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Marcelo I. Guzman
Professor of Chemistry
Lewis Honors College Faculty Fellow
Environmental Chemistry & Analytical Chemistry

Marcelo I. Guzman is a Professor of Chemistry and the Principal Investigator of the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Kentucky, where he teaches analytical and environmental chemistry courses. He holds a Licentiate in Chemistry degree from the National University of Tucuman, Argentina (2000). He received undergraduate and graduate research fellowships from the Research Council of the National University of Tucuman (1999 to 2002), to perform research in various projects in the Organic Chemistry Department. In 2001, he was awarded The Argentine Chemical Society award and the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) offered him a fellowship as the top-ranked Chemistry graduate. In 2002, he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) working on Paper and Photograph Conservation in the Sherman Fairchild Center. In 2013, he received an NSF CAREER award. He earned his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech, 2007) working on ice chemistry. In 2002, he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) working on Paper and Photograph Conservation in the Sherman Fairchild Center. For his postdoctoral experience, he joined the Origins of Life Initiative at Harvard University as an Origins Fellow.

Contact Information
marcelo dot guzman at uky dot edu
105 Chemistry-Physics Building
859-323-2892
Education
M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech 2004
Ph.D. Environmental Science and Engineering Caltech 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Chemistry, Harvard University 2007-2010
Research Interests
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Photocatalysis
  • Chromatography
  • Photochemistry
  • Prebiotic chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Environmental monitoring
  • sustainability
Affiliations
  • Chemistry
  • Analytical
  • Physical
  • Organic
  • Biological
  • Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
  • Appalachian Center
  • UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences