Dr. Paul Steinbach
Position: Professor
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: Westerman Hall 405
Phone: 913.360.7613
CLASSES | EDUCATION | RESEARCH INTERESTS | MEMBERSHIPS | PUBLICATIONS
Classes
CHEM-1200/1201 General Chemistry I Lecture/Laboratory
CHEM-1210/1211 General Chemistry II Lecture/Laboratory
CHEM-3050 Scientific Glassblowing
CHEM-3250 Environmental Chemistry
CHEM-3300/3301 Quantitative Analysis Lecture/Laboratory
CHEM-3311 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
CHEM-4900 Chemistry & Biochemistry Colloquium
Education
Doctorate (1996)
Analytical Environmental Chemistry
University of Missouri
Bachelor of Science (1992)
Chemistry
University of Central Missouri
Research Interests
My research has focused on environmental testing and luminescence spectroscopy over the last 10 years. Students are currently working on a project to synthesize oxindole derivatives for study of their fluorescence and phosphorescence behaviors. Previous projects have included the quantitation of mercury and cadmium in store-bought seafood and locally harvested freshwater fish.
Memberships
American Chemical Society
Publications
Paul, J.C., Steinbach, P.B., Ownby, D.R. Distribution of Mercury in a Gulf Coast Lignite Mine, Energy Fuels, 2008, 22 (6), pp 3949–3954.
Steinbach, P.B., Manahan, S.E., Larsen, D.W. The Chemical Reduction of Small Inorganic Gases in an Electrothermal Plasma System, Microchemical Journal, 2003, 75, 223-331.
Steinbach, P.B., Hurtubise, R.J. Fluorescence of Tetrols, Tetrols Complexed with DNA, and Benzo[a]pyrene-DNA Adducts in Methanol/Water Solutions, Applied Spectroscopy, 2000, 54(2), 287-293.
Steinbach, P.B., Zey, R. A Study of the Correlation Between the Chemical Shifts of the Iminyl Carbon of N-(Benzalamino)oxindoles, the Hammett Constants and Atomic Charges, Missouri Journal of Undergraduate Research, 1992, 1, 8-15.
Co-author & Advisor for over 20 undergraduate research posters and oral presentations, including three posters at National ACS meetings, 2004 to present.