XXIX Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Conference | July 6-11, 2025 | Snowbird, Utah
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2025 DMC Schedule
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2025 DMC Program Book
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Speaker Abstracts
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Poster Abstracts
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NSF chemistry funding faces 75% cut
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Sunday, July 6 |
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3:00 pm-6:00 pm |
Check-in and badge pickup |
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6:00 pm-7:30 pm |
Dinner |
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7:30 pm-9:00 pm |
Welcome and Keynote Address |
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7:30 pm-7:45 pm |
Welcome by Amy Mullin (University of Maryland) |
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7:45 pm-8:00 pm |
Keynote Introduction by Art Utz (Tufts University) |
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8:00 pm-8:45 pm |
Keynote Address by Alec Wodtke (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Science and Institute for Physical Chemistry, Göttingen) “A Golden Age of Quantitative Chemistry: Experiment, Theory and the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions”
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8:45 pm-9:00 pm |
Discussion |
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9:00 pm |
Reception |
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Monday July 7 |
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7:00 am-8:10 am |
Breakfast |
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8:10 am-12:00 pm |
Bimolecular Collision Dynamics |
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8:10 am-8:25 am |
Session Introduction: Stephen Klippenstein (Argonne National Laboratory)
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8:25 am-8:55 am
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Richard D Thomas (Stockholm University) “Probing molecular mutual neutralization reactions of atmospheric importance using the ion storage facility DESIREE”
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8:55 am-9:05 am |
Discussion |
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9:05 am-9:35 am |
Jennifer Meyer (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau) “Dynamics of CO2 action by transition metal ions: Competition between spin-changing and spin-conserving pathways”
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9:35 am- 9:45 am |
Discussion |
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9:45 am-10:05 am |
Andrew Petit (California State University, Fullerton) “New Insights into the Electronic Quenching of NO* with Acetylene: Energy Transfer Versus the Harpoon Mechanism”
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10:05 am- 10:10 am |
Discussion |
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10:10 am-10:40 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:40 am-11:10 am |
Richard Dawes (Missouri University of Science and Technology) “Methods for PES Construction with Applications: Typical and Special Cases, Diabatization, and the Long Range”
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11:10 am-11:20 am |
Discussion |
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11:20 am- 11:50 am |
Arthur Suits (University of Missouri) “New Probes of Kinetics and Spectroscopy in Supersonic Flows”
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11:50 am-12:00 pm |
Discussion |
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12:00 pm-1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm-5:00 pm |
Afternoon Break |
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5:00 pm-6:00 pm |
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Greta Jacobson (University of Washington) “Machine Learning Approaches for Developing Potential Surfaces: Applications to OH-(H2O )n (n=1-4) Complexes” Yang Liu (University of New Mexico) “Kinetics and Product Branching in Dihydrogen Activation by Gaseous Manganese Oxide Cations” Olivia Krohn (Sandia National Laboratory) “Ultrahigh Velocity Resolution for Inelastic Scattering Dynamics” Chow Shing Lam (University of Oxford) “Probing the Ultrafast Dynamics of Nitrobenzene through Time-Resolved Coulomb Explosion Imaging” Chao He (University of Basel) “Exploring the Chemi-ionization of Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) with Metastable Neon via Velocity Map Imaging” John Hack (University of California, Berkeley) “Coherent Vibrations in C-I Bond Dissociation Studied with Carbon K-edge Transient Absorption” Simone DeSouza (University of Maryland) “Dynamics of Optically Centrifuged N2O in Extreme Rotational States Studied with Transient IR Absorption Spectroscopy” Madison Foreman (University of California, Berkeley) “Molecular Beam Scattering from Flat Liquid Jets: Exploring Dynamics at the Aqueous Interface”
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6:00-7:15 pm |
Dinner |
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7:15 pm-9:30 pm |
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7:15 pm- 7:30 pm |
Session Introduction: Stephen Bradforth (University of Southern California)
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7:30 pm-8:00 pm |
Ward Thompson (University of Kansas) “Activation Energies Beyond Arrhenius”
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8:00 pm-8:10pm |
Discussion |
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8:10 pm-8:40 pm |
Chris Elles (University of Kansas) “Ultrafast Dynamics of Manganese Tricarbonyl Coordination Complexes”
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8:40 pm-8:50 pm |
