Chemistry and Biochemistry

Retired Faculty

Oberlin College recognizes its faculty members with emeritus status who have provided distinguished service to their academic department during their tenure.

The following professors from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have retired from Oberlin College, although some continue to do research, write, and remain connected to the department.

Educational Background

  • BS, Carnegie Mellon University (1963)
  • PhD, University of California at Berkeley (1966)
     

Research Interests:

Synthesis and characterization of transition-metal organometallic complexes of nitrogen-containing ligands, principally diazenes and hydrazines
 

Courses Taught:

Inorganic Chem, General Chem, Synthesis Laboratory
 

Contact Information:

mackerma@oberlin.edu
 

Representative Works:

  • M.N. Ackermann, M.P. Robinson*, I.A. Maher*, E.B. LeBlanc*, R.V. Raz*, "Synthesis and Characterization of cis-Mo(CO)4(L-L') and cis-Mo(CO)2(L-L')2 Complexes of N(1)-methyl-2-(arylazo)imidazoles (L-L'). Correlations of Spectroscopic Data with Substitutent Effects", J. Organometal. Chem., 2003, 682, 248.
  • M.N. Ackermann, K.B. Moore*, A.S. Colligan*, J.A. Thomas-Wohlever*, K.J. Warren*," Tetracarbonylmolybdenum Complexes of 2-(Phenylhydrazino)pyridine Ligands. Correlations of Spectroscopic Data with Pyridyl Substituent Effects.", J. Organometal. Chem., 2003, 667, 81.

Educational Background

  • BS, Duke University (1960)
  • PhD, University of California at Berkeley (1963)
     

Research Interests:

Quantum chemistry; Intermolecular forces; Quantitative structure-property relationships
 

Courses Taught:

Physical Chem, General Chem, Energy Technology
 

Contact Information:

tcarlton@oberlin.edu
 

Representative Publications:

  • T.S. Carlton, "Using Heat Capacity and Compressibility To Choose among Two-State Models of Liquid Water", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111, 13398-13403
  • T.S. Carlton, "Why the Lower-Energy Term of Singlet Dioxygen Has a Doubly Occupied π* Orbital," J. Chem. Edu., 2006, 83 (3), 477-479.
  • T.S. Carlton, "Choosing and Searching", Oberlin Alumni Mag., Spring 2004, 99 (4), 11.
  • T.S. Carlton, T.N. Nguyen, "Orbital-based Interpretation of Electron Density Differences in Ne2 and Polarized Ne and Ne6+", J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 8870-8874.

Educational Background

  • BA, Harvard University (1963)
  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University (1967)
     

Research Interests:

Biochemistry, hemeprotein biochemistry, porphyrin chemistry
 

Courses Taught:

Bioorganic Chem, Biochemistry

Educational Background

  • BA, Bard College (1977)
  • MS, Yale University (1979)
  • MPhil, Yale University (1979)
  • PhD, Yale University (1982)
     

Research Interests:

Metalloenzyme mimics; Mechanistic and synthetic organic photochemistry
 

Courses Taught:

Organic Chem, Synthesis Laboratory, General Chem
 

Contact Information:

amatlin@oberlin.edu
 

Educational Background

  • BS, University of Santa Clara (1977)
  • PhD, California Institute of Technology (1981)
     

Research Interests:

Synthetic and mechanistic studies of oxidation catalysts, including iron porphyrins and chiral manganese TACN complexes
 

Courses Taught:

General Chem, Organic Chem

Educational Background

  • BA, College of Wooster (1978)
  • PhD, Michigan State University (1982)
     

Research Interests:

Laboratory experiments for the analytical chemistry course
 

Courses Taught:

Analytical Chem, Trace Analysis, General Chem
 

Contact Information:

rthompso@oberlin.edu