Professor of Chemistry (Physical Chemistry)
Reed College
3203 S.E. Woodstock Ave.
Portland, OR 97202
Office: Chem 316
Phone: 503-777-7212
FAX: 503-788-6643
Email: gerrity@reed.edu
1997/98 Teaching Schedule:
Fall/1997:
Chem 315: Instrumentation
Chem 333: Quantum Mechanics & Mol. Struct.
Spring/1998/99:
Chem 316: Physical Chemistry Lab
Chem 332: Statistical Thermodynamics &
Kinetics
Education
B.A. (Chemistry) Cornell College, 1977.
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) Harvard University, 1982.
Thesis: "The Application of Multiphoton Techniques to the Study of
Excited State Dynamics" under Prof. Veronica Vaida.
Postdoctoral studies at the University of Oregon under Prof. Bruce Hudson
(1982)
Topic: "Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Studies of Electronic Excitations"
and at Los Alamos National Laboratory under Dr. James Valentini (1983)
Topic: "CARS Studies of the Energy Distributions in Chemical Reaction
Products".
Positions Held
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Carroll College, 1984 - 1987.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Reed College, May 1987 - August 1990;
Associate Professor Sept. 1990 - present.
Honors and Awards
1977 Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell College.
1977 Graduated Summa Cum Laude, with Distinction in Chemistry, Cornell College.
1977 The American Institute of Chemists' Award for Scholastic Achievement,
Cornell College.
1983 Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1984 Associated Western Universities-Department of Energy Faculty Research
Fellowship.
1985 Outstanding Young Men of America Award.
Offices Held in Professional Organizations
Elected to the Executive Committee of the American Chemical Society's Division
of Physical Chemistry in August, 1994; term ends in August of 1997.
Served on the Executive Committee of the Western Spectroscopy Association
(WSA) from 1991-1994. In 1991, served as Secretary/Registrar for the WSA
annual conference in Asilomar, California, which ran from January 29-31,
1992. Over 150 participants attended this conference.
Current Research
Our work during the last several years and at the present is divided into
three areas: studies of the electronic structure of the solvated products
resulting from the photodissociation of transition metal carbonyl complexes
in solution, investigations of the multiphoton dissociation dynamics of
gas phase arene chromium tricarbonyl complexes, and use of lanthanide ions
as luminescence probes to investigate the coordination of metals in proteins.
Our investigations of solvated chromium pentacarbonyl species have successfully
utilized time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy to measure several of
the vibrational frequencies and probe the excited electronic states of these
important species. The studies of multiphoton dissociation dynamics have
been directed at using atomic fluorescence yields to measure the nascent
electronic state distribution of Cr atoms produced in the multiphoton dissociation
of a series of n-alkyl substituted arene chromium tricarbonyls. Recently,
laser-induced fluorescence measurements of relative populations of non-emitting
states revealed a parity selectivity in the dissociation process. Finally,
for each of the past five years I have shared a senior thesis student with
Arthur Glasfeld, a biochemist at Reed. We have assembled an instrument for
measuring the laser-induced fluorescence lifetimes of lanthanide ions in
solution, and we recently used Europium (III) as a luminescence probe to
investigate the nature of one of the metal binding sites in D-xylose isomerase.
This study confirmed that the metal binding capacity of the Mg-2 site is
not dramatically altered in a mutant form of this enzyme, and that the coordination
geometry has been maintained; this information was important to using this
mutant to explore the role of the metal site in substrate binding and isomerization.
Current Research Grant Support
"Multiphoton Dissociation of Chromium Carbonyl Complexes," $25,000.,
ACS-PRF Type B Grant, September1, 1997 - August 31, 1999.
Research Publications
Names of Reed student authors are in bold.
1. "Role of the Divalent Metal Ion in Sugar Binding,
Ring Opening, and Isomerization by D-Xylose Isomerase: Replacement of a
Catalytic Metal by an Amino Acid," Karen N. Allen, Arnon Lavie, Arthur
Glasfeld, Timothy N. Tanada, Daniel P. Gerrity, Steven C. Carlson,
Gregory K. Farber, Gregory A. Petsko, and Dagmar Ringe, Biochemistry,
33 1488 (1994).
2. "Parity State Selectivity in the Multiphoton Dissociation of Arene
Chromium Tricarbonyls," Daniel P. Gerrity and Steve Funk, in
Laser Chemistry of Organometallics; J. Chaiken, Ed.; ACS Books: Washington,
D.C. 1993, ACS Symposium Series 530; pp 26-48.
3. "UV Resonance Raman Spectra of Group 6 Transition Metal Carbonyls:
Evidence of Jahn-Teller Distortion in the Excited States of the Lowest Allowed
CT Transitions," David Adelman and Daniel P. Gerrity, J.Phys.
Chem., 94 4055 (1990).
4. "Measurement of Absolute Partial Reaction Cross Sections for the
Hydrogen Exchange Reactions," Harold B. Levene, David L. Phillips,
Jong-Chen Nieh, Daniel P. Gerrity and James J. Valentini, Chem. Phys.
Letters, 143 317 (1988).
