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Overview
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Dr.
Niemczyk graduated from the University of Buffalo in 1968 with
a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. He continued his education
at Columbia University where he received a Ph.D. in Chemistry
in 1972. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Niemczyk attended
Westminster Theological Seminary for one year. He then went
on to teach organic chemistry at Grinnell College in 1974. He
began teaching at Wheaton in 1975 where he currently teaches
organic, advanced organic, and general chemistry courses. He
has done research at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern
University. Currently, he conducts research with an inorganic
chemistry group at the University of Chicago.
In 1973, Dr. Niemczyk married Cassandra. They have two children,
Elizabeth and Benjamin, who attended Wheaton College. In 1998,
he and his wife moved to Hyde Park in Chicago to help start
a church.
Besides chemistry, Dr. Niemczyk enjoys classical music, reading
about professional baseball, watching good motion pictures,
and collecting seashells. He was once a DJ for WETN, the Wheaton
College radio station. Perhaps most important, being a product
of the state of New York and the city of Buffalo, he is both
a Buffalo Bills and a New York Yankees fan.
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- General Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Advanced
Organic Chemistry
- Applications
of Chemistry
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Membership in Professional Societies
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- American
Chemical Society
- Midwest Association
of Chemistry Teachers at Liberal Arts Colleges (MACTLAC)
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Research
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- Individual:
Synthesis of molecules that exhibit photochemical electron
transfer, including porphyrins, perylenes, chlorophylls,
bipyridines, and condensed
aromatics.
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- Gosztola, D.J.,
Niemczyk, M.P., Svec, W.A., Lukas, A.S., and Wasielewski,
M.R., 2000. Excited Doublet States of Electronically Generated
Aromatic Imide and Diimide Radical Anions. J. Phys. Chem.
A, 104: 6545.
- Chen, Lin X.,
Jeger, W.J.H., Gosztola, D.J., Niemczyk, M.P., and Wasielewski,
M.R., 2000. Ionochromic Effects and Structure of Metal Ion
Bound Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) Polymers Incorporating 2,2'-Bipyridines.
J. Phys. Chem. B, 104: 1950.
- Wiederrecht,
G.P., Niemczyk, M.P., Svec, W.A., and Wasielewski, M.R.,
1999. Photorefractivity in Nematic Liquid Crystals Doped
with a Conjugated Polymer: Mechanisms for Enhanced Charge
Transport. Chem. Mater. 11: 1409.
- Gosztola, D.
J., Niemczyk, M. P, and Wasielewski, M. R., 1998. Picosecond
Molecular Switch Based on Bidirectional Inhibition of Photoinduced
Electron Transfer using Photogenerated Electric Fields.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120: 5118.
- Wasielewski,
M. R., Wiederecht, G. P., Svec, W. A., and Niemczyk, M.
P.,1995. Chlorin-Based Supramolecular Assemblies for Artificial
Photosynthesis. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells,
38: 127.
- O'Neil, M. P.,
Niemczyk, M. P., Svec, W. A., Gosztola, D. J., and Wasielewski,
M. R., 1992. Picosecond Optical Switching Based on Biphotonic
Excitation of an Electron Donor- Acceptor-Donor Molecule.
Science, 257: 63.
Faculty continued: Dr.Peter Walhout
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