Raffaele Perrotta

Raffaele Perrotta received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2012 and his BS in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003. Dr. Perrotta worked as a Post-Doc in Dr. Daniel E. Falvey's research group from 2012-2013 at the University of Maryland. Prior to coming to USF, Dr. Perrotta was an Adjunct Chemistry Instructor at Holy Names University in 2022, a Chemistry Lecturer at UC Berkeley in the summer of 2023, a Chemistry Lecturer at UC Merced from 2015-2021, an Adjunct Chemistry Instructor at Merced College from 2018-2020, and a Chemistry Lecturer at Humboldt State University from 2014-2015. Dr. Perrotta has been an Adjunct Chemistry Instructor at USF since 2022. 

His current research interests mainly focus on chemical education. Dr. Perrotta is interested in integrating active learning techniques into undergraduate-level Chemistry courses which includes the use of Clickers and designing short topic-based videos for students.  

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• Undergraduate Chemistry education

• Physical organic chemistry
• Organic photochemistry
• Chemical education
• Integration of active learning tools into undergraduate general chemistry and organic chemistry courses
• Organic computational chemistry

• Adjunct Chemistry Instructor, University of San Francisco
• Chemistry Lecturer and Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley
• Adjunct Chemistry Instructor, Holy Names University
• Chemistry Lecturer, UC Merced

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• University of Maryland, PhD in Chemistry, 2012
• University of California, Santa Barbara, BS in Chemistry, 2003
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• Adjunct Instructor in Chemistry, University of San Francisco
• Lecturer and Graduate Student Instructor in Chemistry, UC Berkeley
• Adjunct Instructor in Chemistry, Holy Names University
• Lecturer in Chemistry, UC Merced
• Adjunct Instructor in Chemistry, Merced College
• Lecturer in Chemistry, Humboldt State University

• University of Maryland, Carnegie Course Redesign Graduate Assistant Fellowship, 2012
• University of Maryland, Freshman Connection Lectureship, 2011
• University of Maryland, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Chemistry Fellowship, 2010-2011

• Perrotta, R. R.; Falvey, D. E., The 3,5-Dinitroanilide Anion: A Singlet Anilide Anion with Evidence for a Thermally Accessible Triplet State, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2013, 26, 699-706.
• Perrotta, R. R.; Winter, A. H.; Coldren, W. H.; Falvey, D. E., 2-(3,5-Dinitrophenyl)-1,3-dithiane Carbanion: A Beznyl Anion with a Low Energy Triplet State, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15553-15558.
• Perrotta, R. R.; Winter, A. H.; Falvey, D. E., Photochemical Heterolysis of 3,5-Bis(dimethylamino)benzyl Alcohols and Esters: Generation of a Benzyl Cation with a Low-Energy Triplet State, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2, 212-215.