Loyola University Chicago

Department of Physics

Sherita Moses, Ph.D.

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Office:             304, Cudahy Science Building

Phone:            773-508-3527

Fax:                773-508-3534

Email:             smoses1@luc.edu

Joined Loyola in 2016.

 

Education:

BS, Medical Technology, Andrews University

MS, Management/Administration, Andrews University

MS, Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville

PhD, Applied Physics, Concentration in Optics, Alabama A&M University

US Patent for Aura-bosphora (https://www.luc.edu/cas/stories/archive/breastcancertreatment10-24-17.shtml).

 

United States Marine Corps Veteran

 

Courses:

College Physics I, College Physics II, College Physics Laboratory I & II, General Physics Lab II, Phys 126F Freshman Project, Phys 338 Intermediate Physics Lab

 

Research Interests:

Gold nanoparticles as a drug delivery system for plant extracts to affect cytotoxicity in triple negative breast cancer and other disease states.  Transmission electron microscopy, UV-Visible Spectroscopy, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy characterizations of noble metal nanoparticles.