Amy Keirstead presents research at American Chemical Society National Meeting

Amy Keirstead, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, presented her research at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society held March 25-29, 2012 in San Diego. Her presentation, titled 鈥淓mission spectroscopy as a tool to study the dynamics of spiropyran photochromism in the ionic liquid [BMIM][BF4],鈥 included contributions from student co-authors Robyn Gaudet (Chemistry 鈥11), Annie Leslie (Neuroscience 鈥13), and Sean Naughton (Biochemistry and Medical Biology 鈥13).

This work is part of Dr. Keirstead鈥檚 research program that investigates the use of ionic liquids for a variety of green chemistry and nanotechnology applications and was supported by the 51品茶College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice-President for Research mini-grant programs.
 

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