{"id":16,"date":"2022-05-24T16:18:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T16:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-08-22T18:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T18:33:49","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Principal Investigator<br><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/stankusb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/06\/Headshot_withBorder.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Brian Stankus, Ph. D.<\/strong><br>Associate Professor of Chemistry, WCSU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education:<br>B. A. Boston University<br>Ph. D. Brown University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Current Undergraduate Researchers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jonathan Bell<\/strong><br \/>Project: Correlation of molecular structure with photosensitizer properties via machine learning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ewan LeJava<\/strong><br \/>Project: Quantitative measurement of singlet oxygen quantum yield<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Group Alumni<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024<br \/><\/strong>Emily Coelho, &#8220;Photochemical kinetics of a pinonic acid analogue&#8221;<br \/>Keondre Miller, &#8220;Catalyzed photodegradation of Red 40 in wastewater&#8221;<br \/>Daisy Maita, &#8220;Photochemistry of wood smoke&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023<br \/><\/strong>Johnathan Schell, &#8220;Wavelength-dependent photolysis of synthetic food dyes&#8221;<br \/>Keondre Miller, &#8220;Photochemistry of nitric acid&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><br \/>David Romano, &#8220;Pump-probe spectroscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy of fluorescent molecules&#8221;<br \/>Joe Veca, &#8220;Analysis and photochemistry of a UV-sensitive industrial waste sample&#8221;<br \/>Jack Reardon, &#8220;Analysis of the photodegradation of the pesticide ethyl parathion in aqueous solution&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong><br \/>Caroline Galligan, &#8220;Photolysis of acetaminophen in wastewater&#8221;, &#8220;Photolysis of cyclopentanone in the atmosphere&#8221;<br \/>Divanie Yamraj, &#8220;Photolysis of gas-phase cyclic methyl ketones&#8221;<br \/>David Romano, &#8220;Wavelength-dependent Norrish-type photochemistry of 2-pentanone and crotonaldehyde&#8221;<br \/>Spencer Lord, &#8220;Solvent dependency on optimization of the ergosterol to vitamin D2 pathway by UV irradation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong><br \/>Hao Nguyen, &#8220;Gas phase photochemistry of methacrolein and pentanal&#8221;<br \/>Christina Szachon, &#8220;Photochemical kinetic of crotonaldehyde and 2-pentenal&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator Brian Stankus, Ph. D.Associate Professor of Chemistry, WCSU Education:B. A. Boston UniversityPh. D. 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