News and Events:
Thesis Defense:
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
paul seybold, ph.d
Professional History
1980 - present Professor - Wright State University, Department of Chemistry, Dayton, OH 45435
1999 - 2004
Chair of the Chemistry Department, Wright State University
2005 - Visiting Scholar, Chemistry Department, University of California, San Diego (Winter, 2005)
2004 - present External Fellow, , Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University
2004 - Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University
1986 - 1987 Visiting Scholar, Chemistry Department, University of California at San Diego
1986 Visiting Scholar, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida
1981 - Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department, University of Washington
1978 - 1979 Visiting Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University
1973 - Visiting Scientist, Monell Chemical Senses Center, University of Pennsylvania
Academic Background
1969 - 1970
Postdoctoral - Biochemistry Division, University of Illinois, Urbana, with Professor Gregorio Weber.
1967 - 1969 Postdoctoral - Quantum Chemistry Group, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, with Professor Per-Olov Löwden (Uppsala) and Professor Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (Theoretical Physics Institute, Stockholm).
1968 Ph.D., Biophysics - Harvard University. Thesis: "Radiationless Transitions and Fluorescence Yields." Directed by Professor Martin Gouterman (Chemistry Department, Harvard University).
1960 B. S. Engineering Physics with distinction. Cornell University (1960)
Research Interests:
Cellular Automata Models of Complex Systems
Molecular Structure-Property Relationships
Applied Quantum Chemistry
The History and Nature of Science
Current Projects:
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