FORMER KOVAL RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS

 

 

Postdoctorals

 

Teresa Longin (Ph.D 1995) - Photomodulated & Photofacilitated Membrane Transport

 

            Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, CA

           

Personal Information: Married (David Soulsby), three cats (Dakota, Boo, and

Kobe), I hike a little, jog a little, swim a little, read alot

 

Contact Info: 909-793-2121 x2376(w), teresa_longin@redlands.edu

 

 

Barbara Serr (1989-90) - Axial Complexation to Fe and Co Porphyrins

 

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Takayuki Suzuki (1995-96) - Alkene Complexation Chemistry for Copper(I) Triflate

 

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Chemistry and Biochemistry Ph.D.'s

 

Robin L. Austermann (1985) - "The Effects of Surface Energetics and Surface Oxide Formation on the Cyclic Voltammetry of Metallocenes at Non-illuminated P-Type and N-Type Indium Phosphide Electrodes."

 

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Garrett M. Brown (1991) - "Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemical Detection at Semiconducting Titanium Dioxide."

 

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Debra L. Bryant (1997) - "Development of New Materials for the Facilitated Transport of Unsaturated Organic Compounds."

 

            Current Occupation: Sr. Analytical Research Chemist, Tech Center, Roche Colorado Corp., 2075 N. 55th St., Boulder, CO 80301

 

            Personal Information:  Single, four sons, Justin living in Boulder attending CCD for possible Nursing major, Steven lives in Boulder after 2 semesters of college is working and going to school and Phil is in his last year of high school in Boulder.  Chris, the oldest is in Louisiana.  I live in Louisville.  The job is pharmaceuticals a division of Hoffman LaRoche; nice, mainly because of the great group of people I work with.

 

Contact Info: debra.bryant@roche.com

 

Steven M. Drew (1989) - "The Electrochemistry and Coordination Chemistry of Water Soluble Iron Porphyrins and Their Application to Novel Separation Processes."

 

Current Occupation: Professor, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

 

            Personal Information: Married (Mary) with three daughters (Lillian, Clara, Olivia)

 

Contact Info: phone: 507-646-4032, sdrew@carleton.edu, www.carleton.edu

 

Nancy S. Foster-Mills (1994) - "Remediation of Aqueous Waste Streams Containing Metal Ions and Organic Compounds Using Semiconductor Photocatalysis."

 

            Current Occupation: Senior Research Scientist Technical Lead/User Coordinator: Environmental Spectroscopy & Biogeochemistry Facility Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA

 

Personal Info: Married (Duke), 2 cats Volunteer activities: Destination Imagination, Tri-City Rose Society; Hobbies: gardening, reading, volleyball, softball, weightlifting

 

Contact Info: home - (509) 628-9340, nfoster@owt.com, http://users.owt.com/nancduke

work - (509) 376-1343, nancy.foster@pnl.gov

http://emslbios.pnl.gov/id/foster-mills_ns

 

Michelle L. Goyette (2001) - "Experimental Verification of a Mathematical Model Describing Photofacilitated Transport in Liquid Membranes."

 

            Current Occupation: Staff Scientist, Metabolism Group, Array BioPharma, Boulder, CO

 

Personal Information: Fiance - Dan Livingston(wedding is Sept. 25, 2004, in Maine!); Involved in many outdoor activities, especially skiing, biking,

and hiking/backpacking.

 

Contact Info: 303-386-1248 (w), michelle.goyette@arraybiopharma.com

 

Markus D. Groner (1999) “Effect of Surface Layers on Electron Transfer at Semiconductor/Liquid Interfaces.”

 

            Current Occupation: Post-Doc researching metal Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD),  Steven George group, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

 

Personal Information: Engaged to Christie, and still doing lots of outdoor

activities like mountain biking, telemark skiing, ulitmate frisbee, etc.

 

Contact Info: 303-492-6590(w), markus.groner@colorado.edu

 

Jason Howard (1992) - "Electron Transfer at Semiconducting Metal Dichalcogenide-Liquid Interfaces."

 

Current Occupation: Energy Technologies Manager, Motorola-Energy Systems Group, Lawrenceville, GA.   My group keeps up on new developments in batteries, etc. that are relevant to powering portable electronics.

 

Contact Info: 770-338-3306 (w), jason.howard@motorola.com

 

Personnel information: Married (Elizabeth), two daughters (Margot, Celia)

 

Michael E. Ketterer (1985) - "The Synthesis, Electrochemistry and Homogeneous Reactivity of Co(III) Pentaalkylamine Complexes and Their Use as Model Reactants for Nonadiabatic Electron Transfer Reactions."

 

            Current Occupation: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Northern Arizona  University, Flagstaff, AZ; teach analytical chemistry; a recovering electrochemist with research in plasma source mass spectrometry and environmental geochemistry

 

            Personal Info: Married (Liz), two children (Andrea, b. 1987; Billy b. 1992); still do much bicycling and skiing, although I'm fatter and slower

 

Contact Info: 928 523-7055; Michael.Ketterer@nau.edu

 

Lori Nixon (1992) - "The Effects of Magnetic Stabilization on Liquid Fluidized Beds Used in Downstream Bioprocessing."

 

            Current Occupation: Associate Director, Analytical Sciences, Amgen Inc.,

            Longmont, CO

 

Personal Info: Single (no, hell has not frozen over yet); living in

Boulder; still working the biotech gig.  I work too much, but still manage

to go outside and play sometimes.  A bit o' climbing, lots of skiing &

biking.

