Using examples from research completed in my laboratory at Bates College, the activities that go into initiating and sustaining a productive research at an undergraduate institution will be presented.  Examples of early work in my lab on the development of lanthanide luminescent detection for liquid chromatography and selective adsorbents for the analysis of volatile compounds will be described.  Challenges and opportunities that arose during these projects, including one that arose quite recently after a 20-year lapse of time, will be discussed.  Subsequent work on the development of chiral NMR shift reagents will be presented.  The role of the individual faculty member, department and institution in maintaining a productive research program will be discussed.

Award Address (ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution Sponsored by Research Corporation for Science Advancement). Initiating and sustaining a productive research program at a predominantly undergraduate institution

239th National Meeting (2010)

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