B.S. Chemistry 1986, University of Missouri-Columbia. Ph.D. Chemistry, 1991, University of California-Berkeley. Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1985; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1987-1990; CEN-Saclay, Paris, 1990, 1991: Post-doctoral, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, 1991-1993; 1993-2000: Chemist Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Project director, Chemical Dynamics Beamline; 1995-2000; 2001-present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY-SB and Collaborating Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory. 2004 Department of Chemisty, Wayne State University, Detroit

Research Interests

Chemical Dynamics is a field poised at the intersection between chemistry and physics. It exploits sophisticated experimental and theoretical techniques to seek answers to the most basic questions one can ask about the dynamics of fundamental chemical encounters, questions such as: What are the products in a given reaction or photochemical process? What quantum states are produced? Which part of a molecule is most reactive? How does that change with collision energy, or temperature? What approach geometries are important? Where does the energy go in a reaction? How is the angular momentum distributed in the products?
Our research is directed along several lines, all of which take advantage of the powerful velocity map imaging technique to provide a detailed picture of a reaction or photodissociation event. Our particular interests in these studies are: to explore the role of radicals and excited states in chemistry; to investigate chemical reactivity in quantum mechanical detail; to explore the dynamics of reactions involving multiple electronic states and the role of nonadiabatic processes in reaction; and to develop new techniques to extend the range of chemical dynamics methods.