Kathleen Purvis-Roberts Associate Professor of Chemistry   Email: kpurvis@jsd.claremont.edu Office: Keck Science Center 231 Phone: 909-607-9782 Office Hours: on Sabbatical 2008-2009 Web Site:     Courses Taught This Year: Spring AISS 002BL Accelerated Integrated Science Sequence Section 1   TTh 8:10-10:50 <> KS 127       Educational Background: B.S. Westmont College Ph.D. Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowship- National Center for Atmospheric Research Courses Taught: Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, General Chemistry, Environmental Policy Research Interests: Urban Air Pollution, Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Testing in Semipalatinsk, Kazkahstan Thesis Topics: Urban Air Pollution Chemistry of Fine Particulate Matter Health and Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan Environmental Policy   Selected Publications List: Click to open new window. 1.   Cynthia Werner and Kathleen Purvis-Roberts . (2007). Unraveling the Secrets of the Past: Contested Versions of Nuclear Testing in the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. In Half-Lives and Half-Truths: Confronting the Radioactive Legacies of the Cold War Barbara Rose Johnston School of American Research : .   2.   Wagner, W., Elkabti, A., Elkabti, F., Braun, A.P., Davis Z., Zeitler, B.L., Purvis-Roberts, K.L., . (2007). Daily Patterns in Water Soluble Inorganic PM2.5 Concentrations in Claremont, California. Journal of Young Investigators   17: 2.   3.   Purvis-Roberts, K.L., Werner, C.A., and Frank, I. . (2007). Perceived Risks from Nuclear Testing Near Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A Comparison Between Laypeople, Doctors, and Scientists. Risk Analysis   27: 291.   4.   Werner, C.A., Purvis-Roberts, K.L. . (2006). After the Cold War: International Politics, Domestic Policy, and the Nuclear Legacy in Kazakhstan. Central Asian Survey   25: 461.   5.   Neff, D., Garcia, D., and Purvis-Roberts, K. . (2006). The Effects of Particulate Matter on the Lung Function of Collegiate Athletes. The Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research   4: 169.   6.   Wilhelmi, O.V.; Purvis, K.L.; Harriss, R. . (2004). Designing a Geospatial Information Infrastructure for the Mitigation of Natural Hazards in Urban Areas. Natural Hazards Review   5: 147.   7.   Werner, C.; Purvis, K.; Ibraev, N. . (2003). Comparative Perceptions of Risk From Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan: Preliminary Results and Proposed Research. Central Eurasian Studies Review   2: 11.   8.   Purvis, K.L.; Jumba, I.O.; Wandiga, S.; Zhang, J.; Kammen, D.M. . (2001). Worker Exposure and Health Risks from Volatile Organic Compounds Utilized in the Paint Manufacturing Industry of Kenya. Applied Occup. Environ. Hyg.   16: 1035.   9.   Carlsen, T.M.; Peterson, L.E.; Ulsh, B.A.; Werner, C.A.; Purvis, K.L.; Sharber, A.C. . (2001). Radionuclide Contamination at Kazakstan’s Semipalatinsk Test Site: Implications on Human and Ecological Health. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment   7: 943.   10.   Purvis, K.L.; Lu, G.; Schwartz, J.; Bernasek, S.L. . (2000). Surface Characterization and Modification of Indium Tin Oxide in Ultrahigh Vacuum. J. Am. Chem. Soc.   122: 1808.   11.   Schwartz, J.; Gawalt, E.S.; Lu, G.; Milliron, D.J.; Purvis, K.L.; Woodson, S.J.; Bernasek, S.L.; Bocarsly, A.B.; VanderKam, S.K. . (2000). Organometallic Chemistry at the Interface with Materials Science. Polyhedron   19: 505. Abstract Article   12.   Schwartz, J.; Bernasek, S.L.; Lu, G.; Keegan, J.P.; Purvis, K.L.; VanderKam, S.K. . (1999). Synthesis and Ligand Methathetical Reactions of Supported Transesterification Catalyst Models. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical   146: 45. Abstract Article   13.   Purvis, K.L.; Lu, G.; Schwartz, J.; Bernasek, S.L. . (1999). The Reaction of Tetra(tert-butoxy)tin or –Zirconium with Hydroxylated Titanium Metal in Ultrahigh Vacuum: Contrasting Reactivity with an Hydroxylated Aluminum Substrate. Langmuir   15: 7092. Article   14.   Purvis, K.L.; Lu, G.; Schwartz, J.; Bernasek, S.L . (1998). Ligand Metathesis in Surface-Bound Alkoxyzirconium Complexes. 2. Preparation of Alkanecarboxylate Complexes in Ultrahigh Vacuum. Langmuir   14: 3720. Article   15.   ”, Bernasek, S.L.; Schwartz, J.; Bocarsly, A.B.; Lu, G.; Purvis, K.L. . (1998). Synthesis and Ligand Methathetical Reactions of Surface-Bound Organometallic Interfaces. VanderKam, S. 7th International Symposium on Chemically Modified Surfaces  Evanston, Illinoi : .   16.   Purvis, K.L.; Wiemelt, S.P.; Maras, T.; Blue, M.; Melkonian, V.; Ashby, P.D.; Riley, S.A.; Fifield, L.S.; Martin, K.A.; Nishimura, A.M. . (1997). Spin-echo in the Phosphorescent Triplet State of Crystalline 2-Indanone. J. of Luminescence   71: 199. Abstract Article   17.   Lu, G.; Purvis, K.L.; Schwartz, J.S.; Bernasek, S.L. . (1997). Surface Hydroxyl Content Controls the Thermolysis Stoichiometry of a Surface Bound Organometallic Complex. Langmuir   13: 5791. Abstract Article