BLOOMINGTON, Ill.—Two Illinois Wesleyan University students, Scott Krabbe, a senior chemistry major from Kirkland, Ill., and Maggie Olson, a senior biology major from Glen Ellyn, Ill., have been awarded a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduate (NSF REU) Chemistry Leadership Group Travel Award.
Only 25 students in the nation were selected to receive this stipend, which will help with Krabbe’s and Olson’s travel expenses to attend the American Chemical Society’s national conference in San Francisco on March 22. Both students will present their summer research findings as part of the NSF REU programs.
Last summer Krabbe spent 10 weeks at Boston University and Olson spent 10 weeks in Bangkok, Thailand, doing research under the ThaiREU program.