donp.jpg   Donald A. Perry, Ph.D.

           Associate Professor of Chemistry

                    Laney Hall 303D

          University of Central Arkansas

              Conway, AR 72035-5003
                                             (501) 450-5937
                                         email: donp@uca.edu

 

Courses Taught

CHEM 1301- Chemistry Fundamentals

CHEM 1450-College Chemistry I

CHEM 1451-College Chemistry II

CHEM 4450-Physical Chemistry I (kinetics, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, and lab)

CHEM 4351-Environmental Chemistry

CHEM 4152-Environmental Chemistry laboratory

 

Research

      Our work focuses on various applications in nanotechnology which is truly an interdisciplinary field.  The overriding goal of our research is to learn to control and characterize the chemistry of organic and biological molecules in proximity to small metal nanostructures.  Different projects include areas of biochemistry, environmental, physical and organic chemistry.  Some of the systems we investigate are analgesics (such as aspirin and ibuprofen), amino acids, pesticides/herbicides, and a range of different aromatic isomers that are of interest in a host of applications including organic synthesis, catalysis, medicine, cosmetics, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, the automotive industry, and energy and space research.  

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EDUCATION:

4/00: Ph.D.-Physical Chemistry

University of California, Irvine, CA 

Thesis title: "Effects of Surface Hydrogen on the Adsorption and Decomposition of Various C6 Cyclic and C2 Hydrocarbons on  Pt(111): A UHV Surface Analytical Study."

 

6/93: B.A.-Chemistry: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

5/08-current: Associate Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry: University of Central Arkansas

 

7/02-5/08: Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry: University of Central Arkansas

   -Applications in nanotechnology

 

8/00-7/02: Postdoctoral Position  Advisor: Professor Alan Campion

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry: University of Texas, Austin, TX

   -Led a team of five to investigate charge transport across nanoscale polymer/metal

     interfaces

   -Created and characterized novel molecular monolayer surface charge transport structures

    on Ag(111) and Cu(111) using electron energy loss (EELS) and Raman spectroscopies

 

4/00-8/00: Summer Research Position

Department of Materials Science: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

   -Studied Ag nanocluster formation on silicon (Si) and gallium arsenide (GaAs)

     using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)

 

7/94-4/00: Graduate Research Assistant  Advisor: Professor John C. Hemminger

Department of Chemistry: University of California, Irvine, CA

   -Developed proficiency in ultrahigh vacuum surface science chambers and

    diagnostics applicable to surface science applications, catalysis,  

    semiconductor device processing and next generation nanotechnology

   -Experience with UHV techniques for material characterization and

     preparation include; CMP, sputtering, CVD, Auger, XPS, SEM, TEM,

     LEED, TPD, and work function measurements

   -Fabricated and installed new computer interfacing for AES, quadrupole mass

    spectrometry (QMS), and HREELS systems

   -Designed and tested a temperature ramp control circuit for TDS studies

   -Constructed and implemented a new doser for the delivery of atomic H to a 

    surface in vacuum

   -Explored the adsorption and decomposition properties of hydrocarbons on

     Pt(111)

   -Investigated the coadsorption effects of H and D on Pt(111)/hydrocarbon

     chemistry

   -Performed metallurgy studies of aluminum oxide formation when oxygen is

    exposed to NiAl single crystals

   -Studied hydrocarbon absorption on aluminum oxide films with and without the

     catalytic effects of Pt nanocrystals

 

1/94-7/94: Graduate Research Assistant  Advisor: Professor V.A. Apkarian

Department of Chemistry: University of California, Irvine, CA

   -Used degenerate 4-wave mixing to measure the third-order nonlinear optical

    susceptibilities of microcrystalline CdS and Cr/CdS phases dispersed in a

    polysilsequioxane xerogel

 

 10/92-6/93: Undergraduate Researcher  Advisor: Professor Kathleen A. Robbins

Department of Chemistry:  University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

   -Performed geometry optimizations implementing several basis sets and

    Computed vibrational frequencies for hydrocarbons using Gaussian 92 on a

    Cray super computer at UNLV.

