KimberlyÌýMullaneÌýPH.D.
College of Natural and Computational Sciences - Department of Natural Science
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
- A.B., Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College
COURSES TAUGHT:
- CHEM 2051 General Chemistry I Lab
- CHEM 2052 General Chemistry II
- CHEM 2053 General Chemistry II Lab
- CHEM 3020 Physical Chemistry I
- CHEM 3022 Physical Chemistry II
- CHEM 3023 Physical Chemistry Lab
- CHEM 3040 Quantitative Analysis
- CHEM 3041 Quantitative Analysis Lab
- CHEM 3043 Instrumental Analysis Lab
- CHEM 3060 Inorganic Chemistry
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:
Coordination chemistry of transition metals and lanthanides, photochemistry, Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
TEACHING INTERESTS/RESEARCH:
Our group focuses on the synthesis and characterization of early transition metal and rare earth element complexes. On the day-to-day, students in this lab are synthesizing ligands and their complexes of metals, collecting NMR spectra, collecting absorption and emission spectra, making electrochemical measurements, and conducting photochemical reactions. These activities support our research goals of:
1) Finding effective (and novel) methods of separating metals for applications in recycling and purifying metals for their applications (e.g. in nuclear reactor control rods, permanent magnets in wind turbines, LEDs).
2) Studying the photocatalytic reactions that can be achieved by group (IV) and lanthanide complexes.
I am also interested in STEM education, specifically authoring effective guided-inquiry activities for chemistry courses and studying POGIL pedagogical approaches in the classroom.
PERSONAL INTERESTS/BIOGRAPHY:
I grew up on the east coast and spent much of my education and career in the Philadelphia area. Recently, I moved to Honolulu, my wife's home city, to join the faculty at Hawaii Pacific University. I am interested in engaging students in the classroom in active learning activities and love teaching at a small college, like ¸£Àû¼§, where we get to know our students really well! I enjoy spending time with my family and dog, Masha, doing projects around the house, cooking, horror and science fiction and listening to NPR.
