BOOKS PUBLISHED:

Student Study Guide to accompany the text, General Chemistry, by McMurry & Fay. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995.

CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

With D. H. Russell & R. E. Tecklenberg. "Structure-Reactivity Relationship for Ionic Transition Metal Carbonyl Cluster Fragments." In Gas Phase Inorganic Chemistry, edited by D. H. Russell, Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1989.

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

With D. H. Russell. "Formation of Ionic Transition Metal Carbonyl Cluster Fragments by Ion-Molecule Reactions. III. The Heteronuclear Systems." Journal of the American Chemical Society 109 (1987): 3903.

With D. H. Russell. "Formation of Ionic Transition Metal Carbonyl Cluster Fragments by Ion-Molecule Reactions. II. The Co(CO)3 (NO) and Ni(CO) 4 Systems." Journal of the American Chemical Society 108 (1986): 1860.

With D. H. Russell. "Formation of Ionic Transition Metal Carbonyl Cluster Fragments by Ion-Molecule Reactions. I. The Cr(CO)6 and Fe(CO)5 Systems." Journal of the American Chemical Society 107 (1985): 3762.

BOOK REVIEWS (list latest):

Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change, by Martin Silberberg, Boston: Mosby, 1996.

Chemistry: The Study of Matter & Its Changes, by James Brady, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1992.

Chemistry, by Steven Zumdahl, Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath, 1993.

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

"In Search of Contributions from Women Scientist." SCSU Women's Studies Conference, October 1993, New Haven, CT.

"The Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal Cluster Fragments in the Gas Phase," presented by D. H. Russell. Tenth International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Swansea, United Kingdom, September 1985.

"The Characterization of Ionic Transition Metal Cluster Fragments Using Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer." America Society for Mass Spectrometry National Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 1985.

"The Gas Phase Reaction Of Ionic Dinuclear Cluster Fragments with Hydrogen and 1, 3-Butadiene." ACS National Spring Meeting, Miami, April 1985.

"The Study of Transition Metal Clusters and Their Reactivities Using Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry," presented by D. H. Russell. International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Boulder, CO, July 1984.

"Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry as a Probe into Transition Metal Chemistry." ASMS Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1984.

"Studies on the Chemistry of Transition Metal Cluster Using Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry." ASMS Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1984.

"The Gas Phase Reaction Of Transition Metal Clusters." ACS National Spring Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 1984.

"Kinetics of Metal Cluster Reactions by FTMS," presented by D. H. Russell. Analytical Chemistry Summer Symposium, Lincoln, NE, June 1984.

"Ion-Molecule Chemistry of Transition Metal Clusters." ASMS National Meeting, Boston, 1983.

"Synthesis of Ionic Mixed Transition Metal Clusters in the Gas Phase." Presented by D. H. Russell at ACS National Spring Meeting, Seattle, WA, March 1983.

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

"Chemistry in the Crime Lab; Multiply Your Options." Presented as a part of the "Proficiency in the Mastery of Mathematics and Science" program, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT, May 1990-1995.

With Ronald Panicci. "Fostering and Maintaining an Interest in Chemistry Among High School and College Students." Connecticut Science Teachers' Association Workshop, Connecticut Science Educators Annual Conference, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT, March 8-9, 1991.

"The Colors of Chemistry; Multiply Your Options." Presented as a part of the "Proficiency in the Mastery of Mathematics and Science" program, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT, May 1989.

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

"Molecular Spectroscopy: Infrared and Luminescence," Elias Howe Grant, Yankee Ingenuity Initiative, 1993

"The Characterization of Di-iron Organometallic Compounds," Connecticut State University System Research Grant, Summer 1989

"Experiments in Inorganic Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization," Curriculum Development Grant, State of Connecticut, Summer 1988

"The Synthesis and Characterization of Fe2(CO)9-x(NCCH3)x", State of Connecticut, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1988 and Fall 1989

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL (use keywords):

Coordination Chemistry; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Spectroscopy

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

"The Acid Hydrolysis Reaction of Aspartame in Diet Drink Beverages."

"Chemiluminescence Spectroscopy and its Application to Biochemistry."

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

"Designing Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes with Macromolecular Ligands as Probe Materials for Environmental Sampling"

"The Application of GC-ITD in Environmental Analysis"

"Expansion of the Spectrochemical Series: The Placement of Saccharin"

"In Search of Contributions from Women Scientists"

MASTER'S THESES ADVISEMENT:

“Quantitation and Characterization of Organic Pollutants in the Quinnipiac and Naugatuck Rivers by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and High Performance Liquid Chromatography.”  Elizabeth Steeves

DISSERTATION TITLE:

The Formation of Ionic Transition Metal Carbonyl Cluster Fragments by Ion-Molecule Reactions

INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:

Texas A&M University