Sujata Guha
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Contact Information:
Department of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, 3500 John Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: (615) 963-5334 (office)
Fax: (615) 963-5326, E-mail: sguha@tnstate.edu
Academic Qualifications:
2000 Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1997 M.S., Physical Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1994 B.S., Chemistry, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, IA
Professional Career:
2009-present Associate Professor of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
2003-2009 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
2000-2003 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
1994-2000 Graduate Instructor of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Honors and Recognitions:
2011 Chair, Nashville Section of the American Chemical Society
2010 Chair & Chair-Elect, Nashville Section of the American Chemical Society
2008 Blue and White Award: Diversity and Inclusion (Tennessee State University)
2007-2009 Who’s Who In the World
2007-2008 President’s Fellow (Tennessee State University)
2007 Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders
2005-2010 Who’s Who In America
2005 Who’s Who of America Women
2004 The Contemporary Who’s Who of Professionals
2004 Research Profile Published in “Sidelines,” the Student Newspaper of Middle Tennessee State University
2003 Profile Published in “South Asian Outlook,” the Newsmagazine of Toronto, Canada
2003 Profile Published in “Rocky Today,” the Magazine of Rocky Mountain College
1994 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
1992-1994 Alpha Chi Honor Society (Board of Directors, University of Dubuque)
1992-1993 National Dean’s List
1991-1994 Presidential Scholarship (University of Dubuque)
Areas of Expertise:
• Atmospheric Chemistry
• Computational Modeling of Atmospheric Processes
• Kinetics of Atmospheric Reactions
• Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, and Free Radical Reaction Mechanisms
Teaching Assignments:
Graduate (Tennessee State University)
2005, 2006, 2008-2011CHEM 5310 (Advanced Physical Chemistry I)
2004 CHEM 531 & 532 (Advanced Physical Chemistry)
Undergraduate (Tennessee State University)
2009-2010 CHEM 1112 (Honors General Chemistry I)
2005-2009 CHEM 1110, 1111 (General Chemistry I and Laboratory)
2005-2011 CHEM 1120, 1121 (General Chemistry II and Laboratory)
2004-2007 CHEM 3210 (Physical Chemistry I and Laboratory)
2004-2007 CHEM 3220 (Physical Chemistry II and Laboratory)
2004-2005 CHEM 3310 & 3320 (Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry)
2004 CHEM 1113 (Honors General Chemistry Laboratory)
2004 CHEM 1010 (General Chemistry I)
2004, 2009-2011CHEM 1022, 1122 (Honors General Chemistry II))
2003-2004 CHEM 321 & 322 (Physical Chemistry)
CHEM 331 & 332 (Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry)
CHEM 121-K (General Chemistry Laboratory)
Undergraduate (Rocky Mountain College)
2003 CHM 100 (General Chemistry)
2001-2002 CHM 401 & 402 (Physical Chemistry)
2000-2003 CHM 101 & 102 (General Chemistry)
2000-2003 CHM 201 & 202 (Quantitative Analysis)
Research Supervision:
Graduate Students
2011 Adrienne King, Tennessee State University
2010-present Uttam Sharma, Tennessee State University
Undergraduate Students
2010-2011 Alexis Sledge & James Hardison III, Tennessee State University
2008-2009 Million Mesfin, Tennessee State University
2006-2007 Meghan Baker, Drake Dudley, Petros Tseggai, & Daniel Soto, Tennessee State University
2005-2006 Shagarrian Newcomb, Tennessee State University
2004-2005, 2006 (Fall) Trinesia Strozier, Tennessee State University
2003-2004 Samara Brown & Stephanie Moore, Tennessee State University
2003 (Summer) Latanah Jefferson, National Institutes of Health Bridges Program, Fort Peck Community College
2002 (Fall) Heith Waddell & Teah Mahlum, Rocky Mountain College
2002 (Summer) Corrine Becken & Teah Mahlum, Rocky Mountain College
2002 (Spring) Eric Schreder, Rocky Mountain College
2001 (Summer) Rodney Lefthand, Little Big Horn College (through National Institutes of Health Bridges Program, Montana Science and Technology Consortium)
University Service:
Committees, Tennessee State University
2011 Member, Search Committee for Provost/Executive Vice-President
2010 Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee for Dr. Mohammad Al-Masum, Department of Chemistry
2010-present Member, College of Arts & Sciences Assessment Committee
2010 Member, Search Committee for Laboratory Coordinator
2010-present Member, Examining Committee, Amber Baxley, M.S. Degree
2010 Member, Search Committee for Instrument Engineer
2009-present Member, Tennessee State University Graduate Council
2009-present Chair, Graduate Committee/Coordinator of Graduate Studies
