Allison Deluca

Allison Deluca is a Lecturer in the Department of Computational and Chemical Sciences at Carlow University. Her research focuses on chemistry, materials science, and photophysics, particularly in the areas of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), corannulene-based materials, and nitroaromatic antibiotics.

Education:

• PhD, University of South Carolina
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wake Forest University
• BS, Westminster College

Research Interests:

• Modulation of photophysics in photoswitchable MOFs
• Electronic structure engineering of fulleretic COFs
• Nitrite release mechanisms in nitroaromatic antibiotics
• Confinement effects in hybrid inorganic-organic materials
• Heterometallic MOFs with structural memory

Publications: Recent work explores nitroaromatic antibiotics as nitrogen oxide sources, strain energy release in corannulene systems, and radiation resistance of MOFs. Her research spans 2018–2021 with recurring themes of photophysics, redox activity, and materials design.