Dr. Juliana SerafinAssistant Professor of Chemistry
Contact Information
710 Clay Tower Building
304.357.4939
Education
Undergraduate education:
B.S. Chemistry 1982, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Graduate education:
A.M. Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1984
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1989
Teaching Responsibilities
CHEM 100
CHEM 101
CHEM 402
Biographical Information
Industrial Experience: 19 years in research and development of catalysts for ethylene oxide production at Union Carbide Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company.
Professional Societies: American Chemical Society, American Vacuum Society and American Association of University Women.
Awards: 2005 Celebrate Women Award in the Math/Science Category from the West Virginia Women’s Commission
Publications:
Books
J.M. Pope and J.G. Serafin, Solutions Manual to Accompany PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Scott-Foresman, Boston, 1985).
Articles
C.M. Friend, J.G. Serafin, E.K. Baldwin, P.A. Stevens and R.J. Madix, “Bonding and Adsorption Structure of CO on W(100)-(5x1)-C,” J. Chem. Phys. 87, 1847 (1987).
C.M. Friend and J.G. Serafin, “Bonding and Reactivity of Acetonitrile on W(100)-(5x1)-C,” J. Chem. Phys. 88, 4037 (1988).
J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Evidence for Nitrile Hydrogenation on W(100)-(5x1)-C: Spectroscopic Studies of Surface Intermediates Derived from HCN,” J. Phys. Chem. 92, 6694 (1989).
J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Reactivity of Pyridine on Mo(110): C-H and C-N Bond Activation,” J. Phys. Chem. 93, 1998 (1989).
J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Carbon-Oxygen Bond Strength as a Control of Reaction Kinetics: Phenol on Mo(110),” Surface Science 209, L163 (1989).
J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Inhibition of C-H and C-O Bond Activation by Surface Oxygen: Stabilization of Surface Phenoxide in the Reaction of Phenol on Oxided Mo(110),” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 4233 (1989).
J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Controlling Factors in Deoxygenation Kinetics and Selectivity: Reactions of Ethylene Oxide on Mo(110),” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 6019 (1989).
J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Evidence for Formation of Gaseous Methyl Radicals in the Decomposition of Methoxide on Oxygen-Precovered Mo(110),” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 8967 (1989).
B.C. Wiegand, P.E. Uvdal, J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Selective gamma-C-H Bond Cleavage in Alkoxides: 2-Propanol on Mo(110),” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 6686 (1991).
B.C. Wiegand, P. Uvdal, J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Competition between C-O and 1-C-H Bond Scission during Deoxygenation: The Reactions of 1-Propanol on Mo(110),” J. Phys. Chem. 96, 5063 (1992).
P. Uvdal, B.C. Wiegand, J.G. Serafin and C.M. Friend, “Isotopic Labeling as a Tool to Establish Intramolecular Vibrational Coupling: The Reaction of 2-Propanol on Mo(110),” J. Chem. Phys. 97, 5063 (1992).
M.K. Weldon, P. Uvdal, C.M. Friend, and J.G. Serafin, “Decoupling of Vibrational Modes as a Structural Tool: Coverage-Induced Reorientation of Methoxide on Mo(110),” J. Chem. Phys. 103, 5075 (1995).
J.G. Serafin, A.C. Liu and S.R. Seyedmonir, “Surface Science and the Silver-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Ethylene: An Industrial Perspective,” J. Mol. Catalysis A: Chemical 131, 157 (1998).
