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Carol A. Parish Professor of Chemistry Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond, 29 Westhampton Way, Richmond, Virginia 23173 cparish@richmond.edu , (804) 484-1548 FAX (804) 287-1897 Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Purdue University, 1994 B.S. Chemistry, Indiana Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 1988

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Research Interests

• Summary of Research Projects
• Research Group Members – Photos of current students and alums as well as honors and awards these students have achieved.
• Parish Curriculum Vitae
• Undergraduate Research Philosophy

• Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational ChemistRY (MERCURY)
• Our Beowulf Clusters – See our two supercomputer systems that we have built with off-the shelf PC processors and a recent rack addition

• Lab Photos
• Research Group Action Photos!

Courses Taught at the University of Richmond

• Chemistry 309 -- Physical Chemistry I / Thermodynamics and Kinetics
• Chemistry 310 -- Physical Chemistry II / Quantum Mechanics
• Chemistry 141 -- Introductory Chemistry

Courses Taught at Hobart and William Smith Colleges:

• Chemistry 110 -- Molecules That Matter
• Chemistry 320 -- Physical Chemistry I / Thermodynamics and Kinetics
• Chemistry 322 -- Physical Chemistry II / Quantum Mechanics
• First Year Seminar 015 -- The Triumph of Discovery: The Lives, Times and Works of the Nobel Laureates

Education Interests

• University of Richmond Chemistry Department Seminar Series
• HWS Laboratory Curriculum Reform: Collaborative Laboratory Exercises that Bridge Traditional Chemistry Courses
• HWS Science Writing Colleague Program
• HWS Teacher/Scholar Fellowship
• HWS Students meet Nobel Prize Laureates!!!!
• Council on Undergraduate Research
• Sigma Xi
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities External to UR

Other Useful Links

• American Chemical Society

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