Dr. Wilson Shafer
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Department: Science & Health
Office: HR 305
Phone Extension: 2231
Research Website: http://acatalysiscrew.com/
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Kentucky – http://uknowledge.uky.edu/chemistry_etds/56/
MS in Chemistry, Eastern Kentucky University – https://eku.on.worldcat.org/oclc/190847075
BA in Chemistry, University of Kentucky – Emphasis in Materials
Professional Overview
Will received his Bachelors in 2003 from University of Kentucky with an emphasis on materials/electrochemistry. He then went to EKU to receive is his MS in 2007 with an emphasis in Analytical. During his tenure at EKU Will worked on developing a method for verification and quantification of Ergot alkaloids in various farm animal tissues. After EKU, Will worked as a chemist under Burt Davis in the Clean Fuels and Chemicals group, at the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), which is a part of the University of Kentucky. While working full-time at UK, Will went back to school to defend his Ph.D. in inorganic/catalysis chemistry; obtained over 80 cited publications (H-index of 13); traveled as a consultant to NASA; worked with several catalyst/petroleum companies; advised multiple postdocs; managed eight labs; built several experimental reactor systems; synthetically developed, 13C, 14C, and 2H labeled tracer molecules for reaction mechanism probing. Visit his research group’s website for more information on his current projects at Asbury University.