MICHAEL MORSE

(He/his/him)

Distinguished Professor

Chemistry

  • Distinguished Professor
    Chemistry
  • 8015818319 (Work)
  • University of Utah, Chemistry, 315 S 1400 East, Room 2020, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-0850, United States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Equilibrium Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    21 Sep 2024 - 21 Sep 2024
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on Equilibrium
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Free Energy Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    27 Apr 2024 - 27 Apr 2024
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on Free Energy
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Reaction Mechanisms and Dynamics Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    7 Oct 2023 - 7 Oct 2023
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on Reaction Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    How do we know what we know, Part 2: Bond lengths and bond dissociation energies - A Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    18 Mar 2023 - 18 Mar 2023
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on how we know the bond lengths and bond dissociation energies of molecules
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    How do we know what we know - Part 1: Ionization energies and Electron Affinities - A Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    8 Oct 2022 - 8 Oct 2022
    Workshop for Local High School Chemistry Teachers on how we know the ionization energies and electron affinities of the elements
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Nuclear Chemistry Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    30 Apr 2022 - 30 Apr 2022
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on Nuclear Chemistry
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research Excellence
    1 Jan 2021
    College of Science, University of Utah
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Intermolecular Forces Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    21 Sep 2019 - 21 Sep 2019
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on Intermolecular Forces
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Spectroscopy Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    13 Apr 2019 - 13 Apr 2019
    Workshop on Spectroscopy for High School Chemistry Teachers
  • HONOR/AWARD
    William F. Meggers Award for outstanding work in spectroscopy
    1 Jan 2019
    Optical Society of America
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Transition Metals Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    29 Sep 2018 - 29 Sep 2018
    Workshop for Local High School Chemistry Teachers on Transition Metals
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Acids and Bases Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    7 Apr 2018 - 7 Apr 2018
    Workshop for Local High School Chemistry Teachers on Acids and Bases
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Modern Materials Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    23 Sep 2017 - 23 Sep 2017
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on the topic of Modern Materials
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Molecular Orbital Theory High School Teachers Workshop
    22 Apr 2017 - 22 Apr 2017
    Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers on Molecular Orbital Theory
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Electrochemistry High School Workshop
    24 Sep 2016 - 24 Sep 2016
    Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry Electrochemistry
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Kinetics High School Workshop
    2 Apr 2016 - 2 Apr 2016
    Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry Kinetics
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Equilibrium High School Workshop
    19 Sep 2015 - 19 Sep 2015
    Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry Equilibrium
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Chemical Bonding Workshop for High School Chemistry Teachers
    20 Sep 2014 - 20 Sep 2014
    Workshop provided for local high school teachers on the topic of chemical bonding.
  • HONOR/AWARD
    William W. Epstein Outstanding Educator Award
    1 May 2014
    Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Certificate of Reviewing Excellence
    1 Jan 2014
    Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    High School Teachers of Advanced Placement Chemistry Workshop
    28 Sep 2013
    Once in the Spring and once in the Fall, I spend about 2 hours going over a topic that is of interest to the High School Teachers of Advanced Placement Chemistry. Over the past several years, I have delivered talks on the subjects of: Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Chemical Bonding, Entropy, Equilibrium, Kinetics, Electrochemistry, MO Theory, Modern Materials, Acids and Bases, Transition Metals, Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Forces. Because of COVID, this Workshop for AP Chemistry Teachers was not held in 2020 or 2021, but was held again in Spring, 2022 and Fall, 2022. The high school teachers are very appreciative of this activity - in fact, I've never had a group of students so eager to ask questions and find out more details about a subject than I have had with this group. I also make my PowerPoint presentations available to the teachers afterwards. 09/28/2013 - present
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Photoelectron Spectroscopy Workshop for High School Teachers
    28 Sep 2013 - 28 Sep 2013
    Workshop on Photoelectron Spectroscopy provided for the local AP Chemistry teachers to learn about the topic.
  • HONOR/AWARD
    One of the top 20 reviewers of the year
    1 Dec 2011
    Journal of Chemical Physics
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Election as Fellow
    1 Dec 2004
    American Physical Society
  • HONOR/AWARD
    William W. Epstein Outstanding Educator Award
    1 May 2001
    Department of Chemistry, University of Utah