Research:
The main aim of my research is to advance fundamental knowledge relating to molecular collisions at extremely low temperatures, and provide data of use for models of dense interstellar clouds and planetary atmospheres. With IWM Smith and BR Rowe, I have developed the combination of the CRESU technique with laser photochemistry to study the kinetics of neutral gas phase species at temperatures down to 13 K, a world record for a radical-molecule reaction. This collaboration won us the EU Descartes Prize in 2000, and we still lead the world in this area. I have continued to develop the technique in collaboration with IWM Smith, BR Rowe, and other colleagues, applying it to the study of rotational energy transfer and the kinetics reactions involving carbon-containing radicals, of particular importance for the synthesis of interstellar molecules.
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