Chemistry Major to Present Research to Congress

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Scott Krabbe, a senior chemistry major from Kirkland, Ill., will present his work to members of Congress at the Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Posters on the Hill is an annual event created to give students the opportunity to share their research with members of Congress, other policy makers, and representatives of federal funding agencies to show the importance of funding for undergraduate research programs. Approximately 60 students are selected to participate each year with more than 400 applying.

Krabbe has been conducting research in the Laboratory for Environmentally Friendly Organic Synthesis under Illinois Wesleyan Professor of Chemistry Ram Mohan since the spring of his sophomore year.

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