个人简介

Jeffrey Fieberg joined the faculty at Centre College in 2005 and was promoted to associate professor of chemistry in 2008 and to John C. Walkup professor of Chemistry in 2017. Prior to joining Centre’s faculty, he taught at Hillsdale College (1998–2001) and Georgetown College (2001–2005), where he won the John Walker Manning Distinguished Mentor and Teacher Award in 2003. Raised in Kirkwood, Missouri, Fieberg graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. in chemical physics from Centre College. He received his M.S. in chemistry from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Texas. His Ph.D. research focused on the photochemistry of molecules adsorbed on metal surfaces. Fieberg has been published in such journals as Chemical Physics Letters, the Journal of Chemical Physics, Surface Science, the Journal of Physical Chemistry, and the Journal of Chemical Education. Fieberg’s current research interests are in technical art historical investigations of modernist paintings and analysis of artists’ materials. In 2011-2012, he participated as the first Sabbatical Leave Research Fellow in Technical Art History at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). Working in the Conservation Science Laboratory directed by Gregory Smith ’95, Ph.D., technical analyses of paintings from the IMA’s European collection were performed using x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman microspectroscopy, and infrared microspectroscopy. The paintings analyzed included Mysterious Departure by Giorgio de Chirico, Jupiter with Thunderbolt, attributed to a follower of Jacob Jordaens, and the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Undergrowth with Two Figures by Vincent van Gogh. Fieberg frequently returns to the IMA, where he has helped to investigate the IMA’s Van Gogh painting, Landscape at Saint-Rémy. Fieberg frequently teaches General Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Thermodynamics and Kinetics, and Natural Science. Fieberg is an energetic teacher. In his introductory classes, he performs demonstrations almost daily in class. Fieberg has received several awards, including the Kirk Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007), the C. Eric Mount Jr. Student Appreciation Award (2007), the Outstanding Professor Award from Greek Life (2008 and 2009), and the David Hughes Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service (2010). He was named a Centre Scholar in 2008 and 2014. He was selected co-Most Dramatic Professor in Kentucky by Kentucky Monthly in 2010. As a Centre student, Fieberg studied art, architecture and music abroad in Paris, Florence, Munich, and Amsterdam. Fieberg is a staunch advocate of the transformational experiences gained by studying abroad, and he has led both semester programs and short-term travel courses in Europe. Fieberg co-directed the Centre-in-London program in 2010 where he taught Chemistry in Art and British Scientists: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Fieberg directed the Centre-in-Strasbourg program for the 2013-14 academic year and will return to direct the Strasbourg program for the 2017-18 academic year. Fieberg’s signature class, Molecular Modernism, is a truly interdisciplinary mix of science and art. He has taught Molecular Modernism: Monet to Mondrian as a first-year studies course with field trips to museums and conservation labs in Washington D.C., Indianapolis and Chicago. For CentreTerm 2013, he taught Molecular Modernism: Manet to Matisse as a three-week travel course in Paris and Southern France. He will teach this course in France again during CentreTerm 2017. In Strasbourg, Fieberg teaches Molecular Modernism: Manet to Marc, which includes visits to museums in France and Germany. In addition, Fieberg offers Chemical Analysis of Modernist Paintings as an upper-level elective for chemistry majors and minors. Fieberg is the faculty advisor for Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In the past, he has served as the faculty liaison for the Centre softball team and as the faculty advisor for the American Chemical Society. Fieberg is heavily invested in community outreach as he frequently performs chemistry demonstration shows at local schools with Centre students.