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

March 2003: University Research Council Summer Stipend ($2,600)

April 2003: University Research Council Faculty Research Grant ($5,599)

April 2004: University Research Council Summer Stipend ($2,600)

May 2004: UCA Student Research Fund Grant ($920)

March 2005: NASA Research Infrastructure/Student Grant ($7,500)

May 2005: UCA Student Research Fund Grant ($900)

June 2005: NSF CCLI  “Incorporating GC/MS into the Undergraduate Curriculum” ($129,194)

December 2005: SURF Grant: undergraduate research grant funded with Krissy Posy “Investigation of Substituted Nitroaniline Isomers and Larger Macromolecules using Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA)” ($3,900)

March 2006: NASA Student Research Grant ($4,000)

April 2006: University Research Council Faculty Research Grant ($5,800)

April 2006: Arkansas Space Grant Consortium: Workforce Development Grant funded with Jacob Boucher "Study of Lubricants on the Ball-Bearings of Spacecraft" ($6,500)-funded

August 2007:  Nanocenter Grant: "Surface-enhanced Vibrational Analysis of Nanofilms" ($33,000)-funded

November 2008: SURF grant: “Nanotechnological Investigation of Amino Acid Adsorption and Film Growth” ($3,900)-funded

 

AFFILIATIONS:

1994-present: Member of the American Chemical Society

2002-present: Member of the Mid-south Inorganic Chemists Association

 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

“Surface-enhanced Vibrational and Temperature-programmed Desorption Study of Halogenated Benzoic Acids Adsorbed on Silver Nanostructures” Oral presentation given at the “Fluorine Related Nanoscience with Energy Applications” symposium at the 238th National meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. on August 15, 2009.

 

“Surface-enhanced Vibrational Study of Adsorbed Analgesics” Oral presentation given at the “Applications in Nanoscience Symposium” at the 237th National meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City, UT on March 23, 2009.

 

“Surface-enhanced Vibrational Study of Adsorbed Analgesics” Oral presentation given at the “Nanotechnology Symposium” of the 64th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Little Rock, AR on October 2, 2008.

 

"Incorporating GCMS into an Undergraduate Teaching and Faculty-Mentored Student Research Curriculum: Part II" Oral presentation given in the "NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum" Section of the 234th Meeting the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA on August 20, 2007.

 

"Incorporating GCMS into an Undergraduate Teaching and Faculty-Mentored Student Research Curriculum" Oral presentation given in the "NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum" Section of the 232nd Meeting the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA on September 14, 2006.

 

"Introducing Quantum Mechanics to Undergraduates" Oral presentation given at the Bi-annual Meeting of the Mid-South Inorganic Chemists Association (MICA) on March 5, 2005.

 

"SEIRA Research with Undergraduates" Invited oral presentation given at the IGERT Grant Writing Colloquium at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on June 30, 2004.

 

"Electronic and Vibrational Studies of Molecules Adsorbed on Solid Surfaces"  Invited oral presentation given at the Arkansas State University on October 20, 2003.

 

"Interactions of C6  Cyclic Hydrocarbons with Co-adsorbed Hydrogen on Pt(111)." Oral presentation given at the 31st Annual American Vacuum Society Graduate Student Symposium, Orange, CA, on September 23, 1998.

 

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED (recent):

-238th Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. on August 15, 2009.

-237th Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City, UT on March 23, 2009.

-64th Southwest Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Little Rock, AR in October 2008

-236th  Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA from September 10-14, 2006

-234th  Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA from August 19-23, 2007

-232nd  Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA from September 10-14, 2006

-Annual NASA ASGC Meeting at Arkansas Tech. University on April 21, 2006

-Bi-annual Arkansas INBRE in Fayettville, AR on February 24-25, 2006

-Bi-annual Meeting of the Mid-South Inorganic Chemists Association (MICA) on October 1, 2005

-61st Southwest Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Memphis, TN in November 2005

-“Introduction to ion-trap mass spectrometry” held at Varian Inc. in Chicago, IL. from August 8-11, 2005

-Gaussian Workshop held at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa on March 28-April 1, 2005

-Bi-annual Meeting of the Mid-South Inorganic Chemists Association (MICA) on March 5, 2005

-Attended the University of Memphis Undergraduate Research Conference on February 21, 2004

Bi-annual Meeting of the Mid-South Inorganic Chemists Association (MICA) on March 15, 2003

-Bi-annual Meeting of the Mid-South Inorganic Chemists Association (MICA) on October 15, 2002

COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:

Judge for the Arkansas Junior Academy of Science (Earth and Space Science) on April 2009.

