Brian Frederick
Professor
Chemistry
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Location
Aubert Hall, Room 245
Engineering and Science Research Building, Room 257
Engineering and Science Research Building, Room 257
Research Interests:
The group develops hydrodeoxygenation catalysts that will produce fuels and valuable chemicals from woody biomass. They utilize a variety of experimental and theoretical methods, including in-situ spectroscopic and high pressure catalyst characterization methods, surface science techniques, quantum chemical calculations and statistical simulations. The research group is very multi-disciplinary, spanning physics, chemistry, and chemical engineering.
Courses Taught
- Majoring in Chemistry (CHY 105)
- Physical Chemistry I (CHY 471)
- Physical Chemistry II (CHY 472)
- Physical Chemistry III (CHY 475)
- Undergraduate Seminar in Chemistry (CHY 393)
- Advanced Integrated Laboratory (CHY 491)
- Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics (CHY 572)
- Principles of Quantum Chemistry (CHY 575)
- Quantum mechanical modeling
- Physical chemistry
- Surface science and catalysis
- Biofuels
- Thermochemical catalyst development
- Materials characterization
- Reaction mechanisms
- Spectroscopy
- Photocatalysis
Education
Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
M.S., 1987, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.S., 1984, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
M.S., 1987, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.S., 1984, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
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