Faculty Profile
Sarah St. Angelo
(she/her/hers)Associate Professor of Chemistry (2006)
Contact Information
on sabbatical 2024-25
Stuart Hall - Rector Complex Room 2113
717-254-8957
Bio
Professor St. Angelo's training and research is in the interdisciplinary field of nanochemistry, particularly synthesis, characterization, and applications of metal, mixed metal, and metal oxide nanomaterials. Two ongoing projects in her research group involve developing catalytic nanomaterials for the degradation of pollutants in water. One project uses ultrasmall copper nanoparticles developed in her research lab in chemically mediated catalytic reactions, and another uses hybrid metal oxide and metal nanomaterials for photocatalytic oxidation reactions. Additionally, Professor St. Angelo has partnered with the College Farm on several collaborative course-based projects and student research projects. She regularly teaches Thermodynamics and Kinetics with Lab, Inorganic Chemistry with Lab, General Chemistry, and courses related to nanotechnology. She is also interested in the practice and teaching of scientific writing, communication of science with the public, course-based research, and ethics in science.
Education
- B.S., Denison University, 1997
- Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2004