Rate My Professor Amanda Knapp

Amanda Knapp, Ph.D., serves as Professor of Chemistry at Mars Hill University, holding appointments in both the Chemistry and Biochemistry departments. Her office is located in Ferguson 239. She earned a B.S. from Xavier University in 2006 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of Akron in 2011. During her graduate studies, Knapp investigated silver N-heterocyclic carbene complexes, exploring their potential as antimicrobial and anticancer agents. Her research contributions include co-authorship on the publication "In vitro antimicrobial studies of silver carbene complexes: activity of free and nanoparticle carbene formulations against clinical isolates," published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in 2012. She was recognized as an outstanding graduate student at The University of Akron for her work on the delivery of anti-cancer silver carbene complexes via encapsulated nanoparticles.