INDIANA, Pa. - Brett Duell, of Paxinos, graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Robert E. Cook Honors College. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry with a minor in mathematics. He was the recipient of 2015 X-ray Diffraction Research Award and the 2015 American Chemical Society Inorganic Chemistry Award.
During his collegiate tenure he was a Provost Scholar and member of the chemistry fraternity Alpha Chi Sigma. He received the 2013 scholarship for Opportunities in Applied Mathematics. He was also collaborative in obtaining the Chung Soo Yoo Award at the 2014 Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference held on the University of Georgia campus for poster presentation "X-Ray Powder Diffraction Investigation of Na2(Zn,Co)GeO4."
Brett attended the Montana State University REU summer program in Bozeman, Mont., in 2014. His undergraduate research included a research poster for "Heterogeneous Solvation of Lipid Bilayers." His future plans are attending University of Oregon as a doctoral candidate. His interests are in X-ray crystallography and materials science.
Brett is a 2011 graduate of Southern Columbia Area School District. He is the son of Barry and Elizabeth Duell, of Paxinos. He is the grandson of Betty Darrup, of Mount Carmel, Ruth Madara, of Shamokin, and Ronald and Irene Duell, of Venice, Fla.
