CURRICULUM VITAE Thomas E. Skinner, Ph.D. ADDRESS:

Physics Department Wright State University Dayton, Ohio 45435 (W) (937) 775-4549

EDUCATION: 1984

Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Major: Physics Thesis: Temporal and Spatial Variations in the Intensity of Ultraviolet Emissions from Jupiter and the Io Torus

1976

M.A., The Johns Hopkins University, Major: Physics

1974

B.A., The Johns Hopkins University, Major: Natural Sciences

ACADEMIC HONORS , AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS 2009 (Jun 14–Jul 18)

Invited Fellow, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

1976

Departmental Merit Award, Physics, Johns Hopkins University

1974

Phi Beta Kappa, Johns Hopkins University

EMPLOYMENT: 2003-present

Professor Department of Physics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

1998 - 2003

Associate Professor Department of Physics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

1993 - 1998

Assistant Professor Department of Physics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

1990 - 1993

Research Scientist Department of Radiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1988 - 1990

Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

1985 - 1988

Research Associate Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

1984 - 1985

Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

36 TOTAL MAJOR-AGENCY (NSF, NASA, NIH) FUNDED PROPOSALS ($1,957,377) 2015 38.4 Principal Investigator: Optimal Control of Quantum Systems: Transformative NMR and EPR Applications (NSF: $458,471; no-cost extension to 4 years). 2014 39. Co-Investigator: Reaction rate scaling in porous media in the transport controlled regime (NSF: $33,500). 38.3 Principal Investigator: Optimal Control of Quantum Systems: Transformative NMR and EPR Applications (NSF: $458,471; 3rd of 3 years). 2013 38.2 Principal Investigator: Optimal Control of Quantum Systems: Transformative NMR and EPR Applications (NSF: $458,471; 2nd of 3 years). 2012 38.1 Principal Investigator: Optimal Control of Quantum Systems: Transformative NMR and EPR Applications (NSF: $458,471; 1st of 3 years). 2011 37.3 Principal Investigator: Collaborative Research: Revolutionary Capabilities for EPR and Toroid NMR (NSF EAGER: $225,889; no-cost extension to 3 years). 2010 37.2 Principal Investigator: Collaborative Research: Revolutionary Capabilities for EPR and Toroid NMR (NSF EAGER: $225,889; 2nd of 2 years). 38. Principal Investigator: German Research-Revolutionary New Capabilities for EPR & Toroid NMR (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service: Euro 6,130) 2009 37.1 Principal Investigator: Collaborative Research: Revolutionary Capabilities for EPR and Toroid NMR (NSF EAGER: $225,889; 1st of 2 years). 36. Co-Investigator: Incorporation of the Effects of Molecular Diffusion into Longitudinal Dispersion in Porous Media (NSF: $35,541). 35. Co-Investigator: Dispersion in Heterogeneous Porous Media through Advection (NSF Supplemental: $6,525) 2008 32.4 Principal Investigator: A Revolution in NMR Applications Using Optimal Control Theory (NSF: $315,000; no-cost extension to 4 years). 34. Co-Investigator: Dispersion in Heterogeneous Porous Media through Advection (NSF: $57,343). 2007 32.3 Principal Investigator: A Revolution in NMR Applications Using Optimal Control Theory (NSF: $315,000; 3rd of 3 years). 33.2 Co-Investigator: Predicting Hydraulic Properties from Pressure-Saturation Curves (NSF: $60,000; 2nd of 2 years). 2006 32.2 Principal Investigator: A Revolution in NMR Applications Using Optimal Control Theory (NSF: $315,000; 2nd of 3 years). 33.1 Co-Investigator: Predicting Hydraulic Properties from Pressure-Saturation Curves (NSF: $60,000; 1st of 2 years). 2005

32.1 Principal Investigator: A Revolution in NMR Applications Using Optimal Control Theory (NSF: $315,000; 1st of 3 years). 2000 31. Co-Investigator: Simulation of NMR Pulse Sequences in Real Time (National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovative Research Program $100,000), Principal Investigator: M. Robin Bendall, SpinCity Technology. 1999 30.3 Co-Investigator: Model Studies of Excited States of N 2 and N2+ in the Thermosphere/Ionosphere (NASA, renewed, 3rd year of 3-year award $209,608), Principal Investigator: Jane Fox, Wright State University 1998 30.2 Co-Investigator: Model Studies of Excited States of N 2 and N2+ in the Thermosphere/Ionosphere (NASA, renewed, 2nd year of 3-year award $209,608), Principal Investigator: Jane Fox, Wright State University 1997 + 30.1 Co-Investigator: Model Studies of Excited States of N2 and N2 in the Thermosphere/Ionosphere (NASA, 3-year award $209,608) 1996 29. Principal Investigator: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of Tissue Energetics in Response to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (Air Force Office of Scientific Research Summer Faculty Program $10,000) 28. Principal Investigator: Evaluation of Bone Density and Marrow (WSU Research Initiation Grant $8,000) 1995 27. Co-Principal Investigator: Spatially Localized Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Support of Wound Infection Assessment for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (Department of Defense, Air Force Surgeon General's Office $5,000) _________________________________________________________________________ TOTAL FUNDING PRIOR TO WRIGHT STATE EMPLOYMENT ($455,500) 1992 26. Principal Investigator: 1H MRS Studies of the Effect of Neuroleptic Drugs on Brain Metabolism (National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression $30,000) 1990 25. Co-Principal Investigator: In Vivo Brain Chemistry of Schizophrenic and Healthy Subjects Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (OSU Interdisciplinary Research Grant $10,000) 1988 24. Principal Investigator: Ultraviolet Observations of Pluto (NASA $10,600). 23. Principal Investigator: IUE Observations of Triton in Support of Voyager (NASA $8,200). 22. Principal Investigator: Detailed Modeling of the Jovian Aurora (NASA $10,000). 21. Principal Investigator: The Influence of the Solar Wind on Outer Planet Aurorae (NASA Target-of-Opportunity $3,800) 20. Co-Investigator: Plasma Sources, Transport and Heating in the Io Torus (NASA $8,200). 19. Co-Investigator: Excitation Processes in the Upper Atmosphere of Jupiter (NASA $61,400). 18. Co-Investigator: Upper Atmospheric Emissions from Saturn and Uranus (NASA $22,000). 1987

