Helen Chowaniec

Highly productive leader of an international team of chemists in an interdisciplinary, matrix R&D structure. Adept in leading & supporting stage-gate innovation projects from ideation to commercial launch. Skilled at communicating technical data to non-technical audiences & interacting directly with customers. In-depth knowledge of physical and analytical chemistry with strong mathematical ability. Focused on success through collaboration, creativity, and adaptive problem-solving.

• Timothy Gillece, Helen K Gerardi, William Thompson, ”Assessing the Natural Biodegradability of Polymers by Thermophilic Composting”, Journal of Cosmetic Science, submitted, February 2, 2024
• U.S. Patent WO 2023/196049 A1; 12 October 2023; “Modified Carboxylated Polysaccharides Compositions and Uses Thereof”
• Helen K Gerardi, Kristin J Breen, Timothy L Guasco, Gary H Weddle, George H Gardenier, Jennifer E Laaser, Mark A Johnson, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 3, 1592-1601, 2010; “Survey of Ar-Tagged Predissociation and Vibrationally Mediated Photodetachment Spectroscopies of the Vinylidene Anion, C2H2−”
• Helen K. Gerardi, George H. Gardenier, U. Viswanathan, S. Auerbach, and M. Johnson, Chemical Physics Letters, 501 172-178, 2011; “Vibrational predissociation spectroscopy and theory of Ar-tagged, protonated Imidazole (Im) Im1–3H+
• Ar clusters”
• Helen K. Gerardi, Andrew F. DeBlase, Xiaoge Su, Kenneth D. Jordan, Anne B. McCoy, and Mark A. Johnson, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2, 2437-2441, 2011; “Unraveling the Anomalous Solvatochromic Response of the Formate Ion Vibrational Spectrum: An Infrared, Ar-Tagging Study of the HCO2¯, DCO2¯, and HCO2¯
• H2O Ions”
• Helen K. Gerardi, Christopher M. Leavitt, Andrew F. DeBlase, Xiaoge Su, Kenneth D. Jordan, Anne B. McCoy, and Mark A. Johnson, Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(13), 2012; “Structural characterization of electron-induced proton transfer in the formic acid dimer anion, (HCOOH)2-, with vibrational and photoelectron spectroscopies.”
• G. J. Gerardi, J. Domenico, A. Muraca, H. K. Gerardi, Chemical Physics Letters, 593, 45-47, 2014; “Electron injection at the PTCDA/metal interface detected by electron paramagnetic resonance”
• Ryan Compton, S. M. Prokes, Orest J. Glembocki, Irina R. Pala, Helen K. Gerardi, and Jeffrey C. Owrutsky, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 073101, 2014; “Observation of coherent oscillations in plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition Ag films”
• Ryan Compton, Helen K.Gerardi, Daniel Weidinger, Douglas J. Brown, Walter J. Dressick, Edwin J. Heilweil, Jeffrey C. Owrutsky, Chemical Physics, 422, 135-142, 2013; “Spectra and relaxation dynamics of the pseudohalide (PS) vibrational bands for Ru(bpy)2(PS)2 complexes, PS = CN, NCS and N3”