SOU Chemistry Faculty
Douglas A. Chapman
Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair
Education
B.S. Chemistry (1983) Northern Arizona University
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry (1988) Arizona State University
Postdoctoral Fellow (1988-1990) The Johns Hopkins University
Experience
Visiting Assistant Professor 1990-1993, Emory University
Visiting Associate Professor Summer 1997 - 2004 University of Oregon
Joined the SOU Chemistry department in 1993
General Chemistry (Ch 201/2/3) with Laboratory(Ch 204/5/6)
Computer Applications in Chemistry (Ch 371)
Physical Chemistry (Ch 441/2/3) with Laboratory (Ch 444/5)
Special topics courses in quantum chemistry, statistical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and computational chemistry
Research Interests
Ab initio electronic structure theory as applied to prediction of molecular properties
Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy
Publications and Presentations
"Why is Methylene a Ground State Triplet While Silylene is a Ground State Singlet?" R. West, Y. Apeloig, R. Pauncz, M. Karni, W. Steiner, and D. Chapman, Organometallics 22(16) 3250-3256 (2003).
"Spectroscopic Constants for Low Lying Electronic States of NH and PH" J. Hall and D. Chapman, poster presented at 2002 Spring National ACS Meeting.
"Ab initio Multireference Configuration Interaction and Coupled-Cluster Studies of Proton Transfer in (H3N-H-OH2)+ "S. Roszak, U. Kaldor, D. A. Chapman and J. J. Kaufman, J. Phys. Chem. 96, 2123 (1992).
"Time Dependence of OH Overtone Relaxation in the Hydroperoxyl Radical" D. A. Chapman, J. Bowman, and B. Gazdy, J. Chem. Phys. 96, 1919 (1992).
Professional Organizations and Affiliations
American Chemical Society
ACS Division of Chemical Education and Division of Chemical Physics
Sigma Xi
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
