Professor
Office: 148C Weyandt Hall
Phone: 724-357-4829
Email: Nathan.McElroy@iup.edu
Research Group Website
Office Hours
M, W, F: 10:00–11:00 a.m.
R: 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Education
BS – Chemistry, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1994
PhD – Computational Chemistry, Penn State University, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellowship – AstraZeneca Centre de Recherche, Reims, France, 2003-05
Field
Analytical
Water Quality Issues
Courses
CHEM 101/102 — College Chemistry I/II
CHEM 111/112 — General Chemistry I/II
CHEM 113 — Concepts in Chemistry I
CHEM 281 — Special Topics: Food Chemistry
CHEM 301 — Introduction to Chemical Research
CHEM 321 — Quantitative Analysis
CHEM 322 — Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 323 — Analytical Methods
CHEM 326 — Analytical Chemistry II
CHEM 390 — Chemistry Seminar II
CHEM 481/581 — Special Topics: Advanced Chemical Measurements
CHEM 620 — Analytical Chemistry
HOSP 404 — Brewpub and Brewery Operations
Research Interests
My current research interests at IUP deal with water quality issues, with a particular focus on the effects of Marcellus shale gas extraction in Indiana County and western Pennsylvania. Since 2011, my students and I have been involved in a water monitoring
study at the Beaver Run Reservoir in Westmoreland County. More about the Beaver Run Project.
Select Publications
“Brewpub and brewery
operations: mixing science and business” N.R. McElroy: Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August 5, 2014, Allendale, MI.
"Water Quality in Indiana
County and the Region (invited) N.R. McElroy: Sigma Xi Fall Symposium, November 19, 2013, Indiana, PA.
“Water Quality Monitoring of
Beaver Run Reservoir in Westmoreland County, PA” N.R. McElroy and B.W. Okey: 244th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 21, 2012, Philadelphia, PA.
“Food Chemistry: A New Special
Topic Lecture Course for Chemistry and Nutrition Majors” N.R. McElroy: 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25, 2010, San Francisco, CA.
“Effects of Acid/Abandoned Mine Drainage on
Semipermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDs)” N.R. McElroy, C. Lewis, A. Devlin, F. Opayemi: 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 22 & 24, 2010, San Francisco, CA.
P. Bruneau and N.R. McElroy “LogD7.4 Modeling Using Bayesian Regularized Neural Networks. Assessment and Correction of Errors of Prediction”, J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2006 , 46:1379-1387.
N.R. McElroy, P.C. Jurs, C. Morisseau, and B.D. Hammock “QSAR and Classification of Murine and Human Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition by Urea-like Compounds”, J. Med. Chem., 2002 , 46:1066-1080.