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Peter Gittins, Ph.D.
Office location:
Hoffman Hall #313
Mailing Address:
Saint Mary's University
of Minnesota
700 Terrace Heights #14
Winona, MN 55987-1399
507-457-6935
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Peter Gittins is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
Dr Gittins currently teaches the Organic Chemistry part of the curriculum, as well as being engaged in student research activities. He has taught a number of other courses at Saint Mary's including Physical Chemistry lecture and lab, the general education chemistry course for non-science majors, World of Materials in addition to being an instructor for the General Chemistry laboratory course. His research interests involves the synthesis and application of dendritic macromolecules, particularly in the field of biomimetics. Other scholarly interests include the use of computer technology in chemistry education.
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Courses Recently Taught at SMU
World Materials
General Chemistry Lab I
Physical Chemistry I
Physical Chemistry II
Chemistry Research
Professional Organizations
American Chemical Society
Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges
Council on Undergraduate Research
Royal Society of Chemistry
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, 2005
MChem., Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 2000
Teaching Experience
2005 to Present: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
2005-2006: Adjunct Faculty, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2002-2003: Instructor, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
2001-2004: Graduate Teaching Assistant: Chemistry Department, University of Sheffield, UK
Honors
2000-2003: EPSRC Studentship
1999: Hyperbranched Polymers as Soluble Supports for Organic Synthesis-Regional Winner
1998: Light Emitting Polymeric Matherials-Regional Winner
1996: Xaverian Prize for Chemistry |
Publications
Synthesis of a Multi-Porphyrin Hyperbranched Polyester, Gittins, P. J., Gustafson, J., Twyman, L., Polymer, J., 2006
Synthesis of a Porphyrin Cored Hyperbranched Polyester Polymer, Gittins, P. J., Twyman, L., 2005
Postsynthetic Modification at the Focal Point of a Hyperbranched Polymer, Gittins, P.J., Twyman 1646-1647, 2005
Total Core Functionalisation of a Hyperbranched Polymer, Gittins, P.J., Aston, J., Ge, Y., Twyman, L.J., Macromolecules, 37, 7428-7431, 2004
Dendrimers and Supramolecular Chemistry, Gittins, P.J., Twyman, L.J., Supramolecular Chemistry, 15, 5-23, 2003
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