Allison E. Reed Harris

  • PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION

Thesis Title: 

A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Photochemistry of Pyruvic Acid: Implications for the Atmosphere

Education Background:

Macalester College: BA; Chemistry, Anthropology 2010

Smith College: Cert. Study; Mathematics 2011

University of Colorado, Boulder, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2017

Publications:   

  1. Reed Harris, A.E.; Cazaunau, M., Gratien, A., Pangui, E., Doussin, J-F; and Vaida, V., Atmospheric Simulation Chamber Studies of the Gas-Phase Photolysis of Pyruvic Acid, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 121 (44), pp 8348–8358. link
  2. Reed Harris, A.E.; Pajunoja, A.;  Cazaunau, M.; Gratien, A.; Pangui, E.; Monod, A.; Griffith, E.C.; Virtanen, A.; Doussin, J-F; Vaida, V., Multiphase Photochemistry of Pyruvic Acid under Atmospheric Conditions, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 121 (18), 3327–3339​. link
  3. Reed Harris, A.E.; Doussin, J.F.,  Carpenter B. K.;Vaida V. Gas-Phase Photolysis of Pyruvic Acid: The Effect of Pressure on Reaction Rates and Products, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2016, 120 (51), pp 10123–10133 link
  4. Reed Harris, A. E.; Ervens, B.; Shoemaker, R. K.; Kroll, J. A.; Rapf, R. J.; Griffith, E. C.; Monod, A.; Vaida, V., Photochemical Kinetics of Pyruvic Acid in Aqueous Solution. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2014, 118 (37), 8505-8516. link
  5. Renard, P.; Reed Harris, A. E.; Rapf, R. J.; Ravier, S.; Demelas, C.; Coulomb, B.; Quivet, E.; Vaida, V.; Monod, A., Aqueous Phase Oligomerization of Methyl Vinyl Ketone by Atmospheric Radical Reactions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2014, 118 (50), 29421-29430 link

Awards: 

  1. NSF Graduate Research Fellow, (2014-present)
  2. CIRES/CHEM Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Best Student Paper Award (2014-2015)