5. "CARS Spectroscopy of O2 (1Deltag ) from
the Hartley Band Photodissociation of O3 : Dynamics of the Dissociation," James J. Valentini,
Daniel P. Gerrity, David L. Phillips, Jong-Chen Nieh, and Kevin D. Tabor,
J. Chem. Phys., 87 6745 (1987).
6. "Far Ultraviolet Laser Resonance Raman Studies of Electronic Excitations,"
Bruce Hudson, Peter B. Kelly, Lawrence D. Ziegler, Russell A. Desiderio,
Daniel P. Gerrity, Wayne Hess and Ron Bates in "Advances in Laser Spectroscopy,"
Vol. III, p. 1, edited by B. A. Garetz and J. R. Lombardi, (John Wiley and
Sons Ltd., 1986).
7. "Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Butadiene: Demonstration of a 21Ag State
Below the 11BuV State," Richard R. Chadwick, Daniel P. Gerrity,
and Bruce S. Hudson, Chem. Phys. Letters, 115 24 (1985).
8. "Resonance Raman Scattering in the 1
Ag+ --> 1B2 (1Au+)
Transition of CS2," R.
A. Desiderio, D. P. Gerrity, and B.S. Hudson, Chem. Phys. Letters,
115 29 (1985).
9. "Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Benzene Vapor with
220 nm to 184 nm Excitation," Daniel P. Gerrity, Lawrence D. Ziegler,
Peter B. Kelly, Russell A. Desiderio and Bruce Hudson, J. Chem. Phys.,
83 3209 (1985).
10. "Dynamics of the H + D2
--> HD + D Reaction: Dependence of the Product
Quantum State Distributions on Collision Energy from 0.98 eV to 1.3 eV,"
Daniel P. Gerrity and James J. Valentini, J. Chem. Phys., 82
1323 (1985).
11. "Dynamics of Inelastic H + D2
Collisions: Product Quantum State Distributions
at 1.1 and 1.3 eV Collision Energy," Daniel P. Gerrity and James J.
Valentini, J. Chem. Phys., 83 2207 (1985).
12. "Experimental Study of the Dynamics of the H + D2 --> HD + D Reaction
at Collision Energies of 0.55 eV and 1.30 eV," D. P. Gerrity and J.
J. Valentini, J. Chem. Phys., 81 1298 (1984).
13. "Experimental Determination of Product Quantum State Distributions
in the H + D2 --> HD + D Reaction," Daniel P. Gerrity and James
J. Valentini, J. Chem. Phys., 79 5202 (1983).
14. "UV-Vis Multiphoton Dissociation of Cr(CO)6 : Experimental Evidence
for Statistical Fragmentation," Daniel P. Gerrity, Lewis J. Rothberg,
and V. Vaida, J. Phys. Chem., 87 2222 (1983).
15. "Evidence of a State Dependent Depletion Process in the Two Photon
Fluorescence Excitation Spectra of Saturated Amines," A. M. Halpern,
D. P. Gerrity, L. J. Rothberg, and V. Vaida, J. Chem. Phys., 76
102 (1982).
16. "Effects of Non-Resonant Ionization on Multiphoton Ionization Lineshapes,"
Lewis J. Rothberg, Daniel P. Gerrity, and Veronica Vaida, J. Chem. Phys.,
75 4403 (1981).
17. "Multiphoton Ionization of Metal Atoms Produced in the Photodissociation
of Group VI Hexacarbonyls," D. P. Gerrity, L. J. Rothberg, and V. Vaida,
Chem. Phys. Lett., 74 1 (1980).
18. "Gas Phase Multiphoton Photodissociation of Mn2 (CO)10 : The Effect of Collisions
on Photofragmentation," L. J. Rothberg, D. P. Gerrity, and V. Vaida,
J. Chem. Phys., 74 2218 (1981).
19. "Electronic Spectra of Butadiene and its Methyl Derivatives: A
Multiphoton Ionization Study," L. J. Rothberg, D. P. Gerrity, and V.
Vaida, J. Chem. Phys., 73 5508 (1980).
20. "Electronic Spectrum of Furan from 2200 to 1950 Å,"
J. L. Roebber, D. P. Gerrity, R. Hemley, and V. Vaida, Chem. Phys. Lett.,
75 104 (1980).
21. "Structural Studies of Precursor and Partially Oxidized Conducting
Complexes. 9. The New One-Dimensional Tetracyanoplatinates,
M 2 [Pt(CN)
4 ](FHF)0.39.xH2O (M =
Rb, CS), and a New Lower Limit for the Platinum - Platinum Separation (2.80
Å)," Jack M. Williams, Daniel P. Gerrity and Arthur J. Schultz,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 99 668 (1977).
22. "Structural Studies of Precursor and Partially Oxidized Conducting
Complexes. XVI. An X-Ray Diffraction Study of Dicesium Tetracyanoplatinate
Bifluoride,
Cs2 [Pt(CN)4 ](FHF)0.39 ,"
Arthur J. Schultz, Daniel P. Gerrity, and Jack M. Williams, Acta. Cryst.
B34 1673 (1978).
Other Professional Publications
"Raman Spectroscopy, Time-Resolved Fluorescence, and More for Under
$25K," Daniel P. Gerrity, Council on Undergraduate Research Newsletter,
IX 60 (April, 1989).