Faculty Notes
Each year the Dean's Office requests
a "brag list" of faculty activities outside of the classroom.
Some of our faculty are too modest or busy to submit entries -
this does not mean they havn't been active! However, from glancing
at the material below and extrapolating to the rest you can see
that we are reasonably busy!
| Tom Borgers After two years in the
Facluty Early Retirement Program (FERP) Tom has decided to retire
completely. Tom will very much miss working with students, and
they will miss him as well. Good luck Tom. |
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William
Golden
Bill and Bob Zoellner took a group of students
to Santa Clara University this Spring to make poster presentations:
- "Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy in
Undergraduate Research"; Fabian C. Batista, Ian T. Clark,
Charles I. Heinberg, Yumiko Nakatsuka and William G. Golden;
Sixteenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium; Santa Clara
University, California, May 2004.
- "Helical Structures in Perfluoroalkanes:
A Computational Confromational Investigation"; Sadie E.
Solem, Erin M. Brown, Robert W. Zoellner and William G. Golden;
Sixteenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium; Santa Clara
University, California, May 2004.
Bill also is co-author on a couple of publications
describing his continuing work of flourine compounds:
- "The Structures and Properties of Tetrafluoromethane,
Hexafluoroethane, and Octafluoropropane using the AIMPRO Density
Functional Program"; Robert W. Zoellner, C. D. Latham, J.
P. Goss, William G. Golden, R. Jones, and P. R. Briddon; Journal
of Fluorine Chemistry 2003, 121, 193-199.
- "A Computational Investigation of Helical
Perfluoroalkane Conformations and Implications for the Adsorption
of Perfluoroalkanes on Platinum (111) Surfaces"; William
G. Golden and Robert W. Zoellner; Invited article for a special
issue of Comptes Rendues Chemie; 2004, 7, manuscript submitted
and under review.
Other activities include:
- Reviewer for two manuscripts for the Journal
of Chemical Education: November 2003 and Aprill 2004.
- Co-organizer (with R.W. Zoellner and R.A.
Paselk) of the Fifth Annual College of Natural Resources and
Sciences "New and Used" Poster Session, held this year
in the Kate Buchanan Room of the University Center. (Coordinated
publicity, community awareness (including high schools, budget,
speakers, etc.) A total of 48 abstracts for posters to be presented
were received and incorporated into a printed abstract booklet
(R.W. Zoellner); approximately 60 posters were displayed and
over 200 students, faculty, and staff, as well as local high
school students, attended the opening ceremonies on Monday, March
29, 2004, or toured the poster session on the following Tuesday.
In addition, with R.W. Zoellner, constructed the "tri-fold"
poster boards for use in the poster session and which will be
used in other research poster sessions put on by the CNRS on
campus (such as the Mammology Conference this summer).
- Presented a Seminar to the Chemistry Department
of California State University, Chico on April 16, 2004: "The
Thermal Desorption of Perfluorohexane and Perfluoroheptane on
the Pt(111) Surface Interpreted via Conformational Analysis of
Perfluoroalkanes."
- Chemistry Magic Show: I developed a "magic
show" using chemical demonstrations. I have given two performances
for the Homelessness Project children at the Serenity Inn in
Eureka (January and April, 2004) and the 4th and 5th Grade students
of Kneeland School (May, 2004).
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Carol Lasko
Carol has writtten a paper on her continuing
research on chitosan:
- "A simple pretreatment method to improve
the adsorption of Chromium by chitosan"; in press, Journal
of Applied Polymer Science.
Other activities include:
- Reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology.
- Science outreach program-Bloomfield Elementary
School.
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| Ralph
Martinez |
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Richard
Paselk This is my last year
of my current stint as Department Chair for Chemistry. Its been
an exciting nine years, though its gotten to be considerably
more work in the recent past. Of course I had to time it so that
I had to do the latest Seven-year Self Study just before I left!
And, as last time, it was a "new" version - I seem
to have a target on my back which says test-subject.
Some of my other activities are listed below:
- Richard A. Paselk. The Chemical Refractometer.
XXII Scientific Instrument Symposium of the International Union
of the History and Philosophy of Science. The Mariner's Museum,
Newport News VA (Presented paper, 2003).
- Richard A. Paselk. A Modern Interpretation
of a Medieval Torquetum. XXII Scientific Instrument Symposium
of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science.
