Austen E. Moss
University of North Texas
Chemistry
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Education

PhD, University of North Texas, 2021.
Major: Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
BS, University of Texas at Dallas, 2016.
Major: Biochemistry

Professional Positions

Professional
Lecturer, University of North Texas Department of Chemistry. (August 1, 2022 – Present).
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, UNT. (January 2022 – August 2022).
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, UNT. (January 2022 – August 2022).
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, UNT. (January 2022 – August 2022).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
CHEM 1410, General Chemistry for Science Majors, 20 courses.
CHEM 1420, General Chemistry for Science Majors, 2 courses.
CHEM 2370, Organic Chemistry I, 11 courses.
CHEM 2380, Organic Chemistry II, 5 courses.
CHEM 2900, Introduction to Chemical Research, 1 course.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Conference Proceeding
Wang, H., Hu, Y., Moss, A. E., Arvidson, J., Jang, Y., Alsaleh, A., D'Souza, F. (2023). $\Pi$-Extended Porphyrins: Fusion of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Porphyrins. Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 243. (14), 1357--1357.
Journal Article
Washburn, S., Kaswan, R. R., Shaikh, S., Moss, A. E., D’Souza, F., Wang, H. (2023). Excited-State Charge Transfer in Push--Pull Platinum (II) $\pi$-Extended Porphyrins Fused with Pentacenequinone. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 127(43), 9040--9051. American Chemical Society.
Moss, A. E., Jang, Y., Arvidson, J., Wang, H., D'Souza, F. (2023). Highly Coupled Heterobicycle-Fused Porphyrin Dimers –Excitonic Coupling and Charge Separation with Coordinated Fullerene, C60.
Moss, A. E., Jang, Y., Arvidson, J., Nesterov, V. N., D'Souza, F., Wang, H. (2022). Aromatic heterobicycle-fused porphyrins: impact on aromaticity and excited state electron transfer leading to long-lived charge separation. Chemical Science. 13(34), 9880--9890. Royal Society of Chemistry.
Moss, A. E., Nevonen, D. E., Hu, Y., Nesterov, V. N., Nemykin, V., Wang, H. (2022). Unsymmetrical Pentacene- and Pentacenequinone-Fused Porphyrins: Understanding the Effect of Cross- and Linear-Conjugation.
Hu, Y., Thomas, M. B., Weber, W. A., Moss, A. E., Jinadasa, W. R., Nesterov, V. N., D'Souza, F., Wang, H. (2020). Bisporphyrin-Fused Pentacenes Exhibiting Abnormal High Stability.
Moss, A. E., Zhou, Z., Jiang, L., Vicente, G., Wang, H. (2020). Synthesis of highly water soluble tetrabenzoporphyrins and their application toward photodynamic therapy.

Presentations Given

Poster

Moss, A. E. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 11 (ICPP-11), Pentacenequinone-Fused and Pentacene-Fused Porphyrins, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Awards and Honors

Ed and Julia Hodges Memorial Scholarship, University of North Texas. (May 2020 – Present).

1st Place Poster Presentation, UNT Department of Chemistry. (April 2020 – Present).

Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Chemistry, University of North Texas. (March 2020 – Present).

Service

University Service

Program Coordinator, Organic Chemistry Peer-Led Team Learning Coordinator. (August 1, 2023 – Present).

Program Coordinator, Organic Division Coordinator. (August 1, 2023 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, Undergraduate Advisor for the Department of Chemistry. (August 1, 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Grade and Academic Integrity Appeals Committee. (2022 – August 1, 2023).

Other, Poster Presenter at Graduate Student Visitation Weekends. (2019 – 2021).

Committee Member, Welch Chair Search Committee Member. (2019 – 2020).