University of Manitoba Department of Chemistry Dr. Kathleen Gough

Kathleen Gough
Professor, Associate Head
Ph.D., University of Manitoba, 1984

Room 378 Parker Building
ph: (204) 474-6262 fax (204) 474-7608
e-mail: kmgough@cc.umanitoba.ca
homepage: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~kmgough/index.htm

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Physical Chemistry, Biospectroscopy, Synchrotron IR Microspectroscopy, Molecular Modelling

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Gallant, Meghan; Rak, Margaret; Szeghalmi, Adriana; Del Bigio, Marc R.; Westaway, David; Yang, Jin; Julian, Robert; Gough, Kathleen M. “Focally Elevated Creatine Detected in Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Transgenic Mice and Alzheimer Disease Brain Tissue”, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006, 281(1), 5-8. (On-line publication Nov. 2, 2005).

K.M. Gough, M. Rak, A. Bookatz, M. Del Bigio, S. Mai, D. Westaway. “Choices for tissue visualization with IR microspectroscopy”, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2005, 38(1-2), 133-141.

R. Dawes, K.M. Gough, P.G. Hultin. “An ab initio Study of SN2 Reactivity at C6 in Hexopyranose Derivatives. I. Influence of Dipole-Dipole Interactions in the Transition Structure”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109(1), 213-217.

R. Dawes, K.M. Gough, P.G. Hultin. “An ab initio Study of SN2 Reactivity at C6 in Hexopyranose Derivatives. II. Role of Populations, Barriers, and Reaction Path Curvature”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109(1), 218-223.

Kathleen M. Gough, Concetta Lupinetti, and Richard Dawes. “Computation and Interpretation of Raman Intensities”, (invited paper) J. Comput. Meth. Sci. Engin. 4, 2004, (4), 597-609.

R. Dawes and K.M. Gough. “Absolute Intensities of Raman Trace Scattering from Bicyclo-[1.1.1]-pentane”, J. Chem. Phys., 2004, 121(3), 1278-1284.

B.E. Billinghurst and K.M. Gough. “Vibrational Overtone Spectra of Metallocenes: Effect of the Coordinating Metal on Bond Length”, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 2003, 648, 139-149.

K.M. Gough, D. Zielinski, R. Wiens, M. Rak, and I.M.C. Dixon. “FTIR Evaluation of Microscopic Scarring in the Cardiomyopathic Heart: Effect of Chronic AT1 Suppression”, Analytical Biochemistry, 2003, 316, 232-242.

C. Lupinetti and K.M. Gough. “Ab initio Analysis of Raman Trace Scattering Intensities in Alkenes and Silanes”, J. Raman Spectroscopy, 2002, 33, 147-154.

K.M. Gough, J.R. Dwyer, and R. Dawes. “Ab initio Analysis of C-H and C-C Stretching Intensities in Raman Spectra of Hydrocarbons”, Can. J. Chem., 2000, 78, 1035-1043.