May 2023
Dr. Gichuhi receives TTU Faculty Research Grant (FRG). The $19,511 FRG will support the project “Joint Experimental and Quantum Chemical Investigation of Mixed Organic Valence States in Dinitrobenzene Radical Anions”
Nolan White to start a M.S in chemistry program after finishing his B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Nolan will continue doing research on the spectroscopy of quinones.
April 2023
4/12/23: Kie Workman wins the 2023 Excellence in Creative Inquiry Award for his 2022 summer project on Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Nitrobenzene and Dinitrobenzene Radical anions
4/28/23: Cyanoanthracene isomer anions paper is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry special issue “Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry, Volume 2” https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01178
4/10/23: Jonathan Dupuy receives a Creative Inquiry Summer Experience (CISE) grant to carry out research on isoprene oxidation reactions in the Summer of 2023. Congratulations to Jonathan!
4/6/23: Kie Workman wins the 2023 ACS Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award. Congratulations to Kie!
March 2023
3/6/23: Dr. Gichuhi to give an oral talk on “Beyond Mass Spectrometry: Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectra of 1-, 2-, and 3-Cyanoanthracene Radical Anions and the Thermochemistry of Cyanoanthracene Isomers“ at the 71st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics to be held on June 4-8 in Houston, TX, USA
3/6/23: Namal to present a poster on “Site-Specific Gas-Phase Acidities of Isoprene and the Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectra of C5H7 Radical Anions Resulting from Isoprene Oxidation“ at the 71st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics to be held on June 4-8 in Houston, TX, USA