Location: Bowdoin / Elizabeth A. Stemmler

Chemistry

Elizabeth A. Stemmler

Professor of Chemistry

Fall 2008

Quantitative Analysis (CHEM 210)

Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Chemistry (CHEM 401)

Phone	(207) 725-3633
Title	Professor
Department	CHEMISTRY
Work Location	156 Cleaveland Hall
E-Mail	estemmle@bowdoin.edu

Education

B.S. Bates College
Ph.D. Indiana University

Research Interests

Analytical chemistry, gas-phase negative ion-molecule reactions, electron capture negative ion mass spectometry and the analysis of organic pollutants.

Selected Publications

(* indicates an undergraduate coauthor)

E.A. Stemmler, N.P. Gardner^* M. E. Guiney^*, E.A. Bruns^*, P.S. Dickinson, "The Detection of Red Pigment Concentrating Hormone (RPCH) in Crustacean Eyestalk Tissues using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry: [M+Na]⁺ Ion Formation in Dried Droplet Tissue Preparations", Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 41, 295-311 (2006).

A. E. Christie, E.A. Stemmler, B. Peguero^*, D.I. Messinger, H.L. Provencher^*, P. Scheerlinck^*, Y. A. Hsu, M. E. Guiney^*, H.O. de la Iglesia, P. S. Dickinson, “Identification, Physiological Actions and Distribution of VYRKPPFNGSIFamide (Val1-SIFamide) in the Stomatogastric Nervous System of the AmericanLobster Homarus americanus” , Journal of Comparative Neurology, 496, 406-421 (2006).

A. E. McBride, J. T. Cook^*, E. A. Stemmler, K. L. Rutledge, K. A. McGrath^*, J. A. Rubens^*, “Arginine methylation of yeast mRNA-binding protein Npl3 directly affects its function, nuclear export and intranuclear protein interactions”, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280, 30888-30898 (2005).

E.A. Stemmler, H.L. Provencher^*, M. E. Guiney^*, N.P. Gardner^*, P.S. Dickinson, “Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry for the Identification of Orcokinin Neuropeptides in Crustaceans using Metastable Decay and Sustained Off-Resonance Irradiation”, Analytical Chemistry, 77, 3594-3606 (2005).

J. Lichter, S. H. Barron^*, C. E. Bevacqua^*, A. C. Finzi, K. F. Irving^*, E. A. Stemmler, and W. H. Schlesinger, “Soil carbon sequestration and turnover in a pine forest after six years of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment”, Ecology, 86, 1835-1847 (2005).

E.A. Stemmler. Book review: “Analytical Mass Spectrometry. Strategies for Environmental and Related Applications” by William L. Budde. Journal of the American Chemical Society 124, 12627-12628 (2002).

E.A. Stemmler and C. Segovis^* "Formation of · CH2OC(O^-)CR2 Distonic Radical Anions by the Reaction of O^-. with Dimethyl Glutarates", Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 36, 685-688 (2001).

E.A. Stemmler, E. Yoshida^*, J. Pacheco^*, J. Brunton^*, E. Woodbury^*, and T. Solouki. "The Reactions of O^-. with Methyl Benzoate: An NICI and FT-ICR Study", Journal of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry, 12, 694-706 (2001).

E.A. Stemmler, "Mass Spectrometry", in Microscale Organic Laboratory , 4^th ed.; D.W. Mayo, R.M Pike, P.K. Trumper, John Wiley&Sons, New York, 1999; pp 600-617.

R. L. Hettich and E.A. Stemmler, "Investigation of Oligonucleotide Fragmentation with Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Fourier-transform Mass Spectrometry and Sustained Off-resonance Irradiation", Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 10, 321-327 (1996).

E. A. Stemmler, G. B. Hurst, M. V. Buchanan, and R. L. Hettich, "The Analysis of Modified Oligonucleotides By Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry", Analytical Chemistry, 67, 2924-2930 (1995).

E. A. Stemmler, "Oxygen-18 Incorporation in NICI Mass Spectrometry: The Role of O₂, H₂O, and Rhenium Oxides in Surface-Assisted Oxidation Reactions", International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, 142, 177-193 (1995).

E. A. Stemmler, J.L. Diener^*, and J. A. Swift^*, "Gas-Phase Reactions of O₂^-. with Alkyl and Aryl Esters of Benzenedicarboxylic Acids", Journal of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry, 5, 990-1000 (1994).

E. A. Stemmler, M. V. Buchanan, G. B. Hurst, R. L. Hettich, "The Structural Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Dihydrodiol Epoxide DNA Adducts Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry", Analytical Chemistry, 66, 1274-1285 (1994).

