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Sheila P. Anane #
B.A. in Science & Technology Studies from
Cornell U., 2005.
Graduate student at Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia U., Fall 2005.
Christopher Backlund #
Chemistry Major, class of 2009
Shazia Baig #
Chemistry Major, class of 2009
Julia L. Barkin #
B.S. in Chemistry, 2000
Ph.D. In Organic Chemistry from Brown University,
2006.
Currently employed as a Technology Advisor at Ropes & Grey LLC, Boston, MA.
Amanda
J. Barrow #
Chemistry Major, class of 2008
Shawn W. Bartok #
Mathematics Major, class of 2008
Yadira J. Briones #*§
B.S. in Chemistry, with double major in French, 2004.
Thesis: Investigation of Oxazine-170 in Sol-Gels, and PtOEP and
Ru(dpp) as Oxygen Sensors in Silica-Based Sol Gels.
Currently teaching English in Rennes, France.
Rachel Bukowski #*
B.S. in Chemistry, 2002.
Thesis: The Optimization of Sol-Gels as Sensing Arrays and The
Testing of Sol-Gel Precursors Through the Use of Fluorescence
Measurements of Eosin-Y.
Graduate student in analytical chemistry at
State University of New York
at Buffalo.
Ph.D.
in analytical chemistry at State University of New York
at Buffalo, 2007.
Lead chemist at Senz-It in California.
Kathleen
A. Carroll #
B.A. in Chemistry from
Williams C., 2005.
Medical student at SUNY
Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, Fall 2005.
Edward S. Cho #
B.S. in Biochemistry from Colgate
U., 1995
James L. Davis *§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1993
Thesis: The Art of Flow Injection Analysis: Reduction-oxidation
Reactions with Miniaturized Detection.
Employed by Pfizer in
pharmaceutical sales.
Andrew P. Dikan *#
B.S. in Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: Evaluation of the Sensing capabilities of Silica Aerogels and Xerogels
Doped with DCMPVP.
Currently employed as a Research Associate by Cabot Corporation
in Billerica, MA.
Natasha R. Eckert #*
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2002.
Thesis: Development of pH Sensors Based on Indicator-Doped
Sol-Gels.
Graduate student in secondary science education at
The Pennsylvania State
University.
Michael D. Farwell *#¶
B.S. in Chemistry, 1997
Thesis: Molecular Recognition of Blunt-Ended DNA.
Received M.S. in organic chemistry from
Harvard University.
Enrolled in medical school at
Columbia University, Fall
2003.
John R. Ferrarone *
B.S. in Chemistry, 2007
Thesis: Spectroscopic Analysis of Oxygen Sensing Aereogels
Currently in the Postbaccalaureate
IRTA Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Sadie G. Gorman #
Biochemistry major, class of 2008
Emily C. Green #
Mechanical Engineering & Chemistry double major, class of 2008
Jessica P. Grondin #
B.S. in Biochemistry major, 2005.
Graduate student in Biomedical Science at
U. of Connecticut Health Center,
Fall 2005.
Dawn M. Landry *
B.S. in Chemistry, 1997
Thesis: Methylene Blue Doped Sol-Gels: Preparation and Application as
Fiber-Optic Fluorescence Sensors.
Previously Director of Domestic Sales at Petrolab, Latham, NY, until
Fall 1999.
Received M.B.A. from Harvard
University.
Elizabeth A. Lax *#
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2005.
Thesis: Spectroscopic Investigation of the Microenvironments
Experienced by Rhodamine Probes Entrapped in Silica Aerogels and
Xerogels.
Received Master of Arts and Medical Sciences from Boston Universtiy School of
Medicine,
2007.
Andrew M. Leach *#§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1996
Thesis: Design and Application of a Compact, Multipurpose,
Laser-Based Spectrometer.
Received Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from
Indiana University,
Bloomington, 2001.
Postdoctoral associate at
Stanford
University, 2001-3.
