Cameron Glagola

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Bethlehem, PA 18020

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Education

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA

Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry May 2013

Cumulative GPA: 3.7/4.0; Major GPA: 3.8/4.0

Research Experiences

University of Akron, College of Polymer Science, Akron, OH

NSF Student Research Internship Summer 2012

• Advisor: Dr. Steve Chuang

• Formulated coatings from photo-reactive materials

• Designed and tested a new cell to carry out photoelectrochemical reactions for

solar hydrolysis of water

• Mastered GC-MS, SEM, Solartron system, construction of dye sensitized solar

cells, and MS.

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA

Student Research Independent Study Academic year

2012-2013

• Advisors: Drs. Robbie Iuliucci, and Deborah Sunderland

• Utilized quantum mechanical modeling to model pnictide compounds in order to

determine the likelihood of formation

• Mastered Gaussian and Unix/Windows interfacing to model different molecules

Student Research Independent Study

Fall 2011

• Advisor: Dr. Deborah Sunderland

• Attempted to synthesize complex metal sulfides from layered double hydroxide

precursors

• Obtained proficiency in powder x-ray diffraction and materials synthesis

techniques

Student Research Internship Summer 2011

• Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Logan

• Observed the effects of three different spreading solvents on nanostructures

formed by a series of amphiphilic diblock copolymers

• Mastered the use of Langmuir trough and atomic force microscope

Student Researcher Intersession 2010

• Assisted a senior neuroscience major with independent research project

• Studied how dopamine receptors were affected in the hippocampus of

schizophrenia induced rats

• Performed perfusions of rats and removed brain from cranial cavity

• Sliced brain using micro lathe and stained in order to look for quantity of

receptors

Publications

Glagola, C.P.; Miceli, L.M.; Milchak, M.A.; Halle, E.H.; Logan, J.L.; “Polystyrene-

Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Coplolymer: The Effect of PS and Spreading

Concentration at the Air/Water Interface.” Langmuir, 2012, 28 (11), pp 5048-5058.

Glagola, C.P.; Iuliucci, R.; Sunderland, D. P.; “Electronic structure modeling to explore

the existence of pnictide analogs to HCN species.” (In composition)

Presentations

National American Chemistry Society Meeting and Exposition

• 245th, Chemistry of Energy and Food

Spring 2013

• 243rd, Chemistry of Life

Spring 2012

Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium August 2, 2012

W&J Energy Summit April 2012

Duquesne University Summer Research Symposium Summer 2011

Awards

Departmental Graduate of Honors in Chemistry Spring 2013

Gamma Sigma Epsilon Chemistry Honor Society, Outstanding Chemist Spring 2013

Pittsburgh ACS Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry Spring 2012

Gamma Sigma Epsilon Chemistry Honor Society Spring 2012

Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society Spring 2010

Presidential Merit Scholar Fall 2009-2013

Activities

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA

Student Activities Board President Fall 2011-Spring 2013

Laboratory Assistant

Organic Chemistry Fall 2010

Environmental Chemistry Spring 2011

Instrumental Chemistry Fall 2012

• Ran titrations and ICP-OES for water chemical analysis

• Used acid digestion and ICP-OES to determine heavy metal content of toy

paints

• Ran AA for metal analysis in water

• Ran HPLC for organic separation

Quantum Mechanics Spring 2013

Computer Skills

• Proficient in MS Office software

• Proficient in Gaussian software for computational chemistry

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