Curriculum Vitae
 
Geoffrey Mark Bowers Brief Curriculum Vitae Education • Ph.D., Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2006. • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2002. Chemistry Minor and Industry-University Cooperative Education Certificate Professional History • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2008-present. • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 2007-present. Advisor: Prof. R. James Kirkpatrick • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Geology, The University of Illinois, 2006-2007. Advisor: Prof. R. James Kirkpatrick • Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002-2006. Advisor: Prof. Karl T. Mueller • Supervising Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003/2004 Academic Year. • Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002/2003 Academic Year. • Research and Development Co-op Student, Raytech Composites, 1998-2001. Distinctions • Cover Art, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 188, 2007. • Dalalian Research Fellowship, Penn State University, 2005/2006. • Co-chair, PSU CECG Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium, 2006. • Best Oral Presentation, PSU CECG Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium, 2005. • Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry Summer Fellowship, 2005. • Dan Waugh Memorial Teaching Award, Penn State University, 2003. • Roberts Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004. • Omega Chi Epsilon, National Chemical Engineering Honors Fraternity, 2001. • Dean’s List, Purdue University, All Semesters 1997-2002. • National Merit Finalist, 1997. • National Merit Scholarship, Washington University/St. Louis, 1997. • Dean’s Engineering Scholarship, Purdue University, 1997. • Freshman Engineering Honors Program, Purdue University, 1997. Professional Affiliations • American Chemical Society, Member 2002 - present. • Clay Mineral Society, Member 2004 - present. • American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member 1998-1999. Professional Development • Workshop attendee, “Carbon Stabilization by Clays in the Environment: Process and Characterization Methods”, 44th Annual Meeting of the Clay Mineral Society, June 2007. • Author of twelve (12) funded, peer-reviewed proposals for instrument access at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s High Field Magnetic Resonance User Facility. • Presenting Author or Co-author of nineteen (19) professional presentations at national/international meetings and five (5) invited seminars at US universities and colleges. Academic Service • Symposium Co-organizer, “Reactions at Clay Surfaces”, 235th National American Chemical Society Meeting and 45th Annual Meeting of the Clay Mineral Society, April 2008. • Initiator and Organizer, Solid-State NMR Focus Group, University of Illinois, 2007. • Co-chair, 9th Annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium, Penn State University, 2006. • Teaching Consultant for General Chemistry Laboratory, Penn State University, 2004-2005. • Student Representative, Chemistry Safety Committee, Penn State University, 2003/2004 and 2005/2006 A.Y.s. • Peer reviewer, 5 publications (Journal of Porous Materials and Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie) and 1 grant proposal. Courses Taught Gustavus Adolphus College • General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory • Chemistry of the Manhattan Project • Environmental Chemistry • Introduction to Environmental Science • General Chemistry Laboratory for Non-majors • Special Topics: Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (co-taught with Brandy Russell) Penn State University • General Chemistry Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publications 1. Geoffrey M. Bowers and R. James Kirkpatrick. Natural abundance 43Ca NMR of calcium oxalate hydrates, in preparation, October 2008. 2. Geoffrey M. Bowers and R. James Kirkpatrick. Natural abundance 43Ca NMR spectroscopy of tobermorite and jennite: Model compounds for C-S-H, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, in press, October 2008. 3. Geoffrey M. Bowers, David L. Bish, and R. James Kirkpatrick. Cation exchange at the mineral-water interface: pH dependence of K+ displacement at the surface of nano-muscovite. Langmuir, 24 (2008), 10240-10244. 4. Geoffrey M. Bowers, David L. Bish, and R. James Kirkpatrick. H2O and Cation Structure and Dynamics in Expandable Clays: 2H and 39K NMR Investigations of Hectorite. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (2008) 6430-6438. 5. Geoffrey M. Bowers and R. James Kirkpatrick. High-field NMR Study of Arsenic Oxysalts. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 188 (2007) 311-321. 6. Geoffrey M. Bowers, Michael C. Davis, Ramesh Ravella, Sridhar Komarneni, and Karl T. Mueller. NMR Studies of Heat Induced Transitions in Structure and Cation Binding Environments in a Strontium Saturated Swelling Mica. Applied Magnetic Resonance, 32 (2007) 595-612. 7. Geoffrey M. Bowers, Ramesh Ravella, Sridhar Komarneni, and Karl T. Mueller. NMR Study of Strontium Binding by a Micaceous Mineral. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2006) 7159-7164. 8. Geoffrey M. Bowers, Andrew S. Lipton, and Karl T. Mueller. Strontium Quadrupolar Parameters in Strontianite and Celestine as Determined by QCPMG NMR at 21.14 T. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 29 (2006) 95-103. 9. Geoffrey M. Bowers and Karl T. Mueller. Electric Field Gradient Distributions about Strontium Nuclei in Cubic and Octahedrally Symmetric Crystal Systems. Physical Review B, 71 (2005) 224112, 7 pages.