Judge for the Royal Academy of Sciences (Environmental Management) at UCA on April 2009.

Judge for the Arkansas Junior Academy of Science (Earth and Space Science) on April 5, 2008.

Judge for the Royal Academy of Sciences (Environmental Management) at UCA on April 4, 2008.

Judge for the Envirothon on November 5, 2007.

Judge for the Arkansas Junior Academy of Science (Environmental Science) on March 31, 2007.

Judge for the Royal Academy of Sciences (Biophysical Chemistry Section) at UCA on March 30, 2007.

Judge for the Arkansas Junior Academy of Science (Environmental Science Program) on April 8, 2006.

Judge for the Royal Academy of Sciences (Chemistry Section) at UCA on April 7, 2006.

Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Memphis, TN on November 4, 2005.

Judge for the Arkansas Junior Academy of Science (Environmental Science Program) on April 1, 2005.

Judge for the Arkansas Junior Academy of Science (Environmental Science Program) on April 3, 2004.

Presentation at Greenbrier High School titled “Issues in Environmental Science” on January 27, 2004.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal articles:

-"s-Bond Metathesis on a Surface: Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexane on Hydrogen-

Saturated Pt(111)." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 111, 8079.

 

-"Surface-Enhanced Vibrational and TPD Study of Nitroaniline Isomers" Krystal L. Posey, Mark G. Viegas, A. Jacob Boucher, Chen Wang, Kaitlyn R. Stambaugh, Merritt M. Smith, Brittany G. Carpenter, Bridget L. Bridges, Steven E. Baker and Donald A. Perry.  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, 111, 12352-12360. 

 

-“Surface-enhanced Vibrational Investigation of Adsorbed Analgesics” Smith, M.; Stambaugh, K.; Smith, L.; Son, H.; Garner A.; Cordova, S.; Posey, K.; Perry, D.; Biris, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2009, 49, 288-297.

 

-“Surface-enhanced Spectroscopic Investigation of the Adsorption Properties of Hydroxybenzoic Acid Isomers onto Metallic Surfaces” Perry, D.; Boucher, J.; Posey, K.; Cordova, S.; Smith, L.; Son, H.J.; Pandey, R.; Biris, A.S. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2009, 74, 104-112.

 

-“Study of Adsorption of Aminobenzoic Acid Isomers on Silver Nanostructures by

Surface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy” Perry, D.A.; Cordova, J.S.; Smith, L.G.; Son, H,J.; Schiefer, E.M.; Dervishi, E.; Watanabe, F.; Biris, A.S., Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 18304-18311.

 

-“Adsorption Analysis of Nitrophenol Isomers on Silver Nanostructures by Surface Enhanced Spectroscopy” Perry, D.A., Son, H.J.; Cordova, J.S.; Smith, L.G.; Biris, A.S. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2010, 342, 311-319.

 

Conference papers:   

-"Surface-enhanced Infrared Adsorption (SEIRA) Study of Nitroaniline Isomers" Krystal Posey and Donald Perry.  Abstracts, 57th Southeast/61st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Memphis, TN, United States, November 1-4 (2005).

 

-"Surface-enhanced Infrared Adsorption (SEIRA) Study of Flourinated Lubricants" Brittany Carpenter and Donald Perry.  Abstracts, 57th Southeast/61st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Memphis, TN, United States, November 1-4 (2005).

 

-"Incorporating GCMS into an Undergraduate Teaching and Faculty-Mentored Student Research Curriculum" Abstracts, 232nd Meeting the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA on September 14 (2006).