2009 Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Chemistry
Committees, Tennessee State University (continued)
2008 Member, College of Arts & Sciences Teacher of the Year Selection Committee
2008-present Member, Textbook Adoption Committee
2011 Member, Examining Committees, Patrick Brown and Amber Baxley, M.S. Degree
2007-2009 Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2006 Member, Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee
2006 Faculty Senator
2005 Member, Examining Committee, Rhonda Richmond, M.S. Degree
2004-present Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2003-2005, 2007-2009 Member, Graduate Committee
2003 Member, Recruitment/Outreach Committee
2003, 2005, 2007, 2008-10 Member, Faculty Search Committee
Other Participation
2011 Department Representative, TSU Spring 2011 Transfer Day at Nashville
State Community College, March 17
2010-present University Marshall
2010 Judge, University-Wide Research Symposium, March 16
2010 Department Representative, TSU Spring 2010 Transfer Day at Nashville
State Community College
2009 Department Representative, University-Wide College Fair, August 27
2003-present Introduced New Atmospheric Chemistry Research Program
2006-2010 Celebrate Chemistry Day, Coordinator of Student Research Abstracts
2005 Department Representative, University-Wide College Fair, September 3
2005 Chemistry Day Poster Presentation, March 17
2004 Chemistry Day Poster Presentation, March 11
2003 Department Representative, University-Wide College Fair, August 30
2009-present Graduate Advisor
2006-present Undergraduate Advisor
Committees, Rocky Mountain College
2003 (Spring) Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Earth & Env. Science
2002 (Fall) Member, General Education Requirements Committee
2002 (Spring) Search Committee for English Faculty
2001-2003 Member, Honors Board
2001 (Spring) Search Committee for Education Faculty
2000 (Fall) Search Committee for Chemistry Faculty
Other Participation
2003 Initiated Research Program in Atmospheric Chemistry
2003 (Summer) National Institute of Health Bridges Program Bridging Rocky Mountain College and Fort Peck Community College
2002 Environmental Studies Group
2002-2003 Affiliate Representative to the NASA-Montana Space Grant Consortium
2002-2003 Developed New Computational Chemistry Internship Program for Junior and Senior Students
2001 (Summer) Developed New Program in Computational Physical Chemistry Bridging Rocky Mountain College and Little Bighorn College as Part of the Montana Science and Technology Consortium in Collaboration with National Institutes of Health
2000-2003 Undergraduate Advisor
Government Service:
2011 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Panelist, National Harbor, MD
2009, 2010 Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Evaluation Panelist (Chemistry), Arlington, VA
2009 National Science Foundation (NSF) Academic Research Infrastructure - Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R2) Review Panelist, Arlington, VA
Conferences and Workshops:
2011 Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR)-University of Tennessee (UT) Conference, “Making the Transfer: Tennessee’s Solution to Seamless Articulation and Transfer,” Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, June 14
2010 “Using QI Tools with Assessment Results,” Fall 2010 Assessment and Improvement Workshop, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, October 12
2010 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, August 23-24
2010 Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Articulation Task Force Meeting, Nashville, TN
2010 American Chemical Society Leadership Institute, Fort Worth, TX, January 22-24
2005 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Workshop, Washington, DC, February 4-5
Conferences and Workshops (continued):
2004 Tri-State Research Collaboration Conference, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, November 22-23
2004 Quality Education for Minorities/National Science Foundation (QEM/NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Workshop, Atlanta, GA, October 22-23
2004 Multi-Initiative Dissemination (MID) Project Workshop, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Oct 15-16
2004 NSF Case Studies in Science Workshop, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, May 17-21
2004 Professional Science Master’s Degree Minority Participation Initiative Planning Meeting, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, January 9-10
2002 Western Regional Space Grant Meeting, Big Sky, MT, September 26-28
Invited Presentations:
2010 “Overview of the Graduate Program in Chemistry,” Department of Chemistry Spring Seminar Series, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, February 4
