Timothy Dransfield

Department of Chemistry (College of Science and Mathematics)

University of Massachusetts, S-1-85, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125

(Phone 617-287-6143; Fax 617-287-6030; Email: timothy.dransfield@umb.edu)

 

EDUCATION

2002                        Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Harvard University

1999                        A.M. Chemistry, Harvard University

1995                        B.S. Chemistry, with Distinction and Highest Honors, Univ of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

2004-present        Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts-Boston

2002-2004              Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University

1995-2002              Graduate Research and Teaching, Harvard University

 

DOCTORAL ADVISOR

James G. Anderson, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

 

POSTDOCTORAL ADVISOR

James G. Anderson, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

                                 Gas-phase kinetics and photochemistry; chemistry of the middle and lower atmosphere; oxidation processes of atmospheric pollutants; infrared spectroscopy of molecules and radical species; formation and loss of vibrationally excited intermediates; radical-molecule reactivity; electronic structure calculations.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, American Chemical Society (1995-present)

Member, American Geophysical Union (1996-present)

Member, Council on Undergraduate Research (2002-present)

Member, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Faculty-Staff Union (2004-present)

Member, Graduate Committee, Chemistry Department, UMass Boston (2005-present)

Member, Executive Committee, Chemistry Department, UMass Boston (2005-2012)

Member, Curriculum Committee, Chemistry Department, UMass Boston (2007-present)

Representative, Senate, College of Science and Math, UMass Boston (2005-2012)

Secretary and member of the Executive Committee (2005-2007)

Member, Subcommittee on Budget and Long-Range Planning (2006)

 

 

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Dr. Timothy Dransfield

Department of Chemistry

The Dransfield Group

Laboratory: S-1-36