Chemistry

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Angeliki (Diane) Rigos

Associate Professor

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Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; BA, Cornell University

Courses taught:

  • General Chemistry I & II
  • Physical Chemistry I & II

Research Interests

Ab Initio density functional theory calculations of chromium oxide surfaces and their reactivity in the presence of a solvent; calculations of heme protein low frequency modes measured by femtosecond coherence spectroscopy

Selected Publications

  • A.A. Rigos and K. Salemme, “Photochemistry and Pinhole Photography: an Interdisciplinary Experiment”, J. Chem. Ed. 1999, 76, 736A.
  • J.A. Cline, A.A. Rigos and T.A. Arias, “Ab Initio Study of Magnetic Structure and Chemical Reactivity of Cr2O3 and its (0001) Surface”, J. of Phys. Chem B 2000, 104, 6195.