Research Guidelines Professor Pojman’s Lab

It is important that you familiarize yourself with the project before beginning work. This means that you not only discuss the project at length with me or your immediate supervisor, but that you also do a thorough literature review of the proposed project and exhibit an understanding the literature you have unearthed. Discuss this with me. In preparation for laboratory work, you must also read the safety handbook entitled Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories and sign a form stating that you have read and understood this book. You must be prepared when you come into the laboratory. This means you know what experiment is to be performed and exactly how to do it. You should also be familiar with the possible hazards involved in the experiment and take adequate precautions to minimize these. Laboratory Performance You must work an adequate number of hours in the laboratory each week to complete the proposed work (minimum 10 hours/week). Research takes a great deal of hard work and an hour here and there will not suffice for an independent research project. Both your project and your grade will suffer as a result of too few hours in the laboratory. If you can not make your regularly scheduled time, or will be late then call