John Merle
Position: Associate Professor of Chemistry Department: Chemistry
Contact Info
Office: 143 F.L. Atkins Annex Phone: 336-750-2237 Fax: 336-750-2549 Email: merlejo@wssu.edu
Educational Background
- PhD, 2005, The Ohio State University
- BS, 1999, California State University, Sacramento
- AS, 1996, American River College
Research and Project Interests
- Environmental Chemistry
- Computational Chemistry
Irikura, K. K.; Merle, J. K.; Simón-Manso, Y. “Tryptic y++ Fragment Ion Distributions Are Guided by Coulombic Repulsion” J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2012, 23(3), 483-8.
Haeffner, F.; Merle, J. K.; Irikura, K. K. “N-Protonated Isomers as Gateways to Protonated Peptide Fragmentation” J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2011, 22(12), 2222-2231.
Mestrot, A.; Merle, J. K.; Broglia, A.; Feldmann, J.; Krupp, E. M. “Atmospheric Stability of Arsine and Methylarsines” Environ. Sci. and Tech. 2011, 45(9), 4010–4015.
Krupp, E. M.; Merle, J. K.; Haas, K.; Foote, G.; Maubec, N.; Feldmann, J. “Volatilization of Organotin Species from Municipal Waste Deposits: Novel Species Identification and Modeling of Atmospheric Stability” Environ. Sci. and Tech. 2011, 45(3), 943–950.
Ngu-Schwemlein, M.; Merle, J. K.; Healy, P.; Schwemlein, S.; Rhodes. S. “Thermodynamics of the Complexation of Hg(II) by Cysteinyl Peptide Ligands Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry” Thermochem. Acta 2009, 496(1-2),129.
Hayes, C. J.; Merle, J. K.; Hadad, C. M. “The Chemistry of Reactive Radical Intermediates in Combustion and the Atmosphere” Adv. Phys. Org. Chem. 2009, 43, 79.
Merle, J. K.; Hadad, C. M. “Reactive Intermediates in Combustion” in Reviews of Reactive Intermediate Chemistry, Editors Moss, R. A., Platz, M. S., Jones, M., Jr., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey, USA, 2007.
Villamena, F. A.; Xia, S.; Merle, J. K.; Lauricella, R.; Tuccio, B.; Hadad, C. M.; Zweier, J. L. “Reactivity of Superoxide Radical Anion with Cyclic Nitrones: Role of Intramolecular H-Bond and Electrostatic Effects” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (26), 8177–819.
Villamena, F. A.; Merle, J. K.; Hadad, C. M.; Zweier, J. L. “Rate Constants of Hydroperoxyl Radical Addition to Cyclic Nitrones: A DFT Study” J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 9995–10001.
Hommel, E. L.; Merle, J. K.; Ma, G.; Allen, H.; Hadad, C. M. “Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Aqueous Ethylene Glycol Solution Surfaces” J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 811–818.
Zalyubovsky, S. J.; Glover, B. J.; Miller, T. A.; Hayes, C. J.; Merle, J. K.; Hadad, C. M. “Observation of the A – X Electronic Transition of the 1-C3H7O2 and 2-C3H7O2 Radicals Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 1308–1315.
Villamena, F. A.; Merle, J. K.; Hadad, C. M.; Zweier, J. L. “Superoxide Radical Anion Adduct of 5,5-Dimerthyl-1-pyrroline N-Oxide (DMPO). 1. The Thermodynamics of Formation and Its Acidity” J. Phys. Chem. A2005, 109, 6083–6088.
Villamena, F. A.; Merle, J. K.; Hadad, C. M.; Zweier, J. L. “Superoxide Radical Anion Adduct of 5,5-Dimerthyl-1-pyrroline N-Oxide (DMPO). 2. The Thermodynamics of Decay and EPR Spectral Properties” J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 6089–6098.
Merle, J. K.; Hayes, C. J.; Hadad, C. M.; Zalyubovsky, S. J.; Glover, B. J.; Miller, T. A “Theoretical Determinations of the Ambient Conformational Distribution and Unimolecular Decomposition of n-Propylperoxy Radical”J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 3637–3646.
Merle, J. K.; Hadad, C. M. “Computational Study of the Oxygen Initiated Decomposition of 2-Oxepinoxy Radical: A Key Intermediate in the Oxidation of Benzene” J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 8419–8433.