Karl J. Feierabend
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Chemistry
Phone: 330-263-2613
Office: Severance 214
CV/Resume: Download
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
- 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
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