Fundamental Interactions

Chemical Dynamics

Stephen T. Pratt, Senior Chemist and Group Leader
phone: 630/252-4199, fax: 630/252-9292, e-mail: stpratt@anl.gov

Michael J. Davis, Senior Chemist
phone: 630/252-4802, fax: 630/252-9292, e-mail: davis@tcg.anl.gov

Yuri Georgievski, Computational Chemistry Specialist
phone: 630/252-3706, e-mail: ygeorgi@anl.gov

Lawrence B. Harding, Argonne Distinguished Fellow
phone: 630/252-3591, fax: 630/252-9292, email: harding@anl.gov

• Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
• Applications of ab initio electronic structure theory
• Theoretical chemical kinetics

Stephen J. Klippenstein, Senior Chemist
phone: 630/252-3596, fax: 630/252-9292, e-mail: sjk@anl.gov

• Ph.D., Theoretical Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
• Theoretical chemical kinetics
• Combustion chemistry
• Atmospheric chemistry
• Interstellar chemistry

Robert G. (Glen) Macdonald, Chemist
phone: 630/252-7742, fax: 630/252-4470, e-mail: rgmacdonald@anl.gov

Joe V. Michael, Senior Chemist
phone: 630/252-3171, fax: 630/252-4470, e-mail: jmichael@anl.gov

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Rochester
• Chemical kinetics in the gas phase
• Stratospheric kinetics with flow tubes and absorption / fluorescence methods
• Combustion chemistry using shock tubes

Branko Ruscic, Senior Chemist
phone: 630/252-4079, fax: 630/252-4081, e-mail: ruscic@anl.gov

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Zagreb
• Thermochemistry (experimental and theoretical)
• Photoionization mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy
• Active thermochemical tables and thermochemical networks
• Study of radicals and other transient species relevant in combustion and atmospheric chemistry
• Active tables, informational manifolds, and optimizations of data interdependencies

Ron Shepard, Senior Chemist
phone: 630/252-3584, fax: 630/252-4470, e-mail: shepard@tcg.anl.gov

Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, Assistant Chemist
phone: 630/252-1771, fax: 630/252-4470, e-mail: raghu@anl.gov

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Shock tube studies of gas phase reactions relevant to combustion
• Development of chemical kinetic models for fuel surrogates
• Computational chemistry

Robert S. Tranter, Chemist
Phone 630/252-6505, e-mail tranter@anl.gov

• Ph.D., Combustion Chemistry, University of Hull, UK
• Experimental gas phase kinetics
• Combustion chemistry
• Soot formation
• Development of experimental methods
• Shock tubes, flow reactors and mass spectrometry

Albert F. Wagner, Argonne Distinguished Fellow
phone: 630/252-3597, e-mail: wagner@anl.gov

Gokhan Altinay, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: 630/252-7792, e-mail: galtinay@anl.gov

Christopher Annesley, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: 630/252-1734, e-mail: cannesley@anl.gov

Michael Burke, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: TBD, e-mail: TBD

Wei Liu, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: TBD, e-mail: TBD

Patrick Lynch, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: 630/252-1734, e-mail: plynch@anl.gov

Sebastian Peukert, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: TBD, e-mail: TBD

Amit Sharma, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: 630/252-3374, e-mail: asharma@anl.gov

Hong Xu, Postdoctoral Appointee
phone: 630/252-7314, e-mail: hongxu@anl.gov

Scott R. Brozell, STA Assistant Chemist
phone: TBD, e-mail: TBD

John H. Kiefer, STA Senior Chemist
e-mail: kiefer@anl.gov

James A. Miller, STA Senior Chemist
e-mail: jamiller@anl.gov

Michael Minkoff, STA Computer Scientist
phone: 630/252-7234, e-mail: minkoff@tcg.anl.gov

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Wisconsin
• High-performance computational chemistry methods
• Calculation of potential energy surfaces

Melita Morton Balch, STA Assistant Chemist
phone: 630/252-4083, e-mail: mlmorton@anl.gov

Other Areas

• Management and Support
• Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
• Solar Conversion

January 2012