Research Associate Professor Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Box 92-6, CLSL 600 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 davidewoon AT gmail com dewoon AT illinois edu PhD in Physics/Metallurgical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1989 |
School of Chemical Sciences 
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| bond formation behavior in small molecules |
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| reaction surfaces |
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| intermolecular complexes, including reactions in clusters |
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| condensed phase and heterogeneous reaction modeling |
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| spectroscopic properties of small molecules (ground and excited electronic states) |
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| Computational Astrochemistry |
 NASA Emerging Worlds Program - studies of compound properties and chemical reactions
in protoplanetary disks, including ice-bound and gas-grain reactions, condensed media spectroscopic properties, and
photolysis and photoionization in ices (ongoing)
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NASA Planetary Atmospheres Program - studies of sulfur and sulfur/chlorine
compounds and their reactions in the atmosphere of Venus, in collaboration with Prof. Eric Herbst (completed)
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| Studies of Hypervalent Bonding - recoupled pair bonding in p-block elements and its influence on structure, spectra, and reactivity (projects with Thom H. Dunning, Jr.) |
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| Education - completed NSF-funded project to develop a module on atoms, molecules, and bonding for General Chemistry |
| CV | Astrochemistry Publications | Other Publications | Science Links | Personalia |
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| Humorous Science Quotes MRI Alumni website | |||||