Deck Group

Prof. Paul A. Deck

• B.S. in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude and First in Class, from Hope College (Holland, Michigan), 1987
• Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Minnesota with Paul G. Gassman, 1993
• NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Northwestern University with Tobin J. Marks, 1993-1995
• Joined Virginia Tech Faculty in 1995 as Assistant Professor.
• NSF Career Award, 1998
• Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award, 1998
• Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2001.
• Alan F. Clifford Faculty Service Award, 2007.
• Named Graduate Program Director in the Chemistry Department, 2007.

Current Group Members

• Brian S. Hickory, from St. Louis, Missouri. M.S. from Northwestern University.
• Jessica Price Evans, from Tazewell, Virginia. B.S. from Berea College.
• Charles S. Carfagna, from Cleveland, Ohio. B.S. from John Carroll University.
• Sangamitra Sen, from Calcutta, India. B.S. from the University of Calcutta.
• Daniel C. Ashley, a senior undergraduate.
• Joseph S. Casola, a junior undergraduate.

Former Group Members

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Collaborators

• W. Gary Hollis, Professor of Chemistry, Roanoke College
• Kyle Felling, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Central Arkansas
• Rolfe Herber, Professor of Physics, Hebrew University (Jerusalem)