{"id":82,"date":"2017-11-27T17:11:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T22:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/jurcalab\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:27:00","slug":"dr-titel-jurca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/jurcalab\/current-members\/dr-titel-jurca\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Titel Jurca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/jurcalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Titel-UCF-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/jurcalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Titel-UCF-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/jurcalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/Titel-UCF.jpg 673w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 219px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 219\/300;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Associate Professor (2024-current)<br \/>\nDepartment of Chemistry,<br \/>\nRenewable Energy and Chemical Transformations Cluster,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\n&amp; NanoScience Technology Center,<br \/>\nUniversity of Central Florida<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Education<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, USA, 2015-2017 (<span style=\"color: #0c5c0d\"><em>Tobin J. Marks<\/em><\/span>)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, 2012-2015 (<span style=\"color: #0c5c0d\"><em>Ian Manners<\/em><\/span>)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> PhD.Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2008-2012 (<span style=\"color: #0c5c0d\"><em>Darrin Richeson<\/em><\/span>)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> B.Sc. Chemistry with Honours,University of Ottawa, Canada, 2003-2008 (<span style=\"color: #0c5c0d\"><em>Deryn Fogg<\/em><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Other research positions held:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida (2017-2024)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Undergraduate Researcher: University of Windsor, Canada (summer 2007,<span style=\"color: #0c5c0d\"><em> Douglas Stephan<\/em><\/span>)<br \/>\nNSERC Visiting Scholar: Academia Sinica, Taipei (summer 2011, <span style=\"color: #0c5c0d\"><em>Tiow-Gan Ong<\/em><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=dCTx0awAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\"><strong>Google Scholar\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0c5c0d\"><a style=\"color: #0c5c0d\" href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3656-912X\">ORCID<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Awards and Distinctions at UCF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>RSC Advances<\/strong> (Royal Society of Chemistry) <strong>Emerging Investigator<\/strong> (2024)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Chemistry Europe &#8211; <em>ChemPhysChem<\/em><\/strong> (Wiley) <strong>Physical Chemistry Talents<\/strong> (2024)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>ACS Orlando Section &#8211; Outstanding Chemist<\/strong> (2024)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal\">University of Ottawa, Faculty of Science Young Alumni Award of Excellence\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">(2023)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Chemistry Open<\/strong> (Wiley) &#8211; <strong>Early Career Advisory Board<\/strong> (2022)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Catalysis Science &amp; Technology<\/strong> (Royal Society of Chemistry) <strong>Emerging Investigator<\/strong> (2022)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>ACS Outreach Volunteer of the Year<\/strong> (2022)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>ACS Orlando Section \u2013 Outstanding Educator at a Primarily Research Institution<\/strong> (2021)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>ACS Orlando Section \u2013 Outstanding Volunteer<\/strong> (2021)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor (2024-current) Department of Chemistry, Renewable Energy and Chemical Transformations Cluster, &amp; NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida Education Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, USA, 2015-2017 (Tobin J. 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