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Faculty
Nicola Edwards, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry Joined USJ: Academic Degrees Ph.D., The University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Rice University
B.A., Rice University
Contact Information
About
Prior to joining USJ, Professor Edwards was an assistant professor at Penn State Scranton and an associate professor at Misericordia University.
Affiliations
- American Chemical Society Member
- Council on Undergraduate Research Member
- Faculty Opinions– Associate Faculty Member
Courses Taught
- Principles of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry
- Introduction to Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
Research
Researchers in the Edwards group use the tools of supramolecular chemistry and analytical chemistry to design, synthesize and test the capabilities of optical sensors. These are chemical compounds that are colored or possess a “glow”; a change in color or “glow” is evidenced when these compounds are added to a sample containing the analytes or substances of interest. The particular sets of analytes that are of interest in this group are anions, cations and small molecules. These have wide-ranging applications in environmental, medicinal arenas and in forensics.
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