Hot Springs County High School, Thermopolis, WY,  
     1992.

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming,
     Laramie, WY, 1996

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Wyoming,
     Laramie, WY, 2003

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University,
     Evanston, IL, 2003-2005

Publications:

1.    A Theoretical Investigation of the Pd/Cu(100) Surface Alloy, J. E. Kirsch, C. J. Tainter, manuscript in preparation.

2.    Electronic Structure Studies of a Clock-Reconstructed Al/Pd(100) Surface Alloy, J. E. Kirsch, C. J. Tainter, Surf. Sci., 2008, 602, 943-951.

3.    Evidence for Nonpolar Alignment of [NbOF₅]^2- Anions in Cd(pyridine)₄NbOF₅ Chains, P. C. R. Guillory, J. E. Kirsch, H. K. Izumi, C. L. Stern, and K. R. Poeppelmeier, Cryst. Growth Des., 2006, 6, 382-389.

4.    Synthesis and Characterization of the Face Sharing Bioctahedral [Mo₂O₆F₃]^3- Anion, J. E. Kirsch, H. K. Izumi, C. L. Stern, K. R. Poeppelmeier, Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 4586-4593.

5.    Examining the Out-of-Center Distortion in the [NbOF₅]^2- Anion, H. K. Izumi, J. E. Kirsch, C. K. Stern, K. R. Poeppelmeier, Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 884-895.

6.    Electronic Structure Studies of Adsorbate Induced Surface Reconstructions: Oxygen on Rh(100), J. E. Kirsch, S. Harris, Surf. Sci., 2004, 553, 82-94.

7.    Electronic Structure Studies of Ni(100) Surface Reconstructions Resulting from Carbon, Nitrogen, or Oxygen Atom Adsorption, J. E. Kirsch, S. Harris, Surf. Sci., 2003, 522, 125-142.

8.    Chirality in Giant Phospholipid Tubule Formation, B. N. Thomas, J. E. Kirsch, C. M. Lindemann, R. C. Corcoran, C. L. Cotant, P. J. Persichini, in:  Chirality: Physical Chemistry, ACS Symposium Series 810, J. M. Hicks, ed. (Washington, D.C.; American Chemical Society) 2002, 319-322.

9.    Phosphonate Lipid Tubules. 2, B. N. Thomas, C. M. Lindemann, R. C. Corcoran, C. L. Cotant, J. E. Kirsch, P. J. Persichini, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 1227-1233.

10.    Phosphonate Lipid Tubules. 1, B. N. Thomas, R. C. Corcoran, C. L. Cotant, C. M. Lindemann, J. E. Kirsch, P. J. Persichini, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 12178-12186.