Russell J. Perkins

  • PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION

Thesis Title:

Beyond Hydrophobicity: Aqueous Interfaces, Interactions, Reactions

Educational Background:

University of Colorado, Boulder, BS, Biochemistry, 2012

University of Colorado, Boulder, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2017

Publications:

  1. Rapf, R.J.; Perkins, R. J.; Dooley, M.R.; Kroll, Jay. A.; Carpenter, B. K.; Vaida, V.; Environmental Processing of Lipids Driven by Aqueous Photochemistry of α-Keto Acids, ACS Central Science, 2018, 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00124. link
  2. Perkins, R. J. and  Vaida, V.; Phenylalanine Increases Membrane Permeability, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139 (41), 14388–14391. link
  3. Rapf, R.J.; Dooley, M.R.; Kappes, K. ; Perkins, R. J.;  and Vaida, V.; pH Dependence of the Aqueous Photochemistry of α-Keto Acids, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 121, 8368-8379. link
  4. Rapf, R.J;  Perkins, R. J.; Carpenter, B. K., Vaida, V.; Mechanistic Description of Photochemical Oligomer Formation from Aqueous Pyruvic Acid, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 121 (22), 4272–4282. link
  5. Rapf, R.J;  Perkins, R. J.; Yang, H.; Miyake, G.M.; Carpenter, B. K., Vaida, V.  Photochemical Synthesis of Oligomeric Amphiphiles from Alkyl Oxoacids in Aqueous Environments, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139 (20), 6946–6959. link
  6. Perkins, Russell J.; Shoemaker, Richard K.; Carpenter, Barry K.; Vaida, Veronica; Chemical Equilibria and Kinetics in Aqueous Solutions of Zymonic Acid, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120 (51), pp 10096–10107 (2016). link
  7. Larsen, Molly C. and Perkins, Russell J.; Flash Photolysis Experiment of o-Methyl Red as a Function of pH: A Low-Cost Experiment for the Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Lab, Journal of Chemical Education 93 (12), pp 2096–2100 (2016). link
  8. Perkins, Russell J.; Kukharchuk, Alexandra; Delcroix, Pauline; Shoemaker, Richard K.; Roeselová; Cwikik, Lukasz; Vaida,Veronica; The Partitioning of Small Aromatic Molecules to Air–Water and Phospholipid Interfaces Mediated by Non-Hydrophobic Interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120 (30), pp 7408–7422 (2016). link
  9. Griffith, Elizabeth C.; Perkins, Russell J.; Telesford, Dana-Marie; Adams, Ellen M.; Cwiklik, Lukasz; Allen, Heather; C.; Roeselova, Martina; Vaida, Veronica Interaction of L-Phenylalanine with a Phospholipid Monolayer at the Water-Air Interface , Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119(29), 9038-9048 (2015). link