Daniel Y. Pharr, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry

Specialty: 

Analytical Chemistry
Spectrophotometry

Office: 403D Science Building
Telephone: (540) 464-7419
Fax: (540) 464-7261
Email: PharrDY@vmi.edu 

Professor (Initial Appointment - 1982)

Education: 

Ph.D. - University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1983)
M.A. - Wake Forest University (1978)
B.S. - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1976)

Dan Pharr is an analytical chemist with special interests in the effects of micellar solutions on atomic absorption spectrophotometry and D.C. Plasma spectrophotometry. He is also interested in environmental analysis, in particular the determination of petroleum products in groundwater and soil by synchronous scanning fluorescence. Dr. Pharr has been awarded the Hinman (1992) and Maury (1993) Research awards in recognition of his efforts to involve cadets in pertinent, current research projects. He is president of the VMI chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; he also is an advisor for a local elementary school Science Club, and is a delegate to the Universities Council on Water Resources. He is the editor of the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research. Away from the office, Dr. Pharr enjoys classical music since 1826 to the present (opera in particular) and Icelandic literature and history.