Andrea Minei

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B.S. Biochemistry

B.A. in Biochemistry

B.S. Chemistry

B.A. in Chemistry

B.A. & B.S. in Biology

B.A. in Chemistry (with Teacher Certification 7-12)

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Contact Information: (718) 405-3391 andrea.minei@mountsaintvincent.edu Science Building, Room 309A		Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ph.D., Wesleyan University Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, Pace University B.S., Sacred Heart University

Recent Courses:

CHEM 103 General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 115 General Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 309 Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 310 Physical Chemistry I Laboratory

Research Interests:
Microwave spectroscopy; Structure and dynamics of weakly bound molecules; Computational chemistry; Chemical education.

Professional Affiliations:
American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, National Science Teachers Association, Science Teachers Association of New York State

Recent Publications:
A. J. Minei, J. V. Wijngaarden, S. E. Novick, and W. C. Pringle. “Determination of the Structure of Cyclopentene Oxide and the Argon-Cyclopentene Oxide van der Waals Complex”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2010, 114, 1427-1431.

L. Kang, F. X. Sunahori, A. J. Minei, D. J. Clouthier, and S. E. Novick. “Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of Monobromogermylene (HGeBr and DGeBr), A Heavy Atom Carbene Analog”, Journal of Chemical Physics 2009, 130, 124317/1-124317/11.

W. Lin, A. Ganguly, A. J. Minei, G. L. Lindeke, W. C. Pringle, S. E. Novick, and J. R. Durig. “Microwave Spectra and Structural Parameters of Equatorial-trans Cyclobutanol”, Journal of Molecular Structure 2009, 922, 83-87.

N. R. Walker, A. J. Minei, S. E. Novick, and A. C. Legon. “Microwave Spectrum and Structure of the Polar N2O Dimer”, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 2008, 251, 153-158.

K. I. Peterson, D. Pulliam, W. Lin, A. J. Minei, and S. E. Novick. “Microwave Spectra and ab initio Studies of Ar-Propane and Ne-Propane Complexes”, Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127(18), 184306/1-184306/11.

M. R. Munrow, R. Subramanian, A. J. Minei, D. Antic, M. K. MacLeod, J. Michl, R. Crespo, M. C. Piqueras, M. Izuha, T. Ito, Y. Tatamitani, K. Yamour, T. Ogata, and S. E. Novick. “ Rotational Spectra of Gauche Perfluoro-n-butane, C4F10; Perfluoro-iso-butane, (CF3)3CF; and tris(trifluormethyl)methane, (CF3)3CH”, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 2007, 242(2), 129-138.

A.J.Minei and S. E. Novick. “Microwave Observation of the ‘Recently Found’ Polar OCS Dimer”, Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 126(10), 101101/1-101101/3.

L. Kang, A. J. Minei, and S. E. Novick, “The Microwave Spectrum of Cyanophosphaacetlyene, H2PCCCN”, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 2006, 240(2), 255-259.