The Mariner's Museum, Newport News VA (Poster, 2003; also presented
at Fith Annual CNRS New and Used Poster Session, April 2004).
- On-line special exhibit, "The Chemical
Refractometer" to accompany a special exhibit at Robert
A. Paselk Scientific Instrument Museum, Chemistry dept. display
space. (October, 2003) This exhibit and series of essays, the
result of over five years of research and effort, is the source
on the history of this instrument.
- Designed and fabricated shelves and mounts
for displays created by Michael Lindquist, an HSU Geology student,
for fossils for eight touch shelf displays at HSU Natural History
Museum.
- Displayed and demonstrated/explained Medieval
scientific instruments/science at St. Bernard's Catholic School
1st annual Medieval Festival (Mon, 9 June 2003)
- Web site design, HTML, and digital editing
for Fifth Annual CNRS New & Used Poster Session (May 2004)
- Earth's First Four Billion Years - From the
Solar Nebula to the Cambrian Explosion. One hour talk for Humboldt
Preview (17 April 2004).
- Precambrian Life. One hour talk for HSU Natural
History Museum. (26 February2004)
- Designed, provided materials for, fabricated
and assembled the "Birds of the Redwoods" bird call
stand for the HSU Natural History Museum.
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| Darin
Price |
| Jeffrey
Schineller |
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Joshua
Smith
Josh took one of his research students to
the Sixteenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Santa
Clara University, California to present a poster this Spring.
Josh was also co-author on a paper with Kjirsten
Wayman and Bill Wood:
- Indole and 3-chloroindole: The source of
the disagreeable odor of Hygrophorus paupertinus. William F.
Wood, Joshua Smith, Kjirsten Wayman and David L. Largent. Mycologia,
95, 807-808 (2003)
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Kjirsten Wayman
Kjirsten was co-author on a paper with Josh
Smith and Bill Wood:
- Indole and 3-chloroindole: The source of
the disagreeable odor of Hygrophorus paupertinus. William F.
Wood, Joshua Smith, Kjirsten Wayman and David L. Largent. Mycologia,
95, 807-808 (2003)
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William
Wood
As we have come to expect, Bill continues
to be very productive in his research area, publishing a number
of papers as listed below:
- Indole and 3-chloroindole: The source of
the disagreeable odor of Hygrophorus paupertinus. William F.
Wood, Joshua Smith, Kjirsten Wayman and David L. Largent. Mycologia,
95, 807-808 (2003)
- Long-chain fatty acids in the anal gland
of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens. William F. Wood, Gwen A. Dragoo,
Michael J. Richard and Jerry W. Dragoo, Biochemical Systematics
and Ecology 31, 1057-1060 (2003)
- Volatile components in metatarsal glands
of sika deer, Cervus nippon. William F. Wood. Journal of Chemical
Ecology 29, 2729-2733 (2003).
- Clitolactone: A banana slug antifeedant from
Clitocybe flaccida. William F. Wood,Thomas J. Clark, Debra E.
Bradshaw, Brian D. Foy, David L. Largent, and Bradley L. Thompson.
Mycologia 96, 23-25 (2004).
- Straight- and branched-chain fatty acids
in the preorbital gland of sika deer, Cervus nippon. William
F. Wood. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30,: 479-482 (2004).
Bill also presented some of his research in
two posters, including some great pictures of unhappy banana
slugs, at the CNRS Fifth
Annual New & Used Poster Session,
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Robert Zoellner
Bob and Bill Golden took a group of students
to Santa Clara University this Spring to make poster presentations:
- "The Identification of the Smallest
Stable Alkane Trefoil Knot"; Stephanie E. McLaughlin and
Robert W. Zoellner; Sixteenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium;
Santa Clara University, California; May 2004.
- "A Novel Di-Zwitterionic Boron-Substituted
Analog of a Simple Amino Acid"; Luke S. Hamm and Robert
W. Zoellner; Sixteenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium;
Santa Clara University, California; May 2004.
Bob is also is co-author on a couple of publications
describing his continuing work of flourine compounds:
- "A Computational Investigation of Helical
Perfluoroalkane Conformations and Implications for the Adsorption
of Perfluoroalkanes on Platinum (111) Surfaces"; William
G. Golden and Robert W. Zoellner; Invited article for a special
issue of Comptes Rendues Chemie; 2004, 7, manuscript under review.
