Michael Bender, Ph.D.

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Professor of Chemistry

Center for Natural Sciences, Room 119
(434) 592-3704

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Leland Stanford Junior University
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Biography

Prior to joining Liberty’s chemistry faculty in 2017, Dr. Bender worked in corporate research for Rohm and Haas and Dow Chemical.

Dr. Bender’s industrial experience involved the use of analytical chemistry to help confirm, or refute, hypotheses that research teams were proposing with the overall goal of widening the intellectual property scope of potential commercial inventions.

Courses Taught

CHEM 121/122 – General Chemistry I/II
CHEM 132 – Advanced General Chemistry 2 (Honors/Major)
CHEM 135 – Advanced General Chemistry I Lab
CHEM 136 – Advanced General Chemistry II Lab
CHEM 322 – Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 465 – Trace Evidence
CHEM 497 – Special Topics in Chemistry

Research Interests

Dr. Bender’s research interests at Liberty have included:
• Finding and identifying microplastic particles in freshwater crayfish
• Analyses of water from older hand-dug, stone-lined wells near the mineral springs at New
London, Virginia
• Chemical mapping (via orthophosphates) the possible human usage patterns in an excavated
basement in the mid 1750’s “Mead’s Tavern” in New London, Virginia.

Dr. Bender’s research objectives at Liberty are all targeted at providing lab opportunities for first year undergraduate students who are chemistry or forensics majors.

Professional Membership

American Chemical Society
Archeological Society of Virginia
Virginia Academy of Science

Publications

(ORCID = 000-0002-2144-0166)

