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Prof. Stephen Drucker
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Stephen Drucker, Ph.D.

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Professor
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College of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Contact Information

Office
Phillips 449
105 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Phone
715-836-5390
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Curriculum Vitae
Education

Education

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Robert Field, mentor)
  • Ph.D., Harvard University (William Klemperer, mentor)
  • A.M., Harvard University
  • B.S. in Chemistry with Highest Distinction, University of Virginia
Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching: General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry

Research:

  • Spectroscopy of Molecular Triplet Species
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Current funding of $334,554 (NSF Research in Undergraduate Institutions Program Award, 2020-25) 
Published Research

Published Research

Recently:

Sean W. Parsons*, Piyush Mishra, Devon C. Hucek*, David F. Plusquellic, Timothy S. Zwier, and Stephen Drucker, Jet-Cooled Phosphorescence Excitation Spectrum of the T1(n,π*)–S0 Transition in 4H-Pyran-4-one, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 127, p. 3636 (2023). [open access]

Anna G. Sessions*, Michael P. McDonnell*, Drew A. Christianson*, and Stephen Drucker, Triplet and Singlet (n,π*) Excited States of 4H‐Pyran-4-one Characterized by Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy and Quantum-Chemical Calculations, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 123, p. 6269 (2019).

*undergraduate coauthor

Honors And Recognition

Honors And Recognition

  • Dreyfus Foundation Faculty Startup Award for Undergraduate Institutions, 1998
  • Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2006
  • UW-Eau Claire Chemistry Professor of the Year, 2003 and 2017
  • UW-Eau Claire Excellence in Scholarship Award, 2024