PICNICS program
Parents Involvement with Children Nurturing Intellectual Curiosity in Science (PICNICS)
Bowling Green State University
A program designed to expose high school students to Research in the Chemical Sciences and stimulate their interest in science and math.
This is a program from the Center for Photochemical Sciences, the Department of Chemistry and College of Arts and Sciences. The program was initiated with funding from NSF to Prof. Jayaraman Sivaguru (CAREER CHE-0748525, CHE- 1213880, CHE-1465075; CHE-1811795, CHE-1955524)
If you have any questions, please email Professor Jayaraman Sivaguru at sivagj@bgsu.edu.
APPLICATON DEADLINE: March 29, 2024
Tentative Program Dates: TBD
Before submitting your application, please check to be certain that the following are included:
- Your form is completed
- Your high school transcript is included
- Your most recent standardized-exam scores are included
- Recommendation contact information is included from a Math or Science teacher
- Be sure to provide your recommender with the following information to complete your form: www.bgsu.edu/picnicslor
Open to students from the following participating schools:
- Bowling Green High School
- Eastwood High School
- Fremont Ross High School
- North Royalton High School
- Ottawa Hills High School
- Perrysburg High School
- Springfield High School
- Sylvania Northview High School
- Sylvania Southview High School
*If students are interested from another school not listed above, please contact Prof. Jayaraman Sivaguru by email sivagj@bgsu.edu
| School | Contact | ROLE | |
| Bowling Green HS | Daniel Black | Principal | dtblack@bgcs.k12.oh.us |
| Bowling Green HS | Laura Buxton | Chemistry | |
| Eastwood HS | Jim Kieper | Principal | jkieper@eastwoodschools.org |
| Eastwood HS | Cale Hover | Chemistry | chover@eastwoodschools.org |
| Fremont Ross HS | Brian Zeller | Principal | zellerb@fremontschools.net |
| Fremont Ross HS | Robert Chevalier | Asst principal | chevalierr@fremontschools.net |
| Fremont Ross HS | Michelle Lajti |
Chemistry/Physics teacher | lajtim@fremontschools.net |
| Fremont Ross HS | Jeff Wright | Science teacher | wrightj@fremontschools.net |
| Northview HS | Andy Roth | Chemistry Treacher | aroth@sylvaniaschools.org |
| Ottawa Hills HS | Ben McMurray | Principal | BMcMurray@ohschools.org |
| Ottawa Hills HS | William D. Miller | Director of Curriculum and Instruction | WMiller@ohschools.org |
| Ottawa Hills HS | Jennifer Nagy | College Guidance Counselor | jnagy@ohschools.org |
| Ottawa Hills HS |
Dr. Gloria Kreischer Gajewicz | Chemistry | gkg@ohschools.org |
| Perrysburg HS | Kim Layden | Chemistry Teacher | klayden@perrysburgschools.net |
| Springfield HS | Stephanie Mahoney | Science teacher and dept chair | StephanieMahoney@springfield-schools.org |
Please print and fill out the camp forms listed below:
PICNICS Past Participants
| Student name | Advisor | Title |
| Mubashshir Ra’eed Bhuiyan | Prof. Alexandar Tarnovsky | Light Spectroscopy of a Bismuth Iodide Complex |
| Alexander Mian | Prof. J. Sivaguru | Novel Photocatalyst for [4+2] Cycloaddition |
| Jewell Shropshire | Prof. Malcolm Forbes | Synthesis of a Biradical Spin Probe |
| Arthur Chen | Prof. Xiaohong Tan | Recombinant Cancer protein (PDL1) expression and purification in E. Coli. cells |
| Tarun Paramasamy | Prof. J. Sivaguru | Visible light mediated photocatalytic [2+2] cycloaddition |
| Mariah Hahn | Prof. Joseph Furgal | Porous Polysiloxane Material as Bug Desiccants |
| Joey Hover | Prof. J. Sivaguru | New Excited State reactivity of Enaminones for accessing Marmycin core |
Student name |
High school |
Advisor |
Project |
Josh Egnatuk |
Eastwood |
Prof. Forbes |
EPR Studies of Drying and Curing of Latex Paint Films |
Ramya Talla |
Ottawa Hills |
Prof. Wilson |
Investigation of Photoinduced and Thermal DNA Damaging Agents Containing Pyridinium |
Olivia Thomas |
Fremont |
Prof. Furgal |
Porous Materials as Bug Desiccants |
Tressa Greiner |
Bowling Green |
Prof. Furgal |
Synthesizing T10, a Silica Cage |
Danielle Sun |
Ottawa Hills |
Prof. Sivaguru |
Light Induced Cycloaddition Reaction Between Alkenes |
Dylan Kroggel |
Bowling Green |
Prof. Sun |
Synthesis and Characterization of Colloidal PbS Nanosheets |
Ashton Hill |
Eastwood |
Prof. Selim |
Defects in Metals and Wide Band-gap Materials |
Raisha Patel |
Ottawa Hills |
Prof. Sivaguru |
Light As a Reagent for Synthesis of Cyclobutanes |
Name |
School |
Advisor |
|---|---|---|
Gage Koenig |
Fremont |
Prof. Marshall Wilson |
Emily Cajka |
Eastwood |
Prof. Pavel Anzenbacher |
Alex Herr |
Eastwood |
Prof. Alexis Ostrowski |
Connor R. McHugh |
Bowling Green |
Prof. Pavel Anzenbacher |
Nathan C Hershberger |
Bowling Green |
Prof. Joseph Furgal |
Henry D. Griffin |
Ottawa Hills |
Prof. Malcolm |
Eli Zinck |
Ottawa Hills |
Prof. Sivaguru |
Abigail Zeller |
Springfield |
Prof. Sivaguru |
Updated: 03/26/2024 11:32AM