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Education
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 B.S. , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1/1964
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Ph.D. , Weizmann Institute of Science, 1/1972
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Reisler is the first holder of the new Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair in Science and Engineering endowed by the women in science and engineering (WiSE) program. An internationally recognized chemist with a distinguished research program, she studies detailed mechanisms of chemical reactions in the gas and condensed phases by using laser and molecular-beam techniques. In particular, she is interested in identifying primary steps and nascent product state distributions, and understanding reaction mechanisms at the molecular level. Her research interests are relevant to environmental, atmospheric and combustion chemistry as well as to the fundamental chemistry of new energy sources.
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Research Specialties
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
The research program is concerned with unimolecular decomposition of free radicals and other transient species. For example, state specific studies of hydroxyalkyl and chloromethyl radicals, the NO dimer, and other weakly bound species have revealed detailed mechanisms of energy flow and state interactions. Recent results include state-specific studies of the predissociation of hydrogen bonded dimers, such as acetylene with HCl and ammonia. The experimental arrangements include molecular beams and ion and photoelectron imaging, as well as the core sampling version of time-of-flight translational spectroscopy. The decomposition of metastable nitrogen-rich compounds is studied via their photoelectron and absorption spectra and state-specific identification of product states. Theoretical modeling is an important aspect of all these projects. Studies of gas-surface and solid state interactions are carried out in collaboration with Professor Curt Wittig. The IR spectroscopy of thin films of solid water deposited on MgO (100) reveals details of the molecular solid structure. Changes in the IR spectroscopy of guest molecules such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide reveal transport mechanisms, including trapping and desorption in thin ice films.
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Conferences and Other Presentations
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Conference Presentations
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"Imaging the dynamic spectroscopy of predissociating weakly hydrogen-bonded dimers", Western Spectroscopy Meeting, Talk, Monterey, CA, Invited, 2006-2007
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"Imaging the predissociation dynamics of weakly hydrogen-bonded dimers", Dynamics of Molecular Collisions , Talk, Santa Fe, Invited, 2006-2007
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"Nonadiabatic interactions and predissociation in open shell systems", American Chemical Society Meeting, Talk, San Fransisco, CA, Invited, 2006-2007
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Other Research
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RESEARCH GROUP
a) Graduate Students:
Oscar Rebolledo Mayoral (Fall 06); joint with C. Wittig
Sergey Malyk (Fall 01) joint with C. Wittig
Igor Fedorov (Fall 02)
Boris Karpichev (Spring 03)
Laura Edwards (Fall 2004)
Mikhail Ryazanov (Fall 2004)
Blythe Casterling (Fall 2005)
b) Postdoctoral Fellows:
Guosheng Li (left for PNNL)
Andrew Mollner
c) Undergraduate Students
Mark Anderson (Chem Eng)
, 2006-2007
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works
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Publications, Parr, J. A., Li, G., Fedorov, I., McCaffery, A. J., and Reisler, H. "Imaging the state-specific vibrational predissociation of the C2H2-NH3 hydrogen-bonded dimer," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 (2007): 7589-7598. , 2006-2007
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Publications, Fedorov, I., Koziol, L., Li, G. S., Parr, J. A., Krylov, A. I., and Reisler, H. "Theoretical and experimental investigations of the electronic rydberg states of diazomethane: Assignments and state interactions," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 (2007): 4557-4566., 2006-2007
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Publications, Levchenko, S. V., Reisler, H., Krylov, A. I., Gessner, O., Stolow, A., Shi, H. C., and East, A. L. L. "Photodissociation dynamics of the NO dimer. I. Theoretical overview of the ultraviolet singlet excited states - art. no. 084301," Journal of Chemical Physics 125 (2006): 84301-84301. , 2006-2007
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Publications, Wei, J., Karpichev, B., and Reisler, H. "Unimolecular processes in CH2OH below the dissociation barrier: O-H stretch overtone excitation and dissociation - art. no. 034303," Journal of Chemical Physics 125 (2006): 34303-34303. , 2006-2007
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Publications, Li, G. S., Parr, J., Fedorov, I., and Reisler, H. "Imaging study of vibrational predissociation of the HCl-acetylene dimer: pair-correlated distributions," Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 8 (2006): 2915-2924. , 2006-2007
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Publications, Kumi, G., Malyk, S., Hawkins, S., Reisler, H., and Wittig, C. "Amorphous solid water films: Transport and guest-host interactions with CO2 and N2O dopants," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110 (2006): 2097-2105., 2006-2007
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Publications, Geßner, O; Lee, AMD; Shaffer, JP; Reisler, H; Levchenko, SV; Krylov, AI; Underwood, JG; Shi, H; East, ALL; Wardlaw, DM; Chrysostom, ETH; Hayden, CC; Stolow, A., Femtosecond multidimensional imaging of a molecular dissociation, Science, 311, 219-222 (2006)., 2007-2008
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Honors and Awards
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Endowed Chair, Lloyd Armstrong, Jr. Chair for Science and Engineering, 9/1/2002-8/15/2008
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USC-Mellon Mentoring Award, 4/2007
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USC Remarkable Woman Award, 3/2007
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Herbert P. Broida Prize sponsored by the American Physical Society, 2005
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 2000
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Service to the University
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Administrative Appointments
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Coordinator: Wise lunch networking meetings, 2007-2008
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