Physical Chemistry

Scott L. Anderson

Nanoscale surface chemistry, catalysis, nanoparticle mass spectrometry, high energy density nanoparticle fuels, development of new techniques for nanoscale surface analysis.

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Peter B. Armentrout

Mass spectrometry to study thermochemistry and dynamics of biological, environmental, organometallic and plasma reactions.

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Connor G. Bischak

Developing nanoscale spectroscopy platforms to uncover the relationship between chemical heterogeneity and transport processes in materials for clean energy

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Bethany Buck

Investigations of structure-function relationships in biomolecular interactions utilizing a combination of solution NMR spectroscopy, biophysics and molecular biology.

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Aurora Clark

Molecular dynamics of complex solutions and interfaces for environmental and energy applications, applied mathematics and data science

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Michael Grünwald

Computer simulation and theory of the dynamics and interactions of nanoparticles: Self-assembly, structural transformations of nanocrystals, nanocrystal growth, rare events sampling methods.

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Valeria Molinero

Computer simulations and statistical mechanics methods to investigate disordered materials, from monatomic liquids to nanostructured polyelectrolyte membranes.

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Michael D. Morse

Gas phase laser spectroscopy to study the electronic and geometric structure of metal and semiconductor clusters, and metal-ligand complexes.

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Rodrigo Noriega

Investigating the connection between structure and function in complex macromolecular materials, with interests both in artificial macromolecules (synthetic polymers) and in biological ones (proteins, DNA).

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Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry

Nanoparticle synthesis and assembly, plasmonics, interfacial chemical analysis, fabricated nanostructures, surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and microscopy, plasmon-based optical antennas, surface enhanced spectroscopy.

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Ryan P. Steele

Quantum theoretical methods for structure and dynamics; studies of renewable energy catalysts, biological ions, ion solvation, and their spectroscopic signatures.

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Jessica Swanson

Multiscale simulation and modeling of biomolecular and condensed phase systems

Phone: (801) 581-7485
Office: 4613 TBBC
j.swanson@utah.edu

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Luisa Whittaker-Brooks

Solid-state synthesis of inorganic/organic nanostructures, morphological and structural characterization by Synchrotron and in-house spectroscopy techniques, nanofabrication processes for energy conversion, batteries, and electronics.

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