Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Lafayette College
Joined April 2011
Join us!! 😊🎉
Lafayette is hiring! We have 3 positions available. Tenure-track biochemistry starting July '25, general chemistry lab coordinator starting July '25, and visiting assistant professor (organic) starting Jan '25 through July '26. More info at: chemistry.lafayette.edu/
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Locked in at @LafCol! I couldn't be more proud to receive tenure & promotion and I'm excited for what's to come! I'm so grateful to the friends, family and colleagues who have supported me throughout the last 3 years. ❤️
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Xiaotian and Carter worked their tails off to get this done. I couldn’t be more proud. 😊🎉
Xiaotian Gong '24, Carter Brand '25, and Prof. Michael Bertucci recently published a book chapter on designing and synthesizing peptide-based quorum sensing modulators in a special issue of Methods in Enzymology! Way to go Xiaotian & Carter! authors.elsevier.com/a/1i-Is… @LafCol
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Thanks @LafCol, @MarquisDeChimie and all the Bertucci Lab students past and present!! ❤️
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We invite you to come see what teaching at a liberal arts college like @LafCol is all about!!! @NSF @ampepsoc @AmerChemSociety @aacu @CGSGradEd
The application for the 2024 Institute for Future PUI Faculty (IFPF) is now open! Gain training and mentorship in preparation for a career at a primarily-undergraduate institution in this immersive two-week training program. sites.lafayette.edu/puiinsti… @LafCol
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You are amazing scientist and host @LindseyAtUTK!!! I’m so grateful for the opportunity to connect with the faculty and students in @UTKMicrobiology! And this picture… 😂
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Wow, thank you @dreyfusfndn!! I’m incredibly honored to be amongst such an impressive group of teacher-scholars!! #DreyfusAwards @LafCol @MarquisDeChimie
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Congratulations to Dr. Michael Bertucci (@mbertucci) at @LafCol for being named a 2023 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar! @MarquisDeChimie
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Congrats to Michael Gorgan '22, @mbertucci and their collaborators who just had their work developing new quorum sensing inhibitors for the opportunistic pathogen Bacillus cereus published in Research in Microbiology! @LafCol authors.elsevier.com/a/1hsX6…
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We had SO much fun with this activity! 😁😁😁😁
#quorumsensing is the topic of this semester's Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), also known as Lafayette Chemistry's Superlab. So, we decided to try it our ourselves!!! @LafCol @NSF
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Michael Bertucci retweeted
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@LafCol Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is hiring tenure-track faculty, to begin in the 24-25 academic year. If you want to work with some cool engineering people in a liberal arts environment, please take a look, or reach out with any questions! 👩🏻‍🔬 apply.interfolio.com/127991
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A sweet end to summer research!! @MarquisDeChimie @LafCol
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We colonized Ventura for the first ever Lactic Acid Bacteria GRC! What an incredible, supportive community for this chemist to be a part of 😊
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An amazing teacher, scholar and mentor. Congratulations Marcey!! So deserving of the @ampepsoc Vincent du Vigneaud Award!! @uncchemistry
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Michael Bertucci retweeted
They say pre-tenure faculty should say “no” to more things, and yet, here we are 😂😂😂
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Way to go Carter and Anna!!!
Congrats to Biochemistry major Carter Brand '25 and Chemistry major Anna DiFelice '24! Both are 2023 Goldwater Scholars! This scholarship is considered one of the most prestigious undergraduate scholarships in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering in America!
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The Chemistry Department @LafCol is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2023-2024 academic year. Check out the posting below and please share with your networks! chemistry.lafayette.edu/chem…
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Thanks to a generous donation from the ESCOM Foundation, APS2023 will allow young scientists many opportunities to share their research, learn, and network with peers and mentors. #Peptides2023 Reminder: Travel grant applications are due on Feb 15th, aps2023.org/travel
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marquisdechimie Recognize the building in Andrew Hamacher ('24) and Dr. Bertucci's new publication?! Check out their study on the @NSF funded Institute for Future PUI Faculty in the Journal of Chemical Education. @LafCol pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Please check out and share this opportunity for Ph.D. students interested in pursuing a career at an undergraduate-institution! Happening this summer @LafCol @LAF_Engineering! #nsf #pui #STEMatSLAC apply.interfolio.com/120062
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