Education

Ph.D. student in Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Advisor:  Prof. W. Carl Lineberger

B.A. with High Honors in Chemistry, Smith College (Cum Laude), Northampton, MA

May 2006

Thesis:  Vibrational Overtone Photodissociation of Ethyl Hydroperoxide

Advisor:  Prof. Shizuka Hsieh

Research Experience

Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Negative Ions (Summer 2007-Present)

Advisor:  Prof. W. Carl Lineberger, University of Colorado, Boulder

Volume Holography in Epoxy-Photopolymer Composites (Spring 2007)

Advisor:  Prof. Robert McLeod, University of Colorado, Boulder

Gas-phase Ion Spectroscopy of Clusters (Fall 2006)

Advisor:  Prof. J. Mathias Weber, University of Colorado, Boulder

Vibrational Overtone Spectroscopy of Organic Hydroperoxides (2004-2006)

Advisor:  Prof. Shizuka Hsieh, Smith College

Surfaces and Geometric Topology (2002-2004)

Advisor:  Prof. Pau Atela, Dept. of Mathematics, Smith College

Publications

S. W. Wren, K. M. Vogelhuber, J. M. Garver, S. Kato, L. Sheps, V. M. Bierbaum and W.C. Lineberger, "Nitrogen Proximity Effects in Azines: How Nitrogen Atoms Affect C-H Bond Strengths and Anion Stability," J. Am. Chem. Soc. submitted (2011).

S. W. Wren, K. M. Vogelhuber, T. Ichino, J. F. Stanton and W.C. Lineberger, "Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Anilinide and Acidity of Aniline," J. Phys. Chem. A submitted (2011). 
 

J. F. Stanton, E. Garand, J. Kim, T. I. Yacovitch, A. S. Case, E. M. Miller, Y.-J. Lu, K. M. Vogelhuber, S. W. Wren, T. Ichino, J. P. Maier, R. J. McMahon, D. L. Osborn, D. M. Neumark and W.C. Lineberger, "Ground and Low-Lying Excited States of Propadienylidene Obtained by Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy," J. Chem. Phys. submitted (2011).

K. M. Vogelhuber, S. W. Wren, C. J. Shaffer, R. J. McMahon, A. B. McCoy and W.C. Lineberger, "Photoelectron spectroscopy of HC4N^-," J. Chem. Phys. 135, 204307 [9 pages] (2011).
 

K. M. Vogelhuber, S. W. Wren, L. Sheps and W.C. Lineberger, "The C-H bond dissociation energy of furan: photoelectron spectroscopy of the furanide anion," J. Chem. Phys. 134, 064302 [8 pages] (2011).
 

K. M. Vogelhuber, S. W. Wren, A. B. McCoy, K. M. Ervin and W.C. Lineberger, "Photoelectron spectra of dihalomethyl anions: testing the limits of normal mode analysis,” J. Chem. Phys. 134, 184306 [13 pages] (2011). [doi:10.1063/1.3585606]

J. M. Garver, Z. Yang, S. Kato, S. W. Wren, K. M. Vogelhuber, V. M. Bierbaum and W.C. Lineberger, "Gas Phase Reactions of 1,3,5-Triazine: Proton Transfer, Hydride Transfer and Anionic σ-Adduct Formation," J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 22, 1260-72 (2011). [DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0133-9]
 

Kristen M. Vogelhuber, Scott W. Wren, Leonid Sheps and W. Carl Lineberger, "The C-H bond dissociation energy of furan: photoelectron spectroscopy of the furanide anion," J. Chem. Phys. 134, 06432 [8 pages] (2011).

Holger Schneider, Kristen M. Vogelhuber, Florian Schinle, and J. Mathias Weber, "Interaction Between Aromatic Molecules and Anions: Electrostatics versus H-Bonding," J. Am. Chem. Soc., accepted (August 2007).

Holger Schneider, Kristen M. Vogelhuber, and J. Mathias Weber, "Infrared spectroscopy of anionic hydrated fluorobenzenes," J. Chem. Phys. accepted (June 2007).

Laura M. Haynes, Kristen M. Vogelhuber, Jessica L. Pippen, and Shizuka Hsieh, "Effects of torsion on O-H stretch overtone spectra and direct overtone photolysis of methyl hydroperoxide," J. Chem. Phys. 123, 234306 (2005).