Norbert Pienta (born 1952) is an American chemist currently Professor at

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and was the editor-in-chief of

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's ''

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'' from 2009 to 2019. His current interests are browser web education research and tutorial and education in schools. He is currently retired.

Education

He earned his B.S. from

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in 1974 and his Ph.D. degree from

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in 1978.

Selected publications

* Linear solvation energy relationships. 7. Correlations between the solvent-donicity and acceptor-number scales and the solvatochromic parameters .pi.*, .alpha., and .beta. * Photochemistry of alkyl halides. 4. 1-Norbornyl, 1-norbornylmethyl, 1-and 2-adamantyl, and 1-octyl bromides and iodides, Paul J Kropp, Graham S Poindexter, Norbert J Pienta, David C Hamilton, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1976.

References

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