Chemistry
Awards/Honors || Fellowships || Research Grants || Internships || Conference Presentations || Publications || Community Service/Outreach || Recent alumni employment/positions
Awards/Honors
2009 Society of Plastic Engineers Travel Award, June 2009, Alexander Zestos, 2008 MS, Chemistry
Fellowships
Research Grants
Internships
Conference Presentations
"Luminescent Detection of Volatile Nitrogen and Sulfur Compounds on CuI Surfaces" L. E. Dunaway, C. Wang, J. P. Safko, and R. D. Pike, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society; Richmond, VA; October, 2011; Jason Safko, MS Candidate, Chemistry.
“Polymer-Based Shielding against Radiation in Space”, C. C. Schiavone, R. A. Owoll, and R.L. Kiefer, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society; Richmond, VA; October, 2011; Clint Schiavone, MS candidate, Chemistry.
“Effects of nucleophilic strength on facial selectivity in BiBr3 catalyzed tandem cyclization/addition reactions” A. A. Rahman, R. J. Hinkle, R. F. Lambert, and S. E. Ammann, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society; Richmond, VA; October, 2011; Ajara Rahman, MS candidate, Chemistry.
"Luminescent Nitrogen and Sulfur Adducts of CuI Disubstituted Piperazine Complexes" J. P. Safko, R. D. Pike, S. M. McCullough, and L. E. Dunaway, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society; Richmond, VA; October, 2011; Jason Safko, MS candidate, Chemistry.
“Carbon dioxide fixation by (CdS)6 macrocycles” D. C. Bebout, W. Lai, A. Q. A. Tran, W. P. Kaplan, S. M. Berry, J. V. Arrington, R. N. Straus, J. C. Poutsma, R. D. Pike, and R. J. Butcher, Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society; Richmond, VA; October, 2011; Wei Lai, 2005 MS, Chemistry; Justine Arrington, 2012 MS, Chemistry.
“ESI-MS study of ligand exchange between Zn2+ and Hg2+” Madeline R. Nestor, Julie A. Viehweg, Pei Wang, Robert D. Pike, J. C. Poutsma, and Deborah C. Bebout 2010 Joint SE/SW Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society; New Orleans, LA; Dec 2010; Madeline Nestor, 2011 MS, Chemistry.
“Cyclohexane-containing Polyimides”, N. G. Bate, R. A. Orwoll, R. L. Kiefer, and R.D. Pike, 2010 Joint SE/SW Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society; New Orleans, LA; Dec 2010; Norah Bate, 2011 MS, Chemistry.
"Gas Phase H/D Exchange of Non-Protein Amino Acids" J. V.Arrington, R. Straus, E. Marzluff and J. C. Poutsma, 58th American Societyfor Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics; Salt Lake City, UT; May 2010; Justine Arrington, 2012 MS, Chemistry.
"Speciation of Hg2+ and Zn2+ in thepresence of tridentate N,N,S ligand: An electrospray ionization massspectrometry study" Madeline R. Nestor, and Deborah C. Bebout, 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society; Boston, MA; August 2010; Madeline Nestor, 2011 MS, Chemistry.
"Smoke Suppression of PVC by Metal-Exchanged Clay and Zeolite Additives", A. G. Zestos, C. L. Grinnell, L. J. Vinh, R. D. Pike, and W. H. Starnes, Jr., Proceedings, 67th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, June 2009, pp. 955-960; Alexander Zestos, 2008 MS, Chemistry.
Publications
“Molecular Imprinting by 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid: A Two-Site Model”, Hu, L.Y., and R. A. Orwoll, Separation Science and Technology, 45, 2237-44 (2010); Lucy Yue Hu, 2002 MA, Chemistry.
“A Synthetic Model of Hg(II) Sequestration”, J. A. Viehweg, S. M. Stamps, S. M., J. J. Dertinger, R. L. Green, K. E. Harris, R. J. Butcher, E. J. Andriole, J. C. Poutsma, S. M. Berry, D. C. Bebout, Dalton Transactions 39, 3174-3176 (2010); Erica Andriole, 2004 MA, Chemistry.
"Metal-Exchanged Clay and Zeolite Additives as Smoke Suppressants and Fire Retardants for Poly(vinyl chloride)", A. G. Zestos, C. L. Grinnell, L. J. Vinh, R. D. Pike, and W. H. Starnes, Jr., Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, 15, 87-91 (2009); Alexander Zestos, 2008 MS, Chemistry.
"Mechanism of Action and Effectiveness of Ester Thiols as Thermal Stabilizers for Poly(vinyl chloride)", X. Ge, E. K. Culyba, C. L. Grinnell, A. G. Zestos, and W. H. Starnes, Jr., Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, 13, 170-175 (2007); republished by invitation in Progress in Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1, 91-100 (2009). Alexander Zestos, 2008 MS, Chemistry.
“Bis-tridentate Chelates of an Asymmetric Ligand: Characterization of Divalent Zinc Triad Metal Ion Complexes of N-(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(2-(methylthio)ethyl)amine in the Solid- and Solution-State” D. C. Bebout, W. Lai, S. M. Stamps, S. M. Berry, R. J. Butcher Polyhedron, 27, 1591-1600 (2008). Wei Lai, 2005 MS, Chemistry.
“Zinc triad metal ion complexes of NN'S ligand N-(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(2-(methylthio)ethyl)amine in the Solid- and Solution-State”, D. C. Bebout, W. Lai, S. M. Stamps, S. M. Berry, R. J. Butcher Main Group Chemistry, 6, 155-168 (2008). Wei Lai, 2005 MS, Chemistry.
Community Service/Outreach
Hands-on activities with one class of Matoaka Elementary School first graders, “Starch in the Food Pyramid” January 2010, Madeline Nestor, 2011 MS, Chemistry
Hands-on activities and demonstrations with one class of Matoaka Elementary third graders. “The Water Cycle” March 2010, Madeline Nestor, 2011 MS, Chemistry
Presentation to eight classes of Berkeley Middle School sixth graders, "Solids, Liquids & Gases: Density Diversions", October 2009, Madeline Nestor, 2011 MS, Chemistry
Recent alumni employment/positions
Justine Arrington, January 2012 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at Purdue University.
Tara Hagedorn, 2011 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of California at San Diego.
Michael Todd Hovey, 2011 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at Northwestern University.
Madeline Nestor, 2011 MS, Chemistry, has taken a position as an analytical chemist with Microbac Laboratories.
Katie Peth, 2011 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sara Kampfe, 2010 MS, Chemistry, is a chemist with Applied Process Technology International, Williamsburg, VA.
Omar Hamdy, 2010 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of California, Riverside.
Emily Harbert, 2010 MS, Chemistry, is currently working as a Research Chemist at UOP, a subsidiary of Honeywell in Chicago.
Joshua Abelard, 2010 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at Virginia Tech.
Mara Jacobs, 2009 MS, Chemistry, has taken a position as an analytical chemist with Microbac Laboratories.
Jordan Walk, 2009 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in the Organic Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Jia Liu, 2009 MS, Chemistry, is pursuing her Ph.D. in Chemistry at North Carolina State University.
A. Jeaton Glover, 2009 MS, Chemistry, is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Applied Science, College of William & Mary.
Matt Jones, 2008 MS, Chemistry, is currently enrolled in medical school at the University of Virginia.
Alexander Zestos, 2008 MS, Chemistry, entered the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in Fall 2009.
Michael Gaylor, 1997 MS, Chemistry, is now in his first year as an assistant professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Chemistry and Environmental Science at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, WV .