Address

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Department of Physics and Astronomy
5110 Rockhill Rd., Flarsheim Hall #257
Kansas City, MO, 64110

Contact Information

Call: +1-816-235-1338

Email: paquettem@umkc.edu

Research Interests

  • Amorphous Materials
  • PECVD

Michelle Paquette, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Caruso-Paquette Group Lead

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Biography

Prof. Paquette joined the faculty of the UMKC Department of Physics and Astronomy in 2012. Her primary research area is the basic and applied investigation of thin-film boron carbide.

Research Group

Caruso-Paquette Research Group

Collaborations with the CPG

Prof. Paquette collaborates with the CPG through an NSF sponsored Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) project (DMR-1539918): Predictive Modeling of Polymer-Derived Ceramics: Discovering Methods for the Design and Fabrication of Complex Disordered Solids. Prof. Paquette’s group leads the thin-film fabrication effort.

 

Education

  1. 2010

    Ph.D. Chemistry

    University of Victoria, BC, Canada
  2. 2006

    B.Sc Chemistry

    University of Guelph, ON, Canada

Professional Experience

  1. 2016-Present
    Research Associate Professor
    University of Missouri - Kansas City
  2. 2012-2016
    Research Assistant Professor
    University of Missouri - Kansas City
  3. 2011-2012
    Postdoctoral Fello
    University of Missouri - Kansas City
  4. 2007-2009
    Freelance Copy Editor
    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry