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\"Student-athlete
Logan Coller ’27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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It\u2019s mid-morning and Logan Coller ’27 is measuring out a diphenyl compound in the Dow Science Center lab of Associate Professor of Chemistry Blakely Tresca. In a few hours, he’ll trade his lab coat for his workout gear. Across the room, Caleb Moore \u201927 is doing the similar math on a different diyne that, with luck, will help hold together the peptoid nanosheets the two of them are building this summer, one chain at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their routines repeat daily for the two students. When lab work wraps up, both seek opportunities for sport-specific training. Moore, a member of the baseball team<\/a>, might hit the weight room and the field; Coller, who competes in football<\/a> and track<\/a>, works through five days of scheduled conditioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a demanding schedule, but both students say it’s one their athletic careers prepared them to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time management and discipline are the biggest things athletics has given him in the lab, Coller said. \u201cBeing able to get stuff done on time, on schedule \u2014 show up on time, get in, get your stuff done, get out.” He compared it to a typical day during the school year, when classes, labs and practice are packed back-to-back: “That has taught me a lot about being able to get things done on timelines.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore sees a similar overlap, but through the lens of teamwork rather than time management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost like a team environment in the lab, like on a sports team, where you have to communicate with each other, ask each other for help, rely on your lab mates,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, two lacrosse players worked alongside Moore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor all three of us, it felt like we were our own team in the lab,\u201d he said. \u201cWe relied on each other, communicated and worked under Dr. Tresca. It was a very similar dynamic to being on the baseball team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Peptoid Nanostructures, One Chain at a Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This summer, both students are synthesizing diyne compounds that will eventually link together peptoid nanosheets and help stabilize them. Moore is working on one diyne; Coller is developing a different diphenyl compound expected to have distinct effects on the resulting peptoid structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’re putting together different building blocks to put into a chain, and then we’ll put multiple of those chains together and see how they interact,\u201d Coller explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success this summer looks incremental but concrete for both researchers. Coller is aiming to produce enough of his target product to generate a crystal structure, which would be a meaningful milestone given that the synthesis is new to the Tresca lab and involves several distinct steps. Moore hopes to get his own product finished soon so he can move on to synthesizing peptoids before the summer ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding Their Way to the Lab<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Both students credit K faculty with steering them toward research. Moore said Regina Stevens-Truss, the Dorothy H. Heyl Professor of Chemistry, sparked his interest in chemistry during a spring first-year class before she connected him with Tresca. Coller had Tresca himself for Organic Chemistry I and II. While working with Laboratory Instructor Yit-Yian Lua and beginning to plan his Senior Integrated Project<\/a> (SIP), Coller was encouraged to join the Tresca lab as well. He started in the winter term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both described Tresca as an approachable, hands-on mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe’s definitely patient with us and he helps us a lot,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coller added that Tresca is the go-to problem-solver when equipment issues develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf something doesn’t work, we can go find Dr. Tresca and he\u2019ll probably figure it out,” Coller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tresca returned the favor and complimented his student-athletes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Student-athlete
Caleb Moore ’27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Student-athlete
Logan Coller ’27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Student-athlete
Caleb Moore ’27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re awesome,\u201d Tresca said. \u201cI’ve worked with a wide range of students with different experiences, and with Caleb in his second summer in the lab, and Logan having started during the school year, they\u2019re well-experienced with lab techniques. It\u2019s nice to have great, responsible researchers that I can leave to their own work and trust they will come ask for help when they need it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tresca added that student-athletes like Coller and Moore recruit more students into research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of the students come through word of mouth, where someone has worked in the lab and is having a good experience,\u201d Tresca said. \u201cThey\u2019ll meet a teammate who’s a first-year or second-year and say, \u2018If you like chemistry, you should really get into research.\u2019 That word of mouth from students recruiting students brings more people to us, which is great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was true for Moore, who remembers a teammate on the baseball team, catcher Harrison Poeszat \u201923, talking about his own research experience during Moore\u2019s first year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never thought I personally would be able to do it,\u201d Moore said. \u201cBut the opportunity arose, and it\u2019s been a lot of fun. I really enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coller’s path was more expected. His father is a K alumnus who completed his own Senior Integrated Project doing research off campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew I was going to do something,” Coller said. \u201cI had no idea really what when I first started, but I\u2019m glad to be doing what I\u2019m doing now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distinctly K<\/strong> Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Both students see their dual identity as researchers and student-athletes as something particular to K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKalamazoo College is different in the way that academics and athletics intertwine,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He often hears disbelief from friends who play sports at other Michigan colleges when he mentions he\u2019s also doing chemistry research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey’re always completely shocked,\u201d Moore said. \u2018They\u2019re like, \u2018That sounds insane.\u2019 Kalamazoo offers a lot of opportunities that other colleges just don’t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coller said his coaches across both of his sports regularly check in on how his research is progressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wander down on my lunch some days and go talk with them about how it\u2019s going,\u201d he said. Former football coach\u2014and current athletic director\u2014Jamie Zorbo \u201900 was a chemist before coaching and can talk shop about the specifics of the work; other coaches ask more general questions, but the interest is constant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Moore and Coller, the lab and the field aren\u2019t separate parts of their K experience. They’re two versions of the same lesson in showing up, working hard and counting on the people next to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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