Peter Balanda, PhD

Peter Balanda, PhD

Professor
Physical Sciences
Phone: (231) 591-5870
Email: [email protected]

Education

• PhD, University of Florida, Chemistry
• BA, Albion College, Biology

Presentations

• Presentation
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Hull, B. (Author & Presenter), Midwestern Symposium on Undergraduate Research in Chemistry, “Towards the Synthesis of Bisbenzoxazoles from Resorcinol," Michigan State University, (October 11, 2014).
• Presentation
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Hull, B. (Author & Presenter), Research Fellowship, “Towards the Synthesis and Polymerization of Benzoxazole from Resorcinol," Ferris State University, (August 21, 2014).
• Presentation
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, D. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Student Research Fellowship, “Towards the Synthesis of Bisbenzoxazoles from Hydroquinone," Ferris State University, (August 21, 2014).
• Poster
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Hull, B. (Author & Presenter), CAS Student Poster Session, “One Pot Amidation of Anisole with Isobutyric Acid and Hydroxylamine in Polyphosphoric Acid," Ferris State University, (May 2, 2014).
• Presentation
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), 21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, “A Semi-quantitative Analysis of the Effect of Relative Monomer Concentrations on Rate of Copolymerization and Copolymer Composition in Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate Bulk Polymerization/Copolymerization for the Undergraduate Laboratory," University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, (August 2010).
• Report
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), Conference, “FT-NMR Upgrade for a Collaborative Research-Based Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory Course: Development and Implementation,” (2005).
• Oral Presentation
  Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Education: Research and Practice, "Evaluation of a 2-year Pilot of a Collaborative Research-based Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory Course at Ferris State University," New London, Connecticut, (June 2005).
• Presentation
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, “Evaluation of a 2-year pilot of a collaborative research-based Organic Chemistry 2 laboratory course at FSU," (June 2005).
• Oral Presentation
  Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), 228th ACS National Meeting, NSF Symposium, "Outcomes and Analysis of a 2-Year Pilot of a Collaborative Research-Based Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory Course at Ferris State University," Philadelphia, PA, (August 2004).
• Presentation
  Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), 228th ACS National Meeting, “Outcomes and Analysis of a 2-Year Pilot of a Collaborative Research-Based Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory Course at FSU,” NSF Symposium, (August 2004).