 

Contact Info: (303) 401-1231 (w), lnixon@amgen.com

 

Karen L. Norrod (1998) - “Effects of Adsorbates and Coatings on Surface-Enhanced RamanSpectroscopy"

 

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John B. Olson (1987) - "The Electrochemistry of Metallocenes on Tungsten Diselenide Semiconducting Electrodes."

 

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Roberto Rabago (1994) "Synthesis and Transport Properties of Doped PFSA Polymers"

 

            Current Occupation: U.S. Patent Office, Washington, DC

 

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Zelideth E. Reyes (1986)

            "Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of Facilitated Transport Through     Liquid Membranes."

 

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Sarah K. Roberts (2000) - "Separation of Organic Mixtures Using Facilitated Transport  and Composite Membranes."

 

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Charles J. Rutkowski (1986) - "Electron Transfer Reactions Between Thallium(III) and Binuclear Ruthenium Complexes."

 

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Peter R. Segar (1989,) - "Observation of Hot Carriers in p-Type Indium Phosphide Electrochemical Cells."

 

            Current Occupation: Vice President, Mechanical R&D,  Seagate Technology, Recording Heads Div., Bloomington, MN

 

            Personal Info: Married (Kim), three kids (Max, Hannah and Josie); Into cooking, mountain biking, kids, outdoors

 

Contact Info: 612-402-8226(w), prsegar@hotmail.com

 

Heather O. Shafer (2000) - “Electron Transfer Reactions of Hydrophobic Metallocenes with Aqueous Redox Couples at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces."

 

            Current Occupation: Visiting Assistant Professor, Smith College, Northampton, MA

 

 

Personal Information: Married (Colin), one daughter (Lindsey born 5/9/01); My main recreational activity is chasing Lindsey around.

 

Contact Information: 413-585-3363(w), hshafer@email.smith.edu http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Chem/People/hshafer.htm

 

 

Cindy Reidsema Simpson (1986,) - "Steric Effects in Electron Transfer Reactions: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Evidence for Nonadiabaticity in Reactions Involving Selected Transition Metal Complexes."

 

            Current Occupation: Program Manager Intellectual Property, Motorola, Austin, Texas.  Currently a patent agent working in the IP Department of Motorola asserting the patent portfolio against Motorola competitors

 

            Personal Information: Married. Husband - Logan. Twin sons Colton and Declan, DOB 4/24/00.  Have been making pottery for >2 years as a hobby.

 

Contact Info: cindy.simpson@motorola.com (512-996-6991)

 

Barton B. Smith (1989) - "Theoretical Investigation of the Solid Liquid Interface with Focus on the Electrochemical Interface."

 

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Terry Spontarelli (1989) - "Separation of Olefins by Facilitated Transport Through an Ion-Exchange Membrane."

 

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Paul M. Thoen (1993) "The Competetive Facilitated Transport of Organic Compounds Through Ag+-Incorporated Ion-Exchange Membranes."

 

            Current Occupation: Operations Manager, ITN Energy Systems, Littleton, CO

 

Personal Info: Married (DJ); daughter (Kaylee); hiking biking and snowboarding

 

Contact Info:  303-285-5195, pthoen@itnes.com

 

Robert Torres, Jr. (1993)

            Hot Electron Reactions in p-Type Indium Phosphide Photoelectrochemical           Cells."

 

            Current Occupation: R&D Manager of Gas Technology, Matheson Gas, Inc. Longmont, CO

 

Personal Info: Married (Maggie); two children (Michael and); scuba diving and any outdoor activity available

 

Contact Info: 303-678-0700 x315; RTorres@matheson-trigas.com

 

David K. Watts (1996) - "Photoelectrochemistry of Novel III-V Semiconductor Electrodes.”

 

Current Occupation: President and CEO, ACuTE, Inc. Semiconductor Device Process Development

 

Personal Information: Married (Natasha Reynald), one daughter (Kyra)

Chair of the Thin Films group for the AVS, Northern California Chapter

 

Contact Info: (510) 981-8250, dwatts@usa.net, 189 Fairlawn Dr., Berkeley, CA 94708

           

 

Douglas Wedman (1993) - "Electrochemically Modulated Complexation Techniques and Electrostatics Applied to Chemical Separations."

 

            Current Occupation: Deputy Group Leader, NMT-15 Pit Disposition Science and Technology Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

 

Personal Information: Married (Lisa), two daughters (Katie and Kelsey); Endeavors include carpentry, photography, archery, swimming, tropical fish keeping, hiking, camping, and backpacking, among others.

 

Contact Info: 505-665-7140(w), dwedman@lanl.gov

 

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry M.S.'s Directed (5)

 

Ross M. Gustafson (1988)

            "Determination of Half-Reaction Entropy Change and Electrochemical Rate           Constant for a Series of Substituted Metallocenes."

 

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Leonard Kaljevic (2000) - "Composite Facilitated Transport Membranes: Effects of Interfacial Area and Crosslinking Density on Membrane Transport"

 

Current Occupation: Research Associate (work with LC-MS mostly)- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA

 

Personal Information (optional): Married (Maja), one son (Tomas),

enjoy arguing with my mother-in-law, hiking, running, camping.

 

Contact Info: 858-676-3447(h), leonard_kaljevic@sd.vrtx.com

 

David Manley (1994) "Facilitated Transport Membranes: Investigations Into New Applications and Morphological Effects on Transport"

 

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Lisa L. Staley (1992) - "New Reversible   Complexing Agents for Oxygen/Nitrogen Separations"

 

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Thanh To  (1995) "Modulating and Controling the Rates of Interfacial Mass Transport"

 

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