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Thesis: Kinetic and Mechanistic Investigations of Atom Abstraction Reactions (Prof. J. G. Anderson) Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. B.A. with honors, Chemistry, May, 1984. Thesis: Synthesis and Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Cyclopropenyl Cation (Prof. N. C. Craig) Academic Appointments
Other Appointments Research Associate, The Pennsylvania State University, 1990-1995 Professional Affiliations Sigma Xi, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science Awards and Honors National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2000-2005 Teaching E162 Environment and People: Atmospheric Change (Spring)
Research Grants and Fellowships National Science Foundation ATM-0612738, "Measurements of Tropospheric OH and HO2 in Forest Environments." National Science Foundation ATM-0622815, "Kinetic Studies of the Hydroxyl Radical (OH) and Ozone Initiated Oxidation of Biogenic Terpenes." Co-PI: R. A. Hites The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry, “Influence of Biogenic Emissions on Atmospheric Chemistry.” National Science Foundation
ATM-0106705, "Laboratory Measurements of the
OH-Initiated Oxidation of
a- and
b-Pinene." Co-PI:
R. A. Hites National Science Foundation
ATM-9984152, "CAREER: Laboratory and Field
Measurements of Tropospheric OH by Laser-Induced
Fluorescence."
National Science Foundation
ATM-9622712, "Laboratory Kinetics Studies
of Peroxy Radical Reactions."
The Petroleum Research Fund (administered by the American Chemical
Society) 33643-G6, "Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of the OH-initiated
Oxidation of Alkenes."
Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1998
Selected Publications
S. Dusanter, D. Vimal,
and P. S. Stevens. Measuring tropospheric OH and HO2 by
laser-induced fluorescence at low pressure: A comparison of calibration
techniques. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 321–340, 2008 M. Baasandorj and P. S.
Stevens. Experimental and theoretical studies of the kinetics of the
reactions of OH and OD with 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol between 300 and 415 K at
low pressure. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111, 640-649,
2007 D. Vimal and P. S. Stevens. Experimental and
Theoretical Studies of the Kinetics of the Reactions of OH Radicals with
Acetic Acid, Acetic Acid–d3 and Acetic Acid–d4
at Low Pressure,
Journal of Physical Chemistry A,
110, 11509-11516, 2006 M. E. Davis, W. Drake, D. Vimal, and P. S. Stevens.
Theoretical and experimental studies of the kinetics of the reactions of OH
and OD with acetone and acetone-d6 at low pressure.
The Journal of
Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry, 176, 162-171, 2005 W. Lee, M. Baasandorj,
P. S. Stevens, and R. A. Hites. Monitoring the OH-Initiated Oxidation
Kinetics of Isoprene and its Products using On-line Mass Spectrometry.
Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 1030-1036, 2005 M. E. Davis and P. S.
Stevens. Measurements of the kinetics of the OH-initiated oxidation of
a-pinene: Radical propagation in
the OH + a-pinene + O2 + NO reaction system. Atmospheric
Environment, 39, 1765-1774, 2005 B. Chuong and P. S.
Stevens. Measurements of the kinetics of the OH-initiated oxidation of
methy vinyl ketone and methacrolein. International Journal of Chemical
Kinetics, 36, 12-25, 2004 B. Chuong and P. S. Stevens. Kinetics of the OH + methyl vinyl ketone and
OH + methacrolein reactions at low pressure. Journal of Physical Chemistry A,
107, 2185, 2003 B. Chuong and P. S. Stevens, Measurements of the Kinetics of the OH-initiated
Oxidation of Isoprene, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 107, D13,
4162 10.1029/2001JD000865, 2002 B. Chuong, M. Davis, M. Edwards, and P. S. Stevens, Measurements of the
Kinetics of the OH + a-pinene
and OH + b-pinene
Reactions at Low Pressure, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 34, 300-308, 2002 P. S. Stevens, E. Seymour, and Z. Li, Theoretical and Experimental Studies of
the Reaction of OH with Isoprene, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 104,
5989, 2000 B. Chuong and P. S. Stevens, Kinetic Study of the OH + Isoprene and OH +
Ethylene Reactions Between 2 - 6 Torr and Over the Temperature Range 300 - 423
K, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 104, 5230, 2000
P. Stevens, D. L'Esperance, B. Chuong, and G. Martin, Measurements
of the Kinetics of the OH-initiated Oxidation of Isoprene: Radical Propagation
in the OH + isoprene + O2 + NO Reaction System. International
Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 31, 637, 1999 P. S. Stevens, J. H. Mather, W. H. Brune, F. L. Eisele, D. J. Tanner,
C. A. Cantrell, and R. E. Shetter, S. Sewall, A. Fried, B. Henry, E. Williams,
K. Baumann, P. Goldan, and W. Kuster; The HO2/OH and RO2/HO2
Ratios during the Tropospheric OH Photochemistry Experiment: Measurement
and theory. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 6379-6391, 1997 P. S. Stevens, J. H. Mather and W. H. Brune; Measurements of Tropospheric
OH and HO2 by Laser-induced Fluorescence at Low Pressure. Journal
of Geophysical Research, 99, 3543, 1994
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