Chemistry

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Age Guide: G

Prerequisites: 4A

Dr. Jim Magyar

Dr. James Magyar is Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Physical Sciences
Department at Rhode Island College in Providence. He has a bachelor’s degree from
Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and a PhD from Northwestern University in Illinois.
His research interests include physical organic chemistry, photochemistry and
environmental chemistry. A former Scoutmaster. he is the COR for Troop 76 Providence.

Dr. Elaine Magyar

Dr. Elaine Magyar is Professor of Chemistry in the Physical Sciences Department at
Rhode Island College. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College, South
Hadley, Massachusetts, and a PhD from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Her
research interests include nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, organic chemistry,
and applications of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. She is on the troop committee
of Troop 76 Providence.