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Cynthia McGowan
As Vice Provost of Academic Affairs my primary responsibility is advising the Provost on faculty issues. I am also a Professor of Chemistry having joined Merrimack College as an Associate Professor in 1993. Prior to Merrimack, I was a faculty member for ten years at Wellesley College and previously was a research scientist at the Polaroid Corporation in Cambridge MA. My teaching responsibilities have been Organic Chemistry, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Design, Polymer Chemistry, and I
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My research has incorporated microwave energy in the promotion of organic chemical reactions, with a principal emphasis on environmentally sustainable chemistry. In collaboration with Dr. Nicholas Leadbeater of the University of Connecticut, I have published an organic laboratory manual entitled “Clean, Fast Chemistry,” incorporated microwave experiments into the 5th edition of “Microscale Organic Laboratory” by Mayo, Pike and Forbes, as well as co-authored a number of chapters in books on sustainable chemistry. Also in collaboration with Dr. Leadbeater, I have recently completed an e-book laboratory manual, “Laboratory Experiments with Microwave Heating”, that utilizes microwave chemistry techniques across several chemistry disciplines.
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