PCCP Blog

We are delighted to announce that Professor Benny Gerber has joined the Editorial Board of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP).

Professor Gerber received his B.S. degree in 1965 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his D.Phil. in 1968 from the University of Oxford. He now splits his time between the Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the University of California Irvine.

Within the broad fields of theoretical and computational chemistry his research covers the chemistry and chemical dynamics of noble gas atoms, vibrational spectroscopy of large molecules, mechanisms and dynamics of processes in atmospheric chemistry and dynamics of molecules processes at low temperatures.

Read a selection of Prof. Gerber’s recent PCCP papers today:

Stability of noble-gas hydrocarbons in an organic liquid-like environment: HXeCCH in acetylene
Ehud Tsivion and R. Benny Gerber
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22607J

Raman spectra of long chain hydrocarbons: anharmonic calculations, experiment and implications for imaging of biomembranes
Jiří Šebek, Liat Pele, Eric O. Potma and R. Benny Gerber
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20618D

Conformational transitions of glycine induced by vibrational excitation of the O–H stretch
Michaela Shmilovits-Ofir, Yifat Miller and R. Benny Gerber
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01385D

Predicted compounds of radon with acetylene and water
Ehud Tsivion and R. Benny Gerber
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00875C

We are pleased to welcome Professor Ron Naaman as a member of the Advisory Board of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP).

Professor Naaman completed his graduate studies at the Ben Gurion University at Beer-Sheva, Israel, and at the Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel from 1973-1977, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University between 1977 and 1979 and a  lectureship in the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University in 1979. Since 1992 Prof. Naaman has been based at the Department of Chemical Physics in The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

Professor Namaan’s current research interests cover a broad range of topics including molecular electronics, electron transfer in monolayers, photoelectron spectroscopy and the magnetic properties of monolayers. His group applies their findings to the production of hybrid devices and sensors.

Read Professor Namaan’s excellent PCCP Perspective article on nano-devices today:

Molecular controlled nano-devices
Ron Naaman
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21106D

We are delighted to announce that Professor Charusita Chakravarty has joined the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) Advisory Board.

Professor Chakravarty completed her Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor D. C. Clary at the University of Cambridge followed by postdoctoral studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Cambridge.
Prof. Chakravarty joined the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1994.

Her research covers the development and application of both quantum and classical computational methods towards understanding the properties of liquids. Recently her work has focused on the study of the anomalous properties of water since hydration is a fundamental process in many chemical and biological systems.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is delighted to welcome Professor Marco Garavelli to our Advisory Board.

Marco received his Laurea in Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude) in 1994 from the University of Bologna, where he subsequently also studied for his PhD. Between 1998-1999 he worked as a Research Associate at King’s College London and in 1999 he joined the University of Bologna as a lecturer.

His research interests are in theoretical and computational chemistry, with particular focus on the simulation of the (chemical and photochemical) reactivity of large molecules and the interactions between complex molecular systems and external stimuli (e.g. photons).

Read Marco’s recent PCCP articles by following the links below:

Product formation in rhodopsin by fast hydrogen motions
Oliver Weingart, Piero Altoè, Marco Stenta, Andrea Bottoni, Giorgio Orlandi and Marco Garavelli
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02496A

Adenine deactivation in DNA resolved at the CASPT2//CASSCF/AMBER level
Irene Conti, Piero Altoè, Marco Stenta, Marco Garavelli and Giorgio Orlandi
DOI: 10.1039/B926608A

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is delighted to announce that Professor Mattanjah de Vries, of the University of California Santa Barbara, has joined the Advisory Board of the journal.

Professor de Vries received his BSc in Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy from the University of Amsterdam in 1971 and his Masters in Nuclear Physics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in 1975. He returned to the University of Amsterdam to study for his PhD in Chemical Physics, graduating in 1980.

His current research covers the use of gas phase techniques to study isolated molecules and the study of fragile organic molecules using laser mass spectrometry.

Professor de Vries latest PCCP article appeared in the themed issue on the Molecular mechanisms of the photostability of life.

Read his exciting research article today:

The effect of C5 substitution on the photochemistry of uracil
Dana Nachtigallová, Hans Lischka, Jaroslaw J. Szymczak, Mario Barbatti, Pavel Hobza, Zsolt Gengeliczki, Gustavo Pino, Michael P. Callahan and Mattanjah S. de Vries
DOI: 10.1039/B925803P