Carolyn Burnley, Greater Houston Project Seed Area Coordinator
Dr. Gina Chiarelli, Prairie View University, Greater Houston Project Seed Area Co-Coordinator
Four high school fellows participated in the 2023 ACS-GHS summer Project SEED fellowship program. The program started on June 12th and ended on August 3rd. Three valued mentors located at the Prairie View University participated in the 2023 ACS-GHS summer Project SEED fellowship program. All four fellows served as Project SEED interns at Prairie View University.
The GHS Project SEED program is in the Houston, Texas area and due to the lack of mass transportation, many students must commute via car for at least 45 minutes to their work sites. Despite this extraordinary commute, the fellows are in attendance for 8 weeks.
Despite the commute challenges, the program has sustained itself through the support of dedicated mentors, parents, and the local section.
The 2023 Project SEED Fellows and mentors and their Projects are as follows:
- Impact of organic pollutants– Mentor: Dr. Yingchun Li and Fellow: Myles Richardson -Atascocita High School
- Preparation and instrumental studies of transition metal complexes with organic ligands – Mentor: Dr. Gina Chiarelli and Fellows: Jeremiah Frasier – Harmony High School and Bralon Wilson – Hightower High School
- Molecular modeling of metal amino acid interactions – Mentor: Dr. Harshica Fernando and Fellow: Donovan Miller – Harmony High School
Jeremiah Frasier, Myles Richardson, Bralon Wilson, Donovan Miller
A Project SEED Poster Session featuring the four fellows was held on August 3, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart – Hutcheson Fine Arts Lobby, 10202 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77024. The fellows successfully presented the data and results of their research projects.
