ALEXANDRE H. PINTO, Ph.D.
Alexandre H. Pinto, also known as Alex Pinto is currently an Assistant Professor at Manhattan College (NY City), in the Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Formerly, he spent two years as a Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow and Faculty Member at Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY), where he led the group for Green Chemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials.
Alex got his PhD in Chemistry at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, advised by Prof. R Lee Penn, working on the synthesis of transition metal chalcogenides using microwave assisted reactions. Throughout his career, Alex has worked with the solution chemistry synthesis of transition metal oxides, selenides, and sulfides, and characterization by different techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman and Infrared Spectroscopies, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy.
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Since starting his independent career, Alex has worked on the application of Green and Materials Chemistry concepts to solve environmental problems, such as remediation of wastewater contaminated by organic pollutants via photocatalysis and solid-liquid adsorption, and development of transition metal oxides for less expensive catalysis of organic reactions.
EDUCATION
2014 - 2017
Ph.D. in Chemistry
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
2012 - 2014
M.S. in Chemistry
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
2011 - 2012
M.S. in Physical Chemistry
Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos - Brazil
2006 - 2010
Bachelors Degree in Chemistry
Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos - Brazil
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT MEMBERS
Anthony DiBernardo
(Ithaca College Biochem ' 19)
Jeff Taylor
(Ithaca College Chem ' 19)
Jeff is a junior student majoring in Chemistry, from Chicago, IL. He has been in the group during Summer 2018, working on the thermodynamic aspects of the methylene blue adsorption of chitosan.
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Contact: jatylor11@ithaca.edu
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Andrew Skinner
(Ithaca College Biochem ' 19)
Anthony is a junior student majoring in Biochemistry, from Fairport, NY. He has been in the group during Summer 2018. Anthony has worked on the preparation of composites of Graphene Oxide-ZnO.
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Contact: adibernardo@ithaca.edu
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Andrew is a junior student majoring in Biochemistry, from Maryland. He has been in the group since January 2018. Since then, Andrew has worked on the preparation of composites of Graphene Oxide-ZnO.
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Contact: askinner@ithaca.edu
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Julian Kellner-Rogers
(Ithaca College Chem ' 19)
Julian is a junior student majoring in Chemistry, from Ithaca-NY. He has been in the group since August 2017. Since then, Julian has worked on the physical-chemical aspects involved on the effect of temperature in the adsorption of textile dyes onto the natural polymer chitosan.
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Contact: jkellnerrogers@ithaca.edu
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