 

"Surface-enhanced Infrared Adsorption (SEIRA) Study of P-nitrobenzoic Acid and Nitroaniline Isomers" Krystal Posey and Donald Perry.  Abstracts, 232 Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA November 10-14 (2005).

 

-"Incorporating GCMS into an Undergraduate Teaching and Faculty-Mentored Student Research Curriculum: Part II" Abstracts, 234th Meeting the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA on August 20 (2007).

 

-"Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA) and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Analysis of Various Aromatic Isomers" Abstracts, 234th Meeting the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA on August 19-23 (2007).

 

-“ Vibrational Investigation of Painkillers” Oral presentation at the 64th Southwest Meeting of the American Chemical Society by Scott Cordova in Little Rock, AR on October 3, 2008.

 

- “Surface-enhanced Vibrational Investigation of Adsorbed Aromatic Isomers” Poster presentation at the 64th Southwest Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Little Rock, AR on October 2, 2008.

 

-“Surface-enhanced Vibrational Study of Adsorbed Analgesics” Oral presentation given at the “Applications in Nanoscience Symposium” at the 237th National meeting of the American Chemical Society in Salt Lake City, UT on March 23, 2009.

 

-“Surface-enhanced Vibrational and Temperature-programmed Desorption Study of Halogenated Benzoic Acids Adsorbed on Silver Nanostructures” Oral presentation given at the “Fluorine Related Nanoscience with Energy Applications” symposium at the 238th National meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. on August 15, 2009.

 

OTHER SCOLARLY ACTIVITES:

-NSF CCLI Panel Reviewer.

-Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, and Vibrational Spectroscopy

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF UNDERGRAUDATE RESEARCH:

-To date I have had 23 students perform undergraduate research in my laboratory: Dan Edwards, Krystal Posey, Jacob Boucher, Bridgette Bridges, Mark Viegas, Chen Wang, Merritt Smith, Kaitlyn Stambaugh, Brittany Carpenter, Steve Baker, Nathan Shirley, Scott Cordova, Hye Jin Son, Ram Panday, Sean Oakley, Amanda Garner, Lauren Smith, Whitney Spencer, Liz Schieffer, Ashley Bonde, Taylor Razor, Tsungyen Chen and Mallory Roberson.

 

STUDENT POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS (23 total):

-Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA) Investigation of Amino Acids Adsorbed on Silver Nanostructures” Student poster presentation given by Scott Cordova at the “Undergraduate Poster Session” of the 238th Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. on August 16, 2009.

 

-“Applications in Nanotechnology”  Student oral presentation given by Liz Schieffer and Whitney Spencer at the UCA Student Chalk Talk February, 2009.

 

-“Surface-enhanced Vibrational Study of Adsorbed Analgesics” Oral presentation given by Lauren Smith at the “Undergraduate Research Symposium” of the 64th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Little Rock, AR on October 4, 2008.

 

-“Surface-enhanced Vibrational Study of Aromatic Isomers” Poster presentation given by Scott Cordova, Lauren Smith, Liz, Schaeffer, Hye Jin Son, and Whitney Spencer at the “Undergraduate Poster Session” of the 64th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Little Rock, AR on October 2, 2008.

 

-“Surface-enhanced Vibrational and TPD Spectroscopic Studies of Aromatic Isomers”  Student oral presentation given by Scott Cordova and Ram Pandey at the UCA Student Chalk Talk November, 2007.  

 

-"Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA) and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy  (SERS) Analysis of Various Aromatic Isomers" Poster presentation given at the 234th Meeting the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA on August 20, 2007.

 

- "A Surface Science Investigation of the Adsorption Properties of the Active Ingredients in Three Common Painkillers: Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid), Tylenol (Acetamidophenol), and Motrin (Ibuprofen)" Student presentation given by Merritt Smith, Steve Baker, Hye-Jin Son, and Amanda Garner at the UCA Student Poster Symposium on April 20, 2007.

