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Ryan Zahn Hinrichs Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies
Department of Chemistry Drew University 36 Madison Avenue Madison, NJ 07950 Ph: 973-408-3853 Fax: 973-408-3572 Email
Appointments: Drew University, Associate Professor of Chemistry, August 2011 – present. Drew University, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, August 2007 – 2011. Sarah Lawrence College, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, August 2002 – July 2007. Gonzaga University, Visiting Professor of Chemistry, August 2001 – May 2002.
Education: Cornell University, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Advisor: H. Floyd Davis, Aug. 2001. Moravian College, B.S. in Chemistry with Honors, May 1996.
Courses: Principles of Chemistry I (CHEM 6): 2011 syllabus Principles of Chemistry II (CHEM 7): 2011 syllabus Physical Chemistry I (CHEM 103): 2011 syllabus Physical Chemistry II (CHEM 105): 2010 syllabus First-year Seminar: Climate Change: 2008 syllabus Research in Chemistry (CHEM 129): 2011 syllabus Toxic Chemicals: Great Challenges in Environmental Science 2011 syllabus Draft Report: You are what you breathe
Research Interests: Atmospheric aerosols -- suspended particulates such as sea salt and smoke -- impact Earth's climate by absorbing and scattering solar radiation and altering cloud formation processes. The current level of scientific understanding of these aerosol processes is very low because of the diversity of aerosol composition and "chemical weathering" of aerosols during transport via reactions with trace pollutants, such as ozone. The atmospheric chemistry research group investigates the chemistry of trace pollutants with atmospheric aerosol surrogates containing adsorbed organic molecules prevalent in biomass combustion smoke. These lab models are used to characterize this chemistry under controlled conditions to quantify how aerosol properties change during exposure to pollutants.
Select Publications: (underline indicates undergraduate co-author)
1. Barnum, T. J.; Medeiros, N.; Hinrichs, R. Z. "Condensed-phase versus gas-phase ozonolysis of catechol: A combined experimental and theoretical study," under review 2011.
2. O’Neill, E.; Hinrichs, R. Z. “Production of molecular iodine from the heterogeneous reaction of nitrogen dioxide with solid potassium iodide,” Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 2011, 116, D01301. (abstract)
3. Woodill, L. A.; Hinrichs, R. Z. “Heterogeneous reactions of surface-adsorbed catechol with nitrogen dioxide: substrate effects for tropospheric aerosol surrogates” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2010, 12, 10766-10774,doi:10.1039/c002079f. (abstract)
4. Nichols, B. R.; Rapa, C.; Costa, V.; Hinrichs, R. Z. “Heterogeneous and photochemical reactions of solid benzophenone–catechol films with NO2,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 2111-2119. (abstract)
5. Angelini, M. M.; Garrard, R. J.; Rosen, S. J.; Hinrichs, R. Z. “Heterogeneous reactions of gaseous nitric acid and nitrogen dioxide on the clay minerals kaolinite and pyrophyllite,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2007, 111, 3326-3335. (abstract)
6. Bramante, J. A.; Hinrichs, R. Z.; Brown, E. C.; Calvin, S. “Exploration of heterogeneous chemistry in model atmospheric particles using extended x-ray absorption fine structure analysis,” Atmospheric Environment 2007, 41, 7649-7653. (abstract)
Drew's Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group Summer 2011 Connor, Ryan and Elise Hinrichs; Erinn O'Neill; Caitlyn Kennedy Nicholas Chiopini; Jaime Balesteros; Brianne Flynn; Alae Kawam
Drew's Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group Summer 2010 Nick Medeiros, Tim Barnum, Erinn O'Neill, Laurie Woodill, Ryan Hinrichs

Last updated August 2011