James Duchamp

Department of Chemistry   Office: (540) 944-6183
Emory & Henry College   Home: (540) 944-3099
P. O. Box 947   Fax: (540) 944-6934
Emory, VA 24327-0947   E-mail: jcducham@ehc.edu

 
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
1994- Present Emory and Henry College

  Assistant Professor

 

Professional Interests: Calculation and measurement of chemical shift anisotropies for nuclei in novel compounds or mterials; characterization of novel materials with solid state NMR; using technology to enhance chemistry education.

Recent meetings:
Computer Visualization and Animation Techniques throughout the Chemistry Curriculum, Richmond (1997)
Molecular Modeling in the Undergraduate Curriculum, Richmond (1997)
Experimental NMR Conference, Orlando (1997)
Gordon Research Conference on Magnetic Resonance, New Hampshire (1995)
Council on Undergraduate Research, April Dialogue, Washington D.C. (1995, 1997)
ChemMIST Workshop, Berea KY (1995)
Appalachian College Science Teachers Workshop, Berea KY (1994, 1995)
 
Courses: Chemistry & Society, Environmental Chemistry, General Chemistry I & II, Physical Chemistry I & II, Instrumental Analysis, Introductory Computer Science, and Value Inquiry: Technology & Values
 
 
1992 - 1994 Cornell University Postdoctoral Research Associate
 
Faculty Advisor : Professor T. Michael Duncan

 

As a member of the School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Center, I collaborated with research groups in the Departments of Chemistry, and Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) to characterize novel materials with solid state NMR.
 
 
 
EDUCATION    
1987-1991 Yale University Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, 1992
 
Thesis Advisor : Professor Kurt W. Zilm
Thesis Title : Characterization of Main Group Functionalities using Solids
NMR: ChemicalShift Anisotropies and 2D NMR in the Solid State
Research and experimentation in the following areas:
 
 
  Chemical shift calculations  Chemical shift anisotrophy
  2D homonuclear experiments Average Hamiltonian theory
  29Si, 13C, 119Sn, 31P, 1H NMR Low temperature MAS (77K)
  Studies of reactive intermediates Zero field NMR in high field
  Instrument design and construction Studies of Marine Sediments
     
1983 - 1987 Kalamazoo College B.A. in Chemistry, 1987
 

Senior thesis work in Professor Zilm's laboratory at Yale University. Thesis title: Studies of Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the Solid State. (Winter 1987)

Foreign Study at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone,
Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. (Fall 1985 and Winter 1986)

Chemistry research internship in Professor A. Lappin's laboratory at Notre Dame University. Inorganic synthesis. (Spring 1985)

 
 
 
 
 
AWARDS AND HONORS
Summer Research Fellowship with Kenneth B. Wiberg at Yale University, awarded
by the Petroleum Research Fund, Summer 1997.
Summer Research Fellowship with Kenneth B. Wiberg at Yale University, awarded
by the Petroleum Research Fund, Summer 1996.
Professional Development Grant, awarded by Emory & Henry College, Summer 1995.
Heyl Science Fellow, Yale University, 1987-1991.
Travel Stipend to 25th Congress Ampere (Stuttgart, West Germany) awarded by Department
of Chemistry, Yale University, September 1990.
Travel Stipend to 29th Experimental NMR Conference (Asilomar, CA) awarded by ENC
Committee, April, 1989.
A. M. Todd Chemistry Scholar, Kalamazoo College, Spring 1986.
Heyl Science Scholar, Kalamazoo College, 1983-1987.
Eagle Scout.

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
Council on Undergraduate Research
National Science Teacher Association
Science College Teacher Association
 
RELEVANT SKILLS
Computer programming and machine shop ability.
 
PUBLICATIONS
1D and 2D Solid State NMR Studies of Homonuclear Spin Pairs
J. C. Duchamp, X. Wu, K. W. Zilm, Manuscript in preparation.
 
A Solid-State NMR and Theoretical Study of the Chemical Bonding in Disilenes
Robert West, Jefferson Cavalieri, Jarrod Buffy, Charles Fry, Kurt W. Zilm, James C. Duchamp, Mitsuo Kira, Takeaki Iwamoto, Thomas Müller, and Yitzhak Apeloig J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 4972-4976.
 
Chemical shift tensors and chemical bonding in cyclic silanes
R. West, J. D. Cavalieri, J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm, Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem. 1994, 93-94, 213-16.
 
Preparation of Forsterite by Pyrolysis of Forsterite Xerogel: Effect of Water.
D. G. Park, J. C. Duchamp, J. M. Burlitch, T. M. Duncan, Chem. Mater. 1994, 6, 1990-1995.
 
Comparisons of Shielding Anisotropies for Different Nuclei and Other Insights into Shielding from an Experimentalist's Viewpoint
K. W. Zilm, J. C. Duchamp, Nuclear Magnetic Shieldings and Molecular Structure; J. A. Tossel, Ed; NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences - Vol. 386, 1993, pp 315-334.
 
