Bruce C Garrett
Director, Chemical Sciences Division, Fundamental and Computational Sciences DirectorateCurrent Activities and Projects
- Extension of variational transition state theory to treat solvent effects on chemical reactions.
- Dynamical Nucleation Theory: a molecular approach to multi-component homogeneous vapor-to-liquid nucleation.
- Development of potentials for interaction of radical species such as OH with water.
Research Interests
Chemical Reaction Rate Theory: Development of theoretical methods for predicting rates of chemical reactions that are important in the environment. In particular, study the effects of molecular environment (liquids, solids, and interfaces) on chemical reaction rates.
Interphase Mass Transfer: Development of a molecular-level understanding of the structure and energetics of interfaces and how they effect the transfer of solute molecules between phases.
Homogeneous Vapor-to-Liquid Nucleation: Development of molecular theories to describe the kinetics of gas-to-liquid nucleation important in the atmosphere.
Past Experience
Prior to joining the EMSL, Dr. Garrett was co-founder and research scientist of Chemical Dynamics Corporation (1980-1989) and a research scientist in the Chemical Physics Group at Battelle Columbus Labs (1979-1980).
Education
Dr. Garrett obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1977 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota from 1977-1979.
Awards, Honors, & Appointments
Promoted to Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in June 1994.
Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1999
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Secretary/Treasurer of the Division of Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 2001-2007.
