Christopher Spiese

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Name:
Christopher Spiese
Title:
Professor of Chemistry
Phone:
419-772-2365
Office:
Meyer Hall of Science 257
Address:
525 South Main Street, Ada, OH, 45810
Research Interests
Environmental/Analytical Chemistry
Employee degree:

BS, Juniata College

PHD, State Univ of New York NY

Biography

Associate Professor, Ohio Northern University, 2017-present
Assistant Professor, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, 2011-17
Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y., 2009-11

Education

B.S., Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa., 2004
Ph.D., SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2010

Teaching Interests

Analytical Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry

Research Interests

Marine sulfur biogeochemistry
Surface water hydrology
Phosphorus soil-water dynamics

Selected Publications

Lavoie, M.; Gali, M.; Maps, F.; Levasseur, M.; Sevigny, C.; Kieber, D. J.; Sunda, W. G.; Spiese, C. E. Modelling dimethylsulfide diffusion in the algal external boundary layer: implications for mutualistic and signaling roles. Environ. Microbiol. 2018, 20, 4157-4169.
Spiese, C. E. Determination of the diffusion constants of dimethylsulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate by diffusion-ordered nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Marine Chem. 2018, 207, 77-83.
Spiese, C. E. , Sanford, J. L., Bowling, M. N.*; Tatarkov, E. T.*; Pinkney, A. L. Methanesulfonate supports growth as the sole sulfur source for the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana NCMA 1335. Aquat. Micro. Ecol., 2017,  78, 177-185.
Spiese, C.; Le, T.*; Zimmer, R. L.*; Kieber, D. J. Dimethylsulfide membrane permeability, cellular concentrations and implications for physiological functions in marine algae. J. Plankton Res. 2016, 38, 41-54.
Spiese, C. ; Tatarkov, E. A.* Dimethylsulfoxide reduction activity is linked to nutrient stress in Thalassiosira pseudonanaNCMA 1335. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2014, 507, 31-38.