Dr. John Hagen
Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Chair
Specialty
Physical Chemistry
Education
B.S. Chemistry - University of Nevada, Las Vegas - 1992
Ph.D. Biophysical Chemistry - Stanford University - 1996
Office: Baker Center - Bldg 180 - 205A
Phone: (805) 756-1651
E-Mail: jhagen@calpoly.edu
Research Interests
- Physical Chemistry: Structure property relationships of soluble and insoluble surfactants. Students would be working with the tensiometer, Langmuir trough, fluorescence microscope and Brewster angle microscope
- Lab development, physical chemistry: Developing a physical chemistry lab experiment based on the kinetic salt effect
- Educational research: How do novice and expert learners define “Polarity”?
