Qing Du

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Instructor, Chemistry

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Primary Phone: 307.778.1129

Office: Cheyenne Campus, SC 125A

qduFREElccc.wy.edu

 

Degree Information:

Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Lule氓 University of Technology, Sweden, 1997.
Ph.D. Environmental Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Academia Sinica, China, 1997.
M.S. Environmental Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Academia Sinica, China, 1993.
B.S. Chemistry, Ocean University of China, China, 1990.

Job Duties:

Dr. Du has been a full-time chemistry instructor at Laramie County Community College since 2007. She teaches Intro to Chemistry and General Chemistry I & II courses in various course delivery methods: face-to-face, hybrid and online.

About:

Dr. Qing Du received her B.S. in chemistry from Ocean University of China, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in environmental chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica, Beijing), and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Lule氓 University of Technology (Sweden). Her Ph.D. dissertation is entitled 鈥淪urface complexation in natural particle suspensions,鈥 and she has coauthored several articles on the topic of particulate adsorption of heavy metals in aquatic systems.

Before coming to 怡春院视频, she completed a postdoctoral research project at Boise State University and taught chemistry and mathematics for four years at Wyoming鈥檚 Gillette College. She is married and has two children. She has traveled extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia with various family members over the past two and a half decades. In her spare time, she likes to hike, read and spend quality time with her husband and children.

Professional Memberships:

  • Member of American Chemical Society

Publications:

  1. Ph.D. dissertation: Surface complexation in natural particle suspensions.
  2. Licentiate thesis: Surface complexation in illite/water suspensions.
  3. Master's thesis: Surface complexation model for the adsorption of heavy metals on natural sediments.
  4. Bachelor's thesis: The adsorption of heavy metals on bentonite.