Berea College - Chemistry - Faculty and Staff

Home | News | Calendar | Directory |

Science Building
CPO 2191
859-985-3318

Office Hours:
M–F, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Contact:

Dr. Jay H. Baltisberger

Department Chairperson; Associate Professor of Chemistry

Science Building, Room 304
CPO 1722

Office Hours:

TBA

Phone: 859-985-3298
Fax: 859-985-3303

E-Mail:

At Berea College since 1993

Degrees

A.B., Wabash College, 1989
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1993

Honors and Awards

Fulbright Research Scholar, ENS-Lyon, France working with Lyndon Emsley group (also affiliated with the CNRS in Lyon) doing dipolar decoupling, imaging and DAS experiments (fall 2001 - spring 2002).
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Foundation Grant (Type C) ($60,000 awarded fall 2001, co-PI with Pamela Shapiro of University of Idaho).
National Science Foundation Instrumentation for Laboratory Instruction (ILI) Grant ($200,000 awarded spring 1998).
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Foundation Startup Grant (Type GB) ($20,000 awarded spring 1997).
Research Corporation Cottrell College Startup Grant ($45,000 awarded spring 1995).
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation Startup Grant ($10,000 awarded fall 1993).
NSF Graduate Fellowship to peform graduate study at University of California at Berkeley (fall 1989).
Macintosh Fellow awarded to top Wabash College seniors going to graduate school (spring 1989).
Technical Theater Awards for work at Wabash College Theater program (1988, 1989).

Affiliations

Phi Lambda Upsilon (undergraduate chemistry honor society)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Physical Society (APS)
National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
Project Kaleidoscope Faculty 21 Class of 95 (PKAL-F21)
Berea College Communication Across Campus IV (CAC4)
National Youth Science Camp Board of Advisors (NYSC-BOA)

Papers and Publications

Multi-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging in a stray magnetic field, J.H. Baltisberger, S. Hediger, L. Emsley. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 172, 79-84 (2005).
Multiple-quantum magic-angle spinning and dynamic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy of quadrupolar nuclei, S.H. Wang, Z. Xu, J.H. Baltisberger, L.M. Bull, J.F. Stebbins and A. Pines. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 8, 1-16 (1997).
Triple-Quantum Two-Dimensional ²⁷Al Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study of Aluminosilicate and Aluminate Crystals and Glasses, J.H. Baltisberger, Z. Xu, S.H. Wang and A. Pines. Journal of the American Chemical Society,118, 7209-7214 (1996).
Solid-State ¹⁷O Magic-Angle and Dynamic-Angle Spinning NMR Study of the SiO₂ Polymorph Coesite, P.J. Grandinetti, J.H. Baltisberger, I. Farnan, J.F. Stebbins, U. Werner and A. Pines. J. Phys. Chem.,99, 12341-12348 (1995).
Cross Polarization Under Dynamic-Angle Spinning Conditions, J.H. Baltisberger, S.L. Gann, P.J. Grandinetti and A. Pines, Molecular Physics,81, 1109-1124 (1994).
Chemical Structure and Oxygen Dynamics in Ba₂In₂O₅, S.B. Adler, J.A. Reimer, J.H. Baltisberger and U. Werner, Journal of the American Chemical Society,116, 675-681 (1994).
Local Structure and Oxide-Ion Motion in Defective Cubic Perovskites, S.B. Adler, S.L. Russek, J.A. Reimer, M. Fendorf, A. Stacy, Q. Huang, A. Santoro, J. Lynn, J.H. Baltisberger and U. Werner, Solid State Ionics,68, 193-211 (1994).
Cross Polarization and Dynamic-Angle Spinning of ¹⁷O in L-Alanine, S.L. Gann, J.H. Baltisberger, E.W. Wooten, H. Zimmermann and A. Pines, Bulletin of Magnetic Resonance,16, 68 (1994).
Sidebands in Dynamic-Angle Spinning NMR, P.J. Grandinetti, Y.K. Lee, J.H. Baltisberger, B.Q. Sun and A. Pines, Journal of Magnetic Resonance A,102, 195-204 (1993).
Pure Absorption-Mode Lineshapes and Sensitivity in Two-Dimensional Dynamic-Angle Spinning NMR, P.J. Grandinetti, J.H. Baltisberger, A. Llor, Y.K. Lee, U. Werner and A. Pines, Journal of Magnetic Resonance A102, 72-81 (1993).
Dynamic-Angle Spinning Without Sidebands, S.L. Gann, J.H. Baltisberger and A. Pines, Chemical Physics Letters,210, 405-410 (1993)
Identification of the Disorder in Network Modified Silicate Glasses, I. Farnan, P.J. Grandinetti, J.H. Baltisberger, J.F. Stebbins, U. Werner, M.A. Eastman and A. Pines, Nature358, 31-35 (1992).
Isotropic Chemical Shifts and Quadrupolar Parameters for Oxygen-17 Using Dynamic-Angle Spinning NMR, K.T. Mueller, J.H. Baltisberger, E.W. Wooten and A. Pines, Journal of Physical Chemistry,96, 7001-7004 (1992).
⁸⁷Rb Dynamic-Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy of Inorganic Rubidium Salts, J.H. Baltisberger, S.L. Gann, E.W. Wooten, T.H. Chang, K.T. Mueller and A. Pines, Journal of the American Chemical Society,114, 7489-7493 (1992).
Sidebands in Dynamic Angle Spinning (DAS) and Double Rotation (DOR) NMR, B.Q. Sun, J.H. Baltisberger, Y. Wu, A. Samoson and A. Pines, Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,1, 267-295 (1992).
Polyethylene Crystallinity from Static Solid-State NMR Spectra, C.D. Hughes, N.K. Sethi, J.H. Baltisberger and D. Grant, Macromolecules,22, 2551-2554 (1989).