Gamil Guirgis

University Professor of Sciences and Mathematics

Address: NSCB 316
Phone: 843.953.5587
E-mail: guirgisg@cofc.edu


Dr. Guirgis, University Professor of Sciences and Mathematics at the College of Charleston, has had a long and distinguished career in both industry and academia. He received in 1962 his B.Sc. Chemistry from Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and in 1969 his M.Sc. Organic Chemistry from Ain-Shames University, Egypt. He emigrated to the United States that same year and began work with Bayer Corporation, first in New Jersey, and since 1970 at its Bushy Park Facility near Charleston, rising through the ranks to become a Senior Research Fellow. During this time he completed his Ph.D in 1979 in Physical/Analytical Chemistry from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. He became a long time collaborator with his Ph.D. mentor, Dr. James R. Durig. In 1992 he was named a Research Professor in the College of Science and Mathematics at the University of South Carolina. In 1994 he was appointed to the same position at the University of Missouri- Kansas City. Since retirement in 2001 he has been an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston and was recently named a University Professor in recognition of his work with undergraduate research students. Dr. Guirgis is the author of over 260 referred publications and has world-wide scientific connections and collaborations and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.  In 2005 he was named the South Carolina Chemist of the Year by the South Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society


Education

University of South Carolina
Ph.D.

Ain-Shames University
M.S.

Cairo University
B.S.


Research Interests

Raman and infrared spectroscopy, ab initio calculations and conformational analysis.


Courses Taught

CHEM 101
CHEM 102

CHEM 231L

CHEM 232L

CHEM 341/341L
CHEM 342/342L


Honors and Awards

2005 Chemist of the Year of the South Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society


Publications

Infrared and Raman spectra, ab initio calculations, conformational stability and vibrational assignment of 1-bromo-1-silacyclopentane; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Panikar, Savitha S.; Klaassen, Joshua J.; Purohit, Shaun Sudhaunshu; Johnston, Michael D.; Durig, James R., Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2011), 79(5), 858-866. 

Conformational stability, r 0 structural parameters, and vibrational assignments of mono-substituted cyclobutanes: Fluorocyclobutane, Ganguly, Arindam; Klaassen, Joshua J.; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Gounev, Todor K.; Durig, James R.; Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2011), 79(4), 831-840. 

The infrared and Raman spectra, ab initio calculations and spectral assignments of cyclopropylmethyl dichlorosilane (c-C3H5)SiCl2CH3; Klaeboe, Peter; Horn, Anne; Nielsen, Claus J.; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Vibrational Spectroscopy (2011), 56(2), 136-145.

Conformational and structural studies of 2,2-difluoroethylamine from temperature dependent infrared spectra of xenon solution and ab initio calculations. Durig, James R.; Klaassen, Joshua J.; Panikar, Savitha S.; Darkhalil, Ikhlas D.; Ganguly, Arindam; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Journal of Molecular Structure (2011), 993(1-3), 73-85.

Conformational stability, ab initio calculations and vibrational assignment for 1,1-difluoro- and 1,1-dichloro-1-silacyclopentane; Bell, Stephen; Stidham, Howard D.; LaPlante, Arthur J.; Zheng, Ya Ying; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Journal of Molecular Structure (2011), 992(1-3), 1-8.

Conformational Stability from Variable Temperature Infrared Spectra of Xenon Solutions, r0 Structural Parameters, and Ab Initio Calculations of Cyclopropyl isocyanate. Durig, James R.; Zhou, Sarah Xiaohua; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Wurrey, Charles J.; Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2011), 115(11), 2297-2307.

Infrared and Raman spectra, conformational stability and vibrational assignment of 1-chloro-1-silacyclopentane; Durig, James R.; Panikar, Savitha S.; Glenn, Keith A.; Zheng, Ya Ying; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Vibrational Spectroscopy (2011), 55(2), 250-257.

Microwave and vibrational spectra, ab initio calculations, conformational stabilities and assignments of the fundamentals of the Cs conformer of n-butylgermane; LaPlante, Arthur J.; Stidham, Howard D.; Peebles, Sean A.; Peebles, Rebecca A.; Wurrey, Charles J.; Guirgis, Gamil A. ; Journal of Molecular Structure (2011), 985(1), 5-13.

