Our greatest resource to develop and implement strategies that address the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century lies within a diverse workforce prepared with both skills and experiences. This preparation must include careful thought and planning with an eye towards one of the most important National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges: Advance Personalized Learning. The work presented here will discuss personal experiences of mentoring students (many of which being underrepresented minorities, female, and first generation students) as they learn from tailored research projects in my laboratory. Reflections will describe practical coaching and structured approaches that guide high school, undergraduate, and postbaccalaureate trainees from being dependent on step-by-step instruction to become self-motivated lifelong learners, while celebrating their research findings accomplished along the way.

<b>Award Address</b> (ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.). ACS encouraging disadvantaged students into careers in the chemical sciences national awards lecture: Insights gained from mentoring students through personalized research projects

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ACS Spring 2023

The official archive and repository for all ACS Meetings & Expositions abstracts and select posters or presentations.