Nationality British Education University of Sussex Institutions University of Leeds | Alma mater University of Sussex Fields Chemistry, Physics Name Benjamin Whitaker | |
Born May 15, 1956 (age 67) ( 1956-05-15 ) | ||
Residence England, United Kingdom | ||
J Benjamin C Whitaker (born May 15, 1956) is Professor of Chemical Physics in the School of Chemistry at the University of Leeds.
Whitaker was educated at University College School, London and the University of Sussex (B.Sc. in chemical physics, 1978) where he also completed his doctorate on laser induced emission spectroscopy under the supervision of Professor Tony McCaffery (D.Phil., 1981). He is mainly known for work in molecular reaction dynamics and photofragment-ion imaging. He is also associated with some of the early chemical applications of the web with Henry Rzepa.
Selected publications
Whitaker, Benjamin J (ed.) (2003), Imaging in Molecular Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 810590 CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
Tsubouchi, M; Whitaker, BJ; Wang, L; Kohguchi, H; Suzuki, T (2001), "Photoelectron imaging on time-dependent molecular alignment created by a femtosecond laser pulse", Phys. Rev. Lett., 86: 4500–4503, Bibcode:2001PhRvL..86.4500T, PMID 11384268, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4500
Hall, G; Whitaker, BJ (1994), "Laser-induced grating spectroscopy", J. Chem. Soc. - Faraday Trans., 90: 1–16, doi:10.1039/FT9949000001
Suits, AG; Bontuyan, LS; Houston, PL; Whitaker, BJ (1992), "Differential cross-sections for state-selected products by direct imaging - Ar+NO", J. Chem. Phys., 96: 8618–8620, Bibcode:1992JChPh..96.8618S, doi:10.1063/1.462265
McCaffery, AJ; Proctor, MJ; Whitaker, BJ (1986), "Rotational energy transfer - polarization and scaling", Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 37: 223–244, Bibcode:1986ARPC...37..223M, doi:10.1146/annurev.pc.37.100186.001255
Whitaker, BJ; Brechignac, P (1983), "A new fitting law for rotational energy-transfer", Chem. Phys. Lett., 95: 407–412, Bibcode:1983CPL....95..407W, doi:10.1016/0009-2614(83)80583-1