Neal M. Abrams
Assistant Professor

Chemical Education and Inorganic Chemistry

422 Jahn Laboratory
470-4723
nmabrams@esf.edu

• General Chemistry Lab
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Education

• B.S., 2000, Ithaca College
• Ph.D., 2005, The Pennsylvania State University
• Postdoctoral researcher, 2005 - 2007, Cornell University
• Lecturer, 2006 – 2007, Cornell University

Research Interests

Neal Abrams’s interests lie in the areas of materials and inorganic chemistry, encompassing areas of alternative energies such as energy storage, photovoltaics, and fuel cells. Many issues in these research areas have been dominated by engineering solutions and rarely by chemistry applications. Dr. Abrams plans to explore new low-temperature synthesis routes for solid-state materials as well explore areas of energy storage and delivery for fuel cell applications.

On the education side, Dr. Abrams has a long history of teaching and education, including high school, college, and various forms of community outreach. As the instructor for General Chemistry labs at ESF, he is introducing interactive, guided inquiry experiments to the laboratory. These laboratory experiences help develop critical thinking and organizational skills, essential for first-year students. Dr. Abrams also plans to become an active member of the Outreach community in Greater Syracuse.

Selected Publications

• Self-assembled colloidal crystals: Visualizing atomic crystal chemistry using microscopic analogues of inorganic solids. Abrams, N.M.; Schaak, R. E. J. Chem. Ed. 2005, 82, 450-452.
• Increasing the conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized TiO2 photoelectrochemical cells by coupling to photonic crystals. Halaoui, L. I.; Abrams, N.M.; Mallouk, T.E. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 6334-6342.
• Standing wave enhancement of red absorbance and photocurrent in dye-sensitized titanium dioxide photoelectrodes coupled to photonic crystals. Nishimura, S.; Abrams, N.; Lewis, B. A.; Halaoui, L. I.; Mallouk, T. E.; Benkstein, K.D.; van de Lagemaat, J.; Frank, A. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6306-6310.

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