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  SCOTT WREN

Scott Physical Chemistry Graduate Student
JILA and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0440

Phone: 303.492.7768

Fax: 303.492.8994

email: Scott.Wren<at>Colorado.edu

 

 

 

Education:

  • BS in Chemistry- Butte Community College (2000-2003) and UC Davis (2003-2005)
  • Graduate Student- University of Colorado (2005-present)

Research Experience:

  • REU at University of Oregon under Geri Richmond (2004)
         Studying interfacial bonding using vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy
  • Undergraduate researcher at UC Davis under Ting Guo (2004-2005)
        Studying MLCT of Ruthenium complexes using ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • NSF Undergraduate Fellow at UC Davis (2005)
         Involved in Collaborative Classroom-Based Inquiry Project (CCBI) studying effect of lesson planning on student understanding
  • Summer research project at University of Colorado under David Jonas (2005)
         Helped develop Raman experiment for Physical Chemistry lab
  • Graduate Research at University of Colorado under Carl Lineberger (2006-present)
         Studying negative anions using photoelectron spectroscopy

Teaching Experience:

  • Tutor at the Academic Center of Success at Butte College in math, physics, and chemistry (2001-2003)
  • Pilot Supplemental Instruction instructor for general chemistry at Butte College (2003)
  • Teaching Assistant for Physical Chemistry lab at the University of Colorado (2 semesters: 2005-2006)
  • Teaching Assistant for Chemistry 4411 with Lin Chen (2005) and 4431 with Art Pardi (2006)

Awards:

  • NSF Undergraduate Fellow (2005)
  • Graduate Teaching Excellence award winner for Physical Chemistry division (2006)

Publications:

  • “Ion Chemistry of 1H-1,2,3-Triazole,” J. Phys. Chem  (2007), Takatoshi Ichino, Django H.  Andrews, G. Jeffery Rathbone, Fuminori Misaizu, Ryan M. D. Calvi, Scott W. Wren, Shuji   Kato, Veronica M. Bierbaum, and W. Carl Lineberger.
  • “Spectroscopic characterization of the isolated SF6- and C4F8- anions: Observation of very long harmonic progressions in symmetric deformation modes upon photodetachment.”   J. Phys. Chem. A.111, 1214 -1221 (2007), Joseph Bopp, Joseph Roscioli, Mark Johnson, Thomas Miller, Albert Viggiano, Stephanie Villano, Scott Wren, and W. Carl Lineberger