Dr. Lucas Tucker

Email: ltucker@siena.edu

Educational Background

B.S., Chemistry, 2001- Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Graduate Education

Ph.D., 2007 - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Courses Taught

• General Chemistry I
  • CHEM 110 and associated lab
• General Chemistry II
  • CHEM 120 and associated lab
• Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 210 and associated lab
• Organic Chemistry II
  • CHEM 220 and associated lab

Research Interests

1. Photopolymeric materials
2. Liquid crystalline holography
3. Liquid crystalline photoresists
4. Chemical Education

Recent Publications

1. Organotin Hydride Reduction of Benzyl Bromides; Menapace, L. W., Loewenthal, M. B., Koscielecki, J., Tucker, L., Passaro L. C., Monalbano, R., Frick, A., Marrantino, J., Brunner, J.; Organometallics. 2002. 21(14). 3066-3068
2. Sequential Multiphoton Photopolymerization For Hologram Recording Using A Trithiocarbonate As A Raft Reagent. Tucker, L. and Sponsler, M. B. Polymer Preprints, 2005, 46(2), 395-396
3. Trithiocarbonate-Mediated Free Radical Photopolymerization: Improved Uniformity In Hologram Recording, Tucker, L. and Sponsler, M. B., Appl. Optics.2006, 45, 6973-6976
4. Holography via Liquid Crystalline Polymerization: The Effect of Various Additives. Tucker, L. and Sponsler, M. B. Polymer Preprints, 2006, 47(2), 523-524

Recent Oral Presentations

1. 2004, Rochester, N.Y. - North East Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. “New Liquid Crystalline Monomer for the Formation of Dynamic Holographic Gratings.
2. May 19, 2005, Buffalo, NY. - Graduate Student Symposium- "Sequential Multiphoton Photopolymerization Using Bis(carboxymethyl)trithiocarbonate Ethyl Ester as a Raft Reagent"
3. August 31, 2005,Washington DC-  American Chemical Society National Meeting- "Sequential Multiphoton Photopolymerization Using Bis(carboxymethyl)trithiocarbonate Ethyl Ester as a Raft Reagent"
4. September 10, 2006, San Francisco California-  American Chemical Society National Meeting- " Holography via Liquid Crystalline Polymerization: The Effect of Various Additives."