Thomas Pospiech Participates in Richter Scholars Program at Lake Forest College

2011 Jul 15

Thomas Pospiech `14 of Hawthorn Woods, IL has been named a Richter Scholar at Lake Forest College.

The Richter Apprentice Scholar Program offers a unique research opportunity to a small group of outstanding students early in their college careers. During the summer between their first and second years, Richter Scholars are employed for ten weeks as apprentice scholars working one-on-one with faculty members conducting independent research.

Pospiech is working with Professor Lori Del Negro to analyze vacuum dust and laundry lint for potentially harmful chemicals using ultra-sound assisted emulsification micro-extraction to obtain samples they will run on a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer for analysis.

Read more about the Richter Scholar Program Symposium here.

Pospiech is a graduate of Adlai E Stevenson High School in Linconshire, IL.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,400 students representing 47 state and 71 countries. Visit www.lakeforest.edu.