Alumni

Previous Graduate Students

  1. John M. Skene, “The Spectroscopy and Dynamics of ICl-Rare Gas van der Waals Complexes”, 1988, now at Hewlett-Packard.
  2. Janet C. Drobits, “The Vibrational Predissociation Dynamics of ICl-Ne van der Waals Complexes”, 1988, now at the Dow Chemical Company (formerly Rohm and Haas).
  3. John M. Gardner, “Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization Spectroscopy of the Aluminum-Argon van der Waals Dimer”, 1989, now at Hewlett-Packard.
  4. Mitchell R. Brustein, “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of the OH-Ar van der Waals Complex”, 1991.
  5. Yujian Hong, “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of the NeICl van der Waals Complex in the Ion-Pair States”, 1991, now a Pastor in Vancouver, Canada.
  6. Cheng-Chi Chuang, “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of NH-Ar and OH-Ne Open Shell Complexes”, 1995, now a Principal Scientist at Schering-Plough Research Institute, Cambridge
  7. Richard A. Loomis, “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Hydroxyl Radical Complexes with Argon and Hydrogen”, 1995, now an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Washington University.
  8. Leanna C. Giancarlo, “Spectroscopy, Predissociation Dynamics, and Reactions of Free Radical Complexes”, 1996, now an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Mary Washington College.
  9. Rebecca L. Schwartz, “Double-Resonance Studies of Hydroxyl Radical Complexes with Hydrogen and Nitrogen”, 1997, now a Science and Technology Advisor for US Army Rapid Equipping Force employed through Ideal Innovations, Inc.
  10. R. Timothy Bonn, “Dynamic and Spectroscopic Investigation of Open-Shell Complexes of the Hydroxyl Radical with Argon, Nitrogen, and Carbon Monoxide”, 1999, now a Senior Consultant at Breakaway Technology, Inc.
  11. Michael W. Todd, “Spectroscopy and Scattering Dynamics of Hydroxyl Radicals in Complexes with Hydrogen and Deuterium”, 2000, now at Intune Technologies in Optoelectronics R&D in Dublin, Ireland.
  12. Maria Tsiouris, “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Complexes of the Hydroxyl Radical with Methane and Nitrogen”, 2001, now Lead Director, Merck.
  13. Bethany V. Pond [Erickson], “Infrared Spectroscopy of the OH-CO Reactant Complex and the Isoelectronic OH-N2 Complex as a Probe of the OH + CO → HOCO Reaction Pathway”, 2002, now an Applications Chemist at Agilent Technologies (formerly Varian).
  14. Ilana B. Pollack, “Infrared Spectroscopy and Vibrationally Mediated Dynamics of Peroxynitrous Acid and Reactant Complexes of OD with N2, CH4, and CO”, 2004, now a Research Scientist and Study Program Coordinator, Departments of Atmospheric Science and Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
  15. Margaret E. Greenslade, “Spectroscopic Detection and Decay Dynamics of the Hydroxyl Radical and its Reactant Complexes with Carbon Monoxide and Acetylene”, 2005, now an Associate Professor of Chemistry with tenure at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
  16. Eunice X. J. Li, “Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Structures, Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Redistribution, and Dissociation Dynamics of Peroxynitrous Acid and Nitric Acid”, 2006, now a Senior Product Development Scientist, ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB) Inc. Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA.
  17. Erika L. Derro [Coyne], “Infrared Spectroscopy, Vibrational Predissociation Dynamics and Stability of the Hydrogen Trioxy (HOOO) Radical and Estimation of its Abundance in the Atmosphere”, 2008, now Manager of New Product Development at Tiger Optics, Warrington, PA.
  18. Logan P. Dempsey, “Collisional Quenching of Electronically Excited OH A2Σ+ Radicals by Molecular Partners: Product Branching and Quantum State Distributions”, 2009, now a Research Scientist at Akzo-Nobel, Brewster, NY.
  19. Bridget O’Donnell, “IR-UV Spectroscopic Studies of OH and CN Radical Complexes”, 2012, now Manager of Raman Applications, Optical Spectroscopy Division, HORIBA Instruments, Edison, NJ.
  20. Julia H. Lehman, “Excited State Dynamics of Atmospheric Species: Collisional Quenching of OH A2Σ+ and Photodissociation of CH2I2 and CH2OO”, 2013, now a University Academic Fellow in Planetary Atmospheres at the University of Leeds, UK, following Postdoctoral Research at JILA with W.C. Lineberger, Boulder, CO.  [2010-11 Physical Chemistry Graduate Student Award; 2011-12 SAS Dean’s Scholar Award]
  21. Fang Liu, “Spectroscopy and Photo-Induced Chemistry of Atmospherically Significant Criegee Intermediates and Hydroxyl Radicals”, 2015, continued as a Postdoctoral Researcher (2015-16), and now a Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia University with Xiaoyang Zhu.  Award for Excellence in Chemistry Graduate Research (2014); DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Postdoctoral Research Award (2017).
  22. Hongwei Li, “Photo-Induced Dissociation Dynamics of Atmospherically Important Criegee Intermediates”, 2016, and now a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Missouri with Arthur Suits.
  23. Yi Fang, “Unimolecular Decay Dynamics of Atmospherically Important Criegee Intermediates”, 2017, now a Research Scientist at Unilever R&D Center, Shanghai, China.
  24. Amy M. Green, “Spectroscopic Investigation of Atmospherically Significant Criegee Intermediates and Hydroxyl Radicals”, 2017.
  25. Victoria P. Barber, “”Probing the Unimolecular Decay of Atmospherically Important Criegee Intermediates”, 2019, now a postdoctoral scholar at MIT with Jesse H. Kroll.
  26. Michael F. Vansco, “Electronic Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, and Reactivity of Isoprene-Derived Criegee Intermediates”, 2020, now a postdoctoral scholar at Argonne National Laboratory with Rebecca Caravan. Dynamics of Molecular Collision XXVII, Outstanding Poster Award (2019); Award for Distinguished Service to the Chemistry Department (2017), Graduate Teaching Awards (2015, 2016).
  27. Trisha K. Bhagde, “Infrared Spectroscopic Signature and Unimolecular Dissociation Dynamics of a Hydroperoxyalkyl Radical (•QOOH)”, 2022, now a postdoctoral researcher in the Laser Technology Group at LBNL.

