Principal Investigator
Brian Stankus, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, WCSU
Education:
B. A. Boston University
Ph. D. Brown University
Current Undergraduate Researchers
Emily Coelho
Project: Norrish Type-I and Type-II kinetics of volatile organic compounds
(collaboration with Dr. Stavros Christofi, Professor of Mathematics)
Keondre Miller
Project: Sensitized photodegradation of Red 40 in wastewater
Jonathan Bell
Project: Correlation of molecular structure with fluorescence properties via machine learning
Daisy Maita
Project: Photochemistry of wood smoke
Group Alumni
2023
Johnathan Schell, “Wavelength-dependent photolysis of synthetic food dyes”
Keondre Miller, “Photochemistry of nitric acid”
2022
David Romano, “Pump-probe spectroscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy of fluorescent molecules”
Joe Veca, “Analysis and photochemistry of a UV-sensitive industrial waste sample”
Jack Reardon, “Analysis of the photodegradation of the pesticide ethyl parathion in aqueous solution”
2021
Caroline Galligan, “Photolysis of acetaminophen in wastewater”, “Photolysis of cyclopentanone in the atmosphere”
Divanie Yamraj, “Photolysis of gas-phase cyclic methyl ketones”
David Romano, “Wavelength-dependent Norrish-type photochemistry of 2-pentanone and crotonaldehyde”
Spencer Lord, “Solvent dependency on optimization of the ergosterol to vitamin D2 pathway by UV irradation”
2020
Hao Nguyen, “Gas phase photochemistry of methacrolein and pentanal”
Christina Szachon, “Photochemical kinetic of crotonaldehyde and 2-pentenal”