17. Principal Investigator: Detailed Modeling of IUE Auroral Spectra (NASA $30,000). 16. Principal Investigator: SO2 on Venus (NASA $14,300). 15. Principal Investigator: Solar Wind-Jovian Aurora (NASA Target-of-Opportunity $3,400). 14. Co-Investigator: Theoretical Research Program in Physics of Planetary Atmospheres, Radiative Transfer Theory, and Data Interpretation (NASA $45,400). 13. Co-Investigator: The Study of Solar O I 1304 A Line Profiles (NASA $10,000). 12. Co-Investigator: Io and the Io Torus (NASA $13,200). 11. Co-Investigator: Excitation of the Jovian Atmosphere (NASA $12,400). 1986 10. Principal Investigator: Outer Planet Aurorae (NASA $9,900). 9. 8. 7. 6.

Co-Investigator: Jovian Magnetospheric-Atmospheric Interactions (NASA $14,300). Co-Investigator: Variations in Saturn and Uranus (NASA $18,500). Co-Investigator: The Io Torus (NASA $11,200). Co-Investigator: Theoretical Research Program in Physics of Planetary Atmospheres, Radiative Transfer Theory and Data Interpretation (NASA $45,000). 1985 5. Co-Investigator: The Stability and Longitudinal Homogeneity of the Io Torus (NASA $10,400). 4. Co-Investigator: Ultraviolet Study of Uranus and Saturn (NASA $15,500). 3. Co-Investigator: The Long-Term Interaction Between the Jovian Atmosphere and Magnetosphere (NASA $14,900). 1984 2. Co-Investigator: The Interaction Between the Jovian Atmosphere and Magnetosphere (NASA $12,700). 1. Co-Investigator: The Stability of the Io Torus (NASA $10,200). REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 71. Hunt, A. G., Skinner, T. E., Ghanbarian, B., Ewing, R. P., “Percolation Theory to Reaction and Flow in Geochemical Systems in Soil and Rock,” Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science (2015, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_629-1) 70. Gershenzon, N. I., Bambakidis, G., Skinner, T. E., “How Does Dissipation Affect the Transition from Static to Dynamic Macroscopic Friction?” Lubricants 3 (2015) (311–331). 69. Hunt, A. G., Skinner, T. E., Ghanbarian, B, Ewing, R. P., “Scaling of geochemical reaction rates via advective solute transport,” Chaos 25 (2015) 075403(1–15). 68. Ghanbarian, B., Hunt, A. G., Skinner, T. E., Ewing, R. P., “Saturation dependence of transport in porous media predicted by percolation and effective medium theories,” Fractals 23 (2015) 1540004(1–14). 67. Skinner, T. E., “Further Perspective on the Theory of Heteronuclear Decoupling,” J. Magn. Reson. 248 (2014) 146–152. 66. Ghanbarian, B, Hunt, AG, Ewing, RP, Skinner, TE, “Theoretical Relationship between Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Air Permeability under Dry Conditions,” Vadose Zone J. 13 (8) (2014) doi:10.2136/vzj2014.03.0029 65. Ghanbarian, B, Hunt, AG, Ewing, RP, Skinner, TE, “Universal Scaling of the Formation Factor in Porous Media Derived by Combining Percolation and Effective Medium Theories,” Geopys. Res. Lett. 41 (2014) 3884–3890. 64. Schilling, F. Warner, L. W., Gershenzon, N. I., Skinner, T. E., Sattler, M., Glaser, S. J., "Next

Generation Heteronuclear Decoupling for High Field Biomolecular NMR," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014) 4475–4479. 63. Ghanbarian, B, Hunt, AG, Sahimi, M, Ewing, RP, Skinner, TE, “Percolation Theory Generates a Physically Based Description of Tortuosity in Saturated and Unsaturated Porous Media,” Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 77 (2013) 1920–1929. 62. Skinner, TE, “Exact Mapping of the Quantum States in Arbitrary N-level Systems to the Positions of Classical Coupled Oscillators,” Phys. Rev. A 88 (2013) 012110(1-12). 61. Spindler, PE, Glaser, SJ, Skinner, TE, and Prisner, TF, “Broadband Inversion PELDOR,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 (2013) 3425–3429 . 60. Nimbalkar, M, Luy, B, Skinner, TE, Neves, JL, Gershenzon, NI, Kobzar, K, Bermel, W, Glaser, SJ, “The Fantastic Four: A Plug 'n' Play Set of Optimal Control Pulses for Enhancing NMR Spectroscopy,” J. Magn. Reson. 228 (2013) 16–31. 59. Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B, Skinner, TE, Hunt, AG, “Saturation-Dependence of Dispersion in Porous Media,” Phys. Rev. E 86 (2012) 066316(1–14). 58. Kobzar, K, Ehni, S, Skinner, TE, Glaser, SJ, Luy, B, “Exploring the Limits of 90 0 and 1800 Universal Rotation Pulses,” J. Magn. Reson. 225 (2012) 142–160. 57. Spindler, PE, Zhang, Y, Endeward, B, Gershenzon, N, Skinner, TE, Glaser, SJ, Prisner, TF, “Shaped Optimal control Pulses for Increased Excitation Bandwidth in EPR,” J. Magn. Reson. 218, 49–58 (2012). 56. Skinner, TE, Gershenzon, NI, Nimbalkar, M, Glaser, SI, “Optimal Control Design of Band-Selective Excitation Pulses that Accommodate Relaxation and RF Inhomogeneity,” J. Magn. Reson. 217, 53–60 (2012). 55. Skinner, TE, Gershenzon, NI, Nimbalkar, M, Bermel, W, Luy, B, Glaser, SI, “New Strategies for Designing Robust Universal Rotation Pulses: Application to broadband Refocusing at Low Power,” J. Magn. Reson. 216, 78–87 (2012). 54. Hunt, AG, Skinner, TE, Ewing, RP, and Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B, “Dispersion of Solutes in Porous Media,” Eur. Phys. J. B 80, 411–432 (2011). 53. Skinner, TE, Braun, M, Woelk, K, Gershenzon, NI, and Glaser, SJ, “Design and Application of Robust RF Pulses for Toroid Cavity NMR Spectroscopy,” J. Magn. Reson. 209, 282–290 (2011). 52. Hunt, AG, and Skinner, TE, “Predicting Dispersion in Porous Media,” Complexity 16 (2010) 43–55. 51. Hunt, AG, and Skinner, TE, “Incorporation of Effects of Diffusion into Advection-Mediated Dispersion in Porous Media,” J. Stat. Phys. 140, 544–564 (2010). 50. Skinner, TE, and Gershenzon, NI, “An Optimal Control Algorithm for Designing Pulse Shapes as Analytic Functions,” J. Magn. Reson. 204, 248–255 (2010). 49. Hunt, AG, and Skinner, TE, "A Proposed Analysis of Saturation-Dependent Anisotropy for US Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site Soils," Hydrogeology Journal 18, 381–403 (2010). 48. Gershenzon, NI, Miller, DF, and Skinner, TE, The Design of Excitation Pulses for Spin Systems Using Optimal Control Theory: Application to NMR Spectroscopy, Optim. Control Appl. Meth., 30, 463–475 (2009). 47. Hunt, AG, and Skinner, TE, “Longitudinal Dispersion of Solutes in Porous Media Solely by Advection,” Phil. Mag. 88, 2921–2944 (2008). 46. Kobzar, K, Skinner, TE, Khaneja, N, Glaser, SJ, Luy, B, “Exploring the Limits of Broadband Excitation and Inversion: II. RF-Power Optimized Pulses,” J. Magn. Reson. 194, 58-66 (2008). 45. Gershenzon, NI, Skinner, TE, Brutscher, B, Khaneja, N, Nimbalkar, M, Luy, B, and Glaser, SJ, “Linear Phase Slope in Pulse Design: Application to Coherence Transfer,” J. Magn. Reson. 192, 235–243 (2008). 44. Blank, LA, Hunt, AG, and Skinner, TE, "A Numerical Procedure to Calculate K for an Arbitrary Pore Size Distribution, Vadose Zone Journal 7, 461–472, (2008).

43. Gershenzon, NI, Kobzar, K, Luy, B, Glaser, SJ, and Skinner, TE, “Optimal Control Design of Excitation Pulses that Accommodate Relaxation,” J. Magn. Reson. 188, 330–336 (2007). 42. Hunt, AG, Blank, LA, and Skinner, TE, “Distributions of the Hydraulic Conductivity for Single-Scale Anisotropy,” Phil. Mag. 86(16), 2407–2428 (2006). 41. Skinner, TE, Kobzar, K, Luy, B, Bendall, MR, Bermel, W, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, “Optimal Control Design of Constant Amplitude Phase-Modulated Pulses: Application to Calibration-Free Broadband Excitation," J. Magn. Reson. 179, 241–249 (2006). 40. Luy, B, Kobzar, K, Skinner, TE, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, "Construction of Universal Rotations from Point to Point Transformations," J. Magn. Reson. 176, 179–186 (2005). 39. Hunt, AG, and Skinner, TE, "Hydraulic Conductivity Limited Equilibration: Effect on Water Retention Characteristics," Vadose Zone J. 4, 145-150 (2005). 38. Skinner, TE, Reiss, TO, Luy, B, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, "Tailoring the Optimal Control Cost Function to a Desired Output: Application to Minimizing Phase Errors in Short Broadband Excitation Pulses," J. Magn. Reson. 172, 17-23 (2005). 37. Kobzar, K, Skinner, TE, Khaneja, N, Glaser, SJ, and LUY, B, "Exploring the Limits of Broadband Excitation and Inversion Pulses," J. Magn. Reson. 170 ,236-243 (2004). 36. Skinner, TE, Reiss, TO, Luy, B, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, "Reducing the Duration of Broadband Excitation Pulses Using Optimal Control with Limited RF Amplitude" J. Magn. Reson. 167,68-74 (2004). 35. Skinner, TE, Reiss, TO, Luy, B, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, "Application of Optimal Control Theory to the Design of Broadband Excitation Pulses for High Resolution NMR" J. Magn. Reson. 163 8-15 (2003). 34. Skinner, TE and Glaser SJ, "Representation of a Quantum Ensemble as a Minimal Set of Pure States," Phys. Rev. A 66 032112(1-4) (2002). 33. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "J-Coupling and Chemical-Shift Evolution During I-Spin Irradiation of ImSn Systems: Product Operator Solutions and Applications," Concepts Magn. Reson. 14, 287-307 (2002). 32. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "Comparison and Use of Vector and Quantum Descriptions of J-Coupled Spin Evolution during RF Irradiation of One Spin in an IS Spin System," J. Magn. Reson. 143, 329-351 (2000). 31. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "Exact Product Operator Evolution of Weakly Coupled Spin-1/2 I mSn Systems during Arbitrary RF irradiation of the I Spins," J. Magn. Reson. 141, 271-285 (1999). 30. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "J Pulses for Multiplet-Selective NMR," J. Magn. Reson. 141, 261-270 (1999). 29. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "Novel Methods for Characterizing a Decoupler Channel Using 'Undetectable' Quantum Coherences," J. Magn. Reson. 139, 175-180 (1999). 28. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "Calibration of STUD+ Parameters to Achieve Efficient Broadband Adiabatic Decoupling in a Single Transient," J. Magn. Reson. 134, 331-349 (1998). 27. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "A Vector Model of Adiabatic Decoupling," J. Magn. Reson. 134, 315-330 (1998). 26. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "Coherence Sidebands in Adiabatic Decoupling," J. Magn. Reson. 129, 30-34 (1997). 25. Skinner, TE, and Glover, GH, "An Extended Two-Point Dixon Algorithm for Calculating Separate Water, Fat, and B0 Images," Magn. Reson. Med. 37, 628-630 (1997). 24. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "A Phase-Cycling Algorithm for Reducing Sidebands in Adiabatic Decoupling," J. Magn. Reson. 124, 474-478 (1997). 23. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "Peak Power and Efficiency in Hyperbolic Secant Decoupling," J. Magn. Reson. A 123, 111-115 (1996). 22. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "Calibration of STUD Broadband Decoupling to Obtain Selected Sideband Intensities," J. Magn. Reson. A, 120, 77-87 (1996).

21. Nasrallah, HA, Skinner, TE, Schmalbrock, P, and Robitaille, PML, "Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (H-1 MRS) of the Hippocampal Formation in Schizophrenia," Brit. Journ. Psychiatry, 165, 481-485 (1994). 20. Sun L, Aletras A, Schmalbrock P, Skinner TE, Chakeres D, Irsik R, and Robitaille P-ML, "Water and Fat MR Imaging with Chemical Shift Selective 3D Steady State Methods," Magn. Reson. Med., 31, 359-364 (1994). 19. Robitaille, PML, Rath, DP, Skinner, TE, Abduljalil, AM, and Hamlin, RL, "Transaminase Reaction Rates, Transport Activities, and TCA Cycle Analysis by Post-Steady State 13C NMR," Magn. Reson. Med., 30, 262-266 (1994). 18. Skinner TE, and Robitaille PML, "Adiabatic Excitation Using Sin 2 Amplitude and Cos2 Frequency Modulation Functions," J. Magn. Reson. A103, 34-39 (1993). 17. Skinner TE, Pruski J, and Robitaille PML, "Solvent Suppression Using a Rise-Time Compensated High Pass Filter," J. Magn. Reson. 98, 604-607 (1992). 16. Skinner TE, and Robitaille, PML, "General Solutions for Tailored Modulation Profiles in Adiabatic Excitation," J. Magn. Reson. 98, 14-23 (1992). 15. Robitaille, PML, Abduljalil, AM, Skinner, TE, Jiang, Z, Rath, DP, and Pruski, J, "Adiabatic Proton-Observed Carbon-Edited Spectroscopy," J. Magn. Reson. 96, 376-380 (1992). 14. Na CY, Esposito LW, and Skinner TE, "IUE Observations of Venus SO2 and SO" J. Geophys. Res, 95, 7485-7491, 1990. 13. Stern SA, Skinner TE, Brosch N, van Santvoort J, and Trafton LM, "The UV Spectrum of Pluto-Charon: IUE Observations from 2600 to 3100A," Ap.J., 342, 533-538, 1989. 12. Stern SA, Skinner TE, Brosch N, van Santovoort J, and Trafton LM, "The First UV Spectrum of Triton: IUE Observations from 2600 to 3200A," Ap.J. (Letters), 341, L107-L110, 1989. 11. Gladstone GR, and Skinner TE, "Spectral Analysis of Jovian Auroral Emissions," Time Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, NASA SP-494, Belton MJS, West RA and Rahe J (eds.), 221-220, 1989. 10. Clarke J, Caldwell J, Skinner T, and Yelle R, "The Aurora and Airglow of Jupiter", Time Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, NASA SP-494, Belton MJS, West RA and Rahe J (eds.), 221-228, 1989. 9. Skinner TE, DeLand MT, Ballester GE, and Moos HW, "Temporal Variation of the Jovian H I Lyman-alpha Emission (1979-1986)," J. Geophys. Res, 93, 29-33, 1988. 8. Ballester GE, Moos HW, Feldman PD, Strobel DF, Summers ME, Bertaux JL, Skinner TE, Festou MC, and Lieske JH, Detection of Neutral Oxygen and Sulfur Near Io Using IUE, Ap. J. (Letters), 319, L33, 1987. 7. Skinner TE and Durrance ST, "Neutral Oxygen and Sulfur Densities in the Io Torus, " Ap. J., 310, 966-971, 1986. 6. Clarke J, Durrance S, Atreya S, Barnes A, Belcher J, Festou M, Imhoff C, Mihalov J, Moos W, Murthy J, Pradhan A, and Skinner T. "Continued Observations of the H Lyman-alpha Emission from Uranus," J. Geophys. Res., 91, 8771-8781, 1986. 5. Moos HW, Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Feldman PD, Festou MC, and Bertaux JL, "Long Term Stability of the Io High Temperature Plasma Torus," Ap. J., 294, 369-382, 1985. 4. Skinner TE and Moos HW, "Comparison of the Jovian North and South Pole Aurorae Using the IUE Observatory, " Geophys. Res. Letters, 11, 1107-1110, 1984. 3. Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Feldman PD, and Moos HW, "IUE Observations of Longitudinal and Temporal Variations in the Jovian Auroral Emission," Ap. J., 278, 441-448, 1984. 2. Moos HW, Durrance ST, Skinner TE, Feldman PD, Bertaux JL, and Festou MC, "IUE Spectrum of the Io Torus: Identification of the 5S2 - 3P2,1 Transition of S," Ap. J. (Letters), 275, L19-L23, 1983. 1. Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Feldman PD, and Moos HW, "Temporal Variation of the Jovian H I Lyman-alpha Emission (1979-1982)," Ap.J. (Letters), 265, L23-L27, 1983.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS “Innovative Strategies for Utilizing the Flexibility of Optimal Control for Pulse Design,” Sino-German Bilateral Symposium, Suzhou Institute of Bioengineering and Technology (Chinese Academy of Sciences), May 21–23, 2012, Suzhou, China. “Adiabatic Pulses: An Interactive Tutorial,” Chemistry Department, Technische Universität München, March 16, 2011, Munich, Germany. “Applications of Optimal Control in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy,” Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Group of Goethe University (Frankfurt), March 20, 2011, Hirschegg, Austria. “Optimal Control Design of Selective Excitation Pulses: Relaxation and RF Inhomogeneity,” Chemistry Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, September 9, 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany. “Optimal Control Applications to Imaging: What Are They,” GE Global Research, December 13, 2010, Munich, Germany. “Ensemble Control in NMR,” Southwest Research Institute, November 20, 2009, San Antonio, Texas. “Eine Kleine Opt Musik: Ensemble Control in NMR,” Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, July 8, 2009, Santa Barbara, California. “Optimization in NMR: From Here to There and Back Again?” Department of Electrical Engineering, Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Lab, Stanford University, March 27, 2009, Palo Alto, California. th “Optimal Control Design of Excitation Pulses with Specified Coupling Evolution during the Pulse,” 48 Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida. th "BEBOP: Improving Performance in NMR Applications," 45 Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2004, Asilomar, California. "Methods for Reducing Sidebands and Improving Efficiency in Adiabatic Decoupling," XVIIth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Keystone, Colorado, August, 1996. "Selected Topics in NMR Research: From Spectroscopy to Functional Imaging," Medical University of South Carolina, September 1, 1993, Charleston, South Carolina. "An NMR Sampler: Gradient-Enhanced HMQC, Adiabatic Pulses, and Filters for Water Suppression," Southwest Research Institute, June 30, 1992, San Antonio, Texas. "Adiabatic Excitation in NMR Using Sin2 Amplitude and Cos2 Frequency Modulation Functions," Department of Physics, Wright State University, April 14, 1992, Dayton, Ohio. "Jupiter: IUE to HST," The Hubble Space Science Institute, January 6, 1988, Baltimore, Maryland. "Spectral Analysis of Jovian Auroral Emissions," Department of Physics, The University of Wyoming, March 1, 1987, Laramie, Wyoming. "Planetary Auroral Observations," Fifth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, August 5-17, 1985, Prague, Czechoslovakia. ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS Nimbalkar, M, Skinner, TE, Gershenzon, N, Glaser, SJ, "The Fantastic Four 2nd Generation: A Plug'n'Play Set of Optimal Control Pulses for Enhancing NMR Spectroscopy," Euromar, June, 2013, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece. Skinner, TE, Glaser, SJ, Marx, R, "How 'Quantum' Are Quantum Coherences?", 54th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2013, Asilomar, California. Nimbalkar, M, Luy, B, Skinner, TE, Neves, J, Gershenzon, N, Kobzar, K, Bermel, W, Glaser, SJ, "The Fantastic Four: A Plug'n'Play Set of Optimal Control Pulses for Enhancing NMR Spectroscopy," 54th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2013, Asilomar, California.

Ehni, S, Kobzar, K, Skinner, TE, Glaser, SJ, Luy, B, "Exploring the Limits of Broadband 90° and 180° Universal Rotation Pulses," 54th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2013, Asilomar, California. Ghanbarian, B., Skinner, TE, Hunt, AG, Ewing, RP, Surface Reaction Rate in Porous Media: Percolation Theory Application, GSA 47th Annual Meeting, April 2013, Arlington, Texas. Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B, Skinner, TE, Hunt, AG, "Temporal and spatial variation of surface reaction rates in porous media: Applications to silicate weathering,” American Geophysical Union Metting, December 2013, San Francisco, California. Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B., Hunt, AG, Skinner, TE, Tortuosity as a function of porosity: comparison of prediction with experiment and numerical simulation, Soil Science Society of America, October 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hunt AG, Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B, Ewing, RP, Skinner, TE, Evaluation of a percolation-based air permeability calculation in porous media, Soil Science Society of America, October 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B., Hunt, AG, Skinner, TE, Saturation-dependent hydraulic conductivity from critical path analysis, comparison with the UNSODA database and van Genuchten model, Soil Science Society of America, October 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B., Hunt, AG, Skinner, TE, Fractal approach to model specific surface area of soils: Probing molecular size effect, Soil Science Society of America, October 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ghanbarian-Alavijeh, B, Hunt, AG, Skinner, TE, Ewing, RP, "The Saturation-Dependence of Dispersion from Percolation Theory," Soil Science Society of America, October, 2012, Cincinnati, OH. Nimbalkar, M, Luy, B, Skinner, TE, Gershenzon, NI, Kobzar, K, Bermel, W, Glaser, SJ, "A Plug ‘N’ Play Set of Optimal Control Pulses for Enhancing NMR performance,'' EuroMar2011 Magnetic Resonance Conference, August 2011, Frankfurt, Germany. Spindler, PE, Y. Zhang, Endeward, B, Gershenzon, N, Skinner, T, Glaser, SJ, Prisner, TF ``Design and Implementation of Optimal Control Based Broadband Excitation Pulses for EPR Spectroscopy,'' EuroMar2011 Magnetic Resonance Conference, August 2011, Frankfurt, Germany. Skinner, T, Gershenzon, NI, Glaser, SJ, “Efficient Broadband Decoupling That Surpasses Phase-Cycled Inversion Pulse Methods," 52nd Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2011, Asilomar, California. Nimbalkar, M, Luy, B, Kobzar, K, Skinner, T, Gershenzon, N, Bermel, W, Elavarasi, B, Neves, J, Yuan, H, Zeier, R, Khaneja, N, Glaser, S, “Effective Control of Spin Systems : Application of Optimal Control Theory," 51st Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2010, Daytona Beach, Florida. Hunt, AG, and Skinner, TE, "Inclusion of Asymptotic Effects of Diffusion on Dispersion by Advection," American Geophysical Union (AGU), December, 2009, San Francisco, California. Braun, M, Woelk, K, Gershenzon, NI, Skinner, TE, and Glaser, SJ, “Inhomogeneity-robust rf-pulses for toroid cavity probes, 50th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), March, 2009, Asilomar, California. Gershenzon, NI, Skinner, TE, Bermel, W, Nimbalkar, M, Luy, B, and Glaser, SJ, “Optimal control goes mainstream: Upgrading standard spectrometer pulse libraries,” 50th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), March, 2009, Asilomar, California. Skinner, TE and Hunt, AG, "Spatial distribution of solute particles in longitudinal dispersion due to advection," American Geophysical Union (AGU), December, 2008, San Francisco, California. Hunt, AG and Skinner, TE, "Generating hydraulic properties from non-equilibrium water-retention curves" American Geophysical Union (AGU), December, 2008, San Francisco, California. Gershenzon, NI, Woelk, K, Glaser, SJ, and Skinner, TE, RF pulses with extreme tolerance to RF field inhomogeneity: Application to toroid cavity detectors, 49th Experimental NMR Conference

(ENC), March, 2008, Asilomar, California. Skinner, TE, Gershenzon, NI, Luy, B, and Glaser, SJ, “Optimal Control of Band-Selective Excitation th Pulses to Accommodate Relaxation,” 48 Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida. Gershenzon, NI, Glaser, SJ, and Skinner, TE, “Empirical Relations for the Design of Band-Selective th Pulses using Optimal Control Theory,” 48 Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida. Glaser, SJ, Brutscher, B, Gershenzon, NI, and Skinner, TE, “Optimal Control Design of Excitation th Pulses with Specified Coupling Evolution during the Pulse,” 48 Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida. Hunt, AG and Skinner, TE "A New Theoretical Treatment of Dispersion (in absence of diffusion) using Percolation Theory," American Geophysical Union (AGU), December, 2007, San Francisco, California. Hunt, AG and Skinner, TE, "Eliminating Kinetic Effects on the Pore Size Distribution as Determined from Water-Retention Curves," American Geophysical Union (AGU), December, 2007, San Francisco, California. Blank, LA, Skinner, TE, and Hunt, AG, "Saturation-dependent Anisotropy in the Hanford Subsurface Hydraulic Conductivity," American Geophysical Union (AGU), December, 2006, San Francisco, California. Gershenzon, NI, Skinner, TE, Glaser, SJ, and Khaneja, N, “Optimal Control Design of Excitation Pulses to accommodate Relaxation,” 47th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2006, Asilomar, California. Luy, B, Kobzar, K, Skinner, TE, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, "A Simple Construction Scheme for Universal Rotations out of Point-to-Point Transformation Pulses," 47th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2006, Asilomar, California. Skinner, TE, Reiss, TO, Luy, B, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, "BEBOP:Improving Performance in NMR th Applications," 45 Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2004, Asilomar, California. Kobzar, K, Skinner, TE, Khaneja, N, Glaser, SJ, and LUY, B, "Exploring the Limits of Broadband th Excitation and Inversion Pulses," 45 Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2004, Asilomar, California. Skinner, TE, Reiss, TO, Luy, B, Khaneja, N, and Glaser, SJ, "BEBOP: Broadband Excitation Which Provides a Significant Leap in Performance," 44th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), April, 2003, Savannah, Georgia. Kobzar, K, Skinner, TE, Khaneja, N, Glaser, SJ, Luy, B, “The Limits of Broadband Excitation and Inversion Pulses Studied by Optimum Control Theory,” Poster number TECH-7, Annual Magnetic Resonance Meeting of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), Leipzig, Germany, September, 2003 Khaneja, N, Reiss, T, Kehlet, C, Kramer, F, Skinner, TE, Brockett, R, and Glaser, SJ, "Time-Optimal Pulse Sequence Design: Coherence Transfer Based on Geodesic Pulses and Effective Soliton Operators," 43rd Experimental NMR Conference, Pacific Grove, California, April, 2002. + Fox, JL, and Skinner, TE, "Vibrational Distributions of the N 2 A and B States with Comparison to Atlas Data of the First Negative Bands," American Geophysical Union (AGU), December, 2000, San Francisco, California. + + Fox, JL, and Skinner, TE, "Vibrational Distributions of the N 2 (A) and N2 (B) States in the Terrestrial Midlatitude and Auroral Ionospheres" Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR), March, 2000, Boulder, Colorado. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "Exact Product Operator Evolution of a Weakly Coupled Spin-1/2 IS System during Arbitrary RF Irradiation of the I Spins in NMR," Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, October, 1999, Dayton, Ohio.

Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "90J Pulses: A New Type of Selective Excitation Pulse Applicable to Larger Molecules," 40th Experimental NMR Conference, February, 1999, Orlando, Florida. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "Coherence Sideband NMR: Probe Characterization Using `Undetectable' Quantum Coherences ," 40th Experimental NMR Conference, February, 1999, Orlando, Florida. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "Calibration of STUD+ Parameters to Achieve Optimally Efficient Broadband Adiabatic Decoupling in a Single Transient," 39th Experimental NMR Conference, Pacific Grove, California, March, 1998. Skinner, TE, and Bendall, MR, "A Vector Model of Adiabatic Decoupling," 39th Experimental NMR Conference, Pacific Grove, California, March, 1998. Bendall, MR, and Skinner, TE, "Most of What You Need to Know About Broadband Decoupling," Australia and New Zealand Magnetic Resonance Conference (ANZMAG97), Plenary Lecture, Fraser Island, Queensland, December, 1997. Skinner, T. E., and Bendall, M. R., "Master Curve for Optimal Implementation of Hyperbolic-Secant Decoupling," 38th Experimental NMR Conference, March, 1997, Pacific Grove, California. Skinner, T. E., and Bendall, M. R., "Methods for Reducing Sidebands and Improving Efficiency in Adiabatic Decoupling," XVIIth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, August, 1996, Keystone, Colorado. Skinner, T. E., and Bendall, M. R., "STUD and WURST Broadband Decoupling: Dependence of Sidebands on Adiabaticity," 37th Experimental NMR Conference, March, 1996, Pacific Grove, California. McQuiston, B., Geisen, G., Whitestone, J., Henderson, R., and Skinner, T., "Wound Healing: Clinical Evaluation of Wound Progression Based on Structured Light and Magnetic Resonance Imaging," 15th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, March, 1996, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. Skinner, T. E., O'Donnel, M., Robitaille, P.-M. L., and Nasrallah, H. A., "A Controlled 31P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of the Effects of Haloperidol vs Clozapine on Brain Metabolism in Rats," in The Annual Meeting of the American College of Psychoneuropharmacology, December,1994, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Skinner, TE and Robitaille, PML, "BIR-4 Using Sin 2 Amplitude and Cos2 Frequency Modulation Functions," Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (12th Annual Meeting), August 1993, New York, New York. Robitaille, PML, Rath, DP, Skinner, TE, Abduljalil, A, and Hamlin, RH, "Dynamic Analysis of the TCA Cycle in the Canine Myocardium with Post-Steady State 13C-NMR," Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (12th Annual Meeting), August 1993, New York, New York. Skinner, TE and Robitaille, PML, "Water Suppression Using a Rise Time Compensated High Pass Filter," Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (11th Annual Meeting), August 1992, Berlin, Germany. Skinner, TE, "Adiabatic Excitation Using Sin2 Amplitude \ Cos2 Frequency Modulation Functions,"[email protected] Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (11th Annual Meeting), August 1992, Berlin, Germany. Skinner, TE, Pruski, J, and Robitaille, PML, "Water Suppression Using a Rise Time Compensated High Pass Filter," Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (33rd Annual Meeting), March 1992, Pacific Grove, California. Nasrallah, HA, Skinner, TE, Schmalbrock, P, and Robitaille, PML, "In Vivo 1H NMR Spectroscopy of the Hippocampus in Schizophrenia," American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (30th Annual Meeting), December 1991, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nasrallah, HA, Skinner, TE, Schmalbrock, P, Obringer, A, and Robitaille, PML, "In Vivo 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Hippocampus/Amygdala Complex in Schizophrenia," Society for Neuroscience (21st Annual Meeting), August 1991, New Orleans, Lousiana.

Skinner, TE, "Theoretical Analysis of Higher Order Steady State Sequences," Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (10th Annual Meeting), August 1990, San Francisco, California. Stern SA, Skinner TE, Brosch N, Santvoort J Van and Trafton LM, "The UV Spectrum of Pluto," Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, Oct. 1988, Austin, Texas Na CY, Esposito LW and Skinner TE, "IUE Observations of Venus S02," Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, October 1988, Austin, Texas. Moos HW, Gallester GE, Strobel DF, Feldman PD, Festou MC, Bertaux JL and Skinner TE, "IUE Observations of Io: Neutral Oxygen and Sulfur Emissions," XXVII COSPAR Meeting, July 1988, Espoo, Finland. Skinner TE, and Gladstone GR, "Auroral Precipitation Energies in the Jovian Aurora as a Function of Magnetic Longitude," 5th Biannual IUE Symposium: A Decade of UV Astronomy With the IUE Satellite, April, 1988, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Gladstone GR and Skinner TE, "Spectral Anlaysis of Jovian Auroral Emissions," Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, November 1987, Pasadena, California. Ballester GE, Moos HW, Strobel DF, Feldman PD, Festou MC, Summers ME, Skinner TE, Bertaux JL and Lieske J, "1987 IUE Observations of Io: Neutral Oxygen and Sulfur Emissions," Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, November 1987, Pasadena, California. Clarke J, Caldwell J, Skinner TE, and Yelle R, "The Aurora and Airglow of Jupiter," Workshop on Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, August 1987, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona. Gladstone GR and Skinner TE, "Spectral Analysis of Jovian Auroral Emissions," Workshop on Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, August 1987, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona. Skinner TE, Deland MT, Ballester GE, Coplin, Feldman PD and Moos HW, "Long-Term Temporal Behavior of the Jovian H I Lyman-Alpha Emission, Workshop on Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, August 1987, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona. Ballester GE, Moos HW and Skinner TE, "IUE Observations of Io and the Plasma Torus, Workshop on Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, August 1987, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona. Stern SA, MCClintock WE and Skinner TE, "Obtaining Mercury's UV Spectrum From a Sounding Rocket Mission," Meeting on Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, January 1987, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Ballester GE, Moos HW, Strobel DF, Summers ME, Feldman PD, Skinner TE, Bertaux JL, Festou MC and Lieske J, "IUE Observations of the Neutral Oxygen and Sulfur Corona Around Io, Meeting on Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Ballester GE, Moos HW, Strobel DF, Summers ME, Feldman PD, Skinner TE, Bertaux JL, Festou MC and Lieske J, "Detection of a Neutral Oxygen and Sulfur Corona Around Io Using IUE," Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, October 1986, Paris, France. Ballester GE, Moos HW, Strobel DF, Summers ME, Feldman PD, Bertaux JL, Festou MC, Skinner TE and Lieske J, "Detection of Neutral Atomic Cloud Near Io Using IUE," Second Neil Brice Memorial Symposium, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, September 1986, Iowa City, Iowa. Deland MT, Moos HW, and Skinner TE, "Correlations Between Solar Lyman Alpha Flux and Jovian Lyman Alpha Emissions," Winter Meeting of the American Geophysical Union December 1985, San Francisco, California. Clarke JT, Durrance S, Moos W, Belcher J, Pradham A and Skinner T, "An Overview of Four Years of Observations of the H Lya Emission from Uranus and Tests for Correlations With the Solar Wind Density," Division for Planetary Sciences, October 1985, Baltimore, Maryland. Skinner TE, and Durrance ST, "Modeling of Neutral Sulfur and Oxygen Densities in the Io Torus,

