Faculty Bio

Bethany A. Rudd

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Education

• B.S., Ohio State University
• Ph.D., Ohio State University

About

Bethany Rudd joined Ohio Wesleyan University in 2018. She received her undergraduate degree from Ohio State University, conducting undergraduate research in the theoretical chemistry group of Dr. Anne McCoy. She then received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Ohio State where she was a graduate student researcher in the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment (CAICE), an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation, under the direction of Dr. Heather Allen.

Current research in the Rudd laboratory is focused on molecular organization at air-aqueous interfaces of biological and atmospheric relevance.

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• General Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Surface Chemistry

Publications

• Denton, J. K.; Kelleher, P. J.; Johnson, M. A.; Baer, M. D.; Kathmann, S. M.; Mundy, C. J.; Wellen Rudd, B. A.; Allen, H. C.; Choi, T.; Jordan, K. D.; Molecular-Level Origin of the Carboxylate Head Group Response to Divalent Metal Ion Complexation at the Air-Water Interface, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116, 14874-14880, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1818600116
• Wellen Rudd, B. A.; Vidalis, A. S.; Allen, H. C.; Thermodynamic versus Non-Equilibrium Stability of Palmitic Acid Monolayers in Calcium-Enriched Sea Spray Aerosol Proxy Systems, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 16320-16332, doi: 10.1039/C8CP01188E
• Reddy, S. K.; Thiraux, R; Wellen Rudd, B. A.; Lin, L.; Adel, T.; Geiger, F. M.; Allen, H. C.; Morita, A.; Paesani, F.; Bulk Contributions Modulate the Sum-Frequency Generation Spectra of Interfacial Water of Model Sea-Spray Aerosols, Chem. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.04.007
• Wellen, B. A.; Lach, E. A.; Allen, H. C. Surface pK_a of Octanoic, Nonanoic, and Decanoic Fatty Acids at the Air-Water Interface: Applications to Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 26551-26558, doi: 10.1039/C7CP04527A
• Adams, E. M.; Wellen, B. A.; Thiraux, R.; Reddy, S. K.; Vidalis, A. S.; Paesani, F.; Allen, H. C. Sodium-Carboxylate Contact Ion Pair Formation Induces Stabilization of Palmitic Acid Monolayers at High pH, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 10481-10490, doi: 10.1039/C7CP00167C
• Petit, A. S.; Wellen, B. A.; McCoy, A. B. Using Fixed-Node Diffusion Monte Carlo to Investigate the Effects of Rotation-Vibration Coupling in Highly Fluxional Asymmetric Top Molecules: Application to H₂D⁺, J. Chem. Phys. 2013, 138, 034105, doi: 10.1063/1.4774318
• Petit, A. S.; Wellen, B. A.; McCoy, A. B. Unraveling Rotation-Vibration Mixing in Highly Fluxional Molecules Using Diffusion Monte Carlo: Applications to H₃⁺ and H₃O⁺. J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136, 074101, doi: 10.1063/1.3681391