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Ruth Shear

  • Professor of Practice
  • Freshman Research Initiative
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DrRuth@utexas.edu
15129709907
PAI
2.08B

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Physics, Griffith University, Australia, 1992 (Advisor: Alan Knight)
  • B.Sc. (Hons), First Class Honors, Chemical Physics, Griffith University, Australia, 1985 (Advisor: Alan Knight).
  • B.Sc., Physical Mathematics, Experimental Physics, & Chemical Physics, Griffith University, Australia, 1984.

Publications

  • 9. E. Ghanem, S.R. Long, S.E. Rodenbusch, R.I. Shear, J.T. Beckham, K. Procko, L. DePue, K.J. Stevenson, J.D. Robertus, S. Martin, B. Holliday, R.A. Jones, E.V. Anslyn, S.L. Simmons. Teaching through research: Alignment of core chemistry competencies and skills within a multidisciplinary research framework J. Chem. Ed. 95(2), 248–258 (2018).

    8. M.N.R. Ashfold, D.W. Chandler, C.C. Hayden, R.I. McKay and A.J.R. Heck. Two-Colour Resonant Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy of Ammonia Chem. Phys. 201, 237–44 (1995).

    7. R.I. McKay, A.S. Uichanco, A.J. Bradley, J.R. Holdsworth, J.I. Steinfeld, J.S. Francisco and A.E.W. Knight. Direct observation of silicon (3P) production following state-selected photofragmentation of (A1B1) silylene J. Chem. Phys. 95, 1688–95 (1991).

    6. R.I. McKay, E.J. Bieske, I.M. Atkinson, F.R. Bennett, (A.J. Bradley, M.W. Rainbird, A.B. Rock, A.S. Uichanco and A.E.W. Knight. Spectroscopy and structure of aromatic-rare gas cluster ions Aust. J. Phys. 43, 683–702 (1990).

    5. E.J. Bieske, R.I. McKay, F.R. Bennett and A.E.W. Knight. Photodissociation spectroscopy of aromatic rare gas cluster ions: Low frequency vibrations in p-difluorobenzene+•argon J. Chem. Phys. 92, 4620–1(1990).

    4. Y.M. Engel, R.D. Levine, J.W. Thoman, Jr., J.I. Steinfeld and R.I. McKay. Information theoretic analysis of quantal fluctuations in fluorescence lifetimes J. Phys. Chem. 92, 5497–500 (1988).

    3. D.J. Muller, R.I. McKay, G.B. Edwards, W.D. Lawrance, J.P. Hardy, A.B. Rock, K.J. Selway, S.H. Kable and A.E.W. Knight. Vibrational relaxation induced by very low energy collisions in the S1(1B2u) state of naphthalene: A search for resonance enhancement of the cross section J. Phys. Chem. 92, 3751–60 (1988).

    2. Y.M. Engel, R.D. Levine, J.W. Thoman, Jr., J.I. Steinfeld and R.I. McKay. Quantal fluctuations in fluorescence lifetimes of individual rovibronic levels J. Chem. Phys. 86, 6561–3 (1987).

    1. J.W. Thoman, Jr., J.I. Steinfeld, R.I. McKay and A.E.W. Knight. Wide fluctuations in fluorescence lifetimes of individual rovibronic levels in SiH2 (A1B1) J. Chem. Phys. 86, 5909–17 (1987).

Awards

  • 2021 Provost Teaching Fellow, UT Austin
  • 2018 Teaching Service Award, Natural Sciences Council, UT Austin (student nominated)
  • 1999 Departmental Teaching Excellence Award, College of Natural Sciences, UT Austin (faculty nominated)
  • 1999 Teaching Excellence Award, Natural Sciences Council, UT Austin (student nominated)