Leanna Giancarlo (lgiancar)

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Associate Professor

Jepson Science Center Room 436
lgiancar@umw.edu
540-654-1016


Academic Degrees

B.S., University of Scranton; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Leanna C. Giancarlo, Associate Professor of Chemistry, earned a Ph.D. (1996) in physical chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. (1990) in chemistry from the University of Scranton.
In an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program, Giancarlo discussed the negative stereotypes of scientists in film and fiction.
She is a member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, the Virginia Academy of Science and the American Chemical Society. She is widely published and received a School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Leanna Giancarlo in the News

Chemistry Faculty Share Teaching Innovations at National Conference

byUMW chemistry faculty attended the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) this summer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professors Janet Asper, Nicole Crowder, Davis Oldham, Randy Reif and Kelli Slunt; Associate Professor Leanna Giancarlo; Assistant Professor Sarah Smith; and Lecturer Suzanne Nguyen participated in the conference, one of the largest Read more…

Frankel, Giancarlo, Kisilia, Students Publish in ‘Environmental Pollution’

A study titled “Assessing the presence, concentration, and impacts of trace element contamination in a Chesapeake Bay tributary adjacent to a coal ash landfill (Possum Point, VA)” by Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Tyler Frankel, Associate Professor of Chemistry Leanna Giancarlo and Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Read more…
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