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Karl J. Feierabend

Karl J. Feierabend

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Chemistry

Biography

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

Selected Publications & Presentations

Publications

  • 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
  • Kuen, D. S.; Feierabend, K. J. Cavity-enhanced overtone spectroscopy of methanol in aprotic solvents: probing solute-solvent interactions and self-associative behavior. J. Phys. Chem. A 2014, 118 (16), 2942-2951. DOI: 10.1021/jp502465j
  • Talukdar, R. K.; Zhu, L.; Feierabend, K. J.; Burkholder, J. B. Rate coefficients for the reaction of methylglyoxal (CH3COCHO) with OH and NO3 and glyoxcal (HCO)2 with NO3. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2011, 11 (21), 10837-10851. DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-10837-2011
  • Baasandorj, M.; Feierabend, K. J.; Burkholder, J. B. Rate coefficients and ClO radical yields in the reaction of O(1D) with CClF2CCl2F, CCl3CF3, CClF2CClF2, and CCl2FCF3. Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 2011 43 (8), 393-401. DOI: 10.1002/kin.20561
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

Independent Study Advising

  • Colton Rambur, Warfarin in Natural Water: A Study of the Photochemical Decomposition and Product Formation (2023)
  • Sarah Mullen, Using Computational Methods to Predict Induced Changes in the Fundamental and Overtone NH Stretches due to Solvent Effects (2022)
  • Grace Anne Hiipaaka, Methamphetamine in Wastewater: A Comparison of Product
    Identification Post UV and Chlorination Disinfection (2022)

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Awards & Honors

  • 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

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