Dr. Jane M. Arrington

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Division of Natural Sciences & Engineering
University of South Carolina Upstate
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
 

Phone: (864) 503-5756
Fax: (864) 503-5366

jarrington@uscupstate.edu

Ph.D. Physical-Analytical Chemistry, University of Utah
B.S.   Chemistry, Xavier University

 

Office Hours

TTH 9:30 -11:30 a.m.
W 11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m.

& by appointment

Current Courses: Spring 2012

Professional Experience:

2011-Present                          Assistant Professor, Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering, USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
2007-2011                             Water Research Manager, Spartanburg Water, Spartanburg, SC
2001-2007                              Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wofford College and Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
September 1998 – June 2001  Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
July 1997-July 1998                Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
October 1995-June 1997        Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
May 1994-October 1995        Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
May 1994-October 1995       Argonne National Laboratory, Chemistry/Materials Science Division, Argonne, IL
 

Primary Research Interest and Objectives Include:

-Partnering with local experts to find solutions to watershed concerns that effect the entire community and the water that we rely upon
-Engaging students in utilizing field sampling and laboratory analytical techniques to investigate environmental issues
-Providing opportunities for students to make oral presentations and build their scientific network
-Involving students in the preparation and publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts
-Encouraging students to participate in student affiliate chapters of the American Chemical Society, American Water Works Association or the Water Environment Federation as an avenue for professional development and future employment opportunities
 

Publications:   *Denotes undergraduate author, #Denotes masters author

C. A. Journey and J. M. Arrington, ”Taste-and-Odor Occurrence in Lake William C. Bowen and Municipal Reservoir #1, Spartanburg County, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet 2009-3043, available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3043/ (2009).

D. Cox*, J. M. Key*, M. S. Lai#, J. R. Sutherland*, M. R. Zahn* and J. M. Arrington, "On-Line Supercritical Fluid Extraction Synchronous Luminescence Spectroscopy: A Screening Method for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons,” J. of Undergraduate Chemistry Research 2, 39 (2005).

M. S. Lai#, “Screening of Environmental Contaminants by On-Line Supercritical Fluid Synchronous Luminescence Spectroscopy”, Masters Thesis, Central Washington University Library (2000).

H. Matsui, J. M. Behm, and E. R. Grant, "Photoselection and the Appearance of Frank-Condon-forbidden Thresholds in the ZEKE Spectrum of NO2 ," J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 6717 (1997).

E. Mayer, E. Zückerman, L. Zhang, H. Hedderich, J. Behm, and E. Grant, “State-to-State Dynamics in the High Rydberg States of Polyatomic Molecules,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lon. A 355, 1 (1997).

H. Matsui, J. M. Behm, and E. R. Grant, "Bend-Stretch Fermi Resonance in NO2+ Observed by Delayed Pulsed-Field Ionization Zero-Electron-Kinetic-Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy," Int. J. Mass Spec. and Ion Proc. 159, 37 (1996).

J. Laskin, J. M. Behm, K. R. Lykke, and C. Lifshitz, "Time-Resolved Appearance Energies for Fragment Ions from C60 ," Chem. Phys. Lett. 252, 277 (1996).

J. M. Behm, K. R. Lykke, M. J. Pellin, and J. C. Hemminger, "Projection Photolithography Utilizing a Schwarzschild Microscope and Self-Assembled Alkanethiol Monolayers as Simple Photoresists," Langmuir 12, 2121 (1996).

J. M. Behm, J. C. Hemminger, and K. R. Lykke, "Microscopic Laser Desorption/
Postionization Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry,"Anal. Chem. 68, 713 (1996).

J. M. Behm and M. D. Morse, "Electronic Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of the Smallest Metal Clusters: the Diatomic 3d Transition Metal Aluminides," SPIE 2124, 388 (1994).

J. M. Behm and M. D. Morse, "Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled AlMn and Trends in the Electronic Structure of the 3d Transition Metal Aluminides," J. Chem. Phys. 101, 6500 (1994).


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