Dr. Sarah C. Larsen

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Associate Director of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute
Senior editor for JPC an ACS publication

Office: 173 CB
Phone: (319) 335-1346
email: sarah-larsen@uiowa.edu

  B.A., Bowdoin College (1986)
  Ph.D., Harvard University (1992)
  Postdoc., Department of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
    and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1992-1995)

Memberships

  American Chemical Society
  International EPR Society
  NNI@UI (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at The University of Iowa)
  CGRER (Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research)
  OSTC (Optical Science and Technology Center)

Honors

  Collegiate Scholars Award (2008-present)
  Faculty Scholar Award, University of Iowa (2004-2007)
  PROGRESS ACS Speaker Award for Women (2003)
  Old Gold Summer Fellowship (1996,1997)
  DOE Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow (1993-1995)
  Shell Foundation Fellowship, Harvard University (1987)
  Phi Beta Kappa, Bowdoin College (1986)

Postdocs

Currently there are no postdocs working in the Larsen lab.

Current Graduate Students

Karna Barquist

William Ames

Anton Petushkov

Melissa Torres

Ashish Datt

Kevin Watson

Undergraduate Students

Namhoon Lee

Tom Santacroce

Shebere Adam

Suhyoung Yoon

Past Members

Ramasubramanian Kanthasamy: (2003-2008)
    PhD awarded May 2008
    Characterization and Applications of Mesoporous Silica and Hollow Zeolite Structures
    Placement: Postdoc University of Pittsburgh

Elizabeth Michael-Smith: (2007)
    MS awarded 2007

James Woodworth: (2000-2006)
    PhD awarded May 2006
    EPR Studies of Catalytic Materials

Gonghu Li: (2000-2005)*
    PhD awarded May 2005
    FT-IR Studies of Zeolite Materials: Characterization and Environmental Applications
    Placement: Postdoc Northwestern

Conrad Jones: (1999-2004)
    PhD awarded Dec. 2004
    Solid State MAS NMR Studies of Zeolites
    MS with thesis awarded 2002
    Magnetic Resonance Studies of Iron-Exchanged Zeolites
    Placement: Assistant professor, Southern University

Alexander Saladino: (1997-2002)
    PhD awarded Dec. 2002
    Density Functional Theory Calculations of the EPR Parameters for Transition Metal Complexes
    Placement: Postdoc University of Pittsburgh

Patrick Carl: (1995-2000)
    PhD awarded 2000
    Characterization of Transition Metal Exchanged Zeolites by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
    Placement: Brucker Instruments

Shannon Stout: (2003-2005)*
    MS with thesis awarded Dec. 2005
    2-CEES on Nanocrystalline Zeolites

Lanell Rupert: (2003-2005)
    MS with thesis awarded May. 2005
    Adsorption Studies of Toxic Oxyanions and Volatile Organic Compounds on Functionalized Zeolites

Wai Fing Lee: (2002-2004)
    MS awarded 2004

Hassan Alwy: (2001-2003)*
    MS awarded 2003

Yafang Bao: (1995-1997)
    MS awarded 1997

Dr. Kevin Knagge: (2004-2006)*
    Postdoctoral associate

Dr. Weiguo Song: (2003-2005)*
    Postdoctoral associate
    Placement: Faculty member, Chemistry Institute, Beijing, China

Dr. Alexander Panov: (1998-1999)*
    Postdoctoral associate
    Placement: Caterpillar Inc.

Dr. Yan Xiang: (1997-1998)*
    Postdoctoral associate
    Placement: Faculty position, U. of WI, Green Bay

Dr. Jianjun Wu: (1997-1998)
    Postdoctoral associate
    Placement: Everready Battery

Dr. Kari Myli: (1996-1997)
    Postdoctoral associate