Faculty Spotlight: Amanda Nienow

Amanda Nienow (Chemistry), along with Gustavus students, hosted the second annual Chemistry Night on Thursday, February 20, 2020. There were 27 high school students from the region who were joined by 20 Gustie science majors who helped them explore the stability of natural food dyes extracted from spinach, beets, red cabbage, and turmeric. Food science graduate student Vaidhy Anantharamkrishan from the University of Minnesota presented a short presentation on food science careers. Students also heard about high performance liquid chromatography from Dwight Stoll (Chemistry).