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Rotational Friction in a room-temperature liquid
An article describing work on the reduction of the liquid friction to a rapidly-rotating diatomic reaction product appeared in Science magazine. Together with simulations from Rich Stratt's group at Brown University, this research is the first to pinpoint a specific molecular trigger leading to a breakdown in the linear-response behavior of a liquid.
USC Press Release
Melanoma and UV exposure
Christina To, an undergraduate research student in the group was featured on the public television show, Life and Times. Spurred on by her basic research work on UV damage mechanisms in our lab, Christina read a study by Myles Cockburn at USC Keck Medical School on the unexpected incidence of melanoma in the Latino population. As a result, Christina organized a volunteer outreach effort at local elementary schools in the University Park neighborhood. (Cockburn, our collaborator at USC Keck Medical School is also featured in the TV segment).
For more, read the College release. To see the Life and Times segment video click here.
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Chris Elles has accepted an Assistant Professor position at the University of Kansas. Best of luck!
Piotr Pieniazek successfully defended his PhD thesis. He will be starting his postodoc at UW-Madison in August. Fight on!
Stephen Bradforth is now a Professor of Chemistry. Congratulations on the promotion!
Four members of the Bradforth group (Christi Chester, Andrew Horning, Piotr Pieniazek, and Diana Suffern) have been recognized for their achievements at the 35th John Stauffer Symposium. You can see our smiling faces here.
Christina To was also honored with several of the university's highest honors to undergraduates. (USC Chronicle)
Christopher Rivera won a prestigious Ford Foundation Minority Fellowship for his Ph.D. studies at USC Chemistry. Chris' research focuses on understanding the solvent influence on photodissociation reactions, curve crossings and cage escape. He uses a combination of ultrahigh time resolution UV pump-dispersed probe spectroscopy and non-adiabatic molecular dynamics simulations.
Piotr A. Pieniazek's recent article on the electronic absorption spectrum of the CN radical was featured as a cover article in J. Phys. Chem. A. Piotr received a travel scholarship to attend the summer workshop on Probing the Dynamics of Liquids and Biomolecules in Telluride.
Steve Bradforth was quoted in several outlets including Wired Magazine, Business Week and the Washington Post in an AP press story on student classroom response systems.
Delmar Larsen (postdoc USC 2004-5) started as an Assistant Professor at UC Davis in Fall 2005.
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