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(i) Professional Preparation
Ph.D. in Physics, Mainz University/Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany, 1991
B.S. in Physics, Heidelberg & Mainz Universities, Germany, 1989
(ii) Appointments
2000–present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University
1995–1999 Assistant to Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
1993–1994 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley
1992 Project Manager, Max-Planck Institute (MPI) for Polymer Research (with A. Pines)
1991–1992 Staff Scientist, MPI for Polymer Research (laboratory of H.W. Spiess)
(iii) Selected publications most relevant to forensics
Mao, J., B. Xing, and K. Schmidt-Rohr. "New Structural Information on a Humic Acid from Two-Dimensional 1H-13C Correlation Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance." Environ. Sci. & Tech. 35 (2001): 1928-1934.
Mao, J.-D., L.S. Hundal, M.L. Thompson, and K. Schmidt-Rohr. "Correlation of Poly(methylene)-Rich Amorphous Aliphatic Domains in Humic Substances with Sorption of a Nonpolar Organic Contaminant, Phenanthrene." Environ. Sci. & Tech. 36 (2002): 929-936.
Mao, J., W.-G. Hu, K. Schmidt-Rohr, G. Davies, E.A. Ghabbour, and B. Xing. "Quantitative Characterization of Humic Acids by Solid-State 13C NMR." Soil Sci. Soc. of Am. J. 64 (2000): 873-884.
K. Schmidt-Rohr and J.-D. Mao. "Efficient CH-Group Selection and Identification in 13C Solid-State NMR by Dipolar DEPT and 1H Chemical-Shift Filtering." J. Am. Chem. Soc. submitted.
K. Schmidt-Rohr and J.-D. Mao. "Selective Observation of Nitrogen-Bonded Carbons in Solid State NMR by Saturation-Pulse Induced Dipolar Exchange with Recoupling." Chem. Phys. Lett. 359 (2002): 403-411.
(iv) Synergistic activities
a. Directly in Forensics. None.
b. Other. Dr. Schmidt-Rohr is the Associate Editor of Organic Geochemistry and was the organizer of a symposium on "NMR in Soil Science" at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science of American, in Charlotte, North Carolina (2001).