Trinidad and Tobago's National Commission has selected Kerisha Bowen for  a UNESCO Young Women in Science Fellowship for 2008.  The award is designed to help promote women who are in their final stages of their Ph.D. or have recently received their Ph.D.

Ms. Bowen is doing synthetic organic chemistry research toward a Ph.D. in Professor Franklin Davis's group. Her dissertation will focus on "The Utilization of Sulfinimines (N-Sulfinyl Imines) in the Synthesis of Nitrogen Containing Compounds." A paper describing her most recent results was recently published.

Davis, F. A.; Bowen, K.; Xu, H.; Velvadapu, V.; Ballard, C., Synthesis of Polysubstituted Pyrroles from Sulfinimines (N-Sulfinyl Imines). Tetrahedron 2008, 64 (19), 4174-4182