Personal
Married
Virginia Chang, Ph.D.
2 sons (Emil & Ivan)
Education
Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1995-1996: Postdoctoral Associate,
Research advisor: Prof. Julius Rebek, Jr.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
1990-1995: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
Thesis - Atropisomerism in Sterically Hindered Carbocations
Research advisor: Prof. George A. Olah, 1994 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster PA
1986-1990: A.B. in Chemistry (ACS certified)
Senior Thesis - Polarized Electronic Spectroscopy of One-Dimensional Conductors
Research advisor: Prof. Ronald L. Musselman
Positions Held
2010-Present: Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
2001-2009: Associate Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
1996-2001: Assistant Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
2004 – present: Associate Editor – Journal of Fluorescence
2004: Visiting Scientist sabbatical leave: Universität Regensburg, Germany
Graduate College of Sensory Photoreceptors
2005- 2007: Advisor, Central New Mexico Chapter Local ACS section
2005- present Faculty advisor: NMT Chemistry Club ACS student affiliates
Honors and Awards
2004 –2009: Who’s Who in Fluorescence
1991-1994: Department of Education Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
1990 Theodore A. Saulnier Prize in Chemical Research
1988 Hackman research fellow/ Dana Scholar
Teaching experience at NMT recent evaluation averages/5.0
CHM 546 – Physical Organic Chemistry 4.60
CHM 542 – Organometallic Chemistry 4.41
CHM 446 – Polymer Chemistry 4.43
CHM 445 – Intermediate Organic Chemistry 4.71
CHM 445L – Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds 4.67
CHM 334 – Organic Chemistry II 4.37
CHM 333 – Organic Chemistry I 4.42
CHM 122 – General Chemistry II 4.33
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