Ryan Simon, Ph. D.
Senior Instructor
Montgomery Hall, Room 217
P.O. Box 43700
Lafayette, LA 70504
ryansimon@louisiana.edu
Education:
Ph.D. in Analytical Polymer Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2005.
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 1999
Professional Career:
- 2013 - present: Instructor; Chemistry Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- 2011 - 2012: Adjunct Instructor; Chemistry Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- 2007 - 2012: Teacher; Chemistry, Physics, and Biology; Notre Dame High School; Crowley, Louisiana
- 2009 - 2010: Adjunct Instructor; Chemistry, South Louisiana Community College
- 2006: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Louisiana State University
- 2000 - 2005: Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry, Louisiana State University
Research Interests:
- Improving science education at the secondary and post secondary level
- Controlled polymer synthesis
- Polymer applications in 3D printed materials.
Publications:
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Jennifer B. Tran, Julia C. McCoy, Lori M. Bailey, Brody P. McDaniel, Ryan L. Simon, Barbara Marchetti, Tolga N. V. Karsili, An Affordable Set-Up for Studying Photochemistry in Action in Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories, J. Chem. Ed., 2020, accepted. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00354
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Simon, Ryan; Collins, Melissa E.; Spivak, David A. "Shape selectivity versus functional group pre-organization in molecularly imprinted polymers." Analytica Chimica Acta, (2007), 591(1), 7-16.
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Simon, R.; Spivak, D. “Performance Analysis of MIPs for Carboxylate and Aminophosphate Templates using Commercially Available Basic Functional Monomers”, Journal of Chromatography, B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences (2004), 804(1), 203-209.
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Spivak, D.; Simon, R.; Campbell, J. “Evidence of Shape Selectivity in Non-covalent Molecularly Imprinted Polymers”, Analytica Chimica Acta, (2004), 504(1), 23-30.
- Simon, R.; Houck, S.; Spivak, D. “Comparison of particle size and flow rate optimization for chromatography using OMNiMIPs versus traditional molecularly imprinted polymers”, Analytica Chimica Acta, (2005) 542, 104-110.
Student Organizations / Mentoring:
- American Chemical Society Student Chapter, Faculty Sponsor
- Ragin' Cajun Bass Masters, Faculty Sponsor