Currently employed at General
Electric Global Research.
Vicki Lowery *
B.S. in Chemistry, 1995
Thesis: Enhancing the Detection Capabilities of a Fiber-Optic Sensor
in Flow Injection Analysis.
Was employed in the polymer chemistry group at
General Electric CR&D until
Jan. 1998, when she enrolled in the M.B.A. program at
Fordham.
Shira G. Mandel *#§^
B.S. in Chemistry and B.S.M.E. (Mechanical Engineering), 2005.
Thesis: The Effects of Water on the Physical Properties of Silica
Aerogels.
Graduate student in Chemical Engineering at
Stanford U., Fall 2005.
Jason Monnell *#¥
B.S. in Biochemistry, 1998
Received Ph.D. in chemistry from
The Pennsylvania State
University, 2005.
Currently a Research Associate in the
Civil and
Environmental Engineering Department at the University of
Pittsburgh.
Tara K. Morcone *#§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1999
Thesis: The Characterization of Methylene-Blue-Doped Sol Gels and the
Development of a Fluorescence-Based Fiber-Optic Sensor for
Sulfite.
Received Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from
Duke University, August
2003.
Postdoctoral associate in Chemical & Biological Engineering
Department at
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, 2003-5.
Senior Research Scientist at
Albany Molecular Research,
Inc.
Melissa J. (Morris) Young #§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1996
Research Assistant, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA.
Received Masters in Public Health from Boston University, 2001.
Employed as coordinator for a pharmacoepidemiologic research group at
Boston VA Medical Center.
Kelly A. Nadeau *#
B.S. in Chemistry, 1997
Thesis: The Development of a Fiber-Optic Sensor using a Diode Laser
for Flow Injection Analysis.
Studied French at the university in Nice, 1997-98.
Analytical chemist at Rhodia, in Boston, MA.
Angelo Nicoletta #
B.S. in Chemistry, 1995
M.S. in biomolecular chemistry from New
York University.
Chemistry and forensic science teacher at Frederick Douglass Academy VII in Brooklyn,
NY.
Enrolled in M.S. Ed. program at Queens College.
Thomas S. Pannhorst *#§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1994
Thesis: Development of a Diode-laser-based Optrode for Detection in
Flow Injection Analysis.
Received M.S. in analytical chemistry from the
University of New
Hampshire.
Quality Assurance Auditor at
Albany Molecular Research,
Inc.
Colleen (Strait) Parent #
B.S. in Chemistry, 2002.
Taught high-school chemistry in Papua New Guinea for several months in 2002.
M.D. from SUNY
Upstate Medical University, in Syracuse, 2007.
Currently in family medicine residency program in Asheville, N.C.
Melissa K. Passarelli *#
B.S. in Chemistry, 2005.
Thesis: Chemical Sensors based on Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
Quenching in Doped Aerogels and Xerogels.
Graduate student in Analytical Chemistry at The
Pennsylvania State University.
Rachael K. Peters #
B.S. in Chemistry, 2007.
Entering dental school at the University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2007.
Aaron F. Phillips *#
B.S. in Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: Fabrication and Characterization of PtOEP-doped Silica Aerogels with
Varied Amounts of Water for Use as xygen Sensors.
Graduate student in Analytical
Chemistry at Tufts University.
Amy Payeur#
B.S. in Chemistry, 2004.
Graduate student in analytical chemistry at the
University of Michigan.
Desiree Plata *§
B.S. in Chemistry, 2003.
Thesis: Sol-Gel Platform Optical Sensors for Oxygen Gas: Sensor
Development and Investigation of Probe Partitioning in Sol-Gel
Matrices.
Graduate student in Chemical Oceanography at
MIT-Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute.
Alex Polemeropoulos *#¥
B.S. in Biochemistry, 1998.
Thesis: Water Analysis Near Wastewater Treatment Plants along the
Mohawk River in Upstate New York
Employed in the purification department at
Genzyme in Boston, MA.
