BIO
Professor Erin Speetzen began working for UW-Stevens Point as an associate professor in chemistry in 2011. She is proud of how deeply the department staff cares for students, both in and outside of the classroom. Speetzen’s research interest is Computational Quantum Chemistry Intra- and Intermolecular Forces in Supramolecular Assembly.
TEACHING HONORS
- Overend Award for Graduate Research in Physical Chemistry, 2007
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C)
PUBLICATIONS
Kehoe, Z. R.; Woller, G. R.; Speetzen, E. D.; Lawrence, J. B.; Bosch, E.; Bowling, N. P. (2018). Effects of Halogen and Hydrogen Bonding on the Electronics of a Conjugated Rotor. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83, 6142 – 6150. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.8b01064?src=recsys&
Speetzen, E. D.; Leverentz, H. R.; Lin, H.; Truhlar, D. G. (2011). Electrostatically Embedded Many Body Expansion for Large Systems Accurate Condensed-Phase Quantum Chemistry. Accurate Condensed-Phase Quantum Chemistry; Editor, F. Manby; Computation in Chemistry; CRC Press. Publication date: July 15.
BEST PIECE OF ADVICE?
Focus on what you can control.