Education

Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, December 2005
Advisor: F. Fleming Crim
Thesis: Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of Chlorine Radicals in Solution

BS., Chemistry and Biology, Northland College (Magna Cum Laude), May 1998

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Research Associate: University of Colorado – Boulder, 2006 - present, advisor: W. Carl Lineberger
Time-Resolved Velocity Map Imaging of Anions and Anionic Clusters

Graduate Research Assistant:
University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2000 - 2005

advisor: F. Fleming Crim
Ultrafast Time-Resolved Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy in Solution

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin –Madison
            General Chemistry – 1 semester
            Physical Chemistry Laboratory – 3 semesters

Professional Activities

Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate committee, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2004-2005

Graduate Curriculum Committee: University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2004

Awards and Honors

McElvain Travel Grant, 2005
Northland College Chemistry Faculty Undergraduate Award, 1998
Northland College Undergraduate Scholarship, 1994-1998

Presentations

Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy Conference, Gaithesburg, MD (May 2005), Towards Vibrationally Driven Reactions in Solution

Physical Chemistry Student Seminar, Madison, WI (February 2005), Recombination Dynamics and Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions of Chlorine Radicals in Solution

Physical Chemistry Student Seminar, Madison, WI (April 2003), Time-Resolved Studies of Bimolecular Reactions in Solution

Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Conference, Pacific Grove, CA (July 2005), Poster: Recombination Dynamics and Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions of Chlorine Radicals in Solution

Graduate Student Poster Session, Madison, WI (May 2005), Poster: Chlorine Radical Recombination and Reaction Dynamics in Solution

Gordon Research Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy, Lewiston, ME (July 2003), Poster: Pump-Probe Studies of Vibrational Relaxation of CH3I, CH2I2, and CHI3

Gordon Research Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Newport, RI (July 2002), Poster: Effects of Local State Structure on Relaxation of CH Stretch Fundamental in CH3I, CH2I2, and CHI3

Publications

A time-resolved spectroscopic study of the reaction Cl + n-C5H12 ® HCl + C5H11 in solution, Leonid Sheps, Andrew C. Crowther, Stacey L. Carrier, and F. Fleming Crim, J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 3087 (2006)

Recombination dynamics and hydrogen abstraction reactions of chlorine radicals in solution, Leonid Sheps, Andrew C. Crowther, Christopher G. Elles, and F. Fleming Crim, J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 4296 (2005)

Relaxation of the C-H stretching fundamental vibrations of CHI3, CH2I2, and CH3I in solution, Max M. Heckscher, Leonid Sheps, Dieter Bingemann, and F. Fleming Crim, J. Chem. Phys., 117, 8917 (2002)