News, Publications & Research | Chemistry Program

�山ǿ�� sophomore Jacob Smeraldo presents research at WNY symposium

Apr 14, 2025 | Jacob Smeraldo, a sophomore at St. �山ǿ�� from Jamestown, New York, presented his research at the American Chemical Society Western New York Undergraduate Research Symposium April 4 at Canisius University.

�山ǿ�� faculty, students share the fun of science with Cuba-Rushford community

Feb 12, 2025 | A group of St. �山ǿ�� science faculty and students got out of the Bona Bubble to share the excitement and fun of science with the community at the Cuba-Rushford Elementary School STEaM Night event on Friday, Feb. 7.

�山ǿ��’s Simpson, SUNY researchers publish article on removal of PFAS

Dec 18, 2024 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of Chemistry at St. �山ǿ��, along with researchers from the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University, continue to fight on the front line in their effort to rid dangerous chemicals from water.

Simpson researchers publish article on removal of PFAS

Dec 13, 2024 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of Chemistry and department chair, along with researchers from the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University, published their article titled "Synthesis and Evaluation of Cationic Porphyrin-Based Organic Nanocages for the Removal of 38 PFAS from Water: Experimental, Theoretical, and Eco-toxicological Insights" in ACS ES&T Engineering.

Work by Simpson and two others accepted for publication

Nov 08, 2024 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of Chemistry, Kate Merkel, 2022 �山ǿ�� Chemistry graduate, and Dr. Alyssa Santos, former postdoctoral researcher in the Simpson Research group, have had their publication "Trigonal Bipyramidal or Square Planar? Density Functional Theory calculations of iron bis(dithiolene) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes" accepted for publication in the Royal Chemical Society's journal Dalton Transactions.

Simpson presents work at conference in the Netherlands

Nov 08, 2024 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of Chemistry and Honors Program chair, presented his work titled "Understanding the Bonding of N-heterocyclic Carbenes on Pd/Cu(111) Single Atom Alloys" at the 4th European Symposium on Chemical Bonding (CBOND2024), held at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

�山ǿ�� Biochemistry alumnus to discuss how plants defend themselves against bacterial pathogens

Oct 07, 2024 | St. �山ǿ�� alumnus Dr. Jordan Powers, ’18, will return to campus Thursday, Oct. 10, to discuss his Ph.D. thesis research on how plants defend themselves against bacterial pathogens.

Six collaborate on article in Journal of Chemical Education

Oct 03, 2024 | Dr. Alyssa Santos, former postdoctoral researcher at St. Bonaventure; Dr. Alexander Rupprecht, assistant professor of Chemistry; Dr. Katsu Ogawa, assistant professor of Chemistry; Patrick Schneider, lecturer of Chemistry; Dr. Adam Brown, professor of Education; and Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of Chemistry and program chair (from left in photos, starting at top left), had their article titled "Exploring Student Misconceptions in Bonding and Resonance: A Computational Chemistry Exercise for General Chemistry Laboratory" published in the Journal of Chemical Education.

Join �山ǿ�� faculty and students and community partners Oct. 5 for interactive science activities

Sep 30, 2024 | St. �山ǿ�� faculty and students are once again inviting the public to “Fall in Love with Science” and explore the science behind their food, health and community.

Several �山ǿ�� Honors students shine in summer

Sep 18, 2024 | St. �山ǿ�� Honors students past and present of Dr. Scott Simpson had sensational summers, at home and abroad.

St. Bonaventure Biochemistry students continue to rise to the top of the ASBMB certification process

Sep 04, 2024 | St. �山ǿ�� Biochemistry students who take the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) certification exam continue to score well above the national average of the 1,000 college students annually taking the exam.

St. Bonaventure chemistry professor Alexander Rupprecht awarded $205,000 NSF grant

Aug 07, 2024 | St. �山ǿ�� has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for $205,241 that will engage chemistry faculty and students over a three-year period beginning Sept. 1.

Simpson presents work on hydrogen storage in New Orleans

Apr 11, 2024 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of chemistry and department chair, presented his work on hydrogen storage and chemical education at the Spring 2024 National American Chemical Society meeting, which took place in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Simpson & Santos attend 2024 LOBSTER School in Finland

Apr 11, 2024 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of chemistry and department chair, and Dr. Alyssa Santos, postdoctoral scholar, attended the Local-Orbital Basis Suite Towards Electronic-Structure Reconstruction (LOBSTER) 2024 School held at Aalto University in Finland.

�山ǿ�� chemistry majors presented a third avenue for automatic acceptance into a PH.D. program

Apr 05, 2024 | Chemistry majors at St. �山ǿ�� now have a third opportunity for automatic acceptance into a doctoral chemistry program upon graduation from �山ǿ��.

�山ǿ�� chemistry graduates eligible for automatic acceptance into UB doctoral program

Feb 15, 2024 | Students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from St. �山ǿ�� are now eligible for automatic acceptance into the Ph.D. in chemistry program at the University at Buffalo.

Simpson and colleagues publish PFAS article in research journal

Dec 07, 2023 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of chemistry, and recent Department of Chemistry graduates Jonathan Antle, '21, and Michael LaRock, '22, along with researchers from University at Buffalo and University of Pittsburgh, have had their publication titled "Building Chemical Intuition about Physicochemical Properties of C8-Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acids through Computational Means" published in ACS Environmental Science & Technology Engineering (ACS ES&T Engineering).

Dr. Scott Simpson, �山ǿ�� chemistry professor, receives prestigious Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Nov 08, 2023 | Dr. Scott M. Simpson, professor of chemistry at St. �山ǿ��, is one of eight chemistry professors from colleges and universities across the nation to receive a 2023 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

Simpson presents on PFAS pollution at annual workshop

Oct 20, 2023 | Chemistry Professor Dr. Scott Simpson presented his work titled "Using quantum chemical calculations to estimate physicochemical properties of PFAS" at the 19th Annual Workshop on Emerging HRMS & LC-MS/MS Applications in Environment Analysis & Food Safety, held Sept. 24-25 at the University at Buffalo.

Article by Simpson explores storing hydrogen as fuel source

Oct 05, 2023 | Dr. Scott Simpson, professor of chemistry, and Matthew D. Hanson, former quantum chemical postdoctoral researcher at the university, published an article in ACS Omega titled “Geometric and Electronic Effects in the Binding Affinity of Imidazole-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Cu(100)- and Ag(100)-Based Pd and Pt Single-Atom Alloy Surfaces.”