Patricia Kay Jue teaches the majority of the organic chemistry lab sections. As coordinator, she develops experiments for the CHEM 263 and CHEM 264 (organic chemistry I & II) courses. Contributions include aspects of microscale synthesis and green chemistry, and facilitating student use of research-quality instrumental techniques (NMR, IR, GC/MS). Her most recent major contribution was the renovation of the organic chemistry teaching laboratories, from conception with the SWBR architectural firm to final move in. Pictures of the space appear throughout the vlog’s website.
Dr. Jue teaches “The Story of Colorants,” a course in the scientific perspectives component of the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum. The course is an elective in vlog’s interdisciplinary minor in Museum Studies. She helped design and build archival storage boxes for the Picker Art Gallery’s collection of Coptic limestone sculptures, and contributed to the “Converging Perspectives” (2016) exhibit, and Teagle Tsunami scroll project.
Other activities and interests
- Foodways: culture and identity as expressed though food
- The science of food
- lay preacher
- Metal smithing and enameling
- Classical ballet: Dr. Jue studied with the Maryland Youth Ballet, the National Capital Ballet School (Australia) and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
