PCCP Blog

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is pleased to announce that Professor Ove Christiansen of Aarhus University has joined our Advisory Board.

Ove received his PhD from Aarhus University in 1997 before moving to Mainz, Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow. Between 1999 and 2002 he was Assistant Professor at the University of Lund, Sweden before returning to Denmark to take up his current position.

His research interests are in theoretical chemistry, including internal dynamics, vibrational spectroscopy, hybrid methods for molecules in solution and biomolecular systems, coupled-cluster theory and wave function calculations.

Read these recent papers from Prof. Christiansen in PCCP:

Scrutinizing the effects of polarization in QM/MM excited state calculations
Kristian Sneskov, Tobias Schwabe, Ove Christiansen and Jacob Kongsted
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22067E

Unraveling the similarity of the photoabsorption of deprotonated p-coumaric acid in the gas phase and within the photoactive yellow protein
Tomás Rocha-Rinza, Kristian Sneskov, Ove Christiansen, Ulf Ryde and Jacob Kongsted
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01075H

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