News and Events:
Master of Science
Thesis Defense:
June 11, 2013
Fadwa Constandinidis – "Synthetic Routes to Halogenated Poly(arylene ether)s,"
1:30 PM, 449 Oelman Hall
Jacqueline Bracco – Awarded a GSA Professional Development Grant for travel to attend the 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans. The value of the travel award is $400. Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins
Recent Presentations
ACS Local Division, Annual Poster Session and Patterson College Chemistry Awards were held March 12.
Chemistry Awards
Poster Presenters
Recent Chemistry Publications:
Ryan Selhorst and Eric Fossum, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA, Utilization of N,N-diethyl-3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamide to prepare functionalized poly(arylene ether)s, Polymer, 54 (2013) pp. 530–535.
Man Xua, Katie Sullivana, Garrett VanNessa, Kevin G. Knaussb, and Steven R. Higginsa, aDepartment of Chemistry, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435, United States,
bEarth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, Dissolution Kinetics and Mechanisms at Dolomite–Water Interfaces: Effects of Electrolyte Specific Ionic Strength, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (1), pp 110–118.
C.B. Anders, J. D. Baker, A. C. Stahler, A. Williams, J. N. Sisco, J. C. Trefry, D. P. Wooley, and I. E. Pavel Sizemore, Tangential Flow Ultrafiltration: A “Green” Method for the Size Selection and Concentration of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles, Journal of Visualized Experiment, e4167, 2012, 1-9.
Most Recent Master's Graduates:
Thesis are now available for viewing online:
Chemistry Graduate Thesis Page
Jessica Davis
Adam Stahler
Jared Duncan
Joshua Baker
Courtney Sutherland
Regis Komperda
Professional History
Instructor, Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton Ohio, 2010-present
ICE Summer Program Course Instructor, University Of Illinois College of Engineering, Urbana, IL 2008-2010
High School Chemistry & Physics Teacher, Minooka Community High School, Minooka, IL 2008-2010
Merit Teaching Assistant for General Chemistry University of Illinois General Chemistry Department, Urbana, IL 2005-2008
Academic Background
M.S., Teaching of Chemistry, 2008, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
B.S., Chemistry, 2007, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Research Interests:
Teaching chemistry at the collegiate level with the opportunity to use educational technology in the classroom as part of distance learning or through hybrid courses.
Current Projects:
Institute for Chemistry Literacy through Computational Science (ICLCS). University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign Program started September 2009
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