Invited Lectures at International
Conferences
53. Reaction dynamics of electronically excited carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and
sulphur atoms with hydrocarbons in crossed beams
Frontiers of state-to-state dynamics”, PACIFICHEM 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,
15-20 December 2010
52. Laboratory studies on nitrile formation in the atmosphere of Titan:
Elementary reactions of electronically excited nitrogen N(2D) atoms and CN
radicals with hydrocarbons
4th Workshop on ‘Titan Chemistry – Observations, Experiments, Computations,
and Modeling’, Saint Jacut de la Mèr, France, 17-18 June 2010
51. Reaction dynamics of nitrogen and sulphur atoms with hydrocarbons:
Combined experimental and theoretical studies
“First Principles Quantum Chemistry: From Elementary Reactions to Enzymes” – An
international conference in honour of Hans-Joachim Werner 60th birthday. Bad
Herrenalb, Germany, 14-17 April 2010.
50. Crossed-beam reaction dynamics studies of atomic (C, N, O, S) and
molecular (C2, CN, C3H5) radicals
2009 Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer, Ventura, CA, USA
18-23 January 2009.
49. Recent progress in crossed molecular beam reactive scattering: The
stereodynamics of S(1D) reactions with C2H2, C2H4
and CH4
12th Int. Symposium of Stereodynamics of Chemical Reactions, Dalian, China,
13-18 October 2008.
48. Molecular beam studies of radical+molecule and radical+radical
reactions: Bridging the gap between crossed-beam dynamics and thermal kinetics
“Polanyi Lecture” at the XX International Symposium on Gas Kinetics,
Manchester, UK, 20-25 July 2008.
47. Crossed-beam reaction dynamics of atomic and molecular free-radicals:
From combustion to interstellar space and planetary atmosphere chemistry
Symposium on ”Electronic Structures and Reaction Dynamics of Open Shell Species”,
235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, 6-10 April 2008.
46. Chair and discussion leader of session on Reactive Collisions - Overview on Reactive Collisions, XXI Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 8-13 July 2007.
45. Concluding Remarks, XX Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer (COMET XX), Arcachon (FR), 3-7 June 2007.
44. Overview on Chemical Reaction Dynamics, Trends in Chemical Dynamics: From Small Molecules to Biomolecules - in celebration of Professor Yuan T. Lee 70th birthday, Hotel Royal Chiao Hsi, Yi-Lan County, Taiwan, 10-15 December 2006.
43. Recent progress in crossed molecular beam reaction dynamics: From
combustion to astrochemistry
2006 International Symposium on Stereodynamics of Chemical reactions (Stereodynamics
2006), Arcachon, France, 10-14 November 2006.
42. Recent progress in crossed molecular beam studies of radical-molecule
and radical-radical reactions
2006 DICP (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics) Symposium on Molecular Dynamics,
Dalian, China, 13-15 October 2006.
41. Recent progress in crossed molecular beam studies of radical-molecule
and radical-radical reactions: From combustion to astrochemistry
232th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA 10-15 September 2006.
40. Crossed molecular beam studies of radical-molecule and radical-radical
reaction dynamics
15th Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics, Obergurgl (Austria), 4-9
February 2006.
39. Overview and Discussion Leader of the session: Chemical Reaction Dynamics
Gordon Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer, Buellton, CA, USA 9-14 January
2005.
38. Crossed beam reactive scattering using "soft" electron-impact
ionization: Towards the universal product detection for radical-molecule and
radical-radical reactions
2004 Int. Symposium on Stereodynamics of Chemical reactions, Osaka, Japan,
28 November – 3 December 2004.
37. Molecular beam studies of radical-molecule and radical-radical
reactive collisions, Gordon Conference on Atomic and Molecular Interactions
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH (USA), 11-16 July 2004.
36. Crossed beam reactive scattering of open shell species using "soft"
electron impact ionization for product detection: Primary products, branching
ratios, and reaction dynamics
227th American Chemical Society National meeting, Anaheim, CA (USA), 28 March -
1 April 2004.
35. Crossed beam reactive scattering using "soft" electron impact
ionization for product detection: Bridging the gap between dynamics and kinetics
of polyatomic multi-channel reactions
XIX Conf. on the Dynamicas of Molecular Collisions, Lake Tahoe, CA (USA), 13-18
July 2003.
34. Recent progress in crossed beam reactive scattering: from simple
one-channel to complex multi-channel reactions
XVIII International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer (COMET XVIII),
San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain), 15-20 June 2003.
33. Crossed beam reactive scattering using "soft" electron impact
ionization for product detection: New opportunities in reaction dynamics
XX International Symposium On Molecular Beams, Lisbon (Portugal), 8-13 June
2003.
32. The dynamics of C(3P,1D) + C2H2
and C2H4 reactions
Stereodynamics of Chemical Reactions 2002, Schoorl (NL), 1-6 December 2002.
31. Crossed beam studies of elementary reactions of N and C atoms and CN
radicals of importance in combustion
Faraday Discussion on Combustion Chemistry, University of Leeds, 9-111 July
2001.
30. Recent Progress in Crossed Beam Studies of Reaction Dynamics
Gordon Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer, Ventura, CA (USA), 14-19 January
2001.
29. Recent Progress on Crossed-Molecular-Beam Studies of Atom and Radical
Reaction Dynamics
Gordon Conference on Atomic and Molecular Interactions, Colby-Sawyer College,
New London, NH (USA), 2-7 July 2000.
