Resume

• 2012

  University of Cincinnati

  Xavier University

  Cincinnati

  OH

  I currently teach organic chemistry to two sections

  each with about 50 students.

  Temporary Faculty

  Established in 2017

  the Presidential Medal of Graduate Student Excellence (PMGSE) is a prestigious honor awarded by the university president to exceptional graduate students who are graduating from their master's or doctoral program. These students best exemplify scholarship

  leadership

  character

  service and the ideals of the University of Cincinnati.\n\nhttp://grad.uc.edu/student-life/awards/presidential-medal.html

  The Graduate School at the University of Cincinnati

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Chemistry

  University of Cincinnati

  3.86/4.00

  Preparing Future Faculty

• 2008

  Bachelor's Degree

  Chemistry

  Campus Tour Guides

  Knit for the Needy

  Phi Beta Kappa

  University of Cincinnati

  Summa cum Laude

• Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories - American Chemical Society

  Conduct a hazard assessment and make your lab a safer space. Get the basics on risk assessment

  control measures

  and identifying hazards.

  Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories - American Chemical Society

  ACS’s Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories website: An important safety culture tool

  Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories is an online resource the American Chemical Society provides to help chemists during their day-to-day research activities. This online resource is divided into 3 areas: fundamentals

  ways to conduct assessments

  and tools. This article describes how it was used in a research lab by a grad student. It proved to be very helpful when identifying hazards

  assessing risk

  and selecting control measures for the operations in academic research laboratories.

  Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories is an online resource the American Chemical Society provides to help chemists during their day-to-day resea…

  ACS’s Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories website: An important safety culture tool

  Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories is an online resource the American Chemical Society provides to help chemists during their day-to-day research activities. This online resource is divided into 3 areas: fundamentals

  ways to conduct assessments

  and tools. This article describes how it was used in a research lab by a grad student. It proved to be very helpful when identifying hazards

  assessing risk

  and selecting control measures for the operations in academic research laboratories.

  Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories is an online resource the American Chemical Society provides to help chemists during their day-to-day resea…

  I help organize outreach

  career development

  and networking events for all who support women in science in the Cincinnati area.

  Greater Cincinnati Association for Women in Science

  Chair of the Service Committee

  I organize service events in our department and community in order to help fellow graduate students gain the skills they will need in order to work with others in their future careers.

  UC Chemistry Graduate Student Association

  Data Analysis

  University Teaching

  Poster Presentations

  Laboratory Skills

  Microsoft Office

  Research

  Public Speaking

  UV/Vis

  PowerPoint

  Spectroscopy

  Chemistry

  Science

  Teaching

  Laboratory

  What Do Solvents Do

  Anyway?

  If you asked my research adviser

  Professor James Mack

  why chemistry is done in solution

  you would most likely get a response that started like this: “Well

  there was a man named Aristotle

  and he said... In the Mack group

  graduate students quickly learn: don’t ask questions like that if you don’t have time to hear the answer. But to summarize: chemists got it into their heads early on that we needed a liquid

  or solvent

  in order to do chemical reactions.\n\nBut maybe we should have stepped back a long time ago and asked ourselves

  what is the role of this mysterious liquid? Is solvent really necessary to do a chemical reaction?

  What Do Solvents Do

  Anyway?

  Green chemistry and sustainability have garnered more awareness in the chemical industry in recent years

  but green chemistry classes are still not commonplace for either the undergraduate or graduate student curriculum. Additionally

  many departments are seeking avenues to reach greater numbers and types of learners through online courses. To address both needs

  a small group of chemistry graduate students set out to design a 3-credit-hour upper-level online green chemistry course targeted at students most likely to apply green chemistry concepts in their future careers. The goals for the course included education in the basics of green chemistry (history

  metrics

  methodologies) along with opportunities to apply what they have learned and communicate it to a general audience. This process of developing modules and assessments for the discovery and application of green chemistry principles has enabled a supplementary education for the graduate students as well. Herein

  the specific motivations of the graduate students to design the course

  how green chemistry was presented to students in an online format

  and how students responded to this type of class are provided.

  Graduate Student Designed and Delivered: An Upper-Level Online Course for Undergraduates in Green Chemistry and Sustainability

  Mechanochemistry is maturing as a discipline and continuing to grow

  so it is important to continue understanding the rules governing the system. In a mechanochemical reaction

  the reactants are added into a vessel along with one or more grinding balls and the vessel is shaken at high speeds to facilitate a chemical reaction. The dielectric constant of the solvent used in liquid-assisted grinding (LAG) and properly chosen counter-ion pairing increases the percentage conversion of stilbenes in a mechanochemical Wittig reaction. Utilizing stepwise addition/evaporation of ethanol in liquid-assisted grinding also allows for the tuning of the diastereoselectivity in the Wittig reaction.

  Liquid-assisted grinding and ion pairing regulates percentage conversion and diastereoselectivity of the Wittig reaction under mechanochemical conditions

  Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories is an online resource the American Chemical Society provides to help chemists during their day-to-day research activities. This online resource is divided into three areas: fundamentals

  ways to conduct assessments

  and tools. This article describes how it was used in a mechanochemistry research lab from the perspective of a graduate student. It proved to be very helpful when identifying hazards

  assessing risk

  and selecting appropriate control measures for the various operations conducted in academic research laboratories. Connections to a green chemistry metric

  the EcoScale

  are described as well.

  ACS’s Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories website: An important safety culture tool

  Kendra Leahy

  Kendra

  Denlinger

  Xavier University

  University of Cincinnati

  Cincinnati

  OH

  I facilitated group study sessions for undergraduate students taking introductory chemistry courses. I led SI sessions twice a week

  along with extra office hours and review sessions as needed.

  Supplemental Instruction Leader

  University of Cincinnati