Fall ACS Meeting

August 24, 2023 By Leave a Comment

(L-R): Jordan Polvere, Aleksandr Davtyan, Anthony Gesford, and Maddy Hinkle attended the Fall ACS Meeting in San Francisco this August and presented a poster summarizing our Titan project.

Kalman Symposium

April 3, 2023 By Leave a Comment

Jordan Polvere (MS CHEM ’24), Maddy Hinkle (BS CHEM ’24), and Anthony Gesford (BA CHEM ’24) presented their research at the Kalman Symposium on Saturday. They all did a great job!

Archived Posts

Undergraduate Research Students

Ryan Ziskin (BS CBBS '26)

Colby Bernhard (BS CBBC '26)

Aleksandr Davtyan (BS NEUR '25)

Maddy Hinkle (BS CHEM '24)

Anthony Gesford (BS CHEM '24)

Adam Baranik (BS CHEM '23)

Haley Pettenati (BS CHEM '23)

Justin Bye (BS CBBC '22)

Madeleine Hunt (BA CHEM '21)

Lauren Eckermann (BS CHEM '18)

Will Frost (BA CHEM/ECON '18)

Liam Kollar (BS CHEM '19)

Rajasri Alaparthi (BS CHEM/PHYS '17)

Ellie Siegfried (BS MATH '19)

Kaitlyn Whipple (BS CHEG '20)

Lindsay Myer (BS BMEG '18)

Robert Marchese (BS BMEG '17)

Steve Allison (BS CHEM '14)

Michael Jelencic (BS BICH '14)

Alex Kowler (BS CHEM/PHYS '14)

Rene Talai (BS BICH '14)

Tricia Clyde (BS CHEM '13)

Jakob Schaeffer (BA PHYS '10)

Stephen Ragard (BA CHEM/ECON '10)

Tom Vogler (BS BICH '10)

Kristy Brown (BS CHEM '09)

Michael Simione (BS CHEM '09)

Stephanie Rink (BA CHEM/SPAN '09)

Andrea Asimoglou (BS BICH '09)

Andrea Brown (BA CHEM/SPAN '08)

Dustin Schroeder (BS EE/PHYS '07)

Kristi Cashman (BS CHEM '06)

Michael Heinrich (BS CHEM '06)

Rebecca Rupp (BS BIO '05)

Carmen Gherghisan (BS BIO '05)

Brian Day (BA CHEM '05)

Katie Kleissas (BS CHEM '04)

Betsy Staudt (BS CHEM '04)

Co-Advised with Dr. Dabrina Dutcher:

Ana Islas (BS CHEM ’20)

Alyssa Brown (BS CHEG '19)

Rileigh Casebolt (BS CHEG ’19)  

Graduate Research Students

Jordan Polvere (MS CHEM '24)

Cole Hediger (MS CHEM '21)       

Conor Flynn (MS CHEM '16)

Kat Klein (MA CHEM '16)

Michael Brignone (MS '13)

Michael Cecchini (MS '12)

Tara Pedersen (BS/MS CHEM '10)

Darryl Kyle (MA CHEM)

Labe Black (MS CHEM '09)

Justin Rhinehart (MS CHEM '08)

Recent Funding

- NASA Solar System Workings Program (PI, #80NSSC20K0331) 2020-2023,$277,367 “Laboratory Measurement of CO Energy Transfer Rates for non-LTE Models of Titan's Atmosphere”

- National Science Foundation S-STEM (co-PI, #1742124) 2018-2023, $996,128 "Physical Science Scholars Program"

- Henry Luce Foundation (co-PI) 2018-2021, $216,000 "Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program"

- NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program (PI, #NNNX13AG27G) 2013-2016, $178,854 “Reducing Uncertainty in Martian Upper Atmospheric Non-LTE Models: Laboratory Measurement of Carbon Dioxide Vibrational Relaxation”

Recent Research Publications (*Bucknell student)

- Cole M. Hediger* and Karen J. Castle, Chemical Physics Impact 2, 100018 (2021). “Self-Quenching of CO(v=1,2) Measured via Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy.”

- Rileigh Casebolt*, S. Jewel Cook*, Ana Islas*, Alyssa Brown*, Karen Castle, Dabrina Dutcher, Tobacco Control 29, 652-655 (2019). “Carbon Monoxide Concentration in Mainstream E-Cigarette Effluent Measured with Diode Laser Spectroscopy.”

- Lauren V. Eckermann*, Conor J. Flynn*, and Karen J. Castle, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (2018).  "Vibrational Relaxation of CO2(1000) by CO2."

- Michael R. Cecchini* and Karen J. Castle, Chem. Phys. Lett. 638, 149 (2015). “Vibrational Relaxation of 13CO2(ν2) by O(3P).”

- Karen J. Castle, Labe A. Black*, and Tara J. Pedersen*, J. Phys. Chem. A, 118 (25), 4548 (2014). "Vibrational Relaxation of O3(ν2) by O(3P)."

- Karen J. Castle, Labe A. Black*, Michael W. Simione*, and James A. Dodd, J. Geophys. Res. 117, A04310 (2012). “Vibrational Relaxation of CO2(nu2) by O(3P) in the 142-490 K Temperature Range.”  

Recent Education Publications 

- JiaJia Dong, Karen Castle, and Mary Beth Gray, Futurum, https://doi.org/10.33424/FUTURUM88. (2020) “Helping Low Income Students Become Professional Scientists.”

- Karen J. Castle and Stephanie M. Rink*, J. Chem. Educ. 87, 1360 (2010). “Customized Laboratory Experience in Physical Chemistry.”

-Karen J. Castle, J. Chem. Educ. 84, 459 (2007).  “High-resolution vibration-rotation spectroscopy of CO2: understanding the Boltzmann Distribution.”

Teaching Interests

Physical Chemistry

Principles of Chemistry

Molecular Spectroscopy

Science and Serendipity (Foundation Seminar)

Food and Flavor (Foundation Seminar)

Transforming Food (IP Course)

Symmetry (IP Course)

Symmetry in Chemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry

Recent Professional Activities

-Chair of the Chemistry Department, Bucknell University (2021-present)

-Chair of the ad hoc Committee on Shared Governance Implementation (2023-present)

- Co-leader of the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program (2018-present)

- Co-leader of the Physical Sciences Scholars Program (2018-present)

-Co-leader of STEM Scholars Program (2017-2022)

-Facilitator for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research Workshop Series, part of the Transforming Community Initiatives (2021)

- Associate Dean of Faculty for the Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (2016-20)

- Member of Faculty Development Committee (2019-20)

- Member of Academic Space and University Space Committees (2016-20)

- Symposium Organizer and session chair at 2016 Fall ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, "Effective Team-Teaching in Undergraduate Chemistry Programs"

- Discovery Residential College Senior Fellow (2013-16 and 2019)

-Member of Faculty and Academic Personnel Committee (2016-19)

- Chair of the Bucknell University Committee on Instruction (2014-15)