Assistant Professor of Chemistry
seustis@bowdoin.edu
207-725-3524
Chemistry
243 Druckenmiller Hall
Soren Eustis received his B.A. in chemistry from Grinnell College in 2003. In 2000, he received an NSF REU award to pursue research with Dr. Patrick Brezonik at the University of Minnesota investigating the removal of bioavailable phosphorus from urban ponds. In 2002, he received funding from the Tulane University Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) to work with Dr. Glen R. Boyd investigating the occurrence and fate of naproxen in the Mississippi Delta and Lake Ponchartrain. A second CBR grant allowed him to continue this work at Grinnell College under the supervision of Dr. T. Andrew Mobley as a mentored advanced project (MAP). In the fall of 2003, he began his doctoral work in physical chemistry in the lab of Dr. Kit H. Bowen at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). While at JHU, he was honored with the Langmuir-Cresap award for excellence in physical chemistry research. In 2009, he successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Gas Phase Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Acid-Base Systems, Solvated Molecules and MALDI Matrix Molecules”. In the fall of 2009, he moved to Zürich, Switzerland to begin his postdoctoral research with Prof. Dr. Kristopher McNeill at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). At ETH, he oversaw the design and installation of a femtosecond spectroscopy laboratory for the investigation of the mechanisms of chemical transformation in the environment.
Currently, his research interests range from applied environmental chemistry to pure physical chemistry. His research program at Bowdoin focuses on his expertise in laser spectroscopy, steady-state spectroscopy, and computational chemistry to understand chemistry at scales from single molecules to environmentally relevant systems (e.g. rivers, lakes, and our atmosphere).
23. Tentscher, P. R.; Eustis, S. N.; McNeill, K.; Arey, J. S., Aqueous oxidation of sulfonamide antibiotics: Aromatic nucleophilic substitution of an aniline radical cation. Chem. Eur. J. (Accepted March 25, 2013).
22. Kliegman, S.; Eustis, S. N.; Arnold, W. A.; McNeill, K., Experimental and Theoretical Insights into the Involvement of Radicals in Triclosan Phototransformation. Environmental Science & Technology (accepted; published online January 2, 2013).
21. Whiteside, A,; Haranczyk, M.; Chen, J.; Eustis S.; Hendricks, J.; Buonaugurio, A.; Bowen, K.; Gutowski, M., Electron-Driven Proton Transfer in Hydrogen-Bonded Dimers of Ammonia with Hydrogen Halides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (submitted October 10, 2012).
20. Pati, S. G.; Shin, K.; Skarpeli-Liati, M.; Bolotin, J.; Eustis, S. N.; Spain, J. C.; Hofstetter, T. B., Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Effects Associated with the Dioxygenation of Aniline and Diphenylamine. Environmental Science & Technology 2012, 46, 11844.
19. Skarpeli-Liati, M.; Pati, S. G.; Bolotin, J.; Eustis, S. N.; Hofstetter, T. B., Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation Associated with Oxidative Transformation of Substituted Aromatic N-Alkyl Amines. Environmental Science & Technology 2012, 46, 7189.
18. Storoniak, P.; Mazurkiewicz, K.; Haranczyk, M.; Gutowski, M.; Rak, J.; Eustis, S. N.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H., The Anionic (9-Methyladenine)−(1-Methylthymine) Base Pair Solvated by Formic Acid. A Computational and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2010,14, 11353.
17. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Radisic, D.; Stokes, S. T.; Eustis, S. N.; Bowen, K. H.; Mazurkiewicz, K.; Storoniak, P.; Kowalczyk, A.; Haranczyk, M., Barrier-Free Proton Transfer Induced by Electron Attachment to the Complexes between 1‐Methylcytosine and Formic Acid. Molecular Physics 2010, 108, 2621.
16. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Cao, R.; Radisic, D.; Eustis, S. N.; Stokes, S. T.; Lyapustina, S.; Tian, S. X.; Bowen, K. H., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Homogeneous Nucleic Acid Base Dimer Anions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2010, 12, 3535.
15. Li, X.; Grubisic, A.; Eustis, S.; Wang, D.; Lectka, T.; Ganteför, G. F.; Bowen, K. H.; Burgert, R.; Schnöckel, H., The Reaction of Aluminum Cluster Anions with Tetrakis (Dimethylamino) Ethylene (TDMAE): Insertion of an Aluminum Anion into a CN Bond. Chemical Physics Letters 2009, 481, 190.
14. Eustis, S.; Whiteside, A.; Wang, D.; Gutowski, M.; Bowen, K., Ammonia−Hydrogen Bromide and Ammonia−Hydrogen Iodide Complexes: Anion Photoelectron and ab Initio Studies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2009, 114, 1357.
13. Zheng, W.; Li, X.; Eustis, S.; Bowen, K., Anion photoelectron spectroscopy of TaOn- (n= 1-3). Chemical Physics Letters 2008, 460, 68.
