The Impacts of the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry on the Careers of Women in Computational Chemistry

The Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY) has supported a diverse group of faculty and students for over 20 years by providing computational resources as well as networking opportunities and professional support. The consortium comprises 38 fa...

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Published in:Journal of chemical information and modeling 2022-12, Vol.62 (24), p.6316-6322
Main Authors: Anderson, Kelly, Arradondo, Sarah, Ball, K. Aurelia, Bruce, Chrystal, Gomez, Maria A., He, Kedan, Hendrickson, Heidi, Madison, Lindsey, McDonald, Ashley Ringer, Nagan, Maria C., Scott, Caitlin E., Soto, Patricia, Tomlinson, Aime’e, Varner, Mychel, Parish, Carol
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Language:English
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Computational Chemistry
Consortia
Education
Faculty
Female
Humans
Research Personnel
Students
Undergraduate study
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Summary:The Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY) has supported a diverse group of faculty and students for over 20 years by providing computational resources as well as networking opportunities and professional support. The consortium comprises 38 faculty (42% women) at 34 different institutions, who have trained nearly 900 undergraduate students, more than two-thirds of whom identify as women and one-quarter identify as students of color. MERCURY provides a model for the support necessary for faculty to achieve professional advancement and career satisfaction. The range of experiences and expertise of the consortium members provides excellent networking opportunities that allow MERCURY faculty to support each other’s teaching, research, and service needs, including generating meaningful scientific advancements and outcomes with undergraduate researchers as well as being leaders at the departmental, institutional, and national levels. While all MERCURY faculty benefit from these supports, the disproportionate number of women in the consortium, relative to their representation in computational sciences generally, produces a sizable impact on advancing women in the computational sciences. In this report, the women of MERCURY share how the consortium has benefited their careers and the careers of their students.
ISSN:1549-9596
1549-960X
1549-960X
DOI:10.1021/acs.jcim.2c00566