College of Arts & Sciences

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Ian McNaught Associate Professor of Chemistry Email: imcnaught@pi.ac.ae Phone:+971-2-607-5196 Office: 2006 (Bu Hasa)

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Monash University, Australia, 1972
• B. Sc. (Hons), Chemistry and Applied Mathematics, Monash University, 1968
• B. Sc., Chemistry and Mathematics, Monash University, 1967
• B. Ed., Monash University 1975

Experience

2006 to now	Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi
1999 to 2006	Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (2003), University of Canberra, Australia
1992 to 1998	Associate Lecturer/Lecturer (1994), University of Sydney, Australia
1981 to 1992	Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (1985), University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg), South Africa
1976 to 1981	Associate Lecturer/Lecturer (1978), University of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
1974 to 1976	Senior Tutor in Physical Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia

Research Interests

Chemical education, spectroscopy, analytical chemistry

Teaching Interests

General chemistry and physical chemistry

Awards

Award for excellence in teaching, University of Canberra, Australia, 2004

Selected Publications

Forensic Sci. Internat. “The persistence of human scalp hair on clothing fabrics”, 138, 27-36, 2003.

Analytica Chim. Acta “Measurement of arsenic species in marine macroalgae by microwave-assisted extraction and high performance liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry”, 457, 173–185, 2002. (With R. Tukai, W. A. Maher and M. J. Elwood).

J. Chem. Educ.: Software “Microwave Spectroscopy Tutor”, 8B(2), 70–105, 1996. (With R. Moore).

Magn. Reson.: Series A “A Direct Method for the Analysis of AA'BB' Spectra: Part 1”, 109, 147–156, 1994. (With I. Schaper).

J. Chem. Educ. “Effects of Hydrolysis on Determining the Solubility Product of Potassium Bitartrate”, 86, 330–1, 2009. (With G. D. Peckham).

Aust. J. Forensic Sciences, “The Persistence of Animal Hairs in a Forensic Context”, 41, 1–14, 2009. (With A. Boehme, E. Brooks and J. Robertson).