Duke University

Doctor of Philosophy

Chemistry

Concentration: Nanoscience & Engineering

Duke University

Master of Science

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chemistry Research Assistant

Bard College: Synthesized and characterized organometallic, transition metal complexes that exhibited luminescent, catalytic, and biological activity.

Duke University: Developed new classes of aryleneethynylene polymers that helically wrap single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) at a fixed pitch length. These assemblies modulate SWNT electronic structure, rendering them as next-generation hybrid nanoscale materials relevant to solar energy capture, conversion, and systems for spin-based communication.

Chemistry Teaching Assistant

Provided instruction for students in general, organic, and inorganic chemistry. Responsibilities included presenting course lecture and tutorials on best lab techniques.

Project Leader

Consulted with start-ups in Durham, NC and the greater Research Triangle Park (RTP) to implement entrance strategies into new markets. Development of new innovative strategies was guided by quantitative market research.

Graduate Recruitment Chair

Responsible for planning recruitment events for admitted graduate students.

Graduate Outreach Coordinator

Responsible for coordinating outreach events involving Duke University and the greater Durham community.

• Anderson, C. M.; Duman, L.; Mastrocinque, F.; Mastrocinque, C.; Pizzuto, M.; Tran, K.; Weinstein, M.; Hashmi, A.; Tanski, J. M. Synthesis, Characterization,and Photophysical Properties of Platinum Complexes with Benzothiophene Ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2019, 882, 10-17.

• Mastrocinque, F.; Anderson, C. M.; Elkafas, A. M.; Ballard, I. V.; Tanski, J. M. Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of cyclometalated N-Heterocyclic carbene Platinum(II) complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2018, 880, 98-107.

• Anderson, C. M.; Oh, N.; Balema, T. A.; Mastrocinque, F.; Mastrocinque, C.; Santos, D.; Greenberg, M. W.; Tanski, J. M. Regioselective C-H/C-X activation of naphthyl-derived ligands to form six-membered palladacycles. Tetrahedron Letters 2016, 57 (41), 4574-4577.

Nanoscience Fellowship

Duke University

Competitive interdisciplinary fellowship offered by the Duke University graduate school for research excellence in the field of nanoscience.

Inorganic Travel Award

American Chemical Society

Award granted by the division of Inorganic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society for scientific merit and excellence in research.

C.T. Sottery Award

Bard College

Award granted annually to one junior for significant achievement in chemistry and for an outstanding contribution to the work of the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing.

Distinguished Scientist Scholarship

Bard College

Scholarship awarded for outstanding achievement in the sciences from Bard College covering up to full tuition.

8th Workshop on Nanotube Optics and Nanospectroscopy (WONTON), Boston, MA.

Poster Presentation

"Low-Energy Band Gap Opening and Metallic-to-Semiconducting Phase Transitions in Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes."

Francesco Mastrocinque, Jamie Alatis, George Bullard, Animesh Nayak, Nicholas X. Williams, Zachary X. W. Widel, Aaron D. Franklin, and Michael J. Therien.

Materials Research Society (MRS) National Meeting, Boston, MA.

Oral Presentation

"Low Energy Band Gap Opening via Symmetry Breaking in Polymer-Wrapped/Metallic Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Assemblies."

Francesco Mastrocinque, George Bullard, Animesh Nayak, Nicholas X. Williams, Zachary X. W. Widel, Aaron D. Franklin, and Michael J. Therien.

256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA.

Poster Presentation

“Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of cyclometalated N-heterocyclic carbene platinum(II) complexes.”

Francesco Mastrocinque, Craig M. Anderson, Adel Elkafas, Isabel Ballard, Joseph M. Tanski.

Programming Languages:

Python, Java, Javascript, Go, R, MATLAB, Mathematica, HTML, CSS

Programming Tools:

Django, Bootstrap, Heroku, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, NPM, Git, SQL

Instrumentation & Tools

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Optical Microscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), MNOVA, IR Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy

Relevant Courses

Algorithms, Machine Learning and Imaging, Calculus I & II, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, Vector Calculus, Advanced Optics, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Foundations of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Advances in Photonics, Foundations in Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics