocycles”