309-D Burgin-Dossett Hall
Graduate School
Box 70720
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
kirkby@etsu.edu
423-439-8638 (SGS)
464 Brown Hall
Department of Chemistry
Box 70695
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
423-439-5823 (Chem)
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) 1996 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
B. Sc. (Honors Chemistry) 1989 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
2018 - Present, Associate Dean, Graduate School (formerly School of Graduate Studies), East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, Tennessee.
2016 - 2018, Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies, ETSU, Johnson City, Tennessee.
2017 - Present, Professor, Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, ETSU, Johnson City, Tennessee.
2009 - 2017, Associate Professor, Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, ETSU, Johnson City, Tennessee.
2016, Assistant Chair, Department of Chemistry, ETSU.
2012 - 2016, Graduate Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, ETSU, Johnson City, Tennessee.
2003 - 2009, Assistant Professor, Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, ETSU, Johnson City, Tennessee.
1998 - 2003, Assistant Professor, Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Research Investigator, Materials Research Center, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri.
Radical reactions and spin traps
Transition metal complexes
Ab initio calculations of small inorganic clusters
Raman and infrared spectroscopy
Reactions of small molecules on microporous surfaces