Former Postdoctoral Faculty Fellows
PFF Period |
Current Institution |
Ph.D. Institution |
2006-2007 |
Beth Anderson Pennsylvania State U |
Ph.D., Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University |
2005-2007 |
Karelle Aiken Georgia Southern U |
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry University of New Hampshire |
2004-2007 |
John Miecznikowski Fairfield University |
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry Yale University |
2004-2006 |
Robert Harris MA College of Liberal Arts |
Ph.D., Chemistry Boston College |
Cliff Murphy Roger Williams University |
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry SUNY Binghamton |
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2003-2006 |
Thomas Castonguay Hamilton College |
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry |
2004-2004 |
Amy Bradley Wilkes University |
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry |
Allison Moore Belmont University |
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry |
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Laurie Tyler Union College |
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry |
Profiles
2006-2007 |
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Beth AndersonPh.D. in Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University
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Dr. Anderson co-taught General Chemistry (CH109/CH110) for science majors, and conducted her research in Prof. Rosina Georgiadis' laboratory. Her work focused on the detection and characterization of biomolecular and other substrate-bound assemblies and on the utilization of surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and microscopy techniques. At Penn State, her Ph.D. advisors were Prof. P. S. Weiss and Prof. M. W. Horn. She designed, created, and characterized nanoscale structures fabricated by self-assembly and conventional lithographic techniques. She becamee expert in the use of various instruments such as atomic force microscopes, scanning electron microscopes, photolithography tools, and ellipsometers. |
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2005-2007 |
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Karelle AikenPh.D. in Organic Chemistry University of New Hampshire, 2005 Assistant Professor of Chemistry Georgia Southern University (912) 681-5611 | kaiken@georgiasouthern.edu
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Dr. Aiken taught "Intensive Organic Chemistry" (CAS CH 211, 212). Dr. Aiken conducted research in Prof. John Snyder´s laboratory on "Cobalt Catalyzed [4 + 2 + 2] Homo Diels-Alder Chemistry and Application in the Formal Synthesis of Portulal." |
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2004-2007 |
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John R. MiecznikowskiPh.D. in Inorganic Chemistry Assistant Professor of Chemistry Fairfield, CT | (203) 254-4000, ext. 2125 jmiecznikowski@mail.fairfield.edu
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Dr. Miecznikowski taught “General Chemistry” (CH101) and “Inorganic Chemistry” (CH 232). His research was conducted in Prof. John Caradonna’s laboratory. It focused on developing, synthesizing, and characterizing ligand precursors and iron, gallium and zinc model complexes of phenylalanine hydroxylase and other mononuclear nonheme enzymes with N and O atoms bound to the metal center. John gave an overview of the PFF Program at the American Chemical Society's 230th National Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C., Division of Chemical Education |
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2004 - 2006 |
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Robert F. HarrisPh.D. in Chemistry Assistant Professor of Chemistry Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) 303A1Bowman Hall North Adams, MA |(413) 662-5400 robert.harris@mcla.edu |
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As a PFF, Dr. Harris taught “General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry” (CH109/110) and "Intensive General and Quantitative Chemistry" (CH112/182). He conducted research in Prof. Mark Grinstaff’s laboratory in the area of C1 symmetric modular P, N ligands. |
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Cliff MurphyPh.D. in Inorganic Chemistry Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry Bristol, RI |(401) 253-1040 |cbmurphy@rwu.edu |
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As a PFF, Dr. Murphy taught “General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry” (CH111/CH 112). He conducted research in the laboratory of Prof. Guilford Jones. |
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2003 - 2006
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Thomas CastonguayPh.D. in Physical Chemistry Assistant Professor of Chemistry Clinton, NY | (800) 843-2655 tcastong@hamilton.edu |
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Dr. Castonguay was responsible for much of the instruction provided in the Department’s undergraduate physical chemistry course. He served as substitute lecturer on several occasions, helped design and grade exams, led discussion sections, and performed a variety of other teaching-related tasks. While a PFF, he conducted research in theoretical chemistry, working with Prof. David Coker and his group. After the completion of his PFF position, he became a Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Feng Wang, exploring the applicability of the Kinetic Monte Carlo method to model nonequilibrium chemical and physical processes. |
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2002 - 2004
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Amy L. BradleyPh.D. in Organic Chemistry Assistant Professor of Chemistry Wilkes Barre, PN | (800) 945-5378 |bradley@wilkes.edu |
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Prof. Bradley was the first PFF hired under the Program. As a PFF she taught an “Intensive Organic Chemistry” Course; designed and implemented a new three-week synthesis laboratory; and participated in the team-taught course, “Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing.” Her research was conducted in the laboratory of Prof. Sean Elliott, and resulted in the publication of “A Distinctive Electrocatalytic Response from the Cytochrome c Peroxidase of Nitrosomonas europaea” (with S.E. Chobot; D.M. Arciero; A.B. Hooper; and S.J. Elliott in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004). |
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Alison B. MoorePh.D. in Inorganic Chemistry Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nashville, TN | (615) 460-6000 |moorea@mail.belmont.edu |
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Dr. Moore was a discussion leader in the Department’s hugely successful General Chemistry Course (over 600 students) and led the advanced laboratory and discussion sections in the three “General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry” courses. Her research was conducted in the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Tullius and dealt with deuterium isotope effects on hydroxyl radical cleavage of a 29-mer analog of the sarcin-ricin loop of 28S rRNA. |
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Laurie A. TylerPh.D. in Inorganic Chemistry Assistant Professor of Chemistry Schenectady, NY | (518)388-6552 |tylerl@union.edu |
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She guest lectured and taught discussion sections in “Inorganic Chemistry” and oversaw the “Inorganic Chemistry” laboratory. She also guest lectured and led a discussion section in “General Chemistry” for majors and in the “Quantitative Analysis” laboratory. Her research was conducted in the laboratory of Prof. John Caradonna and dealt with the synthesis and characterization of mononuclear non-heme iron complexes and investigation of their reactivity towards alkane oxidation. |
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