IRACDA Scholar: Ethan Raffman, Ph.D.
Ethan Raffman
PhD: Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
IRACDA Placement: Department of Chemistry
Email: ethan.raffman@stonybrook.edu
I received my undergraduate education at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, where I double-majored in history and chemistry. Undergraduate research allowed me to find my passion for organometallic chemistry, using metals to enable new transformations of organic molecules. I achieved my PhD at University of California, Irvine, developing new reactions using nickel catalysis. In addition to my passion for teaching, I have been active in the lab safety community, including leading the UCI graduate safety team. My current research is using light as an energy source to change and manipulate the structure of organic molecules. We use single-molecule titanium complexes to capture the light and turn it into chemical energy.
Why I chose to join Stony Brook IRACDA : I want to pursue a career as tenure-track faculty at a primarily undergraduate institution. The IRACDA program will help me pursue both my research and teaching goals, giving me the foundation needed to succeed in my future career.