Division for Planetary Sciences, October 1985, Baltimore, Maryland. Ballester GE, Feldman PD, Moos HW and Skinner TE, "IUE Observations of Auroral Emissions from Saturn," Division for Planetary Sciences, October 1985, Baltimore, Maryland. Skinner TE, "Planetary Auroral Observations," Transactions of the Fifth Scientific Assembly, IAGA Bulletin No. 51, August 1985, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Moos HW, Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Feldman PD, Festou MC and Bertaux JL, "Long Term Stability of the Io High-Temperature Plasma Torus," Division for Planetary Sciences, October 1984, Kona, Hawaii. Skinner TE and Moos HW, "Spatial Dependence of the Jovian North and South Pole Auroral Emissions," Division for Planetary Sciences, October 1984, Kona Hawaii. Moos HW, Skinner TE, Feldman PD and Durrance ST, "Long Term Variability of the Io Torus, Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, June 1984, Baltimore, Maryland. Skinner TE, Moos HW, and Ballester GE, "Spatial Dependence of the North & South Pole Auroral Emissions from Jupiter," Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, June 1984, Baltimore, Maryland. Skinner TE, Moos HW and Ballester GE, "The Spatial Dependence of the Jovian Auroral Emissions," 3rd Biannual IUE Symposium: Future of UV Astronomy Based on Six Years of IUE Research, April 1984, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Moos HW, Skinner, TE, Feldman, and Durrance ST, "Long Term Variability of the Io Torus," 3rd Biannual IUE Symposium: The Future of UV Astronomy Based on Six years of IUE Research, April 1984, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Moos HW, Skinner TE, Feldman PD and Durrance ST, "IUE Studies of the Outer Planets: Long Term Variability of the Io Torus, Working Group on Astronomy of the Outer Planets, January 1984, Yosemite, California. Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Feldman PD, Moos HW, "Spatial Distribution of the North and South Polar Aurorae on Jupiter," Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, October 1983, Ithaca, New York. Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Feldman PD and Moos HW, "Spatial Distribution of the Jovian Auroral Emissions," Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, June 1983, Baltimore, Maryland. Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Feldman PD, Bertaux JL and Festou MC, "IUE Spectra of the Io Torus," Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, October 1982, Boulder, Colorado. Moos HW, Durrance ST, Feldman PD and Skinner TE, "Recent IUE Spectra of the Io Torus, 2nd Biannual IUE Symposium, July 1982, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Durrance ST, Moos HW, Skinner TE and Feldman PD, "Ultraviolet Observations of Uranus," 2nd Biannual IUE Symposium, July 1982, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Moos HW and Feldman PD, "Observations of the Jovian H I Lyman-Alpha Emission, 2nd Biannual IUE Symposium, July 1982, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Skinner TE, Durrance ST, Moos HW and Feldman PD, "IUE Observations of Jupiter's H I Lyman-Alpha Emission, Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, June 1982, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS “Quantum Mechanics and Bell's Theorem: A Teachable Moment,” Physics Department, Wright State University, April 10, 2015. “Is the Moon There When You’re Not Looking at It? Quantum Mechanics and Objective Reality,” Physics Department, Wright State University, April 3, 2015. "On the Calculation of Matrix Exponentials: An Insight Overlooked," Joint Physics and Mathematics

seminar, Wright State University, February 4, 2014. “Tutorial on Adiabatic Pulses,” Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, March 10, 2010. “Density Matrix Evolution as a System of Coupled Harmonic Oscillators,” Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, October 29, 2010. “Faculty Research Overview,” Physics Department, Wright State University, October 2, 2009. “Perspectives on Computational Physics,” Physics Department, Wright State University, February 10, 2005. “BEBOP: Improving NMR Applications,” Physics Department, Wright State University, April 9, 2004. “Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,” Physics Department, Wright State University, November 7, 2003. "Putting Pulses and Coupling Under the Umbrella of the Product Operator Formalism," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, July 12, 2001. "Putting Pulses and Coupling Under the Umbrella of the Product Operator Formalism (Part II)," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, July 19, 2001. "Putting Pulses and Coupling Under the Umbrella of the Product Operator Formalism (Part III)," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, July 26, 2001. "Putting Pulses and Coupling Under the Umbrella of the Product Operator Formalism (Part IV)," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, August 2, 2001. "Optimal Control Theory: Application to NMR of Single-Spin Systems Using the Bloch Equation," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, December 14, 2001. "Optimization of Broadband RF Pulses Using Optimal Control Theory," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, January 17, 2002. "Density Matrix Calculations Using Pure States," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, June 6, 2002. "A Simple (and Exact!) Vector Model of Adiabatic Decoupling," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, July 4, 2002. "A Vector Model of General Decoupling," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, July 11, 2002. "Broadband Excitation Pulses: Results and Experimental Implementation," Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie II, Technische Universität München, July 18, 2002. "Classical Rotations and Quantum Spin Dynamics in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)," Applied Mathematics Seminar, Wright State University, February 7, 2000. "Broadband Decoupling in NMR Using Adiabatic Pulses," Physics Department, Wright State University, February 28, 1997, Dayton, Ohio. "Adiabatic Excitation in NMR Using Sin2 Amplitude and Cos2 Frequency Modulation Functions," Physics Department, Wright State University, April 14, 1992, Dayton, Ohio. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Member, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy team for the Galileo Mission to Jupiter, The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, 1985-1988.