Kathleen Spencer

B.S., Math and Chemistry, Villanova University, 2005
Fifth-year graduate student

I am interested in the ozonolysis of alkenes. I am studying the Criegee biradical intermediate of these reactions in the gas phase. I hope to use FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy) and CIMS (chemical ionization mass spectroscopy) to determine the mechanism of the atmospheric reaction of Criegee intermediate and water.

Kathleen is also being advised by Paul O. Wennberg, R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.

Publications
  1. Spencer, K.M., D.C. McCabe, J.D. Crounse, J.R. Olson, J.H. Crawford, A.J. Weinheimer, D.J. Knapp, D.D. Montzka, C.A. Cantrell, R.S. Anderson, R.L. Mauldin III, and P.O. Wennberg, "Inferring ozone production in an urban atmosphere using measurements of peroxynitric acid," Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9 (2009): 3697-3707.

Extracurricular Interests

Racquetball, the beach, reading