The molecular structure of difluoroisocyanato silane: A combined microwave spectral and theoretical study; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Wang, Zichao; Lirjoni, Jonel; Palmer, Michael H.; Obenchain, Daniel A.; Peebles, Rebecca A.; Peebles, Sean A.; Journal of Molecular Structure (2010), 983(1-3), 5-11.

Rotational spectrum of five isotopologues of cyclopropylmethylgermane: Ab initio calculations, barrier to internal rotation and nuclear quadrupole coupling constants for the 73Ge nucleus; Murray, Jonathan M.; Serafin, Michal M.; Steber, Amanda L.; Peebles, Sean A.; Peebles, Rebecca A.; Wurrey, Charles J.; Durig, James R.; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Journal of Molecular Structure (2010), 981(1-3), 54-58.

Vibrational spectra, conformational equilibrium, ab initio calculations and spectral assignments of ethylmethylgermane; Klaeboe, Peter; Nielsen, Claus J.; Horn, Anne; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Witkowski, Witold; Vibrational Spectroscopy (2010), 54(1), 56-64.

Microwave, Raman, and Infrared Spectra; Adjusted r0 Structural Parameters; Conformational Stability; and Vibrational Assignment of Germylcyclohexane; Durig, James R.; Ward, Rachel M.; Conrad, Andrew R.; Tubergen, Michael J.; Guirgis, Gamil A.;  Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2010), 114(34), 9289-9299.

Infrared and Raman spectra, conformations, ab initio calculations and spectral assignments of ethylmethyldichlorogermane; Klaeboe, Peter; Nielsen, Claus J.; Horn, Anne; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Wurrey, Charles J.; Journal of Molecular Structure (2010), 976(1-3), 105-114. Microwave and Quantum Chemical Study of Allyldifluorosilane (H2C:CHCH2SiF2H) Moellendal, Harald; Samdal, Svein; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Wurrey, Charles J.; Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2010), 114(24), 6608-6612. 

Rotational spectrum of three conformers of 3,3-difluoropentane: Construction of a 480MHz bandwidth chirped-pulse Fourier-transform microwave spectrometer; Obenchain, Daniel A.; Elliott, Ashley A.; Steber, Amanda L.; Peebles, Rebecca A.; Peebles, Sean A.; Wurrey, Charles J.; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2010), 261(1), 35-40. 

Conformational stability, r0 structural parameters, ab initio calculations, and vibrational assignment for cyanocyclopentane; Durig, James R.; Ward, Rachel M.; Ganguly, Arindam; El Defrawy, Ahmed M.; Nelson, Keegan G.; Gounev, Todor K.; Soliman, Mamdouh S.; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Vibrational Spectroscopy (2010), 53(1), 45-53.

Raman and infrared spectra, conformational stability, ab initio calculations and vibrational assignment of dimethylsilylisocyanate; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Zhou, Sarah Xiaohua; Durig, James R.; Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2010), 41(3), 303-309. 

Conformational stability, r0 structural parameters, barriers to internal rotation, vibrational assignments and ab initio calculations of c-C3H5GeH2CH3; Durig, James R.; Panikar, Savitha S.; Guirgis, Gamil A.; Gounev, Todor K.; Klaeboe, Peter; Horn, Anne; Nielsen, Claus J.; Peebles, Rebecca A.; Peebles, Sean A.; Liberatore, Richard J., Journal of Molecular Structure (2010), 969(1-3), 55-68.

Conformational and structural studies of 2-fluoroethylamine from temperature dependent FT-IR spectra of krypton and xenon solutions and ab initio calculations. Durig, James R.; Ganguly, Arindam; Zheng, Chao; Guirgis, G. A.; Herrebout, W. A.; van der Veken, B. J.; Gounev, Todor K., Journal of Molecular Structure (2010), 968(1-3), 36-47.

Conformational stability, r(0) structural parameters, and vibrational assignments of mono-substituted cyclobutanes: Fluorocyclobutane; Ganguly Arindam; Klaassen Joshua J; Guirgis Gamil A; Gounev Todor K; Durig James R.; Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2011), 79(4), 831-40.