Dr. Levente Pap is an assistant professor at FGCU and specialized in molecular sensory
technologies development. Over the last 15 years, he gained research experience in
the field of spectroscopy, analytical, inorganic chemistry, and toxicology which are
frequently utilized in his research.
Dr. Pap received 30+ awards, scholarships, and fellowships. Currently, Dr. Pap is
developing toxin detection and monitoring systems to identify different environmental
stressors remotely and rapidly. He utilizes Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic methods
to identify natural toxins. Over the last four years, Dr. Pap has been conducting
research on red tide mitigation methods and technologies to create an affordable and
environmentally safe solution for this devastating event. These interdisciplinary
innovations include the development of portable sensory technologies, and water quality
improvement technologies. Currently, Dr. Pap is an active member of the American Chemical
Society and the Hungarian Academy of Science.
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Education
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- Ph.D., University of Wyoming
- Undergraduate degree, University of Eötvös Loránd
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Specialties
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- General Chemistry
- Environmental Chemistry
- Instrumental Analysis
- Analytical Chemistry
- Toxicology
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Research and Teaching Interests
Toggle Research and Teaching InterestsOver the last thirteen years, I had the opportunity to acquire a tremendous amount
of teaching and learning experience in the field of higher education, and I had the
chance to observe a particularly broad spectrum of teaching and learning methodologies.
On one hand, I experienced and participated in the most innovative, exciting, and
encouraging classes and laboratories, on the other hand, I have met unprofessional
‘educators’ with a lack of professionalism in the field. Thanks to these distinct
sets of experiences, the positive practices encouraged me to acquire the fundamental
principles of engaging, innovative, and successful teaching methodologies, meanwhile,
negative experiences also helped to eliminate impractical and incorrect methodologies,
ultimately improving my teaching practices.
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Courses Offered
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- General Chemistry Laboratory
- Environmental Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry II Lab
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Publications
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- An Inexpensive 3D Printable, Do-It-Yourself Visible Spectrophotometer for Online,
Hybrid and Classroom-based Learning, Journal of Chemical Education, Levente G. Pap,
98, 8, 2584–2591.
- Electrostatic polarization of nonpolar substrates: a study of interactions between
simple cations and Mo-bound N2, Levente G. Pap, Adam Couldridge, Navamoney Arulsamy,
Elliott Hulley, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 11004-11017.
- Tridentate Phosphine Ligands Bearing Aza-Crown Ether Lariats; Levente Pap, Navamoney
Arulsamy, Elliott B. Hulley; Polyhedron, 2018, 141, 385-392
- Chirality Inversion of CdSe and CdS Quantum Dots without Changing the Stereochemistry
of the Capping Ligand, Jung Kyu Choi, Benjamin E. Haynie, Urice Tohgha, Levente Pap,
K. Wade Elliott, Brian M. Leonard, Sergei V. Dzyuba, Krisztina Varga, Jan Kubelka,
and Milan Balaz, ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (3), 3809-3815.
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Conference Presentations
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- Tridentate Phosphine Ligands Bearing Aza-Crown Ether Lariats: Applications to Mo and
Pd Coordination Chemistry; Levente Pap, Navamoney Arulsamy, Elliott B. Hulley; 255th
ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, US, 2018 (Presentation and selected
Sci-Mix Poster)
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Grants & Awards
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- 08/20/2021 Razdan Family Foundation Research Donation
- 08/15/2021 Undergraduate Pittcon Research Grant (UARP)
- 2020&2021 Summer Faculty Development Grant
- 04/25/2018 NASA EPSCoR Material Science Fellowship
- 04/24/2018 International Student Scholarship
- 04/05/2018 SBIR/STTR Phase 0
- 03/20/2018 Paul Stock Foundation Arts and Sciences Scholarship
- 03/28/2018 2018 ACS Wyoming Grant
- 02/12/2018 UW Graduate Student Travel Grant & NIH Wyoming INBRE Travel Grant
- 09/01/2017 Graduate Assistantship, UWYO School of Energy Resources
- 04/20/2017 John P. Ellbogen 30k Competition
- 10/11/2016 Winner of the 100k Fisher Innovation Challenge, UW
- 08/28/2016 Wyoming INBRE Graduate Assistant Award
- 06/27/2014 EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2014 Grant
- 01/08/2014 Ph.D. Graduate Scholarship at University of Wyoming
- 09/01/2012 Erasmus Scholarship, Leeds, UK
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