 

- "Photolysis of the Pesticide Permethrin in Solution and Adsorbed on Surfaces: A Continuing Study in Environmental Chemistry Lab" Student presentation given by Bridget Burkard, Stan Chivers, Michael Gray, Jeremey Mackey, Ram Pandey, and Drew Pendergraft at the UCA Student Poster Symposium on April 20, 2007.

 

- "Surface-enhanced Vibrational and Mass Spectroscopic Investigation of Aromatic Isomers Adsorbed on Vacuum-evaporated Ag Films and Ag Powders" Student presentation given by Brittany Carpenter, Jacob Boucher, Krissy Posey, Ram Pandey, Nathan Shirley, Scott Cordova, and Sean Oakley at the UCA Student Poster Symposium on April 20, 2007.

 

- "Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA) and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Analysis of the P-nitrobenzoate ion and the Ortho, Meta, and Para-nitroaniline Isomers" Poster presentation given by Krystal Posey at the 232nd Meeting the American Chemical

 Society in San Francisco, CA on September 11, 2006.

 

-“ Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Analysis of Para-nitrobenzoic Acid and Nitroaniline Isomers” Student poster presentation given by Kaitlyn Stambaugh and Steve Baker at the Annual NASA ASGC Meeting at Arkansas Tech. University onApril 21, 2006.

 

-“ Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Analysis of Para-nitrobenzoic Acid and Nitroaniline Isomers” Student poster presentation given by Chen Wang, Mark Viegas and Krissy Posey at the UCA Student Poster Symposium on April 21, 2006.

 

-“SEIRA Analysis of Para-nitrobenzoic Acid and Nitroaniline Isomers” Student poster presentation given by Jacob Boucher and Brittany Carpenter at the Arkansas INBRE at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville on February 24, 2006.

 

-“An Infrared NASA Collaboration” Student oral presentation given by Jacob Boucher at Greenbrier High School in Greenbrier, AR on November 16, 2005.

 

-“Investigation of Substituted Nitroaniline Isomers and Larger Macromolecules using Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA)”  Student oral presentation given by Krissy Posey at the 61st Southwest Regional American Chemical Society in Memphis, TN on November 4, 2005.

 

-“Infrared Studies on Alv”  Student oral presentation given by Chen Wang and Mark Viegas at the UCA Student Chalk Talk on October 25, 2005.  

 

-“SEIRA Analysis of Nitroaniline Isomers” Student oral presentation given by Merritt Smith and Kaitlyn Stambaugh at the Bi-annual Meeting of the Mid-South Inorganic Chemists Association (MICA) on October 1, 2005.

 

-"Advances in SEIRA" Student oral presentation given by Krissy Posey and Brittany Carpanter at the UCA Student Chalk Talk on July 22, 2005.

 

-"SEIRA I: AFM and UV/VIS Characterization of Ag Films as Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA) Spectroscopy" Student poster presentation given by Jacob Boucher, Bridgette Bridges, Merritt Smith, Crystal Posey, Kaitlyn Stambaugh, Mark Viegas, and Chen Wang at the UCA Student Poster Symposium on April 22, 2005.

 

-“SEIRA II: Investigation of p-nitrobenzoic acid and o, m, p-nitroaniline" Student poster presentation given by Jacob Boucher, Bridgette Bridges, Merritt Smith, Crystal Posey, Kaitlyn Stambaugh, Mark Viegas, and Chen Wang at the UCA Student Poster Symposium on April 22, 2005.

 

-“FTIR, 27MASNMR, and GC/MS Study of Alv Based Catalysts" Student poster presentation given by Jacob Boucher, Bridgette Bridges, Merritt Smith, Crystal Posey, Kaitlyn Stambaugh, Mark Viegas, and Chen Wang at the UCA Student Poster Symposium on April 22, 2005.

 

- “Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption.”  Student oral presentation given by Jacob Boucher and Bridgette Bridges at a UCA Student Chalk Talk on September 30, 2004.

 

-"Oxidation of CO by Au on Highly Active Al2O3 Support" Contribution to a poster presented in collaboration with Dr. David Lindquist at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock at the 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Divison of Inorganic Chemistry, Anaheim, CA, March 28-April 1, 2004.