Peter L. Rinaldi
Director of Molecular Spectroscopy     
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio  44325-3601                                      

Education                                 
Experience
Scientific Society Membership and Awards 
Professional Activities
Students
Current Students
Thesis and Postdoctoral Students (past 5 years)
Scientists
Publications (5 recent or related to project)                 Other Significant Publications
Thesis Advisor                                                                Postdoctoral Advisor
Collaborators (last 5 years)
 

Education

B.S. Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1974, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978

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Experience

The University of Akron,  Professor and Dir., Molecular Spectroscopy Lab, 1992-present
Associate Professor and Dir., Molecular Spectroscopy Lab, 1987-92
Varian Assoc., Mngr. of Field App. Lab, 1985-87;  Senior Applications Scientist, 1984-85
Case Western Reserve University, Assistant Professor, 1980-83
University de Liege, Liege, Belgium, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with P. Laszlo, 1979
Florida State University, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with G. C. Levy, 1978-80

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Scientific Society Membership and Awards

National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow 1978-80
American Chemical Society
University of Akron, Outstanding Faculty Recognition, 1992
University of Akron, Outstanding Faculty Research Award, 1994

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Professional Activities

Instructor American Chemical Society Short Course on 2D-NMR,    1990, 1991
NSF & NIH served on various chemical instrumentation review panels 1990-95.
University of Akron Representative to OARnet (Ohio Academic Resources network) Faculty Advisory Committee, 1990-present
Organizer of the Annual Midwest NMR Users' Conference, University of Akron. 1988-present.
CoChair, Technical Program, 27th ACS Central Reg. Meet., Akron, OH, May 31June 2, 1995.
Consulted for Wyeth-Ayerst, Ciba-Geigy Plastics, Ricerca, Ashland Chemical Co., BOC, British Petroleum, American Cyanamid, W. L. Gore & Assoc., ICI, Univ. of North Carolina at Greenville, Dupont Central Research & Development.
Instructor-Varian Basic and Advanced NMR Instrument Training Courses (7/year) 1990-1997.
Instructor Practical Aspects of 1D-, 2D- and 3D-NMR Short Course, Eastern Analytical Symposium, November 16-17, 1994, November 16-17, 1995, November 21-22, 1996, November 20-21, 1997.
Instructor Introduction to 1D-NMR Short Course, Eastern Analytical Symposium, November 19, 1996, Novenber 19, 1997.

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Students

7 Ph.D. Dissertations, 6 Postdoctoral & 1 Visiting Scientists

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Current Students

7 Graduate Students, 2 Post Doctoral Fellows, 1 Visiting Professor

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Thesis and Postdoctoral Students

Joseph Marcinko, Ph.D. 1992, Darlene R. Henseley, Ph.D.1994, Vincent E. Litman, Ph.D.1995, Neil G. Walsh, Ph.D.1996, Dale G. Ray, III, Postdoc, 1993-95, William A. Daunch, Ph.D.1998, expected, Lan Li,  Ph.D. 1996, Takeshi Saito, Ph.D. 1997, Takeshi Saito, Postdoc, 1997-98, Yahong Sun, Postdoc. 1994-96

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Visiting Scientists

W. Ritchey, T. Green

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Publications (5 recent or related to the project)

1. T. Saito and P. L. Rinaldi, "Evaluation of 3D-NMR Pulse Sequences for Characterization of Polymer Chain-end       Structures", J. Magn. Resonance., (1998) 132, 41.
2. J.J. Marcinko, S. Devathala, P.L. Rinaldi, and S. Bao, "Investigating the Molecular and Bulk Dynamics of PMDI/Wood and UF/Wood", The Forest Products Journal., accepted.
3. T. Saito and P. L. Rinaldi, "New 3D-NMR Pulse Sequences for Characterization of Polymer Chain-end Structures", J. Magn. Resonance., (1998) 130, 135.
4. M. Chai, T. Saito, Z. Pi, C. Tessier, and P. L. Rinaldi, "Characterization of Poly(1-phenyl-1-silabutane) Tacticity via  ¹H/¹³C/²⁹Si Triple Resonance 3D-NMR", Macromolecules , (1997) 30, 1240.
5. L. Li and  P. L. Rinaldi, "Characterization of  Poly(1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene) Using  ¹H/¹⁹F/¹³C Triple Resonance 3D-NMR", Macromolecules, (1996) 30, 520 (1997).

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Other Significant Publications

1. T. Saito and P. L. Rinaldi, "An Improved 3D ¹H Detected PFG ¹³C-¹³C Correlation Experiment (PFG-HCCH)", J. Magn. Resonance, A, (1996) 118, 136.
2. T. Saito, R. E. Medsker, H. J. Harwood, and P. L. Rinaldi, "Characterization of Chain End Structures in Diphenylphosphinyl Radical Initiated Polymers Via 3D-PFG ¹H/¹³C/³¹P Correlation NMR", J. Magn. Resonance A, (1996) 120, 125.
3. L. Li, D. Ray, H.T. Wang, H.J. Harwood, and P.L. Rinaldi, "Microstructural Characterization of  Fluoropolymers via Two-Dimensional  ¹H/¹⁹F/¹³C Triple Resonance NMR Spectroscopy", Macromolecules, (1996) 29, 4706.
4. L. Li and P. L. Rinaldi, "Tacticity of Poly(1-chloro-f-fluoroethylene) Fluoropolymer Determined Using ¹H/¹⁹F/¹³C Triple Resonance 3D-NMR", Macromolecules, (1996) 29, 4808.
5. H. J. Harwood, L. Christov, M. Guo, T. V. Holland, A. Y. Huckstep, D. H. Jones, R. E. Medsker, P. L. Rinaldi, T. Saito, and D. S. Tung, "Investigation of Statistical Block and Graft Copolymerizations Using NMR-Sensitive Initiators and Macroinitiators", Macromol. Symp,. (1996),11, 25.

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Thesis Advisor

William H. Pirkle, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Postdoctoral Advisors

George C. Levy & Pierre Laszlo

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Collaborators (last 5 years)

John Blackwell, S. Z. D. Cheng , Ashok Cholli, Michael F. Farona, L. Fetters, Laurine Galya, T. Green, Chang D. Han, Joan Hansen, H. James Harwood, Howard Hill, Robert Hirst, Stephen D. Hudson, Alex M. Jamieson, Paul Keifer, Joseph P. Kennedy, Neocles Leontis, Morton Litt, Werner Maas, Wayne Mattice, Peter Mirau, Virgil Percec, William , itchey, C. Rosenblatt, R. F. Savinell, Claire Tessier, Wiley Youngs, Pelletier, James Visintainer, S. Q. Wang, Phillip , esterman, Richard Withers

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