12. Zheng, W.; Eustis, S. N.; Li, X.; Nilles, J. M.; Thomas, O. C.; Bowen, K. H.; Kandalam, A. K., Photoelectron Spectroscopic Study of Iron-Benzene Cluster Anions. Chemical Physics Letters 2008, 462, 35.
11. Rak, J.; Mazurkiewicz, K.; Kobyłecka, M.; Storoniak, P.; Haranczyk, M.; Dabkowska, I.; Bachorz, R. A.; Gutowski, M.; Radisic, D.; Stokes, S. T.; Eustis, S. N.; Wang, D.; Li, X.; Jae-Ko, Y.; Bowen, K. H., Stable Valence Anions of Nucleic Acid Bases and DNA Strand Breaks Induced by Low Energy Electrons. In Radiation Induced Molecular Phenomena in Nucleic Acids, 2008; pp 619-667.
10. Li, X.; Eustis, S. N.; Bowen, K. H.; Kandalam, A., Photoelectron Spectroscopic Study of the Anionic Transition Metalorganic Complexes [Fe(COT)]- and [Co(COT)]-. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2008, 129, 124312.
9. Li, X.; Eustis, S.; Bowen, K. H.; Kandalam, A. K.; Jena, P., Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of Fem(coronene)n- (m = 1,2, n = 1,2) Complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2008, 129, 074313.
8. Kandalam, A. K.; Jena, P.; Li, X.; Eustis, S. N.; Bowen, K. H., Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies of [Com(pyrene)n] (m = 1,2 and n = 1,2) Complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2008, 129, 134308.
7. Eustis, S. N.; Radisic, D.; Bowen, K. H.; Bachorz, R. A.; Haranczyk, M.; Schenter, G. K.; Gutowski, M., Electron-Driven Acid-Base Chemistry: Proton Transfer from Hydrogen Chloride to Ammonia. Science 2008, 319, 936.
6. Zheng, W.; Li, X.; Eustis, S.; Grubisic, A.; Thomas, O.; de Clercq, H.; Bowen, K., Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Au-(H2O)1, 2, Au-(D2O)1-4, and AuOH-. Chemical Physics Letters 2007, 444, 232.
5. Mazurkiewicz, K.; Haranczyk, M.; Storoniak, P.; Gutowski, M.; Rak, J.; Radisic, D.; Eustis, S. N.; Wang, D.; Bowen, K. H., Intermolecular Proton Transfer Induced by Excess Electron Attachment to Adenine(Formic Acid)n- (n = 2,3) Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes. Chemical Physics 2007, 342, 215.
4. Lippa, T.; Eustis, S.; Wang, D.; Bowen, K., Electrophilic Properties of Common MALDI Matrix Molecules. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2007, 268, 1.
3. Eustis, S. N.; Wang, D.; Bowen, K. H.; Patwari, G. N., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Hydrated Hexafluorobenzene Anions. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127, 114312.
2. Eustis, S.; Wang, D.; Lyapustina, S.; Bowen, K. H., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Hydrated Adenine Anions. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127, 224309.
1. Zheng, W.; Nilles, J.; Radisic, D.; Stokes, S.; Trotter, B.; Eustis, S.; Grubisic, A.; Li, S.; Bowen, K., In Nano-Scale Materials: From Science to Technology, Sahu, S.; Choudhury, R.; Jena, P., Eds. Nova Science Publishers, Inc: 2006; pp.163-173.
American Chemical Society, Denver, CO. Session: Reaction Mechanisms in Environmental Chemistry. Talk: Insights into the photodegradation mechanisms of NSAIDs: Studies on carboxyl substituted diphenylamines in aquatic environments. (Award for best post-doctoral presentation in session, ACS Environmental Chemistry Division Certificate of Merit). 2011
Gordon Research Conference (Water and Aqueous Solutions), Holderness NH. Poster: Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) Study of the Ground and Excited States of Several Diphenylamines: Applications to Aquatic Photochemistry. 2010
Gordon Research Conference (Environmental Science: Water), Holderness NH. Poster: Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) Study of the Ground and Excited States of Several Diphenylamines: Applications to Aquatic Photochemistry. 2010
Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Ionic Clusters, Ventura, CA. Poster: Electron Driven Proton Transfer in NH3-HCl. 2007
Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Ionic Clusters, Aussois, France. Poster: Barrier Free Proton Transfer in Adenine-Thymine Dimers. 2004
Pew Undergraduate Research Symposium, Washington University in St. Louis. Talk: Removal and Transformation of Naproxen During Drinking Water Treatment. 2003
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Symposium, Grinnell, IA. Poster: Behavior of Heavy Metals in Simulated Soil Columns: An Undergraduate Laboratory. 2003
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Lausanne, Switzerland. Photochemical Transformation of Triclosan in Natural Waters. May 2012
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Lausanne, Switzerland. Approaching Environmental Phenomena from a Physical Chemistry Perspective: Solvation, Proton Transfer, and Photochemistry. January 2010
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