R. Hettich, G. Hurst, M. Buchanan, and E. Stemmler, "Characterization of Modified Nucleic Acid Constituents by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry", in Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds; Vol 6, Cavaliere, E.; Rogan, E., Ed.; Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1994, 95-102.

E. A. Stemmler, R. L. Hettich, G.B. Hurst, M. V. Buchanan, "Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry of Oligodeoxyribonucleotides", Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 7, 828-836 (1993).

G. B. Hurst, R. L. Hettich, M. V. Buchanan, and E. A. Stemmler, "Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization for the Structural Characterization of Modified Oligonucleotides", in Laser Ablation: Mechanisms and Applications - II; J. C. Miller, D. B. Geohegan, Eds; AIP Conference Proceedings 288; American Institute of Physics Press, NY, 1994; pp 519-525.

E.A. Stemmler, "[M+11]^+. and [M+11]^-. Ions in the N₂-Positive and Negative Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectra of Aromatic Amines", Organic Mass Spectrometry, 28, 945-952 (1993).

E. A. Stemmler and M.V. Buchanan, "Negative and Positive Chemical Ionization Mass Spectra of Aromatic Amines: Surface-Assisted Reactions Involving Oxygen", Organic Mass Spectrometry, 28, 953-962 (1993).

B. Arbogast, W. L. Budde, M. Deinzer, R. C. Dougherty, J. Eichelberger, R. D. Foltz, C.C. Grimm, R. A. Hites, C. Sakashita, and E. A. Stemmler, "Interlaboratory Comparison of Limits of Detection in Negative Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry", Organic Mass Spectrometry, 25, 191-196 (1990).

E. A. Stemmler and M. V. Buchanan, "Negative Ions Generated by Reactions With Oxygen in the Chemical Ionization Source: II. The Use of Wall-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions for Differentiation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Methyl Derivatives", Organic Mass Spectrometry, 24, 705-717 (1989).

E. A. Stemmler and M. V. Buchanan, "Negative Ions Generated by Reactions With Oxygen in the Chemical Ionization Source: I. Characterization of Gas-Phase and Wall-Catalyzed Reactions of Fluorene, Anthracene, and Fluoranthene", Organic Mass Spectrometry, 24, 94-104 (1989).

E. A. Stemmler and R. A. Hites, "Electron Capture Negative Ion Mass Spectra of Environmental Contaminants and Related Compounds", VCH Publishers, New York, 1988.

E. A. Stemmler and M. V. Buchanan, "Differentiation of Methyl Substituted Fluorenes, Anthracenes, and Benz[a]anthracenes Using Surface-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions and Negative Ion CI Mass Spectrometry", Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2, 184-188 (1988).

E. A. Stemmler and R. A. Hites, "The Fragmentation of Negative Ions Generated by Electron Capture Negative Ion Mass Spectrometry: A Review with New Data", Biomedical and Environmental Mass Spectrometry, 17, 311-328 (1988).

E. A. Stemmler and R. A. Hites, "A Systematic Study of Instrumental Parameters Affecting Electron Capture Negative Ion Mass Spectra", Biomedical and Environmental Mass Spectrometry, 15, 659-667 (1988).

E. A. Stemmler and R. A. Hites, "The Electron Capture Negative Ion Mass Spectra of Halogenated Diphenyl Ethane Derivatives", Analytical Chemistry, 60, 787-792 (1988).

E. A. Stemmler, B. Arbogast, W. L. Budde, M. L. Deinzer, R. C. Dougherty, J. W. Eichelberger, R. L. Foltz, C. C. Grimm, E. P. Grimsrud, C. Sakashita, L. J. Sears, and R. A. Hites, "An Interlaboratory Comparison of Methane Electron Capture Negative Ion Mass Spectra", Analytical Chemistry, 60, 781-787 (1988).

E. A. Stemmler and R. A. Hites, "The Electron Capture Negative Ion Mass Spectra of 2,6-Dinitroaniline and 2,4-Dinitrophenol Herbicides and Related Nitrobenzene Derivatives", Biomedical and Environmental Mass Spectrometry, 14, 417-434 (1987).

E. A. Stemmler and R. A. Hites, "Methane Enhanced Negative Ion Mass Spectra of Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene Derivatives", Analytical Chemistry, 57, 684-692 (1985). (Reprinted in Applications of New Mass Spectrometry Techniques in Pesticide Chemistry, J. D. Rosen, Ed.; John Wiley and Sons, N.Y. 1987, 42-59.)

R. Jaffe, E. A. Stemmler, B. D. Eitzer, and R. A. Hites, "Anthropogenic, Polyhalogenated, Organic Compounds in Sedentary Fish From Lake Huron and Lake Superior Tributaries and Embayments", Journal of Great Lakes Research, 11, 156-162 (1985).

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