BIO
Professor Robin Tanke has been teaching for the UW-Stevens Point Department of Chemistry since 1998. She enjoys watching students develop as citizens and scientists. Professor Tanke worked with the National Science Foundation to develop a Nanotechnology Course for UWSP that has been taught eight times since 2007. Tanke is proud of the outstanding instrumentation her students get to use and encourages them to get as much experience working with various tools as possible, in order to develop problem solving skills. View CV.
On campus, Tanke has volunteered as: Steering Committee Member for Chemistry Biology project, volunteer for the Science Olympiad and as Pre-pharmacy Club faculty advisor.
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Chemical, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Investigations of [(Cp)Ru(CO)3]+ and [(Ind)Ru(CO)3]+, Badger, R.C., D’Acchioli, J.S., Gamoke, B.C., Kim, S.B., Oudenhoven, T.A., Sweigart, D.A., Tanke, R.S. Organometallics, 2009, 28 (2), 418–424.
From Chemiluminescence to Fireworks, How do Atoms, Molecules, and Materials Absorb and Emit Light? Stem Day, Friday, November 6, 2009 with Amanda Nevins, Julie Elliot, Dana
Hemm and Candace Meinen.
2-Amino-4-methylbenzothiazole R. S. Tanke, B. M. Foxman Acta Cryst. E.2007, E63, o4718.
Synthesis of isolated silver nanoparticles and their aggregates manipulated by light A. K. Popov *, J. Brummer, R. S. Tanke , G. Taft , M. Loth 2, R. Langlois, A. Wruck , R. Schmitz Laser Physics Letters. Published Online: 16 Aug 2006
Synthesis of Silver Nanoaggregates Controlled by Light J. Brummer, S. V. Karpov, R. Langlois, M. Loth, A. K. Popov, R. Schmitz, V. V. Slabko, G. Taft, R. Tanke and A. Wruck. International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies held concurrently with the International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics (St. Petersburg, Russia) May 2005.
Controlling Synthesis of Nanostructured Silver Aggregates by Light Alexander K. Popov, J. Brummer, R. Langlois, M. Loth, R. Schmitz, G. Taft, R. Tanke, A. Wruck; Depts. of Chemistry,
Physics & Astronomy, and Biology, UW-Stevens Point. Optical Society of America NPIS NFA. Frontiers in Quantum Nanophotonics April 15, 2005.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Chemical Society, member (1986-present)
- National Chemistry Week and Chemist Celebrate Earth Week Coordinator (2001-2003, 2008-present)
BEST ADVICE
Most people are as happy as they make their minds up to be.
FUN FACT
Growing up, Robin wanted to be an Avon lady!