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
Current Occupation:
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Information:
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Takayuki
Suzuki (1995-96)
- Alkene Complexation Chemistry for Copper(I) Triflate
Current Occupation:
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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."
Current Occupation:
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Garrett
M. Brown
(1991) - "Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemical
Detection at Semiconducting Titanium
Dioxide."
Current Occupation:
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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"
Current Occupation:
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John
B. Olson
(1987) - "The Electrochemistry of Metallocenes on
Tungsten Diselenide Semiconducting Electrodes."
Current Occupation:
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Information:
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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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Information:
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Info:
Zelideth
E. Reyes
(1986)
"Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of Facilitated Transport Through Liquid
Membranes."
Current Occupation:
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Information:
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Sarah
K. Roberts
(2000) - "Separation of Organic Mixtures Using Facilitated Transport and Composite
Membranes."
Current Occupation:
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Information:
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Charles
J. Rutkowski
(1986) - "Electron Transfer Reactions Between Thallium(III) and Binuclear
Ruthenium Complexes."
Current Occupation:
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Information:
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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."
Current Occupation:
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Terry
Spontarelli
(1989) - "Separation of Olefins by Facilitated Transport Through an Ion-Exchange
Membrane."
Current Occupation: unavailable
Contact
Info: unavailable
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."
Current Occupation:
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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"
Current Occupation:
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Lisa
L. Staley
(1992) - "New Reversible Complexing Agents for Oxygen/Nitrogen
Separations"
Current Occupation:
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Thanh
To (1995) "Modulating and Controling the Rates of Interfacial Mass
Transport"
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