University of Southern Maine

Recent Publications

James R. Ford, Caryn Prudenté and Thomas A. Newton, “A Model for Incorporating Research Into the First Year Chemistry Curriculum,” J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 929-933.

Haiyan Lu, Renante Yson, James R. Ford, Henry J. Tracy, Alora B. Carrier, Aaron Keller, Jerome L. Mullin, Michelle J. Poissan, Samuel Sawan, and Howard H. Patterson, “Tunable Energy Transfer from d¹⁰ Heterobimetallic Dicyamide(I) Donor Ions to Terbium(III) Acceptor Ions in Luminescent Tb[Ag_xAu_1-x(CN)₂]₃ (x = 0 → 1),” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2007, 443 55-60.

Jerome L. Mullin, Henry J. Tracy, James R. Ford, Scott R. Keenan, and Fred Fridman, “Characterics of Aggregation Induced Emission in 1,1-Dimethyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl and 1,1,2,3,4,5-Hexaphenyl Siloles and Germoles,” J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Maters. 2007, 17, 201-213.

Thomas A. Newton, Henry J. Tracy, and Caryn Prudenté, “A Research Based Laboratory Curriculum in Organic Chemistry,” J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 1844.

Gale Rhodes, “Prelude to Biochemistry: A Review of Important Concepts from Organic Chemistry,” in The Student Companion to Horton's Biochemistry, Alan Scism, Neil Patterson Publishers, 3rd edition, 2006.

Henry J. Tracy, Jerome L. Mullin, Wim T. Klooster, James A. Martin, Judith Haug, Scott Wallace, Issac Rudloe, and Kimberly Watts, “Enhanced Photoluminescence from Group 14 Metalloles in Aggregated and Solid Solutions,” Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 2003-2011.

Gale Rhodes, “Crystallography Made Crystal Clear: A Guide for Users of Macromolecular Models,” 3rd Edition, San Diego: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005.

Gale Rhodes, “Achieving due recognition for web scholarship: Experience at a structural biology education web site,” Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2005.

Stebbins, R., “The Role of Higher Education in the Improvement of the Mathematics and Science Components of Teacher Education Programs,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 3-6 2004.

Elizabeth A. Stemmler, Anthony B. Costa, Caryn K. Prudenté and Margaret C. Hausman, “The Characterization of an Organomercury Hapten and Bioconjugate using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry.” Proceedings of the 52nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, May 23 - 27, 2004.

Caryn K. Prudenté and Margaret C. Hausman, “Organomercury Bioconjugate Synthesis and Characterization by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry,” Bioconjugate Chem. 2003, 14, 1270.

Gale Rhodes, ”Use of the Protein Data Bank in introductory biochemistry,” in “PDB Education Corner,” Protein Data Bank Newsletter, 17, 2003.

Gale Rhodes, “Molecular graphics manifesto: Why and how to integrate molecular graphics into introductory biochemistry,” World Wide Web article, June 2002, http://www.usm.maine.edu/~rhodes/Manifesto/index.html

Nancy R. Gordon, Thomas A. Newton, Gale Rhodes, John S. Ricci, Richard G. Stebbins, and Henry J. Tracy, “Writing and computing across the USM chemistry curriculum,” J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 53.

Stebbins, R., Johnson. A. and Johnson, C.J., “Reaching Out to the Maine Business Community: MMSTEC Recruitment of Grades 6-12 Science and Mathematics Teachers From Non-Traditional Pools of Prospective Teachers”, Submitted for publication to the Montana CETP Monograph “Current Best Practices in Pre-Service Preparation of STEM Teachers”, In Press, Montana CETP Monograph.

Gellen, Amie, and Stebbins, R., “MMSTEC Recruitment and Retention of Grades 6-12 Science Teachers From Traditional Pools of Prospective Teachers: Creation of a Mathematics and Science Future Teachers Club at UMaine, Orono.” In Press, Montana CETP Monograph.