The Farrell Group runs year round with anywhere from two to six undergraduate researchers. Click the picture to the left for an article in Holy Cross Magazine about our summer research program.

Interested students can join the group beginning in the summer after their first year. The summer research program is a ten week long experience that includes room, board, and salary from the college. During the academic year there are a variety of courses to match your commitment level to research.

Jonathon Niconchuk('09)

Presented a poster at the Spring 2007 ACS Meeting in Chicago:
Niconchuk, Jonathan A.; Higham, Christine S.; Andrews, Mark V.; Cetin, Anil; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Farrell, Joshua R.. Mimicking metallo-proteins and enzymes: New aminoalcohol ligands prepared by Mannich condensations. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), CHED-1217.

Mark Andrews ('07), Group Member from 2005-2007

Presented a poster at the Spring 2007 ACS Meeting in Chicago:
Andrews, Mark V.; Higham, Christine S.; Cetin, Anil; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Farrell, Joshua R.. Modeling the active site of protocatechuate dioxygenase using aminoalcohol ligands prepared from Mannich condensations. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), CHED-1220.

Ryan Pennell ('07), Group Member from 2006-2007

Presented a poster at the Spring 2007 ACS Meeting in Chicago:
Pennell, Ryan T.; Lavoie, David P.; Shaw, Janet L.; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Farrell, Joshua R.. Synthesis of inorganic materials using pyridine/thiophene hybrid ligands. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), CHED-1274

Christine Higham('06), Group Member from 2003-2006, currently in Medical School at Boston University

Published a paper in the field of bioinorganic chemistry:
Higham, Christine S.; Dowling, Daniel P.; Shaw, Janet L.; Cetin, Anil; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Farrell, Joshua R.. Multidentate aminophenol ligands prepared with Mannich condensations. Tetrahedron Letters (2006), 47(26), 4419-4423.

Presented a poster at the Spring 2006 ACS Meeting in Atlanta:
Higham, Christine S.; Dowling, Daniel P.; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Herrick, Richard S.; Farrell, Joshua R.. A modular approach to mimicking enzyme active sites. Abstracts of Papers, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States, March 26-30, 2006 (2006), CHED-874.

David LaVoie('06), Group Member from 2003-2006, currently in Medical School at Dartmouth University

Published a paper in the field of organometallic chemistry:
Farrell, Joshua R.; Becker, Clinton; Lavoie, David P.; Shaw, Janet L.; Ziegler, Christopher J. New emissive fac-tricarbonylchlorobis(ligand)rhenium(I) complexes prepared from pyridine/thiophene hybrid ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2004), 689(7), 1122-1126.

Presented a poster at the Spring 2006 ACS Meeting in Atlanta:
Lavoie, David P.; Becker, Clinton; Shaw, Janet L.; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Spingler, Bernhard; Farrell, Joshua R.. Synthesis of inorganic materials from hybrid pyridine/thiophene systems. Abstracts of Papers, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States, March 26-30, 2006 (2006),

Daniel Dowling('04), Group Member from 2003-2004

Published a paper in the field of bioinorganic chemistry:
Higham, Christine S.; Dowling, Daniel P.; Shaw, Janet L.; Cetin, Anil; Ziegler, Christopher J.; Farrell, Joshua R.. Multidentate aminophenol ligands prepared with Mannich condensations. Tetrahedron Letters (2006), 47(26), 4419-4423.

Clinton Becker('03), Group Member from 2003

Published a paper in the field of organometallic chemistry:
Farrell, Joshua R.; Becker, Clinton; Lavoie, David P.; Shaw, Janet L.; Ziegler, Christopher J. New emissive fac-tricarbonylchlorobis(ligand)rhenium(I) complexes prepared from pyridine/thiophene hybrid ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2004), 689(7), 1122-1126.