Karl J. Feierabend

Department/Affiliation: Chemistry
Phone: 330-263-2613
Office Address: 214 Severance Hall
Email: kfeierabend@wooster.edu

Degrees

• B.S., Furman University 2001
• Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder 2006

Areas of Research

The photochemistry and kinetics of atmospheric chemical processes, specifically those that can occur in atmospheric organic aerosols.

Courses Taught

• CHEM 110:  Introductory Chemistry
• CHEM 120:  Principles of Chemistry
• CHEM 318:  Physical Chemistry I
• CHEM 319:  Physical Chemistry II

I.S. Projects

• Alexander Anderson: Photochemistry of Oxalic Acid and Malonic Acid in Aqueous Solution at Different Protonation States
• Jared Steed: Investigation of the Kinetics of Aqueous Dicarboxylic Acids Under Tropospheric Light Conditions and the Application of Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations to Model Chemical Kinetics

Awards and Professional Memberships

• American Chemical Society (ACS)

Publications

• K.J. Feierabend, J.E. Flad, S. S. Brown, J. B. Burkholder; HCO Quantum Yields in the Photolysis of HC(O)C(O)H (Glyoxal) Between 290 and 420 nm. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2009, 113(27), pp 7784-7794.