Chair/Professor
Physical Chemistry
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Arizona
B.S., Chemistry, Southern Connecticut State University
Dr. Sheridan teaches courses in General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. His research interests include understanding fundamental electronic and geometric properties of single ligand metal-containing molecules using gas phase laser excitation spectroscopy and millimeter-wave/microwave spectroscopy.
Awards
- Director’s Award, NY State Science Olympiad, Lake Erie-Niagara Region
- Merck Research Laboratories Graduate Fellowship Award in Analytical/Physical Chemistry
- Carl S. Marvel Fellowship Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona
Publications
Canisius Undergraduates in Bold
"Quadrupole Couling in Alkali Metal Amides MNH2 (X1A1: An Experimental and Computational Study," M. A. Burton, B. T. Russ, M. P. Bucchino, P. M. Sheridan, and L. M. Ziurys, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 365, 111211 (2019).
"The Ground State of KO Revisited: The Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectrum of Potassium Oxide," M. A. Burton, B. T. Russ, M. P. Bucchino, P. M. Sheridan, and L. M. Ziurys, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 21960 (2019).
“Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of Metal Nitrides and Imides: Quadrupole Structure in ScN (X1Σ+), YN (X1Σ+), and BaNH (X1Σ+),” L. N. Zack, M. P. Bucchino, M. K. L. Binns, J. P. Young, P. M. Sheridan, and L. M. Ziurys, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 317, 10 (2015).
“Applied Quantum Chemistry: Spectroscopic Detection and Characterization of the F2BS and Cl2BS Free Radicals in the Gas Phase,” B. Jin, P. M. Sheridan, D. J. Clouthier, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 124301 (2015).
“Structural Determination and Gas Phase Synthesis of Monomeric, Unsolvated IZnCH3 (X1A1): A Model Organozinc Halide,” M. P. Bucchino, J. P. Young, P. M. Sheridan, and L. M. Ziurys, J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 11204 (2014).
“An Experimental and Ab Initio Study of the Electronic Spectrum of the Jet-Cooled F2BO Radical,” R. Grimminger, P. M. Sheridan, and D. J. Clouthier, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 164302 (2014).
“Trends in Alkali Metal Hydrosulfides: A Combined Fourier Transform Microwave/Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopic Study of KSH (X1Aʹ),” M. P. Bucchino, P. M. Sheridan, J. P. Young, M. K. L. Binns, D. W. Ewing, and L. M. Ziurys, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 214307 (2013).