Dr. Brian E. Brumfield

Professional Information

Tenure: October 2005 - June 2011
Current Position: Postdoc, Princeton University
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2011
M.S. Chemistry, Wright State University, 2005
B.S. Chemistry, Wright State University, 2003
B.S. Biology, Wright State University, 2003

bbrumfi2@illinois.edu

Papers

5	J. T. Stewart, B. E. Brumfield, B. M. Gibson, and B. J. McCall "Inefficient Vibrational Cooling of C₆₀ in a Supersonic Expansion" ISRN Physical Chemistry (2013), 2013, 675138.
4	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, and B. J. McCall "Extending the Limits of Rotationally Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy: Pyrene" Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2012), 3, 1985-1988.
3	B. E. Brumfield and B. J. McCall "Application of Nuclear Permutation Inversion Group Theory to the Benzenium Ion" Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2011), 268, 157-163.
2	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, and B. J. McCall "High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the ν₈ Band of Methylene Bromide Using a Quantum Cascade Laser" Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2011), 266, 57-62.
1	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, S. L. Widicus Weaver, M. D. Escarra, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "A Quantum Cascade Laser cw Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer Coupled to a Supersonic Expansion Source" Review of Scientific Instruments (2010), 81, 063102.

Proceedings

S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, S. Howard, C. Gmachl and B. J. McCall
"A Laboratory and Observational Search for the Vibrational Spectrum of C₆₀"
Proceedings of International Conference on Molecules in Space and Laboratory, Eds. J. L. Lemaire and F. Combes, (2007), 1-4.

Talks

9	J. T. Stewart, B. E. Brumfield and B. J. McCall "Rotationally-resolved Infrared Spectroscopy of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pyrene (C₁₆H₁₀) Using a Quantum Cascade Laser-based Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
8	J. T. Stewart, B. E. Brumfield and B. J. McCall "High-resolution Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of Deuterated Water Clusters Using a Quantum Cascade Laser-based Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
7	J. T. Stewart, B. E. Brumfield, M. D. Escarra, C. F. Gmachl and B. J. McCall "High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the ν₈ Band of Methylene Bromide Using a Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer" Sixty-Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
6	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, M. D. Escarra, C. F. Gmachl and B. J. McCall "Astrochemistry and Spectroscopy of C₆₀: The search for the 8.5 μm Vibrational Band" 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
5	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, M. D. Escarra, C. Gmachl and B. J. McCall "The Influence of Free-Running FP-QCL Frequency Jitter on Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of C₆₀" Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
4	B. E. Brumfield, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, D. K. Wilson, M. Percevault, and B. J. McCalll "Development and Implementation of Optical Isolation for a Continuous Wave Fabry Perot Quantum Cascade Laser (CW-FP-QCL) at 8.5 um Using an Experimental Faraday Rotator" Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
3	B. E. Brumfield, S. L. Widicus Weaver, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "Cavity Ringdown Spectrum of the v₈ Band of Methylene Bromide Using a Quantum Cascade Laser" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
2	S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, A. A. Mills, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "A Search for the 8.5 Micron Vibrational Spectrum of C₆₀ in the Laboratory and Space" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
1	S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, S. Howard, C. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "A Laboratory and Observational Search for the Vibrational Spectrum of C₆₀" Molecules in Space and Laboratory, Paris, France, 2007.

Posters

5	J. T. Stewart, B. E. Brumfield and B. J. McCall "Rotationally-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pyrene (C₁₆H₁₀)" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2011.
4	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart and B. J. McCall "Continued Development of a Sensitive Mid-IR Cavity Ring-down Spectrometer Using a Quantum Cascade Laser" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2010.
3	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart and B. J. McCall "Mid Infrared Continuous Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer for Acquisition of the High-Resolution Spectrum of C₆₀" Second Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2009.
2	B. E. Brumfield, B. Siller and B. J. McCall "Towards Acquisition of a High Resolution Gas Phase Spectrum of C₆₀" Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
1	B. E. Brumfield, S. L. Widicus Weaver, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "Continuous Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of C₆₀ at 8.5 Microns Using a Quantum Cascade Laser and a Supersonic Expansion Source" American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.

Other Publications

2	B. E. Brumfield "Development of a Quantum Cascade Laser Based Spectrometer for High Resolution Spectroscopy of Gas Phase C₆₀" Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2011.
1	B. E. Brumfield "High-Resolution Spectroscopic Studies of C₆₀ and C₆H₇⁺: Molecules of Fundamental Spectroscopic and Astrochemical Importance" Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2007.