Michael W. Lufaso

I obtained a BS in Chemistry from Youngstown State University in 1998. I completed a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 2002. My research advisor was Professor Patrick Woodward and my research at that time focused on the development of a software program (SPuDS) to calculate the crystal structures of perovskites. Following graduate school I spent two years as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg MD, where I worked with Dr. Terrell Vanderah. I then held a postdoctoral position with Professor Hanno zur Loye at the University of South Carolina, before starting at the University of North Florida in Fall 2006.

At the University of North Florida I have taught a variety of courses:  General Chemistry I, General Chemistry I Laboratory, General Chemistry II, General Chemistry II Laboratory, Honors General Chemistry II, Inorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Senior Seminar in Chemistry, and Chemical Research.
 

I served as chair and councilor of the Jacksonville section of the American Chemical Society (www.jaxacs.org). I have served as a grant proposal reviewer for the following organizations: American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Department of Energy and as a beamtime proposal for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  I serve as a peer reviewer for 30 academic journals and have reviewed 172 manuscripts.
 

My research group is interested in the synthesis and characterization of new solid-state inorganic materials and in fundamental structure/property relationships of solid state oxides, including technically important electronic, energy, and sensors applications. More details can be found on this webpage.