Nancy Richardson

Nancy Richardson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Chemical Hygiene Officer

Office: Applied Science 112A
Phone: 434-592-4302
narichardson@liberty.edu

Education
A.A.S. Wenatchee Valley College
B.S. Bob Jones University
M.S. Texas A&M
Ph.D. University of Georgia

Courses Taught by Dr. Richardson
CHEM 121
CHEM 122

Biography 
Dr. Richardson grew up in Wenatchee, WA.  She joined the faculty at Liberty in 2006.  She has done computational quantum chemistry research on systems including triatomic molecules, organometallic complexes, nucleic acids and nucleosides.  She enjoys hiking, gardening, baking, and cooking.

Publications 
18.    "Hydrogen Abstracted Adenine-Thymine Radicals with Interesting Transferable Properties", M. C. Lind, N. A.   Richardson, S. E. Wheeler, and H. F. Schaefer, J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 5525 (2007).

17.    Characterization of Singlet Ground and Low-Lying Electronic Excited States of Phosphaethyne and Isophosphaethyne," J. B. Ingels, J. M. Turney, N. A. Richardson, Y. Yamaguchi, and H. F. Schaefer III, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 104306 (2006)

16.    The Deprotonated Guanine-Cytosine Base Pair", M. C. Lind, P. P. Bera, N. A. Richardson, S. E. Wheeler, and H.F. Schaefer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 7554 (2006).

15.     B. Temelso, N. A. Richardson, L. Sari, Y. Yamaguchi, and H. F. Schaefer, “Characterization of the  ²P and ² å⁺ Electronic States of the Phosphaethyne Cation HCP⁺” J. of Theoretical and Computational Chem. 4, 707 (2005)

14.     R. B. King, Y. Xie, H. F. Schaefer, N. A. Richardson, and S. Li, "Homoleptic Binuclear Chromium Carbonyls: Why Haven't They Been Synthesized as Stable Molecules?", Inorganica Chimica Acta 358, 1442 (2005). 

12. N. A. Richardson, Y. Yamaguchi, and H. F. Schaefer, "Isomerization of the Newly Discovered Interstellar Molecule SiCN to SiNC Through Two Transition States", J. Chem. Phys. 119, 12946 (2003). 

11. S. Li, N. A. Richardson, R. B. King, and H. F. Schaefer, "Chromium-Chromium Multiple Bonding in Cr₂(CO)₉", J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 10118 (2003). 

10.S. Li, N. A. Richardson, Y. Xie, R. B. King, and H. F. Schaefer, "The Rule Breaking Cr₂(CO)₁₀. A 17 Electron System or a Cr=Cr Double Bond?", Faraday Discuss. 124, 315 (2003). 

9. N. A. Richardson, S S. Wesolowski, and H. F. Schaefer, "The Adenine-Thymine Base Pair Radical Anion: Adding an Electron Results in Major Structural Changes", J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 848 (2003). 

8. N. A. Richardson, S. S. Wesolowski, and H. F. Schaefer, "Electron Affinity of the Guanine-Cytosine Base Pair and Neutral-Anion Structural Perturbations", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 10163 (2002). 

7. N. R. Brinkmann, N. A. Richardson, S. S. Wesolowski, Y. Yamaguchi, and H. F. Schaefer, "Characterization of the  ²A₁ and  ⁴A₂ Electronic States of CH₂⁺ ", Chem. Phys. Lett. 352, 505 (2002). 

6. P. Jensen, S. S. Wesolowski, N. R. Brinkmann, N. A. Richardson, Y. Yamaguchi, H. F. Schaefer, and P. R. Bunker, "A Theoretical Study of  ⁴A₂ Electronic States of CH₂⁺", J. Mol. Spec. 211, 254 (2002).

5. N. A. Richardson, Y. Xie, R. B. King, and H. F. Schaefer, "The Flat Potential Energy Surface of the Saturated Binuclear Homoleptic Chromium Carbonyl: Cr₂(CO)₁₁ with One, Two and Three Bridging Carbonyls. Comparison with the Well Known HCr₂(CO)₁₀ Species and the Unobserved H₂Cr₂ (CO)₉", J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 11134 (2001). 

4. N. A. Richardson, J. C. Rienstra-Kiracofe, and H. F. Schaefer, "An Examination of the Stabilities of Group 14 (C,Si,Ge,Sn,Pb) Congeners of Dihydroxycarbene and Dioxirane; Comparison to Formic Acid and Hydroperoxycarbene Congeners", Inorg. Chem. 38, 6271 (1999). 

3. N. A. Richardson, J. C. Rienstra-Kiracofe, and H. F. Schaefer, "Examining Trends in the Tetravalent Character of Group 14 Elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) with Acids and Hydroperoxides", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 10813 (1999). 

2. N. A. Richardson and M. B. Hall, "The Potential Energy Surface of Xenon Dichloride”, Chem. Phys. 97, 10952, (1993).

1. N. A. Richardson and M. B. Hall, “Theoretical Study of the Nature of the (Eta five-cyclopentadienyl) dicarbonyliron-Arene Bond.  Significance of Pi Interaction”, Organometallics, 12, 1338, (1993).