Whitney Lauren Hough

hough001@bama.ua.edu

 

 

Name:                                                 Whitney Lauren Hough

 

Date and Place of Birth:                    February 14, 1984, Hartford, Connecticut

 

Schools Attended and Degrees:

 

      2002-2006:                                    The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL , Department of Chemistry,
B.S. Chemistry, ACS Certified, Cum Laude

 

      2006-present:                                 The University of Alabama / Center for Green Manufacturing, Tuscaloosa, AL;
Research Assistant, PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, Advisor Dr. R. D. Rogers

 

Experiences:

 

      2006-present                                  “New” Ionic Liquids
Center for Green Manufacturing, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

 

      2005-2006                                     Undergraduate Research - Ionic Liquids
Dr. R. D. Rogers, The University of Alabama

 

      Summer 2004                                 Undergraduate Research - Organic Chemistry
Dr. S. Blackstock, The University of Alabama

 

                                                           

 

Foreign languages:                            French - basic

                                                           

                                                           

 

Current Project(s) and Funding:


“New Ionic Liquids”

                 

Awards:

 

      2006                                              Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Statistics:

 

      A.                 Publications: 1

      B.                 Patents: 1 submitted

      C.                 Presentations before National and International Meetings: 2 given

 

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Publications:

 

1.            Pernak J.; Smiglak, M.; Griffin, S. T.; Hough, W. L.; Wilson, T. B.; Pernak, A.; Zabielska-Matejuk, J.; Fojutowski, A.; Kita, K.; Rogers, R. D. “Long alkyl chain quaternary ammonium-based ionic liquids and potential applications,” Green Chem. 2006, 8, 798.

 

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Posters and Presentations before National and International Meetings and Workshops:

 

1.            W. L. Hough, T. Wilson, M. Smiglak, J. Pernak, S. K. Spear, J. H. Davis, Jr., and R. D. Rogers,  “Ionic Liquids: The Next Generation of Sweeteners,” Presented by W. L. Hough before the Ionic Liquids Workshop: Background, State-of-the-Art, and Academic/Industrial Applications (2006), Tuscaloosa, AL.

2.            W. Hough, T. Wilson, M. Smiglak, J. Pernak, S. K. Spear, J. H. Davis Jr., and R. D. Rogers, “Ionic liquids: The next generation of sweeteners,” Presented by W. Hough before the 231st ACS National Meeting (2006), Atlanta, GA, Abstract I&EC 106.

 

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Patents:

 

1.            Rogers, R. D.; Daly, D. T.; Swatloski, R. P.; Hough, W. L.; Davis Jr., J. H.; Smiglak, M.; Pernak, J.; Spear, S. K. “Multi-Functional Ionic Liquid Compositions for Overcoming Polymorphism and Imparting Improved Properties for Active Pharmaceutical, Biological, Nutritional, and Energetic Ingredients,” U.S. Provisional Patent Application Filed February 3, 2006.

 

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