“Acrylic/Urethane Hybrid Liquid Encapsulants for Photovoltaic Modules”, Melinda L Einsla, Cheryl I. Teich, Michael T. Bender, Jill A. Ottinger, Catheryn L. Jackson, Kenneth B. Laughlin and Edward C. Greer, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2017) 165 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.02.034
“A Unique and Versatile Sensory Modifier for Skin Care Application”, Y. O’Connor, Q. Wan, M. Bender, V. Kalihari, X. Lu, R. Toth, Household and Personal Care Today (2014) 9(5) 31-35.
“Development of Chemical Vapor Deposited Spinel”, H.A.G. Stern, V. DiFilippo, J. S. Goela, J. Bai, D. Chakraborty, H. Wang, J. Grayson, M. Bender, T. Powell, M. A. Pickering. Full paper published in the proceedings from the 14th DoD Electromagnetic Windows Symposium, (May 1-3, 2012, San Antonio, TX – available only to US citizens invited to attend the symposium).
“Column Selection and Related Issues for Acrylic Acid and Acrylate Ester Polymers”, T. M. Bender and D. A. Saucy, Chapter 19 in Column Handbook for Size Exclusion Chromatography, Academic Press (Chi-san Wu, Editor), 1999.
“Peroxide Drum Explosion and Fire”; R.F. Antrim, M. T. Bender, M. B. Clark, Jr., L. Evers, D. C. Hendershot, J.W. Magee, J M. McGregor, P.C. Morton, J.G. Nelson and C.Q. Zeszotarski Process Safety Progress (1998), 17(3), 225. https://doi.org/10.1002/prs.680170313. Given the William Doyle Award for best presentation in the Loss Prevention Symposium of the spring 1998 AICHE meeting.
“Reassessment of Khazanovich’s Theory of Thermal Diffusion of Polymers in Solution”; T. M. Bender, Macromolecules (1995) 28, 1309.”An Environmental Fate and Safety Assessment for a Low Molecular Weight Polyacrylate Detergent Additive”; M. B. Freeman and T. M. Bender, Environmental Technology (1993) 14, 101. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593339309385269
“Prediction of Velocity Cross Correlation Coefficients of Binary Liquid Mixtures”; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Phys. Chem. (1989) 93, 2614.
“The Effect of Aging on the Mutual Diffusion Coefficients in Aqueous Solutions of Low Molecular Weight Analogs of Poly(ethylene glycol)”; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Colloid Interface Sci. (1988) 126(2), 638.
“Molar Volumes of CH3OH, CH3OD, and CD3OD, and Apparent or Excess Molar Volumes for (methanol-OH+water), (methanol-OD+deuterium oxide), and (methanol-OH+methanol-OD) at 288.15, 298.15, and 313.15K”; T. M. Bender and W. A. Van Hook, J. Chem. Thermodynamics (1988) 20, 1109.
“Dynamic Light Scattering Measurements of Mutual Diffusion Coefficients of Water-Rich 2-Butoxyethanol/Water Systems”; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Phys. Chem. (1988) 92, 1675.
“Absolute Rayleigh Ratios of Four Solvents at 488 nm”; T. M. Bender, R.J. Lewis and R. Pecora, Macromolecules (1986) 19, 244.
“A Dynamic Light Scattering Study of the tert-Butyl Alcohol-Water System”; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Phys. Chem. (1986) 90, 1700. (DOI: 10.1021/j100399a048)
“Osmotic Coefficients of Low-Equivalent-Weight Organic Salts. 2”; P.C. Ho, T. M. Bender and M. A. Kahlow, J. Chem. Eng. Data (1985) 30, 292.
“Osmotic Coefficients of Low-Equivalent-Weight Organic Salts”; P.C. Ho, M. A. Kahlow, T. M. Bender and J.S. Johnson Jr., J. Phys. Chem. (1984) 88, 4152.
“Phase Compositions of Aqueous/Hydrocarbon Systems Containing Organic Salts, Alcohol, and Sodium Chloride”; P.C. Ho and T. M. Bender, J. Phys. Chem. (1983) 87, 2614.
“Acrylic/Urethane Hybrid Liquid Encapsulants for Photovoltaic Modules“, Melinda L Einsla, Cheryl I. Teich, Michael T. Bender, Jill A. Ottinger, Catheryn L. Jackson, Kenneth B. Laughlin and Edward C. Greer, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2017) 165 103-110
“A Unique and Versatile Sensory Modifier for Skin Care Application“, Y. O’Connor, Q. Wan, M. Bender, V. Kalihari, X. Lu, R. Toth, Household and Personal Care Today (2014) 9(5) 31-35
“Development of Chemical Vapor Deposited Spinel“, H.A.G. Stern, V. DiFilippo, J. S. Goela, J. Bai, D. Chakraborty, H. Wang, J. Grayson, M. Bender, T. Powell, M. A. Pickering. Full paper published in the proceedings from the 14th DoD Electromagnetic Windows Symposium, (May 1-3, 2012, San Antonio, TX – available only to US citizens invited to attend the symposium)
“Column Selection and Related Issues for Acrylic Acid and Acrylate Ester Polymers“, T. M. Bender and D. A. Saucy, Chapter 19 in Column Handbook for Size Exclusion Chromatography, Academic Press (Chi-san Wu, Editor), 1999
“Peroxide Drum Explosion and Fire“; R.F. Antrim, M. T. Bender, M. B. Clark, Jr., L. Evers, D. C. Hendershot, J.W. Magee, J M. McGregor, P.C. Morton, J.G. Nelson, and C.Q. Zeszotarski Process Safety Progress (1998), 17(3), 225. Given the William Doyle Award for best presentation in the Loss Prevention Symposium of the spring 1998 AICHE meeting.
“Reassessment of Khazanovich’s Theory of Thermal Diffusion of Polymers in Solution“; T. M. Bender, Macromolecules (1995) 28, 1309.
“An Environmental Fate and Safety Assessment for a Low Molecular Weight Polyacrylate Detergent Additive“; M. B. Freeman and T. M. Bender, Environmental Technology (1993) 14, 101.
“Prediction of Velocity Cross-Correlation Coefficients of Binary Liquid Mixtures“; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Phys. Chem. (1989) 93, 2614.
“The Effect of Aging on the Mutual Diffusion Coefficients in Aqueous Solutions of Low Molecular Weight Analogs of Poly(ethylene glycol)”; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Colloid Interface Sci. (1988) 126(2), 638.
“Molar Volumes of CH3OH, CH3OD, and CD3OD, and Apparent or Excess Molar Volumes for (methanol-OH+water), (methanol-OD+deuterium oxide), and (methanol-OH+methanol-OD) at 288.15, 298.15, and 313.15K”; T. M. Bender and W. A. Van Hook, J. Chem. Thermodynamics (1988) 20, 1109.
“Dynamic Light Scattering Measurements of Mutual Diffusion Coefficients of Water-Rich 2-Butoxyethanol/Water Systems”; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Phys. Chem. (1988) 92, 1675.
“Absolute Rayleigh Ratios of Four Solvents at 488 nm”; T. M. Bender, R.J. Lewis and R. Pecora, Macromolecules (1986) 19, 244.
“A Dynamic Light Scattering Study of the tert-Butyl Alcohol-Water System”; T. M. Bender and R. Pecora, J. Phys. Chem. (1986) 90, 1700.
“Osmotic Coefficients of Low-Equivalent-Weight Organic Salts. 2”; P.C. Ho, T. M. Bender and M. A. Kahlow, J. Chem. Eng. Data (1985) 30, 292.
“Osmotic Coefficients of Low-Equivalent-Weight Organic Salts”; P.C. Ho, M. A. Kahlow, T. M. Bender and J.S. Johnson Jr., J. Phys. Chem. (1984) 88, 4152.
“Phase Compositions of Aqueous/Hydrocarbon Systems Containing Organic Salts, Alcohol, and Sodium Chloride”; P.C. Ho and T. M. Bender, J. Phys. Chem. (1983) 87, 2614