Jay (Alec) A. Kroll

  • ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION

Thesis Title: 

Studies in Photochemistry, Hydration, and Diversity in Chemistry: Shining a Light on Sulfur Dioxide and the Effects of Gender and Sexuality on Belonging in Introductory Chemistry

Education Background:

Emory University
B.S. in Chemistry - May, 2012
Chemistry Research Highest Honors
Dr. Susanna Widicus Weaver, Advisor

University of Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D. Chemistry, December 2017  
Dr. Veronica Vaida, Advisor

Publications: 

  1. Kroll, Jay A.; Frandsen, Benjamin Norman; Kjaergaard, Henrick G; and Vaida, Veronica; Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radical Source: Reaction of Triplet SO2 and Water, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b03524. link
  2. Rapf, Rebecca J.; Perkins, Russell J.; Dooley, Michael R.; Kroll, Jay. A.; Carpenter, Barry K.; and Vaida, Veronica; Environmental Processing of Lipids Driven by Aqueous Photochemistry of α-Keto Acids, ACS Central Science, 2018, 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00124. link
  3. Kroll, Jay A.; Hansen, Anne S.; Møller, Kristian; Kjaergaard, Henrick G; and Vaida, Veronica; Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Methylglyoxal: Gas Phase Hydration to Form the Geminal Diol, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2017, 1 (6), 345–352. link
  4. Widicus Weaver, Susanna; Laas, Jake C.; Zou, Luyao; Kroll, Jay A.; Rad, Mary L.; Hays, Brian M.; Sanders, James; Lis, Darek; Cross, Trevor; Wehres, Nadine; McGuire, Brett A.; Sumner Matthew; Deep Broadband Spectral Line Surveys of Molecule-Rich Interstellar Clouds, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 232:3, September 2017. link
  5. Donaldson, D. James; Kroll, Jay A.; Vaida, Veronica; Gas-Phase Hydrolysis of Triplet SO2: A Possible Direct Route to Atmospheric Acid Formation, Scientific Reports, July 15th, 2016, 6, Article number: 30000. link
  6. Schrøder, Sidsel D.; Wallberg, Jens H.; Kroll, Jay A.;  Maroun, Zeina; Vaida, Veronica; and Kjaergaard, Henrick G.; Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Methyl Lactate, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, August 21, 2015,  119 (37) p. 9692-9702. link
  7. Reed Harris, Allison E.; Ervens, Barbara; Shoemaker, Richard D.; Kroll, Jay A., Rapf, Rebecca J.; Griffith, Elizabeth C.; Monod, Anne; and Vaida, Veronica; Photochemical Kinetics of Pyruvic Acid in Aqueous Solution, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, April 11, 2014, 118 (37), p.8505-8516. link
  8. Kroll, Jay A.; Shipman, S.T; and Widicus Weaver S.L.; The Rotational Spectrum of Methyl Ethyl Ketone in its Ground Vibrational State, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, January 2014, Volume 295, p. 52-57. link

Awards:

  • Fall, 2016: Recipient of CU Origins Project Research Assistantship 
  • April, 2015: Recipient of the John B. Ekeley Graduate Award from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Spring, 2014: Recipient of Graduate School Student Travel Grant from the University of Colorado at Boulder
  • August, 2013: Recipient of the General Chemistry Graduate Teaching Excellence Award in my work teaching Environmental Chemistry in the undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry Program for the 2012-2013 academic Year