Grinnell College students part of crowdsourced chemistry research

Students have hit on some materials with promise for photoelectrolysis, Parkinson says. But they've also experienced the highs and lows of research, full of variables to test and problems to be solved along the way. Jennifer D. Schuttlefield, a chemist at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, who collaborates with Parkinson on the project, says the creative approaches of students, including a high schooler who proposed statistically analyzing the database, have impressed her. Students at Grinnell College in Iowa are submitting their results to a scientific journal.