2008 “A Theoretical Study of the Reaction between Hydroperoxy (HO2) and Bromine Monoxide (BrO) Radicals in the Earth’s Atmosphere,” Department of Mathematics & Physics, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, January 31
2004 “Bromine-Catalyzed Oxidation of Methane in the Earth’s Atmosphere,” Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, October 14
2003 “Bromine-Catalyzed Oxidation of Methane in the Earth’s Atmosphere,” Department of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, September 25
2002 “The Chemistry of Atmospheric Bromine,” Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Chemistry Department, Odessa, TX, May 5
Presentations at Conferences and Symposia:
2008 “The Chemistry of Interstellar Aluminum Hydrosulfide,” 60th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical; Society (SERMACS), Nashville, TN, November 12
2007 “A Theoretical Examination of the Isomerization Pathways for HBrO3 Isomers,” 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, IL, March 28
2005 “An Ab Initio Study of the Hydrogen Abstraction Reaction of Methane by
Bromine Atoms and Bromine Monoxide Radicals,” American Chemical Society Southeast & Southwest Joint Regional Meeting (SERM/SWRM), Memphis, TN, November 3
2005 “An Ab Initio study of the Pathways for the Reaction between CH3O2 and BrO Radicals,” Tennessee State University Research Symposium, Nashville, TN, March 31
2001 “Bromine-Catalyzed Oxidation of Methane in the Earth’s Atmosphere: An Alternate Perspective,” International Congress of Chemistry and Environment Conference, Indore, India, December 16-18 (Presenter and Session Chair)
Student Presentations:
2011 J. C. Hardison III, A. Sledge, and S. Guha, “A Theoretical Investigation of the Structures, Vibrational Frequencies, and Relative Energies of HOX (X = H, F, Cl, Br) Species,” Celebrate Chemistry Day, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, March 24
2011 U. Sharma and S. Guha, “A Computational Study of Interstellar XPO and XNO (X = H, F, Cl, Br),” Celebrate Chemistry Day, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, March 24
2010 A. Sledge and S. Guha, “An Ab Initio Study of the Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Energetics of XPO (X = H, F, Cl, Br),” Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TLSAMP) Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, November 4
2009 M. Mesfin and S. Guha, “Theoretical Investigation of Interstellar Phosphaethyne,” Tennessee Academy of Science Middle Division Collegiate Meeting, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, April 18
Professional Associations:
American Chemical Society
Women in Science and Engineering
Manuscript Reviews:
2011 Chemical Physics Letters
2010 Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
2010 The 4th International Symposium on Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics: BMIC 2010
2006 Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
2006 Tetrahedron
2004 Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment
Book Review:
2010 “General Chemistry” by Johll, W. H. Freeman Publishing
Grants:
2010 Tennessee Board of Regents Access and Diversity Initiative Grant (with Dr. William Boadi) “Improving Academic Retention and Success among Women and Underrepresented Students in Chemistry at Tennessee State University,” $49,980
2010 Title III Administration and Institutional Development Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility (SAFRA) Grant, “The Institute for Green Chemistry at Tennessee State University,” $100,000 renewable for 5 years (not funded)
2010 National Science Foundation Grant, in Collaboration with A. Massari, “CRIF-MU: Cyber-Enabled Multi-User Laser Experiment” (pending)
2002 Rocky Mountain Technology Foundation Grant, in Collaboration with C. Hunnes, “Applications of the Fourier Transform NMR Across the Chemistry Curriculum,” $200,000
Community Outreach:
2011 Nashville’s 10th Annual Earth Day Festival, Centennial Park, Nashville, TN, April 23
2011 Nashville ACS Meeting at Biomimetic Therapeutics, Franklin, TN, January 24
2010 National Chemistry Week Activity, “World of Wizardry – Behind the Scenes with Chemistry,” Adventure Science Center, Nashville, TN, October 23
2010 Metro Nashville Public Schools 2010 Science District In-Service Day, Hunter’s Lane Comprehensive High School, Hunters Lane, TN, August 10
2010 Nashville’s 9th Annual Earth Day Festival, Centennial Park, Nashville, TN, April 17
2009 Chemistry Section Judge, Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) Middle Division Collegiate Meeting, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, April 18
2001 Scientific Judge, Big Sky Regional Science Bowl, Billings, MT
Publications:
Book
(1) S. Guha, Fundamentals of General Chemistry: Part I, Kendall Hunt Publishing, in progress.
