Richard G. Blair Research Group

Research Group Members

Professor Richard G. Blair

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

Interests:
Synthesis of Inorganic Materials with an eye on applications in aerospace, optics and chemical feedstock. Examination of the kinetics and mechanism of solid-solid reactions. Development of Forensic analytical methods related to single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction.

Graduate Students

David Restrepo
B.S. - Chemistry; University of Central Florida, 2008

Undergraduate Students

Juan Alarcón
Savitre Geeratisoontorn
Carolin Griebel
Krisia Rosario
Joshua Truitt

Postdoctoral Scholars

Sandra M. Hick

Visiting Scientists

Jagriti Sharma, Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi, India)
Joshua Truitt (Graduated UCF 2007, B.S. Chemistry-ACS)

Contact Information

Dr. Richard G. Blair
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Forensic Science
University of Central Florida, Department of Chemistry
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
P.O. Box 162366
Orlando, FL 32816-2366

Phone:      407-823-0639
Fax:           407-823-2252
E-mail:      rblair@mail.ucf.edu