Laura Sremaniak
Teaching Professor, Associate Department Head
American Association of University Women, Dissertation Fellow
Cox Hall 604D
Education
B.S. Chemistry University of South Carolina 1991
Ph.D. Chemistry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1996
Area(s) of Expertise
Fundamental studies of surface and interfacial phenomena are important to the understanding of the properties of materials and of catalytic processes. The major focus of our research program is the development and application of theoretical methods to determine the structure and reactivity of molecules adsorbed on solid surfaces with emphasis on electronic materials and heterogeneous catalysis. The structure of adsorbed molecules, dissociative chemisorption and surface reactions of coadsorbed species on metals and semiconductor surfaces are treated using first-principles theory.