Rajiv S. Soman
Professor
Department Head
rajiv.soman@uc.edu
Office: Science Building, Room 405
Tel: 513-556-4250

Education:

Ph.D. (Analytical Chemistry), Northeastern University, Boston
M.Sc. (Applied Chemistry), Faculty of Technology and Engineering, M.S. University of Baroda, India
B.Sc. with Honours, (Chemistry – major, Physics – minor), Bombay University, India

Honors & Awards:

Who’s Who Among Americas Teachers 2002, 2000
Faculty Appreciation Award, from Student Tribunal, OCAS 2002
Certificate of Appreciation, SERRC, Ohio Dept. of Education (ODE) 2001. For dedicated contributions to “CONNECTIONS…” An Early Childhood Education Curriculum Framework for Continuity Teaching and Learning for Ohio’s Children Age 3 to Grade 3
Excellence in Teaching Award, NTSA, OCAS 2000
Teacher of the Year Award, OCAS, University of Cincinnati 1998
Honorary Inductee – Scepter Society, OCAS, University of Cincinnati 1998,1997 (In recognition of contributions to the students of OCAS above and beyond the call of duty)
Academic Achievement Award, Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society (OCAS) 1997

Research Interests:

Atomic and Mass Spectrometry, Environmental Science and Chemical Education

Recent Publications:

1] Li Yuan, Salil Bhatt, Gregory Beaucage, Vadim V. Guliants, Sergey Mamedov, Rajiv S. Soman, "Novel Mesoporous Mixed Nb-M (M= V, Mo and Sb) Oxides for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane," Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 23250-23254 (2005).

2] Richard T. Wilburn, Anne P. Vonderheide, Rajiv S. Soman and Joseph A. Caruso, "Speciation of Selenium in the Mushroom Boletus edulis by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry with a Collision Cell," Applied Spectroscopy, 58, 10, 1251-1255 (2004).

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