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Presented at this year's (October 17, 2009) Connecticut
Science Educator's Conference.
I talked about the simulation program Stella, and global warming
project the sophomores are going to use it for. At the CSTA conference I
also attended talks about polymer chemistry and using Google Earth in
chemistry projects. I heard a fascinating keynote speech by
Ed Buckbee about the history
of the space program.
Hear me interviewed!
Here's a link to the
SMARTBoard lesson podcast. I was
interviewed in Lesson 112 (February 10, 2008) on using the SMARTBoard to teach
chemical elements, and on the SMARTBoard research paper.
The Results are In!
Here's
my paper on the
SMARTBoard® research project I did.
Recent Conferences:
Connecticut Science
Educators Professional Development Day, sponsored by
Connecticut Science Teachers
Association, October 27, 2007. At this conference I learned about using
portfolios in science, changes in the Advanced Placement curriculum and
constructing inquiry-based laboratory experiments. I also heard a very
interesting talk about mummies by
Gerald
Conlogue & Ronald Beckett
Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, June 2005. I
presented a poster on the school Osteoporosis Project.
I also presented a poster on using the simulation program
Stella to teach stoichiometry
concepts at the 2005
Gordon Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice.
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Education and Research Experience: Postdoctoral Fellow, Marquette
University, Milwaukee,WI. Advisor:
Jeanne
Hossenlopp
Research: Used
time-resolved infrared absorption spectroscopy to determine the mechanism of
dissociation of formate esters. Performed ab initio
calculations to determine structure of transition states and intermediates
on the excited state potential energy surfaces for ethyl formate.
Doctor of
Philosophy,
Dartmouth College, Hanover,NH.
Research Advisor:
Joseph J. BelBruno (Physical Chemistry), 1989-1997.
Research:
Used the technique of time-of-flight mass spectrometry to determine the
fragmentation patterns of similar cyclic compounds and their straight-chain
analogues. Used resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization to determine
mechanism of dissociation of selenium and germanium alkyls.
Bachelor of
Science, magna cum laude,
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, Major: Chemistry. 1985-1989.
Research:
Used
ultraviolet-visible absorbance spectroscopy to determine the mechanism and
rate of a ligand-replacement reaction on a ruthenium dimer.
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Hello Everyone!
Here you will find information about my professional experience and
education, as well as conferences that I attend.
I am always available for extra help after school in
room 349. You
may also contact me by e-mail at:
echristophy@sacredhearthamden.org.
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Published Papers:
Elizabeth Christophy, Kari
Myli, Terrence R. Viegut, J.A.Rzepiela, Jeanne M. Hossenlopp, "Detection of
Benzaldehyde and Formaldehyde in the UV Photolysis of Gas-Phase Methyl
Benzoate," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 1997, 110,
229-234.
Yuping Niu, Elizabeth
Christophy, Patrick J. Pisano, Ying Zhang, and Jeanne M. Hossenlopp. "Formate
Ester Norrish Type II Elimination: Diode Laser Probing of Gas-Phase Yields"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 4181.
Yuping Niu, Elizabeth
Christophy and Jeanne Hossenlopp. "A New View of the Norrish Type II
Elimination: Product Rotational State Distributions"J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 1996, 118, 4188.
Melissa Antman, Lyndee Hilt,
Elizabeth Christophy, Joseph J. BelBruno. "Multiphoton Ionization
Spectroscopy of Germanium Atoms Produced By Multiphoton Dissociation of
Ge(C2H5)4." Chem. Phys. Lett., 1994, 221, 294.
Joseph J. BelBruno and
Elizabeth Christophy. "Non-resonant Multiphoton Ionization of Small Cyclic
Molecules: A Comparison of Fragmentation Pathways For Ethylene Sulfide,
Ethylene Oxide, Propylene Oxide and Cyclopropane." Int. J. Mass Spec.
and Ion Proc., 1992, 115, 111.
Joseph J. BelBruno, Jennifer
Spacek, Elizabeth Christophy. "Multiphoton Dissociation Dynamics of Dimethyl
Selenide." J. Phys. Chem., 1991, 95, 6928.
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