Jillian L. McCue, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Susquehanna University and her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Connecticut in 2013. After receiving her Ph.D., she accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at her alma mater, Susquehanna University, where she taught general chemistry laboratory courses. The following year she became a visiting assistant professor teaching organic chemistry. In 2016, Dr. McCue joined the Chemistry and Physics Department at King's College and currently teaches general chemistry and organic chemistry. In addition. Dr. McCue is the Forensic Studies Minor program director.
Dr. McCue’s research areas are organic chemistry and chemical education. Her current research interests involve design and synthesis of both novel and reputable water-soluble porphyrins and their metal complexes. In addition, investigating the detection of quadruplex DNA using these water-soluble porphyrins, specifically looking at using porphyrins as telomerase inhibitors in breast-cancer cells.
Education
B.S., Chemistry, Susquehanna University
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Connecticut
Publications and Presentations
Sizemore, A.R., Heiss, E.M., Corcoran, S.K., Snook, J., McCue, J.L. “Evaluating Student Learning Outcomes across Three Teaching Modalities Using the Same SEt of Flipped Classroom Modalities”, Journal of Chemical Education. 2024, 101:11, 8032-8039. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00607
McCue, J.L.*; Heiss, E.M..; Szklarski, A.R. Comparison of retention of student learning outcomes among three different flipped classroom modalities: Synchronous, online, hybrid, and face-to-face in an introductory general chemistry course. April 256th ACS Virtual Meeting, April 2021.
Plumer, M.; Suthar, N.*; McCue, J.L. Poster Presentation: The Synthesis of water-soluble porphyrins/metalloporphyrins and the interrogation of their interaction with quadruplex DNA. 94th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science (PAS) Conference, Cedar Crest College, March 2019.
