Rate My Professor Jane Ganske

Ganske's research specializations include atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, physical chemistry, and chemical education. Her academic interests involve applying chemistry to the conservation and preservation of cultural heritage items; developing laboratory curricula in general and physical chemistry; studying the kinetics, mechanisms, and photochemistry of gas/solid atmospheric reactions; and fostering university/high school partnerships for environmental science literacy. Notable publications comprise "Role of gas-phase halogen bonding in ambient chemical ionization mass spectrometry utilizing iodine" (ACS Earth Space Chem., 2019), "Nitric acid acts upon copper: Gas Phase product analysis of a historic reaction using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy" (Chem. Educ., 2018), "Degradation Product Emission from Historic and Modern Books by Headspace SPME/GC-MS: Evaluation of Lipid Oxidation and Cellulose Hydrolysis" (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2011), and "Detection of NOx in Automobile Exhaust: An Applied Experiment in Atmospheric/Environmental Chemistry for the General Chemistry Laboratory" (Chemical Educator, 2008). Through mentoring undergraduate students on research projects resulting in conference posters and presentations, Ganske has impacted chemical education and atmospheric science at Pepperdine University.