Deon Miles

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Deon Terrell Miles
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wabash College
Scientific career
InstitutionsSewanee: The University of the South
ThesisElectrochemical investigations of monolayer-protected Au clusters and functionalized nanoparticles using novel and atypical methodology (2002)

Deon Terrell Miles is an American Chemist who is Professor and Chair of Chemistry at the Sewanee: The University of the South. His research considers the development of functionalised nanoparticles and chemistry education.

Early life and education[]

Miles was born in Gary, Indiana. He studied chemistry at Wabash College and graduated in 1997.[1] He won several awards for chemistry and was manager of the basketball team.[2] He delivered the commencement address.[2] He was a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he worked with Royce W. Murray and studied functionalised nanoparticles.[citation needed]

Research and career[]

In 2002 Miles joined Sewanee: The University of the South, where he focusses on the development of nanoparticles and novel strategies for teaching chemistry.[3] At Sewanee, Miles delivered a course on the science of food and chemistry of cooking.[4]

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Miles developed homemade kits that could be used to teach students about spectroscopy and chromatography from home.[5]

Select publications[]

  • Wuelfing, W. Peter; Gross, Stephen M.; Miles, Deon T.; Murray, Royce W. (1998). "Nanometer Gold Clusters Protected by Surface-Bound Monolayers of Thiolated Poly(ethylene glycol) Polymer Electrolyte". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120 (48): 12696–12697. doi:10.1021/ja983183m. ISSN 0002-7863.
  • Hicks, Jocelyn F.; Miles, Deon T.; Murray, Royce W. (2002). "Quantized Double-Layer Charging of Highly Monodisperse Metal Nanoparticles". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124 (44): 13322–13328. doi:10.1021/ja027724q. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 12405861.
  • Miles, Deon T.; Murray, Royce W. (2003). "Temperature-Dependent Quantized Double Layer Charging of Monolayer-Protected Gold Clusters". Analytical Chemistry. 75 (6): 1251–1257. doi:10.1021/ac025987x. ISSN 0003-2700. PMID 12659183.

Personal life[]

Miles is married with two children. He is an ordained deacon at the Silverdale Baptist Church.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b College, Wabash. "Deon T. Miles '97". Wabash College. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "A Visit with Deon Miles '97 | Wabash FYI". blog.wabash.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. ^ "Wabash College Photo Album". www.wabash.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. ^ Miles, Deon T.; Bachman, Jennifer K. (2009-03-01). "Science of Food and Cooking: A Non-Science Majors Course". Journal of Chemical Education. 86 (3): 311. Bibcode:2009JChEd..86..311M. doi:10.1021/ed086p311. ISSN 0021-9584.
  5. ^ Miles, Deon T.; Wells, William G. (2020-07-24). "Lab-in-a-Box: A Guide for Remote Laboratory Instruction in an Instrumental Analysis Course". Journal of Chemical Education. 97 (9): 2971–2975. doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00709. ISSN 0021-9584. S2CID 225494519.
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