Robert Parson

  • Professor Emeritus
  • CHEMISTRY

Education

Ph.D.: University of Michigan, 1984
Fellow of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA)

Areas of Expertise

Reaction Dynamics, Theoretical Chemistry

Theoretical Dynamics of Molecules and Clusters

N. Delaney, J. Faeder, and R. Parson "Photodissociation and Recombination of solvated I2-: What causes the transient absorption peak?" J. Chem. Phys.111, 452, 1999.

N. Delaney, J. Faeder, and R. Parson "Simulation of UV photodissociation of I2-· (CO2)n : Spin-orbit quenching via solvent mediated electron transfer", J. Chem. Phys.111, 651, 1999.

S. Nandi, A. Sanov, N. Delaney, J. Faeder, R. Parson, and W. C. Lineberger, "Photodissociation of I2-· (OCS)n cluster ions: Structural implications" J. Phys. Chem. A102, 8827, 1998.

J. Faeder, N. Delaney, P. E. Maslen, and R. Parson, "Modeling Structure and Dynamics of Solvated Molecular Ions: Photodissociation and Recombination in I2-· (CO2)n", Chemical Physics, 239, 525, 1998.

P. E. Maslen, J. Faeder and R. Parson, "An Effective Hamiltonian for an Electronically Excited Solute in a Polarizable Molecular Solvent", Molecular Physics94, 693, 1998.

J. Faeder and R. Parson, "Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics in Cluster Ions: Simulation of the Transient Photoelectron Spectrum of I2- Ar n Photodissociation", J. Chem. Phys., 108, 3909, 1998.

B. Ladanyi and R. Parson, "Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Ions in Clusters: I2- in flexible CO2", J. Chem. Phys., 107, 9326, 1997.

R. Parson and J. Faeder, "Ultrafast reaction dynamics in molecular cluster ions", Science276, 1660, 1997.