{"id":3,"date":"2024-11-20T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/sites\/lrmccunn\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:43:05","slug":"dr-mccunn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Laura R. McCunn, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chair, Department of Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-wideleft\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/01\/McCunn-Headshot-202409-smaller-file.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" style=\"width:451px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/01\/McCunn-Headshot-202409-smaller-file.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/01\/McCunn-Headshot-202409-smaller-file-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/01\/McCunn-Headshot-202409-smaller-file-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2025\/01\/McCunn-Headshot-202409-smaller-file-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura received a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in biochemistry from Ohio Wesleyan University, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physical chemistry from the University of Chicago and a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. She teaches courses in introductory chemistry and physical chemistry. Her undergraduate research group studies the gas-phase thermal decomposition of organic compounds in order to identify chemical intermediates and products using matrix-isolation FTIR spectroscopy. To learn more about her research laboratory, click the link below. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/mccunnlab.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McCunn Research Group Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Chemistry<br>Marshall University<br>One John Marshall Drive<br>Huntington, WV 25755<br>Office: 450 Science Hall<br>Phone: (304) 696-2319<br>FAX: (304) 696-3243<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mccunn@marshall.edu\">mccunn@marshall.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chair, Department of Chemistry Contact Information Department of ChemistryMarshall UniversityOne John Marshall DriveHuntington, WV 25755Office: 450 Science HallPhone: (304) 696-2319FAX: (304) 696-3243E-mail: mccunn@marshall.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149,"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mupages.marshall.edu\/lrmccunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}