Splash Biography
BRIAN KORONKIEWICZ, 3rd year graduate student in chemistry
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Major: Chemistry College/Employer: Yale Year of Graduation: G |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
I hail from right outside of west Philadelphia and spent my childhood playing freeze tag and messing around with beehives. I attended the University of the Sciences in West Philadelphia and received my B.S. in Biochemistry. During my time as an undergraduate I participated in educational outreach as an American Chemical Society(ACS) Science Coach and as a member of my University's student affiliate of ACS. I am currently researching bioinorganic chemistry and catalysis as a 3rd year graduate student at Yale. I hope to bring some of the cool collisions of biology and chemistry to the students of Splash/Sprout. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)E2821: Catalysis in Action: Demonstrations and Discussions on Speeding-up Chemical Reactions in Sprout Fall 17 (Sep. 30 - Oct. 14, 2017)
Without help, many important chemical reactions in industry and in biology are WAY WAY WAY too slow to be useful. Catalysts allow for these reactions to proceed faster, but how do they do it? This class will explore the particular mechanisms of speeding up reactions using a few real-life examples of chemical or biological catalysts. The entire class will be supplemented by demonstrations that will allow students to learn the interesting characteristics of chemical catalysis. These lessons will be further supported through open discussion and small-group collaboration sessions. The class material is applicable to the fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine.
S2891: Catalysis in Action: Demonstrations and Discussions on Speeding-up Chemical Reactions in Splash Fall 17 (Nov. 11, 2017)
Without help, many important chemical reactions in industry and in biology are WAY WAY WAY too slow to be useful. Catalysts allow for these reactions to proceed faster, but how do they do it? This class will explore the particular mechanisms of speeding up reactions using a few real-life examples of chemical or biological catalysts. The entire class will be supplemented by demonstrations that will allow students to learn the interesting characteristics of chemical catalysis. These lessons will be further supported through open discussion and small-group collaboration sessions. The class material is applicable to the fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine.
S1984: Enzymes in Action: Chemistry and Demonstrations of Biological Machines in Splash Spring 16 (Apr. 02, 2016)
Are you alive? Are you interested in why that is so? Budding biologists and chemists unite! This class will cover the amazing world of chemical reactions catalyzed by proteins. Thorough but brief, we will focus on a few accessible examples of enzymes and the theory of how they work . The entire class will be supplemented by demonstrations which will allow students to learn an interesting characteristic of enzyme catalysis. These lessons will be further supported through useful discussion and helpful, custom-tailored images of structure-function relationships in enzyme catalysis. Material is applicable to fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine.
S1740: Enzymes in Action: Chemistry and Demonstrations of Biological Machines in Splash Fall 15 (Nov. 14, 2015)
Are you alive? Are you interested in why that is so? Budding biologists and chemists unite! This class will cover the amazing world of chemical reactions catalyzed by proteins. Thorough but brief, we will focus on a few accessible examples of enzymes and the theory of how they work . The entire class will be supplemented by demonstrations which will allow students to learn an interesting characteristic of enzyme catalysis. These lessons will be further supported through useful discussion and helpful, custom-tailored images of structure-function relationships in enzyme catalysis. Material is applicable to fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine.
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