Laura Muller
Chair, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Office: Science Center 327
Phone: (508)286-3961
Fax: (508)286-8278
Email: lmuller@wheatoncollege.edu
Personal web page
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
A.B., Bard College
Research Interests
Spectroscopy of Liquids and Solids
Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Sol-Gel Materials
Teaching Interests
This fall I am teaching Analytical Chemistry and Art, Color, and Chemistry, an integrated lab and lecture course I developed last fall. ACC focusses on the chemistry of art media which plays to my own interest in the nature of intermolecular interactions.
Other Interests
Being outside, reading and Envirothon
Student Projects
"Separation of Pyrene Solutions in Microconfinement" with Shaelah Reidy '03, Kelly Neale '04 and Amber Lehmann '04
"Self-Organization of an Organically Modified Polyoxotungstate" with Miles Sweet '01
"Development and Analysis of a Novel Aging and Drying Method in the Sol-Gel Process" with Terry Goodrich '00
"Pore-Size Effects on the Fluorescence Spectra of Sol-Gels" with Leslie Sarikas '99
"Population Study of ADH activity in Drosophila" with Katie Yeaton '99
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Please see my personal webpage http://acunix.wheatoncollege.edu/lmuller.