Dr. Susan L. Hallenbeck

Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Code 691
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 286-1548

email: Susan.Hallenbeck@gsfc.nasa.gov

Present Position:

National Research Council Resident Research Associate

Research Area:

Laboratory Analogs of Astronomical Silicate Grains

Education:

1988 - BA, Chemistry, Wellesley College
1996 - PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Previous Positions:

1989 - 1991: Chemical Technician, Amoco Research Center

Summer Internships: Amoco Research Center (1986, 1988),
Argonne National Laboratory (1984, 1987)

Professional Societies:

American Chemical Society

Honors:

Procter & Gamble Fellowship (1995-1996)
Hoechst Celanese Corporation Excellence Award (1995)
Union Carbide Corporation Student Innovation Recognition Award (1995)
Departmental Belle-Crowe Fellowship for Inorganic Chemistry (1994-1995)
Department of Education Graduate Fellowship (1993-1994)
Samuel M. McElvain Fellowship (1991-1992)
Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Award (1988)
Wellesley College Trustee Scholar (1988)
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi

Selected Publications:

"Kinetics and Mechanism of the Formation of the Bis(ethylidyne) Tricobalt Cluster Cp*3Co3p;
(m3-CCH3)2 from Reaction of Acetylene with Cp*3Co3(m2-H)3(m3-H)," C. P. Casey,
S. L. Hallenbeck and R. A. Widenhoefer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 4607.

"Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of the d0 Transition Metal-Alkyl-Alkene Complex Cp*2YCH2CH2C(CH3)2CH=CH2," C. P. Casey, S. L. Hallenbeck, D. W. Pollock
and C. R. Landis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 9770.

"Formation and Spectroscopic Characterization of Chelated d0 Yttrium(III)-Alkyl-Alkene Complexes," C. P. Casey, S. L. Hallenbeck, J. M. Wright and C. R. Landis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., in press.

"Alkyl Complexation Energy and Barrier to Inversion at a Pyramidal Metal Center in a d0 Yttrocene-Alkyl-Alkene Complex," C. P. Casey, M. A. Fagan and S. L. Hallenbeck, J. Am. Chem. Soc., submitted for publication.

"Mid-Infrared Spectral Evolution of Amorphous Magnesium Silicate Smokes Annealed in Vacuum: Comparison to Cometary Spectra," S. L. Hallenbeck, J. A. Nuth and P. L. Daukantas, Icarus, in press.

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