Robert E. Barletta
Department of Chemistry
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36528
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Chemistry, B.S., 1971 University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, RI, European History prior to 1789, M.A., 1976
Brown University, Providence, RI, Physical Chemistry, Ph. D., 1977
APPOINTMENTS:
Editorial Board – Polar Record 2015-present
Associate Professor of Chemistry University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 2013 –
present
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Adjunct Professor Marine Science, University of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL, 2006 – 2013
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 2004 – 2005
Scientist, Radioactive Isolation Consortium Falls Church, VA, 2000-2003
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry Providence College, Providence, RI, 2000 – 2002
Instructor History of Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Spring, 2000
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1998-1999
Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 1980-1998
Chemist, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1977-1980
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
R. E. Barletta, J. W. Krause, T. Goodie, T.,and H. El Sabae, 2015. The direct
measurement of intracellular pigments in phytoplankton using resonance Raman
spectroscopy. Journal of Marine Chemistry, 164–173
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.09.005
R. E. Barletta and H. M. Dikes, 2014. Chemical analysis of sea ice vein μ-environments
using Raman spectroscopy Polar Record, doi:10.1017/S0032247413000922.
L. Chen, G. E. Mullen, M. Le Roch, C. G. Cassity, N. Gouault, H. Y. Fadamiro, R. E.
Barletta, R. A. O’Brien, R. E. Sykora, A. C. Stenson, K. N. West, H. E. Horne, J. M.
Hendrich, K. Rui, and J. H. Davis, Jr., 2014. On the Formation in Nature of a Protic Ionic
Liquid, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53, 11762 DOI:
10.1002/anie.201404402
R. E. Barletta, J. C. Priscu, H. M. Mader, W. L. Jones, C. H. Roe, 2012. Chemical
Analysis of Ice Vein μ-Environments II – Analysis of Glacial Samples from Greenland
and Antarctic, Journal of Glaciology, 58, 212 doi: 10.3189/2012JoG12J112.
R. E. Barletta, 2012. Raman Analysis of Blue Ice Tephra: An approach to
tephrachronological dating of ice cores. Antarctic Science, 24, 202,doi:
10.1017/S0954102011000885 (2012).
R. E. Barletta and C. H. Roe, 2011. Chemical analysis of ice vein μ-environments. Polar
Record doi:10.1017/S0032247411000635. Published online.
R. E. Barletta and C. H. Roe, 2010.Differential Raman cross section of dimethyl sulfide.
J. Raman Spectr., 42, 117.
R. E. Barletta, B. N. Gros and M. P. Herring, 2009. Analysis of Marine biogenic sulfur
compounds using Raman Spectroscopy: dimethyl sulfide and methane sulfonic acid.
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, doi 10.1002/jrs.2211.
R. E. Barletta and J. T. Veligdan, 1995. Resonance Raman Spectrum of Carbon
Tetrachloride, Applied Spectroscopy, 49(4), 532.
R. E. Barletta, 1990. Assessment of the Applicability of Raman Spectroscopy to the
Detection of Chemical Agents, BNL-44846.
R. E. Barletta, H. H. Claassen, R. L. McBeth, 1971. Raman Spectrum of S2, J. Chem.
Phys. 55, 5410.
R. E. Barletta and C. W. Brown, 1971. Raman Spectrum of Purple Sulfur, J. Phys. Chem.
75, 4059.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
At Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), I directed a Nuclear Regulatory
Commission-sponsored program, which specialized in developing short-term, timecritical information for licensing and decision-making. This work included evaluation of
low-level waste strategies involved in the clean up of Three Mile Island reactor.
At BNL, I was part of a multi-organizational design team in both fuels development and
instrumentation for a national Strategic Defense Initiative program. This included the
development of a unique technique for the production of carbide coatings (Apparatus and
Method for Laser Deposition of Durable Coatings, US Patent No. 5,441,569).
Based on work on both high temperature materials, and issues involving high-level
radioactive waste disposal at BNL, I was part of a development of novel processing and
containment system for vitrified high-level waste (In-Situ Vitrification of Waste Materials,
US Patent No. 5,678,237). This work became the basis of demonstration effort conducted
under the auspices of the Department of Energy by the Radioactive Isolation Consortium.