Chemistry Assistant

Matthew F. Tuchler

Associate Professor of Chemistry

EMPLOYER: Department of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450

TELEPHONE: (Office) 540- 458-8029 FAX: 540-***-**** Email: ********@***.***

EDUCATION:

B.A. in Chemistry, Haverford College, 1986

M.A. in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1989

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana, 1995

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Postdoctoral Research with Professor Curt Wittig, University of Southern

California.(1995-1998)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University, 1998- current

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1986

American Chemical Society (Philadelphia Chapter) Academic Achievement Award,1986

Outstanding Teacher, Freshman Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1989

University of Illinois Graduate Fellow (1990-1993)

PUBLICATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES

Effects of Laser Lineshape on Optical Determination of Equilibrium Constants Using

CRDS, Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, September 4-9, 2005,

Big Sky, Montana

Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry by James House (2nd edition) Book Review for J.

Chem. Ed.,82 (2005) 1002.

CRDS Approach to Gas Phase Equilibrium Constants: The Case of N2O4 2NO2 at 283

K. (Tuchler, M; Schmidt, K.L.; Morgan, M.M.; Chem. Physl Lett. 401(2005) 393-398)

Using Radial Probability Distributions and Effective Charge Fields to Understand Fourth

Row Configuration and Ionization Behavior: The Case of Sc, (in process).

Quantum Mechanics: A Conceptual Approach by Hendrick Hameka Book Review for J.

Chem Ed., 81 (2004).

Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy to Measure Equilibrium Constants: The Case of

NO2 N2O4 at 283 K., Sci. Mix Session, American Chemical Society Meeting, Anaheim,

CA. 03/04.

A CRAS Approach to Equilibrium Constants: The Case of NO2 and N2O4, Gordon

Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, September, 2003, Big Sky, Montana

A CRAS Approach to Equilibrium, presented to the Department of Chemistry, The

College of the Holy Cross, 12/18/02.

Reaction Dynamics of Small Molecules: The Devil is in the Details, presented to the

Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 03/10/00.

Photoinitiated H2CO Unimolecular Decomposition: Accessing H+HCO products via S0

and T1 Pathways, L.R. Valachovic, M.F. Tuchler, M Dulligan, Th. Droz-Georget, M.

Zyrianov, A Kolessov, C. Wittig, J. Chem Phys., 112(6), 2752 (2000).

HCO Rotational Excitation in the Photoinitiated Unimolecular Decomposition of H2CO,

M. J. Dulligan, M. F. Tuchler, J. S. Zhang, A. Kolessov, C. Wittig, Chem. Phys. Lett. 276,

84 (1997).

Real-Time Study of Bimolecular Interactions Direct Detection of Internal Conversion

Involing Br(2P1/2) + I2(v=0) Br(2P3/2) + I2(v>0), M. F. Tuchler, S.A. Wright, J. D.

McDonald, J. Chem. Phys. 106, 2634 (1997).

Picosecond Observation of Electronic Quenching: Br(2P1/2) + I2(v=0) Br(2P3/2) +

I2(v>0) by Geometrically Restricted Reaction, S. A. Wright, M. F. Tuchler, J. D.

McDonald; Chem. Phys. Lett. 226, 570 (1994).

COURSES TAUGHT

Chemistry 110 General Chemistry (as of 2012)

Chemistry 111 General Chemistry

Chemistry 112 - Aqueous Inorganic and Quantitative Chemistry

Chemistry 165 Dynamic Systems Modeling and Global Climate

Chemistry 210 Structure and Reactivity of Molecules

Chemistry 261 Physical Chemistry I: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Statistics

Chemistry 262 Physical Chemistry II: Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy

Chemistry 266, 267 Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Chemistry 295B Developments in Physical Chemistry

Chemistry 365 Advanced Physical Chemistry: Angular Momentum in Chemistry

Chemistry 365 Advanced Physical Chemistry: Atmospheric Chemistry

Chemistry 421 Directed Individual Research

Chemistry 471 Senior Thesis

Chemistry 493 Honors Thesis

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Atomic and Molecular Interactions Gordon Conference, Colby-Sawyer Collage, NH, 2000.

Atoms and Molecules Gordon Conference, RI, 2002.

Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2003.

NSF-CCLI: Invention and Impact Review, Cristal City, VA, 2004.

Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2005.

Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2007.

ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2008

Introduction to System Dynamics, Cambridge, MA, 2009

Advanced Sysposium on Topics in Vensim, Cambridge, MA, 2009

Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Conference, Waterville Valley, NH, 2009

NSF-CWCS Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators, San Jose, CA, 2010

CWCS workshop on Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011

CCCE Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators, Lexington, VA, 2011

ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2012

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