Bernard Gerstein

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Effective Teaching

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Bernie Gerstein

Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3111

(515) 294 3375

berniegerstein [at] aol [dot] com

Professional Interests

Effective teaching of physical science; the dynamics of learning. Applications of transient techniques in magnetic resonance to problems in energy, materials science, polymer science, and heterogeneous catalysis.

Education

  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Iowa State University, 1960
  • BS Chemistry, Purdue University, 1953

Employment History

  • Visiting Research Scholar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, November 1 - 15, 2002
  • Visiting JSPS Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology, October 1 - November 30, 1999
  • Visiting Research Faculty, University of Utah, August 10 - 17, 1999
  • Visiting Research Scholar, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, November 13 - 27 1996.
  • Visiting Research Faculty, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, April 1-May 31, 1996.
  • Invited Lecturer, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, Oct.1 - 21, 1995.
  • Section Editor, Solid State NMR section of the Encyclopedia of NMR, John Wiley (1992-present).
  • Editorial Board Solid State NMR 1990-1995.
  • Invited Lecturer in Solid State NMR, Universite' de Lille Oct. - Dec. 1992.
  • Associate, Ames Laboratory of the USDOE, and
  • Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, 1992 - present.
  • Senior Scientist, Ames Laboratory of the USDOE, 1975 - 1992, and
  • Professor of Physical Chemistry, Iowa State University, 1975 - 1992.
  • Invited Lecturer, Solid State NMR, University of Paris, Feb. - August 1981.
  • Visiting Associate Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1972-73.

Awards

  • Wilkinson Award for Teaching at the Graduate Level, 1967
  • First R.W. Vaughan Lecturer, Rocky Mountain Conference on Spectroscopy, 1979
  • Plenary Lecturer, NMRS-2007, Special Symposium on Current Trends in Solid State NMR Methodology and Practice, and 13th National Magnetic Resonance Society Meeting, Feb. 5 - 8, Pune, India

Books

  1. With H.F. Franzen, Rudimentary Thermodynamics, Heath (1974)
  2. With C.R. Dybowski, Transient Techniques in NMR of Solids; An Introduction to the Theory and Practice, Academic Press (1985).

Selected Publications

  1. Chemistry, Bands, Bonds, and Solids; a Translator's Notes, B.C. Gerstein, J. Chem. Ed. 50, 316 (1973)
  2. Utility of Pulse Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Studying Protons in Coals, B. C. Gerstein, C. Chow, R. G. Pembleton, and R. C. Wilson, J. Phys. Chem.. 81, 565 (1977).
  3. High Resolution NMR in Randomly Oriented Solids with Homonuclear Dipolar Broadening; Combined Multiple Pulse NMR and Magic Angle Spinning, R. E. Taylor, R. G. Pembleton, L. M. Ryan, and B. C. Gerstein, J. Chem. Phys. 71, 4541 (1979).
  4. Fingerprinting Solid Coals Using Pulse and Multiple Pulse NMR, B. C. Gerstein, Chapter 5 in Vol. 3, Analytical Methods for Coal and Coal Products, Academic Press (1980).
  5. "Self Diffusion of Hydrogen in H1.65MoO3, R. E. Taylor, M.M. Silva-Crawford, and B. C. Gerstein, J. Catalysis, 62, 401 (1980).
  6. High Resolution Solid State NMR of Protons in Polymers, B.C. Gerstein Chapter 9 in "High Resolution NMR Spectroscopy of Synthetic Polymers in Bulk", Ed. R. Komoroski, VCH Publishers, Inc., (1986)
  7. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, B.C. Gerstein, Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Academic Press, (1987)
  8. Characterization of Interstitial Hydrogen within Metal Clusters in Zr6Cl12H and ZrClOxHy with Solid-State Nuclear Matnetic Resonance, P.J. Chu, R.P. Ziebarth, J.D. Corbett, and B.C. Gerstein
  9. Solid-State NMR of 13C in Ethylene Adsorbed on Silica-Supported Ruthenium, M. Pruski, J.C. Kelsenberg, B.C. Gerstein, and T.S. King, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112, 4232 (1990).
  10. NMR of Petroleum Cokes I: Quantitative Analysis of Hydrogen by Magnetic Resonance, D. Michel, M. Pruski, and B.C. Gerstein, Carbon, 32, 31 (1994)
  11. Multiple Quantum Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Solids; A Cautionary Note for Data Analysis and Interpretation, Serge LaCelle, Son-Jong Hwang, and B.C. Gerstein, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 8407 (1993)
  12. CRAMPS, B.C. Gerstein, Encyclopedia of NMR, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (1996)
  13. Echos in Solids, B.C. Gerstein, Encyclopedia of NMR, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (1996)
  14. Rudimentary NMR, B. C. Gerstein, Encyclopedia of NMR, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (1996)
  15. Cycle Time as a Variable in CRAMPS NMR. Detection of Minor Impurities in Solids to ≤ 0.01 mol-%, B.C. Gerstein and H. Kimura, Applied Magn. Res. 27, 5-18, (2004)
  16. CRAMPS, B.C. Gerstein and H. Kimura, Handbook of Modern Magnetic Resonance, 1, (2006) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Ed. Graham Webb, Section Editors of Chemistry, T. Asakura, H. Saito, and I. Ando.