Faculty

Room: Tech KG66
Phone: 847-467-6553
Email: geigerf@chem.northwestern.edu
Geiger Research Group Website
Division: Physical
Research Interests: Physical, Analytical, Energy Related, Biophysical, Bio-analytical, Catalysis, Energy and Environmental, Nanoscience, Materials

Program Assistant: David Thomas

Research Statement

Using cutting-edge laser spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and computational techniques, we focus on the special role that surfaces and interfaces play in geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry and biophysics.

Selected Publications

Materials Chemistry:
“Hydrocarbon and Carbon: Coherent Vibrational Spectroscopy of Toluene on Graphite”
Jennifer L. Achtyl, Avram M. Buchbinder, and Franz M. Geiger
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 280-282 (2012)

Atmospheric Chemistry:
“Contrasting Organic Aerosol Particles from Boreal and Tropical Forests During HUMPPA-COPEC-2010 and AMAZE-08 Using Coherent Vibrational Spectroscopy,” Carlena J. Ebben, Imee S. Martinez, Mona Shresta, Avram M. Buchbinder, Ashley L. Corrigan, Alex Guenther, Thomas Karl, Tuukka Petäjä, Wei W. Song, Soeren R. Zorn, Paulo Artaxo, Markku Kulmala, Scot T. Martin, Lynn M. Russell, Jonathan Williams, and Franz M. Geiger, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 10317-10329 (2011)

Geochemistry:
“Exponential Sensitivity and Speciation of Al(III), Sc(III), Y(III), La(III), and Gd(III) at Fused Silica/Water Interfaces,” David S. Jordan, Sarah A. Saslow, and Franz M. Geiger, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115, 14438-14445 (2011)

Catalytic Chemistry:
“Displacement of Hexanol by the Hexanoic Acid Overoxidation Product at Supported Palladium Nanoparticles under Cyclohexane Solution,” Avram M. Buchbinder, Natalie A. Ray, Junling Lu, Richard P. Van Duyne, Peter C. Stair, Eric Weitz, and Franz M. Geiger, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 17816-17823 (2011)

Biophysics:
“Specific and Nonspecific Metal Ion-Nucleotide Interactions at Aqueous/Solid Interfaces Functionalized with Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine Oligomers,” Joseph G. Holland, Jessica N. Malin, David S. Jordan, Esmeralda Morales, and Franz M. Geiger, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 2567-2570 (2011)

Awards

• 2010-13 Telluride Science Research Center, Board Member
• 2009 SAS Tour Speaker for the Society for Applied Spectroscopy
• Appointed to Editorial Advisory Board, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2007-10
• ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Certificate of Merit (2007)
• Sloan Fellowship (2007-2009)
• PLU Lecture, Texas A&M University (2007)
• Dow Chemical Company Professorship (2006-2008)
• "Interdisciplinary Problems in Chemistry and Physics" Lecture, University of Maryland (2006)
• Ralph Grim Mineralogy Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2006)
• Appointed to Editorial Board, Geochemical Transactions (2005-present)
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Northwestern University Undergraduate Chemistry Council (2005)
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award in Environmental Chemistry (2004)
• Searle Teaching Scholar (2004)
• NSF-CAREER Award (2004-2009)
• Harold N. Glassman Award (2001)
• NOAA Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate and Global Change with Mario Molina (1999-2001)
• NASA Fellowship in Earth System Sciences with Janice Hicks (1996-1998)