Adam E. Reeve*#
B.S. in Chemistry, 2007.
Thesis: Characterization of Silica-based Aerogels through Surface Area and Pore
Distribution, Density, Infrared Spectroscopy, and X-Ray Diffraction.
Entering physical chemistry graduate program at Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, Fall
2007.
Jessica P. Reichbind *#
B.S. in Chemistry, 2007.
Thesis: Suitability of Silica Aerogels as Platforms for Sensors Based on Phosphorescent
Probes.
Lisa Saccocio*
MAT thesis (May 2002): Experiments in Forensic Chemistry.
Received MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) from Union
College, June 2003.
Chemistry teacher, Burnt Hills/Ballston Lake H.S.
Kristen B. Slawinski #
B.S. in Biochemistry, 1999
Enrolled in Masters in Education program at
State University of New York
at Buffalo.
Chemistry teacher at
Churchville-Chili
Senior High School, in Upstate NY.
Michelle A. Spaziani *#§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1995
Thesis: Applications of a Diode-laser-based Detector to On-line
Determinations Involving Methylene Blue.
Received M.S. in analytical chemistry and masters in public health
(MPH) at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Enrolled in
Ph.D. program in Clinical Evaluative Services at
Dartmouth.
Currently employed at A.G. Edwards & Sons.
Douglas Tanner #¥
B.S. in Chemistry, 1998
Employed by
Stiefel
Research Institute.
Philip R. Tavernier #¥
B.S. in Chemistry, 1997
Graduate student in materials science at the
University of California,
Santa Barbara.
http://www.materials.ucsb.edu/~tavernip/
Manisha Tinani-Mendleson*#§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1996
Thesis: Flow Injection Analysis with a Laser-Based Detector for
On-Line Determination of Sulfide, Glucose, and Ethanol.
Received Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at the
University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000.
Postdoctoral associate at General
Electric Corporate R&D, 2000-2002.
High School Chemistry Teacher at Catholic Central, Troy, NY.
Marc A. Unger *§
B.S. in Chemistry, 1993
Thesis: Construction of a Compact, Versatile Diode Laser Spectrometer
and Characterization of Dye-Surfactant Interactions.
Received Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the
California
Institute of Technology; performed postdoctoral research in
physics department at
Caltech.
Director of Microfluidic R&D at
Fluidigm Corporation, a
start-up company in South San Francisco.
Yuriy Uvaydov #
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2002.
Received M.S. in analytical chemistry at
Tufts University, 2004.
Employed as a forensic chemist by Drug Enforcement Agency.
Enrolled in the graduate program in Forensic Science at
John Jay College, Fall 2005.
Michael R. Webb *
B.S. in Chemistry, 2001.
Thesis: Interactions between Oxazine Dyes and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
Studied by Molecular Spectroscopy.
Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Indiana
University, 2007.
Postdoctoral researcher at Tufts Unversity.
http://www.indiana.edu/~gmhlab/group/webb.html
Jonathan Wedvik *§
MAT (masters of arts in teaching), 1996
MAT Thesis: Introduction of the Gas Chromatograph into the
Introductory Chemistry Laboratory
High-school chemistry teacher at
Clarkstown South High
School, Rockland County, NY,
and enrolled in doctoral program in Criminal Justice (Forensic
Science) at John Jay College.
Rebecca L. Wolfe *#§
B.S. in Chemisty, 2003.
Thesis: Investigation of Indicators in Aerogels and Xerogels.
Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2007.
Postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University.
Jill Wright *#
B.S. in Chemistry, 2000.
Thesis: Aging Methylene-Blue-Doped Sol Gels and the Investigation of
Oxazine Dyes and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Studied by Molecular
Spectroscopy.
Received MAT from
Union
College, 2001.
Chemistry teacher at
Niskayuna High
School,
Schenectady County, NY.