Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education

Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal describing the furthering of chemical education via effective laboratory experiences. Educational laboratory experiences at the high school and undergraduate level provide a critical component of a high quality, practical education in chemistry. Laboratory chemical education is broadly defined as laboratory experiences in all traditional areas of chemistry including– but not limited to– organic chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, electrochemistry, polymer chemistry, forensic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, environmental chemistry, and computational chemistry. Articles considered for publication include: original educational laboratory experimentation articles, review-type articles (see below), and short letters detailing educational laboratory experiment improvements or safety issues.


Dr. Mark Jensen

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education

Professor, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), USA

Research Areas

Applications of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) in corrosion science; corrosion control by conducting polymers; detection of odorous chemicals in water; applications of LabVIEW in chemistry and chemistry education; electrochemical detection in liquid chromatography; electrochemical studies with the rotating ring-­‐disk electrode; reactions of fluorocarbons on metal surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum; applications of graph theory to chemistry

Education

1994-1996Post-doctoral ResearchIowa State University
1994Doctor of PhilosophyIowa State University
1989Bachelor of ArtsNorthwestern College

Experience

2011-presentProfessor, Chemistry Department, Concordia College
2003-2011Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Concordia College
2003-05, 2006-07Chemistry Department Chair, Concordia College
1997-2003Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Concordia College
1996-97Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, St. Olaf College

Academic Achievement

Ole and Lucy Flaat Distinguished Teaching Award, Concordia College, 2012-2015.
Iowa State University Research Excellence Award, 1994.
Travel Scholarship, American Vacuum Society, Minnesota Chapter, 1994.
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, U.S. Dept. of Educ., 1993-94.
Travel Scholarship, American Vacuum Society, Minnesota Chapter, 1992.
Graduate Student Financial Assistance Program (GSFAP) Scholarship, State of Iowa, 1991-92.
Noble Hines Award, Iowa State University, 1989-90.
Pace Award, Iowa State University, 1989-90.
Undergraduate Regional Award, American Chemical Society, 1989.
Student Award, American Institute of Chemists, 1989.
Freshman Chemistry Award, Chemical Rubber Company, 1986.

Membership

American Chemical Society (ACS) Analytical Chemistry Examination Committee (2011-12)
Member of the American Chemical Society, the Electrochemical Society, and the Council on Undergraduate Research
National Science Foundation panel reviewer for Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) proposals
Reviewer for Corrosion Science, Progress in Organic Coatings, and the Journal of Chemical Education

Publications: Journals

[1]  Mark B. Jensen, Jake M. Karels, Patrick J. Cool, Audrey F. Guerard and Dennis E. Tallman, "Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy and Video Microscopy Investigations of Tiron--‐mediated Polypyrrole Nucleation on AA2024--‐T3," Journal of Solid--‐State Electrochemistry, 2012, 16(10), pp. 3363--‐3370.
[2]  Dennis E. Tallman and Mark B. Jensen, "Applications of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy in Corrosion Research," in Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (2nd Ed.), A.J. Bard and M.V. Mirkin, Eds., CRC Press, 2012, pp. 451--‐488.
[3]  Qixin Zhou, Yechun Wang, Dennis E. Tallman, and Mark B. Jensen, "Simulation of SECM Approach Curves for Heterogeneous Metal Surfaces," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2012, 159(7), H644--‐H649.
[4]  Mark B. Jensen and Dennis E. Tallman, "Application of SECM to Corrosion Studies," in Electroanalytical Chemistry, A Series of Advances (Vol. 24), A.J. Bard and C.G. Zoski, Eds., CRC Press, 2012, pp. 171--‐286.
[5]  Mark B. Jensen, "Using LabVIEW to Demonstrate Instrumentation Principles," Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2011, 400, 2673--‐2676 (invited).
[6]  Mark B. Jensen, "Using Web--‐based Resources to Incorporate LabVIEW into an Instrumental Analysis Course," Journal of Chemical Education, 2009, 86, 525--‐527.
[7]  M.B. Jensen, A. Guerard, D.E. Tallman, and G.P. Bierwagon, "Studies of Electron Transfer at Aluminum Alloy Surfaces by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2008, 7, C324--‐C332.
[8]  M.B. Jensen, T.J. Bjordahl, D.E. Tallman, and G.P. Bierwagon, "Studies of Electron Transfer at Aluminum Alloy Surfaces by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy," ECS Transactions, 2007, 3, 545.
[9]  Mark B. Jensen, "Integrating HPLC and Electrochemistry: A LabVIEW--‐based Pulsed Amperometric Detection System," Journal of Chemical Education, 2002, 79, 345--‐348.
[10]  M.B. Jensen, and D.C. Johnson, "Fast Waveforms for Pulsed Electrochemical Detection of Carbohydrates by Incorporation of Reductive Desorption of Oxidation Products," Analytical Chemistry, 1997, 69, 1776--‐1781.
[11]  M.B. Jensen, J.S. Dyer, W.--‐Y. Leung, and P.A. Thiel, "An Electron--‐Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distribution and Low--‐Energy Electron Diffraction Investigation of CF3I on Ru(001)," Langmuir, 1996, 12, 3472--‐3480 (cover).
[12]  M.B. Jensen, U. Myler, C.J. Jenks, E.D. Pylant, J.M. White, and P.A. Thiel, "Reactivity and Structure of CF3I on Ru(001)," Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1995, 99, 8736--‐8744.
[13]  M.B. Jensen, and P.A. Thiel, "Thermally--‐Induced and Electron--‐Induced Chemistry of CF3I on Ni(100)," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1995, 117, 438--‐445.
[14]  M.B. Jensen, U. Myler, and P.A. Thiel, "Local and Collective Structure of Formate on Pt(111)," Surface Science Letters, 1993, 290, L655--‐L661.
[15]  B.W. Callen, K. Griffiths, and R.V. Kasza; M.B. Jensen, and P.A. Thiel; and P.R. Norton, "Structural Phenomena Related to Associative and Dissociative Adsorption of Water on Ni(110)," Journal of Chemical Physics, 1992, 97, 3760--‐3774.