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Department(s):
School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health
Title(s):
Instructor
Area of Specialization

Photoswitchable molecules, secondary bonding interactions (SBIs), thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy

Office Location
HSB 311
Phone Number
Area of Expertise

Dr. Miranda Andrews (she/her) received her PhD in Chemistry from Texas Tech University where she studied photoswitchable molecules and their abilities to induce changes in other properties, including reactivity and secondary bonding interactions. This work with Dr. Anthony Cozzolino was very interdisciplinary, including Organic, Inorganic, Physical Chemistry principles as well as Spectroscopy. Her undergraduate degree (BS) in Chemistry has a concentration in Biochemistry and much more than a minor in Spanish from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Publications

Moaven, Shiva; Andrews, Miranda C.; Polaske, Thomas J.; Karl, Brian M.; Unruh, Daniel K.; Bosch, Eric; Bowling, Nathan P.; Cozzolino, Anthony F. “Triple-Pnictogen Bonding as a Tool for Supramolecular Assembly.” Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 23, 16227-16235.

Andrews, Miranda C. "Unconsciously done." C&EN. September 10, 2018: 29. Print.

Andrews, M. Crawford; Peng, Ping; Rajput, Amit; Cozzolino, Anthony Frank. “Modulation of the carboxamidine redox potential through photoinduced spiropyran or fulgimide isomerization.” Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2018, 17, 432-441.

Involvement

Dr. Andrews can usually be found at Admissions Open Houses and Family Weekends. During the summer, she also presents to students' families about tools for succeeding at the university level.

Lectures

During Summer and Winter orientation for incoming students and their families, Dr. Andrews presents about tools for academic success (Mindset and Metacognitive Strategies). As a graduate student, she gave several invited talks about implicit gender bias in STEM.

Teaching

Dr. Andrews has taught courses at UIS that include GOB (CHE 124 and 151), General Chemistry (CHE 141 and 143), and Organic Chemistry (CHE 267, 268, 269, and 271) courses. Additionally, she has taught the Chemistry Cooks (CHE 137 and 138) general education courses. She has also developed and taught Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab courses previously.