Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (11th Edition) – PDF

About The Author

David Treichel

Dr. David A. Treichel is a Professor of Chemistry at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He got a B.A. degree from Carleton College, M.S., and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at Northwestern University. After post-doctoral research at the University of Texas in Austin, he joined the faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University. His research interests are in the fields of surface-laser spectroscopy and electrochemistry.

John C. Kotz

Dr. John C. Kotz, a distinguished emeritus State University of New York Teaching Professor at the College at Oneonta, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his work. With a robust educational background from Lee University, Washington University, and Cornell University, he also honed his expertise through prestigious postdoctoral appointments at the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology (UK) and Indiana University, supported by the National Institutes of Health. His significant contributions include co-authoring three textbooks, including "Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity" now in its 11th edition, as well as "Inorganic Chemistry" and "The Chemical World." Dr. Kotz has also made valuable contributions to the field through his published research on inorganic chemistry and electrochemistry.

John Townsend

Dr. John R. Townsend, Professor of Chemistry at the West Chester University of Pennsylvania, earned his B.A. in Chemistry as well as the Approved Program for Teacher Certification in Chemistry at the University of Delaware. After a career teaching high school mathematics and science, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry at Cornell University, where he also received the DuPont Teaching Award for his work as a teaching assistant. After teaching at Bloomsburg University, he joined the faculty at West Chester University, where he coordinates the chemistry education program for prospective high school teachers and the general chemistry lecture program for science majors.

Dr. Townsend has been the university supervisor for more than 60 prospective high school chemistry teachers during their student teaching semester. His research interests are in the fields of biochemistry and chemical education. It focused on the formation and hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds between nucleosides in RNA.

Paul M. Treichel

Dr. Paul M. Treichel got his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1958 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1962. After a year of postdoctoral study in London, he got a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Paul served as department chair from 1986 through 1995 and was awarded a Helfaer Professorship in 1996. He has held visiting faculty positions in Japan and South Africa. Retiring after 44 years as a faculty member in 2007, he is currently an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. During his faculty career, he taught courses in inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, general chemistry, and scientific ethics. Professor Treichel's research in organometallic and metal cluster chemistry and in mass spectrometry, aided by 75 graduate and undergraduate students, has led to more than 170 papers in scientific journals.