28. Crossed Beam Studies of the O(3P,1D)+CH3I
Reactions: Direct Evidence of Intersystem Crossing for Bent Geometries
Faraday Discussion on Stereochemistry and Control in Molecular Reaction Dynamics,
University of Leeds, 5-7 July 1999.
27. Free Radical Reaction Dynamics with Crossed Beams
25th International Symposium on Free Radicals, Flagstaff, Arizona (USA), 15-20
August 1999.
26. Molecular Beam Studies of Elementary Chemical Reactions
MOLEC XII - European Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Bristol (U.K.),
6-11 September 1998.
25. Chemical Reaction Dynamics with Molecular Beams
ECAMP VI - The Sixth European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Siena
(Italy), 14-18 July 1998.
24. The Role of OH Radicals in the Atmosphere
2nd Summer School on Trends in Molecular Physics: “Molecular Physics and
Chemical Reaction Dynamics: Fundamental aspects and Applications to Atmospheric
and Environmental Sciences”, Jonkerbosch Conference Centre, Nijmegen (The
Netherlands), 16-25 June 1998.
23. The Role of Excited Oxygen and Nitrogen Atoms in Atmospheric Reactions
2nd Summer School on Trends in Molecular Physics: “Molecular Physics and
Chemical Reaction Dynamics: Fundamental aspects and Applications to Atmospheric
and Environmental Sciences”, Jonkerbosch Conference Centre, Nijmegen (The
Netherlands), 16-25 June 1998.
22. Reactive Scattering by Crossed Molecular Beams
2nd Summer School on Trends in Molecular Physics: “Molecular Physics and
Chemical Reaction Dynamics: Fundamental aspects and Applications to Atmospheric
and Environmental Sciences”, Jonkerbosch Conference Centre, Nijmegen (The
Netherlands), 16-25 June 1998.
21. Molecular Beam Dynamics of Combustion Reactions
215th American Chemical Society National Meeting, “Combustion Symposium”,
Dallas, Texas (USA), 29 March-2 April 1998.
20. Dynamical Studies of X + H2 Reactions (X=Cl(2P),O(1D),N(2D),OH(2P)
Int. Symposium "Interactions of Oriented Molecules", Universität Bielefeld (DE),
30 June –3 July 1997.
19. Molecular Beam Reaction Dynamics of Atoms and Radicals
IMS International Conference on Electronic Structure and Reaction Dynamics,
Institute for Molecular Sciences (IMS), Okazaki (Japan), 17-20 March 1997.
18. Crossed Molecular Beam Reaction Dynamics of Atoms and Radicals
Modern Trends in Chemical Dynamics - An International Symposium, Academia
Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan, ROC), 8-12 Dec. 1996
17. Molecular Beam Reaction Dynamics of Atoms and Radicals
14th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics, Leeds (U.K.), 9-14 September
1996
16. Crossed Beam Reactive Scattering of Free Radicals
ACS (American Chemical Society) National Meeting, Symposium on "Bimolecular
Interactions of Small Free Radicals", Orlando, Florida (U.S.A.), 25-29 August
1996
15. Dynamics of Chemical Reactions of Astrophysical Interest
IAU Symposium 178 - Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes, Leiden (The
Netherlands), 1-5 July 1996
14. Crossed beam reaction dynamics of free radical
23rd International Symposium on Free Radicals Victoria, B.C. (Canada), 13-18
August 1995
13. Reaction dynamics of three-atom and four-atom systems
International Symposium "Gas Phase Chemical Reaction Systems: Experiments
and Models 100 Years after Max Bodenstein", Heidelberg (Germany), 25-28 July
1995
12. Crossed-beam studies of three-atom and four-atom reaction dynamics
XIV International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer (COMET XIV), Kloster
Banz (Germany), 25-30 June 1995
11. Molecular beam studies of Cl(2P3/2,1/2) + H2, D2: spin-orbit effects in chemical reaction dynamics, Steredynamics and Active Control in Chemical Reactions, Orsay - Gif sur Yvette (France), 12-14 December 1994
10. Overview and Discussion Leader of the session: Aligned reactions
Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer New Hampton School, New
Hampton (U.S.A.), 20-25 June 1993
9. Recent crossed beam studies on radical reactions: OH + D2 and OH + CO
1993 Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Helen, Georgia (U.S.A.),
6-11 June 1993
8. Four-atom reaction dynamics by crossed molecular beams
15th International Symposium on Molecular Beams, Berlin (Germany), 16-21 May
1993
7. Chemical reaction dynamics of radical species from crossed beam studies
1st South European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, (SECAMP-92),
Gandia, Valencia (Spain), 17-20 June 1992
6. Experimental determination of accurate van der Waals interaction
potentials
XVII International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
(XVII ICPEAC), Brisbane (Australia), 10-16 July 1991
5. Recent progress in the reactive scattering of oxygen atoms
13th International Symposium on Molecular Beams, El Escorial, Madrid (Spain),
2-7 June 1991
4. Potential energy surfaces for open shell species
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on “Dynamics of Polyatomic van der Waals
Complexes”, Château de Bonas, Castéra-Verduzan (France), 21-26 August 1989
3. Molecular beam studies of intermolecular forces
1989 Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Asilomar,
California (U.S.A.), 16-21 July 1989
2. Molecular Beam Studies of van der Waals Forces
MOLEC VII (VII European Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions), Assisi
(Italy), 5-9 September 1988
1. Crossed-molecular-beam experiments on nitric oxide cluster
International School of Physics Enrico Fermi – CVII Course “The Chemical Physics
of Atomic and Molecular Clusters” Varenna (Italy), June 28 – July 7, 1988