Trilisa Perrine
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dept. of Chem. & Biochem.
Meyer 265
525 S. Main Street
Ada, OH 45810
419-772-2340
Professional Experience:
• Assistant Professor, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, 2008-present
• Postdoctoral Researcher/Instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005-2008
Education:
• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2005
• B.S., Chemistry and Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1999
Teaching Interests:
• Physical Chemistry
• Introductory Chemistry
• Computational/Theoretical Chemistry
Research Interests:
• Novel molecular electronics device design through computational modeling
• Electronic structure of ground and excited states
• The bonding and oxidation state relationship in inorganic compounds with multiple metal centers
• Chemical education: enhancement of spatial reasoning skills through introductory chemistry courses
Selected Publications:
• Trilisa M. Perrine, Timothy Berto, and Barry D. Dunietz, “Enhanced conductance via induced π-stacking interactions in cobalt(II) terpyridine bridged complexes," Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112, (2008), 16070.
• Trilisa M. Perrine, Ron G. Smith, Christopher Marsh and Barry D. Dunietz, “Gating of single molecule transistors: Combining field-effect and chemical control," Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, (2008), 154706.
• Trilisa M. Perrine and Barry D. Dunietz, “Conductance of a cobalt(II) terpyridine complex based molecular transistor: A computational analysis," Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 112, (2008), 2043.
• Trilisa M. Perrine and Barry D. Dunietz, “Carbonyl mediated conductance through metal bound peptides; a computational study," Nanotechnology, 18, (2007), 424003.
• Trilisa M. Perrine and Barry D. Dunietz, “Single-molecule field-effect transistors: A computational study of the effects of contact geometry and gating-field orientation on conductance-switching properties," Physical Review B, 75, (2007), 195319.
• Yunqing Chen, Alexander Prociuk, Trilisa Perrine, and Barry D. Dunietz, “Spin-dependent electronic transport through a porphyrin ring ligating an Fe(II) atom: An ab initio study," Physical Review B, 74, (2006), 245320.
• Trilisa M. Perrine, Rajat K. Chaudhuri and Karl F. Freed, “Quadratic Padé approximants and the intruder state problem of multrireference perturbation methods," International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 105, (2005), 18.