James R. Barrante

James R. Barrante (born 1938) received his B.A. degree in chemistry from the University of Connecticut in 1960, where he did senior year research on the X-ray crystal structure of mixed metal oxides. He then went on to received his M.A. and Ph.D. Degrees in chemistry from Harvard University in 1964, where he worked in the area of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance. After leaving Harvard, he spent a year at Tufts University as a post- doctoral fellow doing research on the crystal structure of mixed metal hydrides using X-ray crystallography. From Tufts he took a position as a senior research chemist at the Olin Corporation in New Haven, and after two years joined the faculty at Southern Connecticut State University where he taught physical chemistry for 43 years. He retired as Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry in 2008. During his tenure at S.C.S.U. he continued his research on the structure of mixed metal oxide superconducting ceramics. He is the author of two text books, "Applied Mathematics for Physical Chemistry" (now in its third edition), and "Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences" (presently available only in Japanese). In the later years at Southern, Professor Barrante became interested in the global warming debacle and upon retiring wrote a non- technical book called "Global Warming for Dim Wits: A Scientist's Perspective of Climate Change." He presently writes a bi-weekly newspaper science column for the Waterbury (CT) Republican American. He resides in Cheshire, CT with his wife Marlene.