Speaker profile
Gerard Dumancas
Gerard G. Dumancas holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Oklahoma State University (OSU)
Garnering a total of seven international and one US national research awards from Bayer, AOCS, ACS, and SLAS and having strings of publications from international peer-reviewed journals, Gerard was an Associate Professor of Chemistry and a Huie Dellmon Trust Endowed Professor of Science at Louisiana State University-Alexandria (LSUA). In 2019, he was awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Chemistry and was named a Huie Dellmon Trust Endowed Professor of Science (2019-2021) at LSUA. He also served as the Coordinator of Chemistry Programs (2019-2021) and as the Director of Honors Experience (2020-2021) at LSUA.
Starting Spring 2022, he embarked on a career as an Associate Professor of Chemistry and the Director of NSF Noyce Program at the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA. At Scranton, he has also been mentoring MS in Chemistry students.
Gerard has published more than 50 papers to date in international scientific journals, a co-author in 17 book chapters, and has had more than 100 oral and poster presentations in international/local scientific conferences. He has served as a reviewer in over 100 journals including the Journal of Chemometrics, Analyst, Applied Spectroscopy, Microchemical Journal, and the Journal of Laboratory Automation. Over the years, Gerard has also generated more than $2 million in external research grants. Specifically, his core research interests involve the development of novel spectroscopic and computational tools with a wide array of applications in edible oils, food science, and biomedical research.