2,3,5,6-Tetrakis(methylene)-1,4-cyclohexanediyl (1,2,3,4-Tetramethylenebenzene), a Disjoint Non-Kekule Singlet Hydrocarbon Biradical
J. H. Reynolds, J. A. Berson, K. K. Kumashiro, J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm, J. C. Scaiano, A. B. Berinstain, A. Rubello, P. Vogel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 8073-8090.
 
Unusual Silicon-29 Chemical Shift Anisotropies in Three-membered Rings
J. D. Cavalieri, R. West, J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115,
A Kinetically Stable Singlet State of 1,2,4,5- Tetramethylenebenzene
J. H. Reynolds, J. A. Berson, K. K. Kumashiro, J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm, A. Rubello, P. Vogel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 763-764.
 
Structure of the Carrier of the CP MAS C-13 NMR Signal Assigned to 3,4-Dimethylenethiophene.
Multiple Position-Labeling and Chemical Trapping in Annealed Glasses
M. M. Greenberg, S. C. Blackstock, J. A. Berson, R. A. Merrill, J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 2318-2319.
 
Nature of the Carbon-Phosphorus Double Bond and the Carbon-Phosphorus Triple Bond As Studied by Solid-State NMR
J. C. Duchamp, M. Pakulski, A. H. Cowley, K. W. Zilm, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 6803-6809.
 
Carbon-13 Zero Field NMR in High Field
R. Tycko, G. Dabbagh, J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm, J. Magn. Reson. 1990, 89, 205-209.
 
Quantum Mechanical Exchange of Hydrides in Solution: Proton-Proton Exchange Couplings in Transition-Metal Polyhydrides
K. W. Zilm, D. M. Heinekey, J. M. Millar, N. G. Payne, S. P. Neshyba, J. C. Duchamp, J. Szczyrba, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 920-929.
 
 
MEETING ABSTRACTS
Theoretical and Experimental Study of the 13C Chemical Shifts of Propiolaldehyde
Jack Hammer, James Duchamp, Kenneth Wiberg, Kurt Zilm, James Cheeseman, Todd Keith
38th Experimental NMR Conference, Orlando, 1997.
 
31P NMR Characterization of Organic Phosphorus in Marine Organic Matter
E. D. Ingall, J. C. Duchamp, P. Schroeder, K. W. Zilm
205th ACS, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Denver, 1993.
 
Organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics during aerobic decomposition of marine
plankton
E. D. Ingall, J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm, R. A. Berner, J. T. Westrich
American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, 1992.
 
A Semiempirical Method for Comparing the Chemical Shift Anisotropies of Several Different
Nuclei
J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm
32th Experimental NMR Conference, St. Louis, 1991.
 
 
1D and 2D Solid State NMR Studies of Homonuclear Spin Pairs
J. C. Duchamp, X. Wu, K. W. Zilm
25th Congress Ampere, Stuttgart, West Germany, 1990.
 
1D and 2D Solid State NMR Studies of Homonuclear Spin Pairs
J. C. Duchamp, X. Wu, K. W. Zilm
32nd Rocky Mountain Conference, Denver, 1990.
 
A Novel Method of Relating the Chemical Shifts of Different Nuclei
J. C. Duchamp, M. Pakulski, A. H. Cowley, K. W. Zilm
2nd New Jersey NMR Topical Discussion Group Poster Symposium, 1990.
 
Solid State and Solution NMR of Transition Metal Polyhydrides
J. M. Millar, N. G. Payne, J. C. Duchamp, S. Neshyba, D. M. Heinekey, K. W. Zilm
High Resolution NMR in Solids, A Symposium Honoring the Sixtieth Birthday of Professor John S. Waugh, 1990.
 
Quantum Mechanical Exchange in NMR
J. M. Millar, J. C. Duchamp, J. Szczyrba, K. W. Zilm
31st Rocky Mountain Conference, Denver, 1989.
 
Quantum Mechanical Exchange of Hydrides in Solution: Proton-Proton Exchange Couplings in
Transition Metal Polyhydrides
K. W. Zilm, D. M. Heinekey, J. M. Millar, N. G. Payne, S. Neshyba, J. C. Duchamp
30th Experimental NMR Conference, Asilomar, 1989.
 
A Novel Method of Relating the Chemical Shifts of Different Nuclei
J. C. Duchamp, M. Pakulski, A. H. Cowley, K. W. Zilm
30th Experimental NMR Conference, Asilomar, 1989.
 
Two Dimensional NMR of Solids
K. W. Zilm, G. G. Webb, J. C. Duchamp, J. Szczyrba, M. H. Cozine
30th Rocky Mountain Conference, Denver, 1988.
 
Studies of Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the Solid State
J. C. Duchamp, K. W. Zilm
Undergraduate Research Symposium, Kalamazoo Section of the American Chemical Society, 1987.