Photoswitchable molecules, secondary bonding interactions (SBIs), thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy
Dr. Miranda Andrews (she/her) received her PhD in Chemistry from Texas Tech University where she studied photoswitchable molecules and their abilities to induce changes in other properties, including reactivity and secondary bonding interactions. This work with Dr. Anthony Cozzolino was very interdisciplinary, including Organic, Inorganic, Physical Chemistry principles as well as Spectroscopy. Her undergraduate degree (BS) in Chemistry has a concentration in Biochemistry and much more than a minor in Spanish from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Babak Tahmouresilerd, Jinchun Qiu, Gary C. George III, Vivian Woh, Miranda C. Andrews, Shiva Moaven, Daniel K. Unruh, Kristin M. Hutchins, and Anthony F. Cozzolino “Combining Molecular Motion with a 2,6-Diiodo BODIPY to Engineer Highly Anisotropic Thermomechanical Properties in Organic Binary and Ternary Molecular Materials.” Crystal Growth & Design 2024 24 (7), 2864-2872
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01521
Moaven, Shiva; Andrews, Miranda C.; Polaske, Thomas J.; Karl, Brian M.; Unruh, Daniel K.; Bosch, Eric; Bowling, Nathan P.; Cozzolino, Anthony F. “Triple-Pnictogen Bonding as a Tool for Supramolecular Assembly.” Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 23, 16227-16235.
Andrews, Miranda C. "Unconsciously done." C&EN. September 10, 2018: 29. Print.
Andrews, M. Crawford; Peng, Ping; Rajput, Amit; Cozzolino, Anthony Frank. “Modulation of the carboxamidine redox potential through photoinduced spiropyran or fulgimide isomerization.” Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2018, 17, 432-441.
Dr. Andrews can usually be found at Admissions Open Houses and Family Weekends. During the summer, she also presents to students' families about tools for succeeding at the university level.
During Summer and Winter orientation for incoming students and their families, Dr. Andrews presents about tools for academic success (Mindset and Metacognitive Strategies). As a graduate student, she gave several invited talks about implicit gender bias in STEM.
Dr. Andrews has taught courses at UIS that include GOB (CHE 124 and 151), General Chemistry (CHE 141 and 143), and Organic Chemistry (CHE 267, 268, 269, and 271) courses. Additionally, she has taught the Chemistry Cooks (CHE 137 and 138) general education courses. She has also developed and taught Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab courses previously.