Kerry W. Hipps

Present Position
Professor, Department of Chemistry

Education
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, University of Texas (1970)
NATO Advanced Studies Institute (1974)
Doctor of Philosophy, Chemical Physics, Washington State University (1976)

Professional Experience
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Michigan (1976-78)
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Washington State University (1978-81)
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Washington State University (1981-84)
Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Washington State University (1984- )

Instructions and Seminar Topics
Physical chemistry
Solid state chemistry
Spectroscopy
Quantum and statistical mechanics
Electron tunneling

Specialities and Research Areas
Spectroscopic and microscopic characterization of solid surfaces
Development of solid state sensors

Honors and Awards
68th Wash. State Univ. Distinguished Faculty Address (2002)
College of Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award (1999-2000)
Graduate and Professional Students Association of WSU,
Graduate and Professional Advisor Award (2000).
Listed in Who's Who in America & Who's Who in Science
Washington State Science Teachers "Science Teacher of the Year" Award (1987)
Phi Lambda Upsilon (Chi Chapter) Outstanding Faculty Member (1984-86)
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1980-82)
NSF Energy Related Postdoctoral Fellowship (1976-77)

Recent Publications
Atomic Force Microscopy Observation of the Morphology of Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) Deposited from Solution onto the Atomically Smooth Native Oxide Surface of Aluminum Films. Higo, M.; Lu, X.; Mazur, U.; Hipps, K.W. Thin Solid Films 384 (2001) 90-101.

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Orbital Mediated Tunneling Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Metal(II) Tetraphenylporphyrins Deposited from Vapor. L. Scudiero, D. E. Barlow, U. Mazur, and K.W. Hipps. JACS 123 (2001) 4073-4080.

Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy, by U. Mazur and KW Hipps in "Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy" Edited by John Chalmers and Peter Griffiths, John Wiley and Sons, (2001) (invited review article).

Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. A. Keith Dunker, Pedro Romero, Jeong Oh, Christopher Oldfield, Andrew Campen, Catherine M. Ratliff, Kerry W. Hipps, Juan Ausio, Mark S. Nissen, Raymond Reeves, ChulHee Kang, Charles R. Kissinger, Robert W. Bailey, Michael D. Griswold, J. David Lawson, Celeste J. Brown, Wah Chiu, Ethan C. Garner, and Zoran Obradovic. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 19 (2001) 26-59.

Perspective: It's About the Contacts. K.W. Hipps. Science 294(2001)536-537.

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Orbital Mediated Tunneling Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Nickel(II) Octaethylporphyrin Deposited from Vapor. L. Scudiero, Dan E. Barlow, and K.W. Hipps. J. Phys. Chem. B,106 (2002)996-1003. The cover art for this issue of the journal came from this paper.

A self-organized 2-dimensional bi-functional structure formed by supramolecular design. K. W. Hipps, Louis Scudiero, Dan E. Barlow, and Manning P. Cooke, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., in press.