Jason Pajski

Teaching Assistant Professor

Office: SZ 512
Phone: 252-328-9766
E-mail: pajskij21@ecu.edu

  • Associate Professor / Assistant Professor, University of Mount Olive (2011-2021)
  • Ph.D., University of Virginia (2011)
  • B.S. Chemistry, Lebanon Valley College (2005)

Courses Taught

  • CHEM 1150: General Chemistry I
  • CHEM 1151: General Chemistry Laboratory I
  • CHEM 1160: General Chemistry II
  • CHEM 1161: General Chemistry Laboratory II
  • CHEM 5960: Physical Chemistry II
  • CHEM 5961: Physical Chemistry II Laboratory

Research Interests

I am interested in using molecular spectroscopy and computational chemistry techniques to study molecular structures and dynamics of systems such as protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions and ionic liquids. Current projects include ionic liquids for carbon capture and interactions between PFAS compounds and human serum proteins.

Research Website

Selected Publications

    • Kerkan, Alexa, Kai Hart, Daniel W. Martin, Jason Pajski, Bridget Aidoo, Brandon L. Garcia, Sourav Roy et al. In Vitro Structural and Functional Studies of a Novel Cupredoxin, FtrB, from Brucella abortus 2308. ACS Omega (2025). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.5c00690
    • Shaikh, Abdul Rajjak, Andrea Grillo, Massimo Christian D’Alterio, Jason J. Pajski, Syazwani Itri Amran, Hira Karim, Mohit Chawla, Giovanni Talarico, Albert Poater, and Luigi Cavallo.  Choline-based amino acid ionic liquids for CO2 capture. Journal of Molecular Liquids (2025): 127084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2025.127084
    • Abdul Rajjak Shaikh, Anna Vidal-López, Artur Brotons-Rufes, Jason J. Pajski, Sadain Jafar, Raisul Awal Mahmood, Muhammad Usman Khan, Albert Poater, Mohit Chawla, Luigi Cavallo. Amino acid ionic liquids as efficient catalysts for CO2 capture: A combined static and dynamic approach. Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, (2024), 14, 100175.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsurfi.2023.100175
    • Abdul Rajjak Shaikh, Sergio Posada-Pérez, Artur Brotons-Rufes, Jason J. Pajski, Gulshan Kumar, Ayesha Mateen, Albert Poater, Miquel Solà, Mohit Chawla, and Luigi Cavallo. Selective absorption of H2S and CO2 by azole based protic ionic liquids: A combined density functional theory and molecular dynamics study. Journal of Molecular Liquids, (2022), 367, 120558.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120558
    • Jean-Pierre Korb, Yanina Goddard, Jason Pajski, Galina Diakova, and Robert G. Bryant. Extreme-Values Statistics and Dynamics of Water at Protein Interfaces. Phys. Chem. B, (2011), 115(44), 12845–12858.https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2053426
    • Pajski, Jason J.; Logan, Matthew D.; Douglass, Kevin O.; Brown, Gordon G.; Dian, Brian C.; Pate, Brooks H.; Suenram, Richard D. Chirped-Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy: A New Technique for Rapid Identification of Chemical Agents. International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, (2008), 18(1), 31-45.https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129156408005114
    • Michael J. Tubergen; Andrew R Conrad; Roberto E Chavez III; Injung Hwang; Richard D Suenram; Jason J Pajski; Brooks H Pate. Gas-Phase Conformational Distributions for the 2-Alkylalcohols 2-Pentanol and 2-Hexanol from Microwave Spectroscopy. J. Mol. Spec., (2008), 251(1-2), 330-338.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2008.03.020

Invited Presentations

  • Studying Molecular Dynamics with Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry, Longwood University, October 11, 2016.
  • Shake, Rattle, and Roll: The Dynamic World of Molecules, Coker College, February 26, 2016.
  • Measurement of Biomolecular Dynamics Using Field Cycling Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion, Lebanon Valley College, April 15, 2008.