Norbert Pienta

Norbert Pienta (born 1952) is an American chemist currently Professor at University of Georgia^[1] and was the editor-in-chief of American Chemical Society's Journal of Chemical Education from 2009 to 2019. His current interests are browser web education research and tutorial and education in schools.^[2][3] He is currently retired.^{[clarification needed]}

Education

He earned his B.S. from University of Rochester in 1974 and his Ph.D. degree from University of North Carolina in 1978.^[2]

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.