Book Chapter
(1) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “Stratospheric Bromine Chemistry: Insights from Computational Studies,” in Computational Chemistry: Reviews of Current Trends, J. Leszczynski, ed., World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, vol. 3, pp. 75-148 (1999).
Refereed Articles
(1) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “An Ab Initio Study of the Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Energetics of AlSHX (where X = −1, 0, +1),” Astrophys. J., 671(2), 2159-2163 (2007).
(2) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “Bromine-Catalyzed Oxidation of Methane in the Earth’s
Atmosphere: An Alternate Perspective,” Res. J. Chem. Environ., 8(3), 11-14 (2004).
(3) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “An Ab Initio Study of the Pathways for the Reaction Between CH3O2 and BrO Radicals,” J. Chem. Phys., 118(4), 1779-1793 (2003).
(4) S. Parthiban, T. J. Lee, S. Guha, and J. S. Francisco, “Theoretical Study of Chlorine Nitrates: Implications for Stratospheric Chlorine Chemistry,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125(34), 10446-10458 (2003).
(5) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “A Theoretical Study of the Reaction of Hypochlorous Acid with the Bromite Ion,” Chem. Phys., 269, 179-187 (2001).
(6) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “An Ab Initio Study of the Hydrogen Abstraction Reaction of Methane by Bromine Atoms and Bromine Monoxide Radicals,” J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem), 573, 171-180 (2001).
(7) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “An Investigation of the Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Relative Energetics of CH3COBrO3 Isomers,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 105(18), 4495-4503 (2001).
(8) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “An Investigation of the Formation of OBrO Radicals from the HO + HOBrO Reaction,” Chem. Phys. Lett., 346(5-6), 497-502 (2001).
(9) S. Guha, Y. Li, and J. S. Francisco, “An Ab Initio Study of the Low-Lying Electronic Excited States of CH3OBr,” Chem. Phys. Lett., 330(1-2), 195-198 (2000).
(10) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “A Theoretical Examination of the Isomerization Pathways for HBrO3 Isomers,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 104(41), 9321-9327 (2000).
(11) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “The Isomerization of HOOBr to HOBrO,” Chem. Phys. Lett., 319(5-6), 650-654 (2000).
(12) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Relative Energetics of CH3BrO3 Isomers,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 3239-3245 (2000).
(13) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “An Examination of the Reaction Pathways for the HOOOBr and HOOBrO Complexes Formed from the HO2 + BrO Reaction,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 103(40), 8000-8007 (1999).
(14) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “A Theoretical Study of the Isomerization Pathways for HBrO2 Isomers,” Chem. Phys., 247, 387-394 (1999).
(15) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “Density-Functional Study of the Equilibrium Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Energetics of CH3OBr and CH3BrO,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 102(48), 9970-9974 (1998).
(16) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “A Density Functional Study of the Equilibrium Structure, Vibrational Spectrum, and Heat of Formation of Br2O3,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 102(33), 6702-6705 (1998).
(17) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Relative Energetics of HBrO3 Isomers,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 102(11), 2072-2079 (1998).
(18) S. Guha and J. S. Francisco, “A Density Functional Study of the Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Relative Energetics of XBrO2 Isomers (Where X = H, Cl, Br),” J. Phys. Chem. A, 101(29), 5347-5359 (1997).
In Preparation
(1) S. Guha, D. Soto, and J. S. Francisco, “An Ab Initio Study of the Equilibrium Structures,
Vibrational Spectra, and Energetic Properties of FPOX (where X = −1, 0, +1).”
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