D. Whitney King

Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry

Colby College, Waterville, Maine

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D. Whitney King Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry 5755 Mayflower Hill Colby College Waterville, Maine 04901 dwking@colby.edu St. Lawrence University. Chemistry, B.S. 1983. University of Rhode Island. Chemical Oceanography, Ph.D. 1988. 2002-present Miselis Professor of Chemistry, Colby College 1997-2004, 2009-2010 Chair, Department of Chemistry, Colby College 1995-2002 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Colby College 1996-1997 Sabbatical, Department of Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland. 1989-1995 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colby College 1988-August 1989 Assistant Marine Scientist, University of Rhode Island. Teaching 141f  General Chemistry    Fundamental principles, with examples selected from inorganic chemistry; stoichiometry; atomic theory; chemical bonding; thermochemistry; gases, liquids, and solids; solutions; chemical equilibria; electrochemistry; chemistry of certain important elements; radioactivity. Students with prior credit for Chemistry 145 may not receive credit for Chemistry 141 .Lecture, discussion, and laboratory. Four credit hours.  142s General Chemistry    Fundamental principles, with examples selected from inorganic chemistry; stoichiometry; atomic theory; chemical bonding; thermochemistry; gases, liquids, and solids; solutions; chemical equilibria; electrochemistry; chemistry of certain important elements; radioactivity. Students with prior credit for Chemistry 145 may not receive credit for Chemistry 142 . Lecture, discussion, and laboratory. Prerequisite: Chemistry 141. Four credit hours.   143/144fs Turbo Chemistry    A recitation section designed to amplify the material covered in General Chemistry lecture with extra challenging homework, practice exams, and required group problem sets. Formerly offered as Chemistry 198. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. One credit hour.   217s  Environmental Chemistry    Application of chemical principles to the environment with an emphasis on the interaction among chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes. Current topics such as acid deposition, global warming, atmospheric ozone loss, and the fate and toxicity of heavy metals will be discussed in the context of natural environmental processes. Prerequisite: Chemistry 142. Three credit hours.     331f  Chemical Methods of Analysis    A study of fundamentals of analytical chemistry. Lectures devoted to principles underlying chemical analysis; acid/base, redox, and complex equilibria; and quantitative treatment of data. Lecture and laboratory. An optional second laboratory meeting is offered as part of Colby's Service Learning Program for students interested in applying the course content to environmental water quality issues. Prerequisite: Chemistry 142. Four or five credit hours.    332s  Instrumental Methods of Analysis    Instruction in instrumental methods, including modern electroanalytical methods, absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and chromatography. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: Chemistry 331. Chemistry 342 is recommended. Four credit hours.     Scholarship Roy, E. G., M. L. Wells and D. W. King (2008). "Persistence of iron(II) in surface waters of the western subarctic Pacific." Limnol. Oceanogr. 53(1): 89-98. King, D. W., W. J. Cooper, S. A. Rusak, B. M. Peake, J. J. Kiddle, D. W. O'Sullivan, M. L. Melamed, C. R. Morgan and S. M. Theberge (2007). "Flow Injection Analysis of H2O2 in Natural Waters Using Acridinium Ester Chemiluminescence: Method Development and Optimization Using a Kinetic Model." Anal. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.) 79(11): 4169-4176. King, D. W., T.-C. Ong and A. C. Fulreader (2007). "Simultaneous photochemical production of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in natural waters." Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007: GEOC-042. Bast, E., B. L. Edhlund, M. Grandbois, K. McNeill and D. W. King (2007). "Development of singlet oxygen quantitation methods by flow injection analysis with chemiluminescent detection." Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007: GEOC-020. Ong, T.-C. and D. W. King (2007). "Photochemical production of micromolar superoxide standards in aqueous solution." Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007: GEOC-018. Miller, G. W., C. A. Morgan, D. J. Kieber, D. W. King, J. A. Snow, B. G. Heikes, K. Mopper and J. J. Kiddle (2005). "Hydrogen peroxide method intercomparison study in seawater." Mar. Chem. 97(1-2): 4-13. Kustka, A. B., Y. Shaked, A. J. Milligan, D. W. King and F. M. M. Morel (2005). "Extracellular production of superoxide by marine diatoms: Contrasting effects on iron redox chemistry and bioavailability." Limnol. Oceanogr. 50(4): 1172-1180. Shattuck, T. W., R. R. Conry, S. U. Dunham, S. U. Dunham, J. L. Katz, D. W. King, J. T. Millard and D. M. Thamattoor (2004). "Analytical, biochemical, inorganic, organic, and physical electrospray mass spectrometry." Abstracts of Papers, 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 22-26, 2004: CHED-240. Foley, B. and D. W. King (2004). "Production of significant HOOH concentrations in the deep waters of temperate lakes." Abstracts of Papers, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 28-April 1, 2004: CHED-349. King, D. W. and N. Boland (2003). "An exploratory geochemistry summer research program: Creating opportunities for underrepresented high school students and their teachers." Abstracts of Papers, 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, March 23-27, 2003: GEOC-094. King, D. W., J. Shosa and R. Gastaldo (2003). "Design and implementation of an integrated sampling platform for geochemical investigations of Maine lakes." Abstracts of Papers, 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, March 23-27, 2003: GEOC-086. King, D. W. (2002). "A general approach for calculating speciation and poising capacity of redox systems with multiple oxidation states: Application to redox titrations and the generation of pe-pH diagrams." J. Chem. Educ. 79(9): 1135-1140. Petrov, A. Y., C. Xiao, D. A. Palmer and D. W. King (2002). "Chemiluminescence method for the determination of sub-micro g kg-1 copper concentrations." PowerPlant Chem. 4(5): 293-295. Xiao, C., D. A. Palmer, D. J. Wesolowski, S. B. Lovitz and D. W. King (2002). "Carbon Dioxide Effects on Luminol and 1,10-Phenanthroline Chemiluminescence." Anal. Chem. 74(9): 2210-2216. Burnell, S. and D. W. King (2002). "Theoretical and laboratory studies of the peroxycarbonate radical, CO4-, implications for luminol-based chemiluminescence." Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002: CHED-265. Malbon, L. G. and D. W. King (2002). "Quanitification of superoxide in natural water systems using flow injection analysis with chemiluminescence detection." Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002: ANYL-120. Shattuck, T. W., S. U. Dunham, D. W. King, S. U. Dunham, D. M. Thamattoor, J. T. Millard, B. P. Mundy, R. R. Conry and M. H. Hennessy (2001). "Molecular modeling in the undergraduate curriculum." Abstracts of Papers, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, April 1-5, 2001: CHED-1050. Isham, A. M., C. Xiao and D. W. King (2001). "Mechanistic investigation of copper-1,10-phenanthroline chemiluminescence." Abstracts of Papers, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, April 1-5, 2001: CHED-765. Lovitz, S. B., C. Xiao and D. W. King (2001). "Free radical intermediates in the Fe(II)-luminol chemiluminescence system: Application to ultra-trace analysis of Fe(II)." Abstracts of Papers, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, April 1-5, 2001: CHED-750. Boland, N. E. and D. W. King (2001). "Flow injection analysis of superoxide in aqueous solution: A quantitative determination using the chemiluminescent probe MCLA." Abstracts of Papers, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, April 1-5, 2001: CHED-749. Morgan, C. R., A. Burr, S. M. Theberge and D. W. King (2001). "Determination of hydrogen peroxide in ocean water using a chemiluminescent flow-injection analysis system." Abstracts of Papers, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, April 1-5, 2001: CHED-737. Ghertner, D. A., T. Bertram, C. Langelier and D. W. King (2001). "Photochemical degradation of 2,4-D and Atrazine in well-defined media." Abstracts of Papers, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, April 1-5, 2001: CHED-497. Schwartz, D. L., M. H. Hennessy and D. W. King (2001). "Computational studies of the reaction of OH radical with Cl-, SO4= and CO3=." Abstracts of Papers, 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, April 1-5, 2001: CHED-439. Theberge, S. M., D. W. King, J. T. Millard, B. Fekete and L. Miller (2000). "Chemistry of crime: A forensics-based laboratory course for non-science majors." Abstracts of Papers, 220th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 20-24, 2000: CHED-355. St. Clair, J. M., D. W. King and T. W. Shattuck (2000). "Computational approaches for estimating iron complexation constants in environmental systems." Book of