Appointment:	Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Address:	Department of Chemistry and Physics University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL 32224
Bldg/Office:	50/2716 (Research Lab 50/2712)
Phone:	904-620-2226
Fax:	904-620-1989
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Education:	B.Sc. - Youngstown State University, 1998 Ph.D. - Ohio State University, 2002

Teaching

Dr. Lufaso teaches Inorganic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, and General Chemistry I. For Fall 2008 Dr. Lufaso is teaching CHM3610C - Inorganic Chemistry and CHM2045C - General Chemistry I.

Research Interests

Dr. Lufaso's research is focused on the following areas in inorganic chemistry:

• Solid-state synthesis of new materials
• X-ray diffraction and crystal structure determination
• Structure-property relationships in inorganic oxides

For more information go to Dr. Lufaso's research group page.

Recent Publications

• M.W. Lufaso, W.A. Schulze, S.T. Misture, T.A. Vanderah, (2007). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. Accepted. "Crystal Structure, Magnetic, and Dielectric Properties of Aurivillius-type Bi3Fe0.5Nb1.5O9"
• M.W. Lufaso, S.J. Mugavero III, W.R. Gemmill, Y. Lee, T. Vogt, H.-C. zur Loye, (2007). Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 433(1-2), 91-96. "Pressure and Temperature Dependent Structural Studies of NdCrO3"
• M.B. Dewal, M.W. Lufaso, A.D. Hughes, S.A. Samuel, P. Pellechia, L. S. Shimizu. (2006). Chemistry of Materials. 18, 4855-4864. "Porous Organic Crystals that Reversibly Absorb Guests with Well-Defined Stoichiometry".
• T.A. Vanderah, M.C. Yeager, M.W. Lufaso, J.C. Nino (2006). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 4908-4914. Phase Formation and Properties in the Magnetic Dielectric System Bi2O3-Co2O3-x-Nb2O5.
• M.W. Lufaso, T.A. Vanderah, I.M. Pazos, I. Levin, R.S. Roth, J.C. Nino, V. Provenzano, P.K. Schenck. (2006). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 179, 3874-38884. "Phase Formation, Crystal Chemistry, and Properties in the Magnetic Dielectric System Bi2O3-Fe2O3-Nb2O5".