Sarah Remmert

Sarah Remmert

Majors and Minors
Double majored in chemistry (ACS-certified) and biochemistry & molecular biology and double minored in mathematics and physics

Graduated
summa cum laude in 2007 with honors in chemistry

Honor Thesis
Spin-Flip Equation of Motion Method: Calculating Radical Reactive Intermediates of Anti-cancer Enediyne Compounds

Beckman Mentor
Carol Parish, Ph.D.

Currently
Pursuing a D. Phil in theoretical chemistry at Oxford University, on a Clarendon Scholarship

Awards

  • 2007 Clarendon Graduate Fellowship for study at Oxford
  • 2007 Fulbright Scholarship (declined)
  • 2007 Dave Evans Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship
  • 2007 Clarence Denoon Award (presented to a science student headed to a prestigious graduate school)
  • 2006 Beckman Scholar
  • 2006 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar
  • 2006 Phi Beta Kappa (inducted as a junior)
  • 2006 Physical Chemistry award
  • 2006 Gamma Sigma Epsilon, National Chemistry Honor Society
  • 2005 Stuart Clough Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry
  • 2005 Phi Beta Kappa Book Award
  • 2005 Pi Mu Epsilon - Mathematics Honorary Society
  • 2005 University of Richmond School of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellow
  • 2005 Phi Beta Kappa R. E. Loving Book Award
  • 2004 William Trout Award for Achievement in General Chemistry
  • 2004 Phi Beta Kappa Certificate of Commendation
  • 2004 Golden Key International Honour Society
  • 2003 Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

Publications as a Beckman Scholar

  1. Conformational Analysis of Trimeric Maleimide Substituted 1,5,9-triazacyclododecane HIV Fusion Scaffolds,” Sarah Remmert, Heather Hollis and Carol Parish, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2009 17, 1251-1258.
  2. “Energetic Analysis of Chair and Boat Conformations of Maleimide Substituted Cyclohexane Derivatives,” Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish, Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2009 30, 992-998.
  3. “Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Novel Trimeric Maleimide Cross-Linking Reagents,” A. Szczepanska, J. L. Espartero, A. J. Moreno-Vargas, A. T. Carmona, I. Robina, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007 72, 6776-6785.

Publications as a Graduate Student at Oxford University

  1. “Reduced Dimensionality Quantum Dynamics of CH3 + CH4 → CH4 +CH3: Symmetric Hydrogen Exchange on an Ab Initio Potential,” Sarah M. Remmert, Simon T. Banks and David C. Clary, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2009 in press

Scientific Presentations as a Beckman Scholar

  1. “A Conformational Analysis of HIV gp41 Inhibitors,” 2007 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish
  2. “Conformational Analysis of Novel Cross-Linking Reagents,” 2007 Council on Undergraduate Research, Posters on the Hill Conference, Washington, DC, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish
  3. “Conformational Analysis of Novel Cross-Linking Reagents,” 2007 Beckman Scholars Conference, Irvine, CA, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish
  4. “Conformational Analysis of Novel Trimeric Cross-Linking Reagents,” 2007 MERCURY Conference in Computational Chemistry, Clinton, NY, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish
  5. “gp41: Using Molecular Mechanics to Combat HIV” Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Symposium, University of Richmond, September 2006, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish.
  6. “Computational Chemistry: Fundamentals of Molecular Structure & Behavior” Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Presentation Series, University of Richmond, July 2006, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish.
  7. “The Spin-Flip Method: Quantum Mechanical Analysis of Enediyne Molecules” 2006 Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Virginia, April 2006, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish.
  8. “The Spin-Flip Method: Quantum Mechanical Analysis of Enediyne Molecules” 2006 Arts and Sciences Research Symposium, University of Richmond, April 2006, Sarah Remmert and Carol Parish.