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Daniele Ramella

Courses:
​CHEM 1031 – General Chemistry I
CHEM 1032 – General Chemistry II
Office: Beury 126B
Phone: 215-204-1931
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Biography

2013 - 2015

2013

2010

2006

2004
Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow, Boston University, Boston, MA

Ph.D. Boston University, Boston, MA

M.A. Boston University, Boston, MA

M.S. Universitá di Pavia, Pavia, Italy / Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic

B.Sc. Universitá di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Interests

My research is in the area of chemical education and in particular, it currently focuses in the fields of active learning and peer teaching. Specifically, I am developing a learner-centered section of General Chemistry where the classroom will be flipped to allow more active time during lectures for projects, collaborative problem solving and creative work. I also collaborate with developers and publishers in the development of new technological tools such as web pages, blogs, smart-phone apps, homework and in-class feedback systems. I am a strong believer in peer-to-peer education in general chemistry courses and am experimenting different ways of integrating peer-teachers in the classroom. Overall, I am interested in experimenting new ways to enhance student engagement through active and supportive classrooms. In fact, promoting motivation and increasing self-efficacy allows students to appreciate the value of chemistry. In the past, I have also focused my efforts in helping international students achieve a basic technical vocabulary to overcome the language barrier obstacle to learning science. International education is another field, to which I hope to soon return.

Select Publications

“Synthesis of 1-alkanoyl-1’-(trifluoroacetyl)ferrocenes”, Sobociková, M.; Štěpnička, P.; Ramella, D.; Kotora, M. Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2006, 71/2, 190–196

“Ni(ethyl hexanoate)2/n ligand/Et2AlCl catalyzed cycloisomerization of 1,6-heptadienes to cyclopentane derivatives”, Nečas, D.; Ramella, D.; Rudovska, I.; Kotora, M. J.Mol.Cat. A: Chemical, 2007, 274, 78-82

“Intermolecular interactions between the different sub-fractions of casein micelles detected by FT-NIR and Ft-IR”, Giangiacomo, R.; Ramella, D.; Cattaneo, T.M.P.; Cabassi, G. Proceedings of  ICNIRS 2007 Umea, Sweden 2008

“Essential Oil composition of lady’s mantle (Alchemilla xanthochlora Rothm.) growing wild in Alpine pastures”, Falchero, L.; Coppa, M.; Fossi, A.; Lombardi, G.; Ramella, D.; Tava, A. Nat. Prod. Res. 2009, 23(15), 1367-1372

“Volatile constituents of Trifolium pratense and T. repens from N.E. Italian alpine pastures”, Tava, A.; Ramella, D.; Grecchi, M.; Aceto, P.; Paoletti, R.; Piano, E. Nat. Prod. Comm. 2009,  4(6),  835-838

“Chiral phosphoramidic acids catalyzed Mannich Reaction”, Ramella, D.; Schaus, S.E. Proceedings of ACS National Meeting Boston, MA, 2010

 “Development of Technical Chemistry Language Skills for Non-native Speakers”, Ramella, D. Proceedings of ACS National Meeting Boston, MA,  2015
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"Enantioselective Multicomponent Condensation Reactions of Phenols, Aldehydes, and Boronates Catalyzed by Chiral Biphenols", Barbato, K.; Luan, Y.; Ramella, D.; Panek, J. K.; Schaus, S. E. Org. Lett., 2015, 17 (23), 5812–5815

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