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Eric Van Dornshuld

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Lecturer

Lecturer | University of Georgia – Aug. 2024--present
Associate Clinical Professor | Mississippi State University – Aug. 2024 (eff.)
Assistant Clinical Professor | Mississippi State University – 2018–2024
Instructor | Mississippi State University – 2017–2018
Post-Doctoral Teaching/Research Scholar | Mississippi State University – 2014–2017

Education:

PhD Chemistry, University of Mississippi, 2014
BS Chemistry, University of North Florida, 2009

Selected Publications:
  1. Olive, L. N., E. V. Dornshuld, H. F. Schaefer III, and G. S. Tschumper. Competition between Solvent···Solvent and Solvent···Solute Interactions in the Microhydration of the Tetrafluoroborate Anion, BF4(H2O)n = 1,2,3,4. J. Phys. Chem. A 2023. 127 (42), 8806, (doi)
  2. Olive, L. N., E. V. Dornshuld and C. E. Webster. The curious case of DMSO: A CCSD(T) CBS(aQ56+d) benchmark and DFT study. J. Chem. Phys. 2021. 155, 114304, (doi)
  3. Frey, Nathan C., E. V. Dornshuld and C. E. Webster. Benchmarking the Fluxional Processes of Organometallic Piano-Stool Complexes. Molecules. 2021. 26, 2310, (doi)
  4. Bhavsar-Jog, Y., E. V. Dornshuld, T.A. Brooks, G. S. Tschumper, and R. M. Wadkins. Co-Localization of DNA i-Motif-Forming Sequences and 5-Hydroxymethyl-cytosines in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Molecules. 2019. 24, 3619, (doi). (Prof. Tschumper’s 100th publication!)
  5. Dornshuld, E. V. and G. S. Tschumper. Big Changes for Small Noncovalent Dimers: Revisiting the Potential Energy Surfaces of (P2)2 and (PCCP)2 with CCSD(T) Optimizations and Vibrational Frequencies. J. Chem. Theory Comput.. 2016. 12, 4, 1534–1541, (doi).
  6. Dornshuld, E. V., R. A. Vergenz, and G. S. Tschumper. Peptide bond formation via glycine condensation in the gas phase. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2014. 118 (29), 8583–8590, (doi).
  7. Dornshuld, E. V., C. M. Holy and G. S. Tschumper. Homogeneous and heterogeneous non-covalent dimers of formaldehyde and thioformaldehyde: structures, energetics, and vibrational frequencies. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2014. 118 (18), 3376–3385, (doi).
  8. Bhavsar-Jog, Y., E. V. Dornshuld, T.A. Brooks, G. S. Tschumper, and R. M. Wadkins. Epigenetic modification, dehydration, and molecular crowding effects on the thermodynamics of i-motif structure formation from C-rich DNA. Biochemistry. 2014. 53 (10), 1586–1594, (doi).
  9. Dornshuld, E. V. and G. S. Tschumper. Characterization of the potential energy surfaces of two small but challenging noncovalent dimers: (P2)2 and (PCCP)2. J. Comput. Chem. 2014. 35 (6), 479–487, (doi).
  10. Reddy, V., R. Kota, E. V. Dornshuld, D. L. Mattern, G. S. Tschumper, D. Jiang, and A. Dass. Interstaple dithiol cross-linking in Au25(SR)18 nanomolecules: a combined mass spectrometric and computational study. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2011. 133 (50), 20258–20266, (doi).

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