Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry, presented a talk to the Savannah Section of the American Chemical Society titled "The Palau'amine Chronicles" at the invitation of the section chair, Professor Will Lynch of Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) on March 26. The talk reviewed the 30-year history of investigation of a widely distributed orange Pacific sponge called Stylotella with which Kinnel has been intimately involved.
The following day Kinnel gave a talk to students and faculty in the chemistry department at AASU. The talk described several projects Kinnel is pursuing, most notably the collaborative research he's been doing with Biology Professor Ernest Williams on the chemical ecology of two Uupstate N.Y. butterflies and recent synthetic work on depsipeptides related to alphafetoprotein.
The following day Kinnel gave a talk to students and faculty in the chemistry department at AASU. The talk described several projects Kinnel is pursuing, most notably the collaborative research he's been doing with Biology Professor Ernest Williams on the chemical ecology of two Uupstate N.Y. butterflies and recent synthetic work on depsipeptides related to alphafetoprotein.
