{"id":8765,"date":"2017-04-28T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T20:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:59:34","slug":"science-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/science-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Forum Honors K Chemistry Major\u2019s Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Kalamazoo College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/?id=6\">chemistry major<\/a> was one of just four students \u2013 and the only undergraduate \u2013 honored with recognition in January at an international science forum for a poster presentation of his research.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8766\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8766\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/04\/IMG_5288-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Science Forum Eric Thornburg and Jeff Bartz\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/04\/IMG_5288-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/04\/IMG_5288-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/04\/IMG_5288-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/04\/IMG_5288-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/04\/IMG_5288-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College chemistry major Eric Thornburg was one of just four students honored with recognition in January at an international science forum for a poster presentation of his research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eric Thornburg \u201917, a Kalamazoo native, presented research on the photodissociation dynamics of nitrous acid, known through the molecular structure of HONO, at the Pacific Conference on Spectroscopy and Dynamics from Jan. 19-22 in Asilomar, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Spectroscopy measures light in terms of how materials emit, absorb or scatter it. In simple terms, the research, conducted over two years in <a href=\"https:\/\/myatlascms.com\/map\/?id=198&amp;mrkIid=17914\">Dow Science Center\u2019s<\/a> laser lab at K, furthers investigations into how the atmosphere attempts to reverse climate change as a result of nitrous acid and what humans might do about it.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/myatlascms.com\/map\/?id=198&amp;mrkIid=17914\">touted by its website<\/a> as one of the longest-running scientific conferences in the U.S., provides a forum for the dissemination and discussion of the latest results in chemistry and physics, and their confluence with biology.<\/p>\n<p>Thornburg said this forum \u201cprovided a cool window into what my future holds. It\u2019s great to be around people doing such a high level of work. I always hear about it, but rarely do we get to match faces and people with their experiments. In the future, (scientists) will have to collaborate more and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Thornburg didn\u2019t realize he had been recognized in this way until after he returned to Kalamazoo. He and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.kzoo.edu\/~jbartz\/Jeffrey_Bartz,_Kalamazoo_College\/Home.html\">Chemistry Department Chair Jeffrey Bartz<\/a> were reading the Journal of Physical Chemistry when they came across Thornburg\u2019s name, mentioning the honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really an honor that people saw my research and wanted to commend it,\u201d Thornburg said. \u201cI feel more prepared moving forward to contribute to conferences and the scientific community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thornburg, who also minors in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/german\/\">German<\/a>, said K is an extraordinary place for math and science. He credits fellow students Marlon Gonzalez, Joyce Nguyen and Mia Orlando; recent K alumni Jeremy Lantis \u201916 and Mara Birndorf \u201916; and Bartz for integral assistance in performing the research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a chance to work closely with Dr. Bartz, while sitting down and discussing how to implement this research,\u201d Thornburg said. \u201cHe\u2019d look at me and say, \u2018What do you want to do?\u2019 You don\u2019t get that at a place that\u2019s not like K.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thornburg will attend the University of Illinois this fall to seek his Ph.D. in chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kalamazoo College chemistry major was one of just four students \u2013 and the only undergraduate \u2013 honored with recognition in January at an international science forum for a poster presentation of his research. 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major Eric Thornburg was one of just four students honored with recognition in January at an international science forum for a poster presentation of his research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eric Thornburg \u201917, a Kalamazoo native, presented research on the photodissociation dynamics of nitrous acid, known through the molecular structure of HONO, at the Pacific Conference on Spectroscopy and Dynamics from Jan. 19-22 in Asilomar, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Spectroscopy measures light in terms of how materials emit, absorb or scatter it. In simple terms, the research, conducted over two years in <a href=\"https:\/\/myatlascms.com\/map\/?id=198&amp;mrkIid=17914\">Dow Science Center\u2019s<\/a> laser lab at K, furthers investigations into how the atmosphere attempts to reverse climate change as a result of nitrous acid and what humans might do about it.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/myatlascms.com\/map\/?id=198&amp;mrkIid=17914\">touted by its website<\/a> as one of the longest-running scientific conferences in the U.S., provides a forum for the dissemination and discussion of the latest results in chemistry and physics, and their confluence with biology.<\/p>\n<p>Thornburg said this forum \u201cprovided a cool window into what my future holds. It\u2019s great to be around people doing such a high level of work. I always hear about it, but rarely do we get to match faces and people with their experiments. In the future, (scientists) will have to collaborate more and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Thornburg didn\u2019t realize he had been recognized in this way until after he returned to Kalamazoo. He and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.kzoo.edu\/~jbartz\/Jeffrey_Bartz,_Kalamazoo_College\/Home.html\">Chemistry Department Chair Jeffrey Bartz<\/a> were reading the Journal of Physical Chemistry when they came across Thornburg\u2019s name, mentioning the honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really an honor that people saw my research and wanted to commend it,\u201d Thornburg said. \u201cI feel more prepared moving forward to contribute to conferences and the scientific community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thornburg, who also minors in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/german\/\">German<\/a>, said K is an extraordinary place for math and science. He credits fellow students Marlon Gonzalez, Joyce Nguyen and Mia Orlando; recent K alumni Jeremy Lantis \u201916 and Mara Birndorf \u201916; and Bartz for integral assistance in performing the research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a chance to work closely with Dr. Bartz, while sitting down and discussing how to implement this research,\u201d Thornburg said. \u201cHe\u2019d look at me and say, \u2018What do you want to do?\u2019 You don\u2019t get that at a place that\u2019s not like K.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thornburg will attend the University of Illinois this fall to seek his Ph.D. in chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8767,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions\/8767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=8765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}