Previous Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Scholars

  1. Robert L. Waterland (1987 – 88), now at DuPont.
  2. Thomas A. Stephenson (1988 – 89, 1991 – 92, 1997, 2004-05, 2010, 2018-2019), on sabbatical leaves from Swarthmore College where he is Professor of Chemistry and former Provost.
  3. Kenneth M. Beck (1988 – 90), now a Senior Research Scientist at Battelle PNL.
  4. William H. Green, Jr. (1991), now Hoyt C. Hottel Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT.
  5. Mary T. Berry (1987 – 1991), now Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair at the University of South Dakota.
  6. Robert W. Randall (1991 – 93).
  7. Seung E. Choi (1992 – 93), later a collaborator with Norbert F. Scherer at the University of Chicago.
  8. Ayman Habib (1995).
  9. Jeanne M. Hossenlopp (1997 – 98), on sabbatical leave from Marquette University where she is Professor of Chemistry, Vice Provost for Research, and Dean of the Graduate School.
  10. Martyn D. Wheeler (1998 – 99), later a Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Leicester (UK).
  11. David T. Anderson (1996 – 00), now Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wyoming.
  12. Helen O. Leung (2000 – 01), on sabbatical leave from Mount Holyoke College, now a Professor at Amherst College.
  13. Mark D. Marshall (2000 – 01, 2003 – 04), on sabbatical leave from Amherst College where he is Professor of Chemistry
  14. James B. Davey (2001 – 03), now at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), London, UK.
  15. Ranga Subramanian (2003), later a Postdoctoral Researcher with S. G. Kukolich at U. Arizona.
  16. Yuxiu Lei (2004 – 05), now pursuing a MA in Clinical Investigation, Boston University.
  17. Ian M. Konen (2002 – 06), later a Principal Scientist at Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA.
  18. Patricia A. Cleary (2005 – 07), now an Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI.
  19. Ergin Ahmed (2007 – 08), now an Assistant Professor (Research), Physics, Temple University.
  20. Craig Murray (2005 – 08), Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Chemistry, later a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Lecturer, Ultrafast Physical Chemistry, University of Glasgow, UK; now an Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA.
  21. Joseph M. Beames (2010 – 14), Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Chemistry, now a University Research Fellow and Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship awardee, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK.
  22. Nathan Kidwell (2014 – 16), now an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
  23. Greg T. Drozd (2016 – 17), Visiting Scholar, Ph.D. at Carnegie-Mellon University with N. M. Donahue and postdoctoral positions at Columbia and UC Berkeley, now an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colby College, Waterville, M
  24. Barbara Marchetti (2017 – 18), Marie Sklowdowska-Curie EU Postdoctoral Fellowship, now an instructor at the University of Louisiana.Shubhrangshu
  25. Shubhrangshu Pandit (2017-19), Ph.D. 2017, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, with A. Orr-Ewing; now a Postdoctoral Scholar with Vicki Grassian, UC San Diego (2019-).
  26. Adriana Caracciolo (2020-21), Ph.D. 2018, University of Perugia, Italy, with P. Casavecchia and Postdoctoral Research (2019-2020) with Tim Minton at Montana State University, now a Postdoctoral Scholar with Tim Minton at the University of Colorado (2021-).
  27. Anne Schou Reinholdt (2019 – 21), Ph.D. 2018, University of Copenhagen, DK, with H. G. Kjaergaard and SCIENCE PhD award; Postdoctoral Fellowships from Carlsberg Foundation (3/1/2019 to 9/31/2019) and Independent Research Fund Denmark (10/1/2019 to 12/31/2021), now System Engineer in R&D, Product Engineering, FOSS Analytics, Hillerød, Denmark.

Master’s Students

  1. Lu Lu, “Early time detection of OH radical products from energized Criegee intermediates CH2OO and CH3CHOO”, 2014.
  2. Melodie Mirth G. Ting, “Experimental Characterization of the Weakly Anisotropic CN X2Σ+ + Ne Potential from IR-UV Double Resonance Studies of the CN-Ne Complex”, 2011.
  3. Pesia Soloveichik, “Investigation of Coupling between OH Stretching and H2O Out of Plane Bending Modes in H2O-HO”, 2009.
  4. Timothy D. Sechler, “State-to-State Vibrational Energy Transfer in OH A2Σ+ with N2”, 2009.

Recent Undergraduate Research Students

  1. Zachary Zimmerman (2017), Muhlenberg College
  2. Victoria P. Barber (2015), Swarthmore College
  3. Colin J. Wallace (2012), James Madison University
  4. Jesse Bertrand (2010), Swarthmore College

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