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ADDRESS
Kennesaw State University
Department of Chemistry
1000 Chastain Road
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
Phone: 770-423-6159
FAX:
770-423-6774
e-mail: lcombs@ksumail.kennesaw.edu |
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EMPLOYMENT
- 1962-1964 Polymer Chemist, Devoe & Reynolds Paint Co., Louisville, KY
- 1964-1967 Full-Time Graduate Student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- 1967-1992 Mississippi State University.
From Assistant Professor to Professor of Chemistry and Physics
Head of Chemistry from 1981-1989
Founder and Director of University/Industry Chemical Research
Center(1982-1989).
- 1992-present Kennesaw State University.
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and
Founder of the Center for Industrial Collaboration
- 1977-78 Visiting Professor of Quantum Chemistry at the
University of Uppsala , Sweden.
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RESEARCH
- Quantum chemistry and statistical mechanics. Over 100 publications
and papers presented.
- Web-Based Instruction.
- Generated over $3M in outside grants and contracts.
KSU Grants:
- Co-pi on NSF-NLI grant to purchase a NMR spectrometer and
integrate NMR spectroscopy into the undergraduate education
program at KSU.
- Co-pi on NASA grant to develop a method to predict the conditions
under which proteins will crystallize and studying the relationships
between solubility and second virial coefficient.
- Co-pi on a NSF grant to develop mathematical modules for teaching
mathematics using chemistry and biology examples.
- Co-pi on a NSF grant to use molecular modeling throughout
the chemistry curriculum.
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