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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2011-present
Ph.D. student in Analytical Chemistry emphasizing in mass spectrometry under
the direction of Prof. Scott A. McLuckey
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
2007-2011
B.S. Chemistry
Teaching and Research Experience:
Purdue
University, Department of Chemistry
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2011 CHM 321/323 (Analytical Chemistry)
Westminster
College, Department of Chemistry
Fall 2010-Spring 2011
-Investigated the possibility of using a porphyrin based molecular catalyst
for performing the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide. (under Dr.
Peter Smith)
Duquesne
University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Summer 2010
-Utilized molecular modeling programs to determine the transition state
structures and energies for both cis- and trans- configurations of a
previously performed cyclization reaction. (under Dr. Jeffrey Evanseck)
NSF-REU
Kent State
University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Summer 2008
-Performed molecular modeling calculations on various conformations of
alcohol water complexes and collected rotational spectra of cyanphenol using
a Fourier-transform microwave spectrometer. (under Dr. Michael Tubergen)
NSF-REU
Honors and Awards:
Frederic N. Andrews Fellowship (Purdue)
2011
The Marmora Maude Dunlap & Dr. Edward A. Dunlap
Award (Westminster)
2010
Freeman Award for Organic Chemistry I/II
(Westminster)
2009
Trustees' Scholarship (Westminster)
2007-2011
Westminster College Dean's List:
Fall 2008, Fall 2009
Publications:
1)
Conrad, A. R.;
Barefoot, N. Z.; Tubergen, M. J.,
Rotational spectra of o-, m-, and p-cyanophenol and internal rotation of p-cyanophenol.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 8350-8356.
2)
Mentinova, M.;
Barefoot, N.; McLuckey, S.,
Solution Versus Gas-Phase Modification of Peptide Cations with NHS-Ester
Reagents. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry. In press. |
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