Aubrecht, K. B. Teaching Relevant Climate Change Topics in Undergraduate Chemistry
Courses: Motivations, Student Misconceptions, and Resources, Curr. Opin. Green Sustain. Chem. 2018, 13, 44-49. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.03.008)
Aubrecht, K. B.; Padwa, L.; Shen, X.; Bazargan, G. Development and Implementation
of a Series of Laboratory Field Trips for Advanced High School Students To Connect
Chemistry to Sustainability. J. Chem. Educ. 2015, 92, 631-637. (DOI: 10.1021/ed500630f)
Yang, R.; Su, Y. Aubrecht, K. B.; Wang, X.; Ma, H.; Grubbs, R. B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Chu,
B. Thiol Functionalized Chitin Nanofibers for As(III) Adsorption. Polymer 2015, 60, 9-17. (DOI:10.1016/j.polymer.2015.01.025)
Yang, R.; Aubrecht, K. B.; Ma, H. Wang, R.; Grubbs, R. B.; Hsiao, B. S.; Chu, B. Thiol-modified
Cellulose Nanofibrous Composite Membranes for Chromium (VI) and Lead (II) Adsorption. Polymer 2014, 55, 1167-1176. (DOI:10.1016/j.polymer.2014.01.043)
Cai, Y.; Aubrecht, K. B.; Grubbs, R. B. Thermally-induced Changes in Amphiphilicity
Drive Reversible Restructuring of Assemblies of ABC Triblock Copolymers with Statistical
Polyether Blocks. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011,133, 1058.(DOI: 10.1021/ja109262h)
Robert, J. L.; Aubrecht, K. B. Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactide to Form a Biodegradable
Polymer: an Organic Chemistry Laboratory. J. Chem. Ed. 2008, 85, 258. (DOI: 10.1021/ed085p258)
Wiberg, K. B.; Hintz, W.; Jarret, R. M.; Aubrecht, K. B. Conformational Preferences for
1,2- and 1,4- Difluorocyclohexane. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 8381. (DOI: 10.1021/jo051049w)
Aubrecht, K. B.; Grubbs, R. B. Synthesis and Characterization of Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic
Block Copolymers Incorporating a Poly(Ethylene oxide-stat-Propylene oxide) Block. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005, 43, 5156. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.21007)
Aubrecht, K. B.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B. Polymerization of D,L-Lactide by Monomeric Sn(II) Alkoxide complexes. Macromolecules 2002, 35, 644. (DOI: 10.1021/ma011873w)
Other Professional Activities
ACS Committee on the Environment (CEI) Award for Incorporation of Sustainability into
Chemistry Education (2016)
With support from NSF TUES (Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science) program,
developed inquiry-based learning materials and a project-based lab for three undergraduate
chemistry courses that focus on sustainability.
With support from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation’s Special Grant Program
in the Chemical Sciences, developed a series of hands-on workshops for high school
students that link chemistry content to issues of sustainability. These workshops
are offered through the Institute for STEM Education at Stony Brook University.