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Degrees

  • B.S., Furman University 2001
  • Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder 2006
Areas of Interest
  • Photooxidation of Multi-functional Organic Compounds Relevant to Atmospheric Aerosols
  • Thermodynamics of Solution-Phase H-π Bonding
Courses Taught
  • IDPT 101: First Year Seminars in Critical Inquiry
  • CHEM 111: General Chemistry I
  • CHEM 112: General Chemistry II
  • CHEM 216: Environmental Chemistry
  • CHEM 318: Physical Chemistry I
  • CHEM 319: Physical Chemistry II
  • CHEM 401: Introduction to Independent Study
Independent Study Advising
  • Allison, J. M.; Olson, K. S.; Bowers, B. B.; Krul, S. E.; Hoehn, S. J.; Feierabend, K. J. Photochemistry of aqueous warfarin and 4-hydroxycoumarin. In preparation (2024).
  • Krul, S. E.; Hoehn, S. J.; Feierabend, K. J.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E. Excited state dynamics of 7-deazaguanosine and guanosine 5’-monophosphate. J. Chem. Phys. 2021, 154 (7), 075103. DOI: 10.1063/5.0038123
  • Zane Thornburg (2018): An Investigation into the Lambert-Beer Law in Incoherent Broad-Band Cavity-Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Bailey Bowers (2017): The Effect of pH on the Direct Photolysis of Warfarin in Aqueous Solution
  • Nathan Gimble (2016): The Elucidation of a Mechanism for Malonic Acid Photooxidation in Aqueous Solutions
Publications
  • Kuen, D, Feierabend KJ, Cavity-enhanced overtone spectroscopy of methanol in aprotic solvents: probing solute-solvent interactions and self-associative behavior, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 118 (16): 2942-2951 April 2014
  • Talukdar, RK, Zhu L, Feierabend KJ, Burkholder JB, Rate coefficients for the reaction of methylglyoxal (CH3COCHO) with OH and NO3 and glyoxal (HCO)2 with NO3, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11: 10837-10851 November 2011
  • Bassandorj, M, Feierabend, KJ, Burkholder JB, Rate coefficients and ClO radical yields in the reaction of O(1D) with CClF2CFCl2, CCl3CF3, CClF2CClF2, and CCl2FCF3, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 43(8): 393-401 August 2011
  • Papanastasiou, DK, Feierabend KJ, Burkholder JB, Cl2O photochemistry: UV/vis absorption spectrum temperature dependence and O(3P) quantum yield at 193 and 248 nm, Journal of Chemical Physics, 134: #204310 May 2011
  • Feierabend, KJ, Papanastasiou DK, Burkholder JB, ClO radical yields in the reaction of O(1D) with Cl2, HCl, chloromethanes, and chlorofluoromethanes, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114 (45): 12052-12061 October 2010
Presentations

Talks

  • Feierabend, K. J.; Karazsia B. K. Interteaching: an active learning approach for the STEM classroom, Ohio Project Kaleidoscope: Increasing STEM Success in Higher Education, May 16, 2015
  • In the OH-Me stretch: probing noncovalent interactions using cavity-enhanced spectroscopy and computational chemistry, John Carroll University, December 10, 2014
  • Understanding solute-solvent interactions with spectroscopy, Mt. Union University, November 2, 2012

Posters (2013 – Present)

  • Allison, J. M.; Feierabend, K. J. Aqueous warfarin and 4-hydroxycoumarin photodegradation products and yields from UV-B exposure, Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting, July 2023
  • Feierabend, K. J.; Karazsia B. Interteaching in the general chemistry classroom: a low-tech alternative to the conventional “flipped” approach, Abstracts of the Papers of the American Chemical Society 255:184-CHEN, April 2018
  • Feierabend, K. J.; Bowers B. Solvent dependence of the H-p equilibrium constant, Abstracts of the Papers of the American Chemical Society 255:522-PHYS, April 2018
  • Kuen, D.; Feierabend, K. J. Alcohol-solvent interactions probed using cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy of O-H stretching vibrational overtones, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 245: 309-PHYS, April 2013
Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Awards
  • Single-Investigator Cottrell College Science Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2011-2014
  • William H. Wilson Awards, 2010-2014
  • Ralston Endowment Fund for Faculty Development, 2009
  • NASA Earth Systems Science Fellowship, 2002-2005