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Chemistry & Physical Science Faculty

Dr. Narendra Singh

Chair, Department of Chemistry and Physical Science
Professor of Chemistry

B.S., M.S., University of Gorakhpur, India; M.S., Mississippi State University; Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, India.

Phone: (910) 630-7132

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Doctoral Thesis:

"Some Studies on the Recoil Behavior of Bromine and Iodine Charged Species Produced under (n, g) process"

Research:

  • Radiation Chemistry
  • Superconductivity

How to Prepare for an Undergraduate Chemistry program:

Dr. Singh strongly recommends taking more physics and chemistry courses as well as having a strong math foundation for any person considering a college and/or professional chemistry career.

Additional Information:

Dr. Singh also held the following positions

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Tennessee
  • Research Associate at Mississippi State University

Dr. Singh participated in the following Summer Research Programs

  • AT&T Bell Lab
  • UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Princeton University
  • University of Tennessee

Dr. John A. Dembosky, Jr.

Associate Professor of Geology

B.S. Ed., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Phone: (910) 630-7556

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Doctoral Thesis:

Paleotectonic Restoration of Miocene Extensional Strain of Crystalline Rock Provinces and Terranes in Southwestern North America

Research:

  • Paleotectonic reconstruction of SW USA and NW Mexico

Earth Science, Geology, and Geography Courses:

  • GLY 160: Physical Geology
  • GLY 200: Physical Oceanography and Meteorology
  • GLY 300 Planetary Geology and Astronomy
  • GLY 400 Advanced Geology
  • SCI 141: Earth Science

Dr. Stephanie Hooper Marosek

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

B.S., University of South Carolina; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Phone: (910) 630-7457

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Doctoral Thesis:

Development of an Ionically-Assembled On-Column Enzyme Reactor for Capillary Electrophoresis

Research Interests:

enzymes (glucose oxidase, gluatamate oxidase, and amino acid oxidase), electrochemical detection, electrophoresis, enzyme kinetics

Professional Societies:

American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society

Dr. Cu G. Phung

Professor of Chemistry

B.S., Methodist College; Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Duke University.

Phone: (910) 630-7137

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Doctoral Thesis:

Ab Initio Study of NMR Chemical Shift:

  1. Use of Optimized Molecular Geometries in Chemical Shift Calculations
  2. Amide Linkage Chemical Shift Tensors in a Hydrogen Bond Environment

How to Prepare for an Undergraduate Chemistry program:

Dr. Phung strongly recommends a strong math foundation for any person considering a college and/or professional chemistry career.

Dr. Zhihong Xu

Assistant Professor of Organic and Biochemistry

B.S., Anhui College of Chinese Medicine; M.S., Shanghai Medical University; Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ph.D., Duke University

Phone: 630-7433

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Dr. Zhihong Xu has two PhDs covering the areas of organic synthesis, biochemistry, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry from Chinese Academy of Sciences and Duke University. She has contributed one chapter for a textbook "Extraction and Isolation of Bioactive Components from Medicinal Plants," third edition. Recently she was appointed to contribute one chapter "Chemistry of Fungus Products" to the book "Introduction of Natural Products Chemistry." Her research interests include the isolation and structure modification of bioactive natural products, and the investigation of their biological properties, including small molecule interaction with targets.
 

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