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Washington University Department of Chemistry
Regina Frey
Senior Lecturer, Director of the Teaching Center, Assisant Dean (College of Arts and Sciences)
Eads 105, Louderman 448
Department of Chemistry
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 61630
314 935 7474
gfrey@wuchem.wustl.edu
  • Ph.D., University of Utah, 1986
  • IBM Technical Computing Systems Department Award (1989, 1990, 1991) and IBM One Hundred Percent Club, 1991
  • Scientific Support Specialist, IBM, 1989-92
  • Application Support Specialist, Biosym Technologies, Inc., 1992-94
  • Lecturer, Washington University, 1994-2000
  • Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Washington University, 1999-present
  • Senior Lecturer, Washington University, 2000-present
  • Associate Director of The Teaching Center, Washington University, 2001-2002
  • Director of The Teaching Center, Washington University, 2002-present.

Current Duties

  • Assist with and lecture the General-Chemistry Lecture Series (Chem 111A and Chem 112A)
  • Director of The Teaching Center at Washington University
  • Four-year academic advisor. (1996 to present).

Educational Interests

Use of computer-aided instructional tools and group-oriented teaching methods in the undergraduate curriculum.

Research Background

Quantum chemistry, study of clusters and of molecules exhibiting the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect. Molecular dynamics of gas-phase clusters.

Course Development Activities

  • Chemistry Course for Prefreshman Summer Academic Program (1997-2002). Introduced group workshops and active-learning methods to the curriculum.
  • Instituted and organized the MCAT Review Course at Washington University; taught the GenChem and Physics Sections of the review course (1998-2002)

Selected Publications

  • R. E. Davis, R. Frey, M. Sarquis, and J. L. Sarquis. Modern Chemistry. Austin: Holt, Rinehart, and Wilson (2006).
  • S. C. Hockings, K. J. DeAngelis, and R. F. Frey, "Peer-Led Team Learning in General Chemistry: Implementation, Leader Training, and Evaluation." (Submitted July 2005).
  • C. Herman, R. E. Casiday, R. K. Deppe, M. Gilbertson, W. M. Spees, D. Holten, and R. F. Frey, "Interdisciplinary, Application-oriented Tutorials: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation." to appear in J. Chem. Edu.
  • R.E. Cassidy, D. Holten, and R.F. Frey, "Blood-chemistry tutorials: Teaching Biological Applications of General-Chemistry Material." J. Chem. Edu. 78, 1210, (2001).
  • M.J. Donlin, R. F. Frey, C. Putnam, J. Proctor, and J. K. Bashkin, J. Chem. Edu., 75, 437 (1998). "Analysis of Iron in Ferritin, the Iron-storage Protein: A General Chemistry Experiment."
  • R. F. Frey and E. R. Davidson, J. Chem. Phys., 106, 2331 (1997). "Density Functional Calculations for Mgn+ Clusters."
  • X.W. Fan, X.J. Chen, S.J. Zhou, Y. Zheng, C.E. Brion, R. Frey, and E.r. Davidson, Chem Phys. Lett., 276, 346 (1997).
  • L. Schafer, I.S. Bin Drees, R.F. Frey, C. Van Alsenoy, and J.D. Ewbank, J. Mol. Struc. (Theochem), 338, 71 (1995). "Molecular Orbital Constrained Gas Electron Diffraction Study of N-acetyl N'-methyl Alanine Amide."
  • A. Kelterer, M. Ramek, R. F. Frey, M. Cao, and L. Schafer, J. Mol. Struc. (Theochem), 116, 45 (1994). "Basis Set Influence in ab initio Calculations: The Case of 2-aminoethanol and N-Formylproline Amide."
  • B. J. Teppen, M. Cao, R. F. Frey, C. van Alsenoy, D. M. Miller, and L. Schafer, J. Mol. Struc. (Theochem), 314, 169 (1994). "An Investigation into Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding: Impact of Basis Set and Electron Correlation on the Ab Initio Conformational Analysis of 1,2-Ethanediol and 1,2,3-Propanetriol."
  • L. B. Knight, Jr., C. B. Cleveland, R. F. Frey, and E. R. Davidson, J. Chem. Phys., 100, 7867 (1994). "Electron Spin Resonance Investigation of Small Magnesium Cluster Cation Radicals, MgN+, in neon and argon matrices at 4 K: Comparison with ab initio calculations."
  • R. F. Frey, M. Cao, S.Q. Newton, and L. Schafer, J. Mol. Struc. (Theochem), 285, 99 (1993). "Electron Correlation effects in Aliphatic Non-bonded Interactions: Comparison of n-alkane MP2 and HF Geometries."
  • F. A. Momany, R. Rome, R. F. Frey, and L. Schafer, Chemical Design and Automation, 7, 1 (1992). "On the use of Results of Correlation Studies in Refining Parameters in Force Fields of Molecular Mechanics."
  • R. F. Frey, J. Coffin, S. Q. Newton, M. Ramek, V. K. W. Cheng, F. A. Momany, and L. Schafer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 114, 5369 (1992). "The Importance of Correlation-Gradient Geometry Optimization for Molecular Conformational Analyses."
  • M. Ramek, V. K. W. Cheng, R. F. Frey, S. Q. Newton, and L. Schafer, J. Mol. Struc. (Theochem), 235, 1 (1991). "The Case of Glycine Continued: Some Contradictory SCF results."
  • R. F. Frey and E. R. Davidson, Advances in Molecular Electronic Structure Theory, T. Dunning ed. (JAI Press Inc., Vol. 1, 1990), p. 213. "The Von Neumann-Wigner and Jahn-Teller Theorems and their Consequences."
  • S. A. C. Clark, T. J. Reddish, C. E. Brion, E. R. Davidson, and R. F. Frey, Chem. Phys., 143, 1 (1990). "The Valence Orbital Momentum Distributions and Binding Energy Spectra of Silane: Quantitative Comparison of Electron Momentum Spectroscopy using Hartree-Fock Limit and Correlated Wavefunctions."
  • S. A. C. Clark, E. Weingold, C. E. Brion, E. R. Davidson, R. F. Frey, C. M. Boyle, W. von Niessen, and J. Schirmer, Chem. Phys., 134, 229 (1989). "The Valence Orbital Momentum Distributions and Binding Energy Spectra of Methane: Quantitative Comparison of Electron Momentum Spectroscopy using Hartree-Fock Limit and Correlated Wavefunctions."
  • R. F. Frey and E. R. Davidson, J. Chem. Phys., 90, 5555 (1989). "Energy Partitioning of the SCF Interaction Energy of ScCO."
  • R. F. Frey and E. R. Davidson, J. Chem. Phys., 90, 5541 (1989). "Analysis of the Bond Energy of ScCO."
  • A. O. Bawagan, C. E. Brion, E. R. Davidson, C. Boyle, and R.F. Frey, Chem. Phys., 128, 439 (1988). "The Valence Orbital Momentum Distributions and Binding Energy Spectra of H2CO: A Comparison of Electron Momentum Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Calculations using Near Hartree-Fock Quality and Correlated Wavefunctions."
  • R. F. Frey and E. R. Davidson, J. Chem. Phys., 89, 4227 (1988). "The Jahn-Teller Distortion of SiH4+."
  • R. F. Frey and E. R. Davidson, The Structure of Small Molecules and Ions, R. Naaman and Z. Vager, ed. (Plenum, 1988), p. 209. "Topology of the Ground-State Surface of CH4+."
  • R. F. Frey and E. R. Davidson, J. Chem. Phys., 88, 1775 (1988). "Potential Energy Surfaces of CH4+."