(Bierbaum, Veronica M - 2012) -- Distinguished Research Lectureship
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Professor Bierbaum’s research focuses on the development of new techniques in physical and organic chemistry and their application to studies of gas phase ion chemistry. Her studies probe the kinetics, dynamics, and energies of reactions fundamental to physical, organic, atmospheric, and interstellar chemistry. Among her many recognitions are as an investigator for the National Science Foundation’s Partners in Science Education grant, president of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Council of Scientific Society Presidents, and the American Chemical Society. She is also a member of the Boulder Valley School District Scientific Review Committee and the CU Wizards Program. Professor Bierbaum’s lecture held in August, “Astrochemistry: From the Laboratory to the Stars,” discussed how spectroscopy and kinetics, two fundamental branches of chemistry, allow scientists to probe the identities of molecules throughout space and understand their mechanisms of formation and destruction.
