My research is mainly pedagogical in nature, is focused on promoting green chemistry and sustainability education in the real world. My overall vision is to raise awareness of green and sustainable principles and practices within the campus community. I am engaging students in a broad, interdisciplinary manner that will enable them to apply their education to their everyday lives on and off campus and also in their personal and professional worlds. I am also striving to leverage student efforts at promoting the long-term sustainability of the campus community. My specific goals include:
- developing undergraduate organic chemistry experiments that focus on green chemistry principles;
- designing advanced-level courses that promote green and sustainability principles; and
- identifying and chartering green and sustainable projects on campus.
Courses:
- CHEM 1351 (Green Chemistry and Sustainability) Lecture
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CHEM 0111, CHEM 0112 (General Chemistry-I, II),聽Lecture and Lab
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CHEM 0231, CHEM 0232 (Organic Chemistry-I, II), Lecture and Lab
Education & Training
- BSc Kanpur University, India
- MSc Indian Institute of Technology, India
- MS The Ohio State University
- PhD (1999) The Ohio State University
Representative Publications
- 鈥淎 Vision for Green and Sustainable Citizenship Education at the 日本一级片 at Johnstown鈥� Nigam M. published by Elsevier entitled 鈥淚ntegrating Green and Sustainability Principles into Education鈥�, 2019.
- 鈥淪ynthesis of substituted N-phenylmaleimides and use in a Diels-Alder reaction: A green multi-step synthesis for an undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory鈥� Bastin, L.; Nigam, M.; Martinus, M.; Maloney, J.; Benyack, L.; Gainer, B. Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2019, Vol. 12, NO. 2, 127鈥�135.
- 鈥淎za-Michael Reaction for an Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory鈥� Nigam, M.; Rush, B.; Patel, J.; Castillo, R.; Dhar, P. Journal of Chemical Education, 2016, 93, 753鈭�756.
- 鈥淒eveloping a Holistic Understanding of Hybridization and Resonance in the Classroom鈥� Nigam M.; A Case Study is published in National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, April 2016.
- 鈥淕reen Carbonyl Condensation Reactions Demonstrating Solvent and Organocatalyst Recyclability鈥� Stacey, J.; Dicks, A.; Goodwin, A. Rush, B.; Nigam, M. Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, 1067-1070.
- 鈥淚mpact of Metal Ions in Nutrition: How a Student Seminar is Catalyzing Change among Students, Faculty and Society in a Small Town of Northern India鈥� Kumar, S.; Gupta, V.; Nigam, M. Chapter is published in American Chemical Society Symposium Series titled 鈥淯sing Food to Stimulate Interest in the Chemistry Classroom鈥�, December 2012