Dr. Pedro Muíño

Education

• B. Sc. in Chemistry, University of Santiago (Spain)
• Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry, Montana State University
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Washington

Biography

Dr. Pedro Muíño holds the faculty rank of Professor of Chemistry and is the Chair of this department.  He has also served in the administrative role of Dean of General Education at Saint Francis University.  Among his administrative responsibilities are curriculum and teaching, assessment of learning outcomes, and the development of learning goals.  He has multiple research interests.  Most of his work is in the field of Biophysics, but has also been involved in research in Atmospheric Chemistry, Atomic Physics, Food Chemistry, and in Organic Chemistry Synthesis.  He has published his research in the Journals of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics, Biophysical Chemistry, Food Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, and several others.  He has over 40 articles in scientific journals, has participated in over 50 professional conferences, and has presented more than 30 invited research talks in the United States and in Europe.  His research has been funded, among others, by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.  He has served as District Counselor for Alpha Chi Sigma (AXS), the Professional Chemistry Society, and as Regional Director for Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME), a National Mathematics Honor Society.  He has served as a reviewer and will serve on accreditation and certification visiting evaluation teams for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. 

Dr. Muíño received his B.S. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Santiago, in Spain.  He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Montana State University. He was the recipient of a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Spain’s Ministry of Science and Education to conduct research at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) and has received over half a million dollars in federal grants for research projects.  In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr Muíño has served as an Investigative Scientist at the Office of the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation, where his duties involved investigating scientific fraud.

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Courses Taught

• Chemical Principles I and Chemical Principles II
• Human Chemistry I and Human Chemistry II
• Thermodynamics
• Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics
• Biophysics
• Introduction to Astrophysics
• Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science
• Other courses:  The Science of Star Trek, Food Science