- "The Structures and Properties of Tetrafluoromethane,
Hexafluoroethane, and Octafluoropropane using the AIMPRO Density
Functional Program"; Robert W. Zoellner, C. D. Latham, J.
P. Goss, William G. Golden, R. Jones, and P. R. Briddon; Journal
of Fluorine Chemistry 2003, 121, 193-199.
Other activities include:
- Co-organizer (with William G. Golden and
Richard A. Paselk) of the Fifth Annual College of Natural Resources
and Sciences "New and Used" Poster Session, held this
year in the Kate Buchanan Room of the University Center. (Editor
of the booklet of abstracts.) A total of 48 abstracts for posters
to be presented were received and incorporated into a printed
abstract booklet; approximately 60 poster presentations were
displayed, and over 200 students, faculty, and staff, as well
as local high school students, attended the opening ceremonies
on Monday, 29 March 2004, or toured the poster session on the
Tuesday following. [In addition, with William G. Golden, constructed
the "tri-fold" poster boards for use in the poster
session and which will be used in other research poster sessions
(such as the Mammalogy Conference this summer) put on by the
CNRS on campus.
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Eight students
graduated 2003-2004. Seven are shown just prior to the Spring
2004 ceremony. Pictured from left to right: Jessica Momb received
the Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, option in Biochemistry,
Matthew Lincoln and Fabian Baptista received the Bachelor of
Science in Chemistry, Jessica Hebert received the Bachelor of
Arts in Chemistry, Micheal Smeaton and Annie Carter recieved
the Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with a second major - B.S.
in Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Patrick Jimenez received
the Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. Kathleen Gosnell (not shown)
recieved the Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with a second major
- B.S. in Oceanography. Graduation was followed by a reception
in the Chemistry Department, with food and drink provided by
the faculty. Graduates, families and friends showed up for conversation,
refreshments, and congratualtions.
The 
Noah Johnston is our 2004-2005 Clark Scholar. His proposal
involves the identification of flavor/odor components of honey
under the direction of Kjirsten Wayman. Noah recieved his award
certificate from Kjirsten following our last seminar of the spring
semester, April 26, 2004.
Stephanie
McGlaughlin is our 2004-2005 Hanson Scholar. She is pursuing
a computational study under teh direction of Bob Zoellner. Bob
presented the award certificate to Stephanie following our last
seminar of the spring semester, April 26, 2004.
HPLC:
The department's primary request was for a new HPLC to replace
our Beckman-Altex instrument put into service in 1981. This instrument
has given great service, but the purpose built computer was failing,
and other other components were also reaching the ends of useful
life. We were able to get a Waters Breeze HPLC System with binary
pump, manual injector, dual wavelength detector, and NT workstation.
One of this years graduates, Jessica Momb, can be seen in the
photo using this instrument in the Biochemistry lab.
FT-IR:
By offering matching funds (about $11,000) from our departmental
trust account we were able to get a second instrument. Our previous
instrument was purchased when we took over the west end of Science
A and was getting rather fragile. Our new faculty have been prevented
from using FT-IR in our brief organic course due to the age and
fragility of this instrument. We have now installed a Thermo-Nicolet
Avatar 370 FT-IR and used it in Chem 328 as well as in Chem 321/2.
This has increased the annual number of student users from 50-60
to 250-260! The new instrument is extraordinarily convenient
for beginning users and so ideal for student use, while allowing
very sophisticated operation by advanced users. Jessica Hebert,
one of this years graduates, is shown using this instrument in
the Organic Chemistry Instrument room.
Student Benchs: During our Department retreat of
Spring 2002 we decided it would be nice to provide benchs for
students to use outside of the chemistry labs. The Department
recieved two donations of benches: two for the fifth floor From
Darin Price (alumnus and staff member) and his wife Sandra and
two for the third floor from Rich Paselk and his wife Gail. Darin
designed his benchs based on the benchs in the entry area on
the fourth floor of Science A, but constructed them from walnut
and old-growth fir with a natural varnish finish. Rich was going
to build benchs, but then found some nice Teak benchs at Costco
(semi-kit form) for less than the cost of the lumber, so he and
Gail just purchased them. These benchs have been placed across
from the Analytical lab, where you can see a number of students
from that lab using them.