Tim Starn

Tim Starn
  • Professor
  • Assistant Chair
  • Department: Chemistry
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: TStarn@wcupa.edu

Education

  • B.S., Indiana University
  • Ph.D., Indiana University

Research Interests

Analytical chemistforensic chemistryatmospheric chemistryvolatile organic compounds of a biological nature

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2684

List of Publications

  • Electrical Pulse Generated Upon Discharging a Firearm and Its Implication for Gunshot Residue Analysis, Ella Choban and Tim Starn, J Forensic Sci, 2019 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14159. Highly functionalized organic nitrates in the southeast United States: Contribution to secondary organic aerosol and reactive nitrogen budgets, Ben H. Lee, Claudia Mohr, Felipe D. Lopez-Hilfiker, Anna Lutz, Mattias Hallquist, Lance Lee, Paul Romer, Ronald C. Cohen, Siddharth Iyer, Theo Kurte?n, Weiwei Hue, Douglas A. Daye, Pedro Campuzano-Joste, Jose L. Jimenez, Lu Xu, Nga Lee Ng, Hongyu Guo, Rodney J. Weber, Robert J. Wild, Steven S. Brown, Abigail Koss, Joost de Gouw, Kevin Olson, Allen H. Goldstein, Roger Seco, Saewung Kim, Kevin McAvey, Paul B. Shepson, Tim Starn, Karsten Baumann, Eric S. Edgerton, Jiumeng Liu, John E. Shilling, David O. Miller, William Brune, Siegfried Schobesberger, Emma L. D’Ambro, and Joel A. Thornton, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2016 113 (6) 1516-1521. Observation of isoprene hydroxynitrates in the southeastern United States and implications for the fate of NO, F. Xiong, K. M. McAvey, K. A. Pratt, C. J. Groff, M. A. Hostetler, M. A. Lipton, T. K. Starn, J. V. Seeley, S. B. Bertman, A. P. Teng, J. D. Crounse, T. B. Nguyen, P. O. Wennberg, P. K. Misztal, A. H. Goldstein, A. B. Guenther, A. R. Koss, K. F. Olson, J. A. de Gouw, K. Baumann, E. S. Edgerton, P. A. Feiner, L. Zhang, D. O. Miller, W. H. Brune, and P. B. Shepson, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15, 11257 (2015). A disjunct eddy accumulation system for the measurement of BVOC fluxes: instrument characterizations and field deployment, G. D. Edwards, D. K. Martin, T. Starn, K. Pratt, and P. B. Shepson, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2115–2132, 2012. Thermal imaging of microwave electric fields inside of the surfatron and the microwave plasma torch, T.K Starn, L.L. Dearth-Monroe, E.J. Andrews, E. Bair, Q. Jin, and G.M. Hieftje, Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 57, 267-275, 2002. Observations of nonmethane hydrocarbons and oxygenated volatile organic compounds at a rural site in the southeastern United States, D. Riemer, W. Pos, P. Milne, C. Farmer, R. Zika, E. Apel, K. Olszyna, T. Kliendienst, W. Lonneman, S. Bertman, P. Shepson and T. Starn, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D21), 28111, 1998. Measurements comparison of oxygenated volatile organic compounds at a rural site during the 1995 SOS Nashville Intensive, E.C. Apel, J.G. Calvert, D. Riemer, W. Pos, R. Zika, T.E. Kleindienst, W.A. Lonneman, K. Fung, E. Fujita, P.B. Shepson, T,K. Starn and P.T. Roberts, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D17), 22,295, 1998. Observations of isoprene chemistry and its role in ozone production at a semirural site during the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study, T.K Starn, P.B. Shepson, S.B. Bertman, J.S. White, B.G. Splawn, D.D. Riemer, R.G. Zika, and K. Olszyna, J. Geophys. Res. 103(D17) 22,425, 1998. Nighttime isoprene chemistry at an urban-impacted forest site, T.K Starnm P.B. Shepson, S.B. Bertman, D.D. Riemer, R.G. Zika, and K. Olszyna, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D17), 22,437, 1998.