Abstracts, 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 26-30, 2000: ENVR-075. Melamed, M. L., N. P. Bizier, S. B. Lovitz, S. M. Theberge and D. W. King (2000). "Investigation of the chemiluminescence reaction dynamics of H2O2 and acridinium esters for optimization of FIA for natural H2O2 samples." Book of Abstracts, 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 26-30, 2000: CHED-224. Langelier, C., T. Bertram and D. W. King (2000). "Determination of the wavelength dependence on the metal-catalyzed degradation rate of the herbicides 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and atrazine." Book of Abstracts, 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 26-30, 2000: CHED-214. King, D. W. and J. M. St. Clair (1999). "Computational studies of site-specific hydroxyl radical attack on substituted phenols mediated by chloride." Book of Abstracts, 217th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, Calif., March 21-25: CHED-468. King, D. W., R. E. Plummer and C. A. Dube (1999). "Hydroxyl radical probe for analysis in natural waters." Book of Abstracts, 217th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, Calif., March 21-25: CHED-248. King, D. W. and R. A. Farlow (1999). "A comprehesive electron transfer model for Fe(II) oxidation by O2 and H2O2 in natural waters." Book of Abstracts, 217th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, Calif., March 21-25: GEOC-106. King, D. W. (1998). "Role of Carbonate Speciation on the Oxidation Rate of Fe(II) in Aquatic Systems." Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(19): 2997-3003. Emmenegger, L., D. W. King, L. Sigg and B. Sulzberger (1998). "Oxidation Kinetics of Fe(II) in a Eutrophic Swiss Lake." Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(19): 2990-2996. King, D. W. and T. W. Shattuck (1997). "The role of Fe(II)-Mg(II) complexes on the oxidation rate of Fe(II) in natural waters." Book of Abstracts, 213th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, April 13-17: GEOC-096. Emmenegger, L., D. W. King, L. Sigg and B. Sulzberger (1997). "Oxidation kinetics of Fe(II) in a eutrophic Swiss lake." Book of Abstracts, 213th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, April 13-17: GEOC-095. Miller, W. L., D. W. King, J. Lin and D. R. Kester (1995). "Photochemical redox cycling of iron in coastal seawater." Mar. Chem. 50(1-4): 63-77. Powell, R. T., D. W. King and W. M. Landing (1995). "Iron distributions in surface waters of the south Atlantic." Mar. Chem. 50(1-4): 13-20. King, D. W., H. A. Lounsbury and F. J. Millero (1995). "Rates and Mechanism of Fe(II) Oxidation at Nanomolar Total Iron Concentrations." Environ. Sci. Technol. 29(3): 818-24. King, D. W., R. A. Aldrich and S. E. Charnecki (1993). "Photochemical redox cycling of iron in NaCl solutions." Mar. Chem. 44(2-4): 105-20. King, D. W., J. Lin and D. R. Kester (1991). "Spectrophotometric determination of iron(II) in seawater at nanomolar concentrations." Anal. Chim. Acta 247(1): 125-32. King, D. W. and D. R. Kester (1990). "A general approach for calculating polyprotic acid speciation and buffer capacity." J. Chem. Educ. 67(11): 932-3. King, D. W. and D. R. Kester (1990). "Spectral modeling of sulfonephthalein indicators: application to pH measurements using multiple indicators." Appl. Spectrosc. 44(4): 722-7. King, D. W. and D. R. Kester (1989). "Determination of seawater pH from 1.5 to 8.5 using colorimetric indicators." Mar. Chem. 26(1): 5-20. King, D. W. (1988). Spectrophotometric determination of pH and iron in seawater: equilibria and kinetics: Ph.D. Thesis, University of Rhode Island. 261 pp. Service to the College and Community (last three years) Waterville High School Swim Team Booster President Waterville High School Science Olympiad Engineering Consultant Maine Boating Safety Instructor Reviewer: Environmental Science and Technology, Science, Nature, Marine Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Chimica Acta, Geochimica et Cosmochimca Acta, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Limnology and Oceanography, Research Corporation, Petroleum Research Fund, National Science Foundation. Natural Science Division Chair Colby Course Evaluation Committee Colby Admissions and Financial Aid Committee Colby Student Judiciary Appeals Board (Chair) Faculty Mentor, Colby Research Scholars Colby Reaccreditation Steering Committee Colby Reaccreditation: Transitions from Colby Special Emphasis Study Committee (Chair) Director of Career Services Search Committee Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee Associate Director of Physical Plant Search Committee mailto:dwking@colby.edushapeimage_3_link_0