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Natalia Isabel Gonzalez-Pech

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

ngonzalezpec@wesleyan.edu

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Natalia Isabel Gonzalez-Pech

 

Dr. Goch (Gonzalez-Pech) joined Wesleyan University in 2024. Before that, she was an asssitant professor at Hope College. Her teaching focus in inorganic and analytical chemistry. Her research group designs nanomaterials for environmental applications.focuses on developing new nanomaterials for water remediation and energy-related applications in a sustainable manner. While solving environmental problems, students working in her group will learn about environmental chemistry, material science and surface chemistry.

EDUCATION

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California San Diego
    Advisor: Professor Vicki H. Grassian
  • Ph.D., chemistry, Rice University
    Thesis title: Development of iron oxide nanomaterials-based technology for arsenic remediation
    Advisor: Professor Vicki L. Colvin
  • B.S. chemistry, Monterrey Tech (Monterrey, Mexico), Summa Cum Laude
    Thesis title: Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials for Excitonic Solar Cells 
    Advisor: Dr. Monica Lira

Academic Affiliations

Office Hours

By appointment.

Courses

Fall 2024
CHEM 361 - 01
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

CHEM 571 - 01
Graduate Seminar