About
Ph.D. in Photochemical Sciences at Bowling Green State University (Ohio Eminent Scholar Michael A. J. Rodgers); DOE Distinguished Post-Doctoral Scholar at the National Synchrotron Light Source; New photoaffinity reagents and photochemical probes of macromolecular structure (NSF Funded). Fluorescent probes for real-time monitoring of phase changes in stimuli-responsive nanogels; Research partnerships with Maryland start-up companies, the Army Research Lab (MOF-Immobilized Photosensitizers – Currently MSRDC Funded); Recipient of an NSF CAREER award; Leadership in American Society of Photobiology and Inter-American Photochemical Society; Active member of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) and ADVANCE Leadership Alliance at UMBC.Research interests
Photochemistry; Oxidative modification of DNA, proteins and polymers; Smart Polymers - fluorescent polymers that self-report changes in environment and function; Transient spectroscopy; Laser flash photolysis; FluorescenceTeaching interests
Physical chemistry, including lecture and laboratory components of thermodynamics, kinetics and spectroscopy; Photochemistry and spectroscopy; Polymer chemistry; Writing in the Discipline; ElectronicsEducation
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Ph D, Photochemical Sciences
— Bowling Green State University (1993) Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes Involving Novel Trisbipyridylruthenium(II) Complexes in Aqueous Solution and Colloidal Suspensions