Discussion |
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8:50 pm-9:20 pm |
Graham Worth (University College London) “Simulating Non-adiabatic in Photo-excited Reactions using Direct Quantum Dynamics”
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9:20 pm-9:30 pm |
Discussion |
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9:30 pm |
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Tuesday, July 8 |
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7:00 am-8:10 am |
Breakfast |
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8:10 am – 12:00 pm |
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8:10 am-8:25 am |
Session Introduction: Marsha Lester (University of Pennsylvania)
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8:25 am-8:55 am |
Mike Duncan (University of Georgia) “Infrared and UV-Visible Photodissociation of Organometallic Cations”
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8:55 am- 9:05 am |
Discussion |
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9:05 am-9:35 am |
Daniel Neumark (University of California, Berkeley) “Photodissociation dynamics investigated using XUV and soft x-ray attosecond transient absorption”
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9:35 am-9:45 am |
Discussion |
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9:45 am-10:05 am |
Joseph McManus (University of Oxford) “Tracking ultrafast structural change in photoexcited cis and trans isomers”
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10:05 am-10:10 am |
Discussion |
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10:10 am-10:40 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:40 am-11:10 am |
Katharine Tibbetts “Ultrafast Photodissociation Dynamics in Energetic Molecules”
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Discussion |
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11:20-11:50 am |
Jingsong Zhang “Isomer selected photochemistry of C4H7 radicals”
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11:50 am-12:00 pm |
Discussion |
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12:00 pm- 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm-5:00 pm |
Afternoon Break |
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5:00 pm-7:15 pm |
Dynamics and Potential Energy Surfaces- In Memory of David Yarkony
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5:00 pm-5:15 pm |
Session Introduction: Hua Guo (University of New Mexico) |
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5:15 pm-5:45 pm |
Spiridoula Matsika (Temple University) “Modeling Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics”
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5:45 pm-5:55 pm |
Discussion |
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5:55 pm- 6:25 pm |
Michael Schuurman (University of Ottawa) “The UV Absorption and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Ethylene: A New Theoretical Model”
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6:25 pm – 6:35 pm |
Discussion |
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6:35 pm-7:05 pm |
Benjamine Levine (Stonybrook University) “First Principles Simulation of Coherent Dynamics on Many Electronic States”
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7:05 pm-7:15 pm |
Discussion |
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7:15 pm-8:15 pm |
Dinner |
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8:15 pm |
Poster Session 2 (A posters)
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Wednesday, July 9 |
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7:00 am-8:10 am |
Breakfast |
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8:10 am-12:00 pm |
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8:10 am-8:25 am |
Session Introduction by Art Utz (Tufts University) |
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8:25-8:55 am |
David Nesbitt (JILA, University of Colorado) “Making a Splash: Chemical Physics at the Gas-Liquid Interface”
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8:55 am-9:05 pm |
Discussion |
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9:05 am-9:35 am |
Theofanis Kitsopoulos “Applying Ion Imaging Methods to Site Specific Elementary Reactions in Heterogeneous Catalysis”
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9:35 am-9:45 am |
Discussion |
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9:45 am-10:05 am |
Mihai E. Vaida “Facet-Dependent Ultrafast Photoinduced Reaction Dynamics of CH3I Ion TiO2 Surfaces”
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10:05 am-10:10 am |
Discussion |
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10:10 am-10:40 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:40 am-11:10 am |
G. Barratt Park (Texas Tech University) “State-to-State Scattering of Open Shell Atoms from Surfaces”
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10:10 am-10:20 am |
Discussion |
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11:20 am-11:50 am |
George Schatz (Northwestern University) “Nonadiabatic Dynamics and Ionization in N+ N and N + O Collisions”
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11:50 am – 12:00 pm |
Discussion |
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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Afternoon Break |
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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
Business Meeting |
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6:00 pm – 7:15 pm |
Dinner |
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7:15 pm-9:25 pm |
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7:15 pm-7:25 pm |
Session Introduction: Arthur Suits (University of Missouri) |
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7:25 pm-7:35 pm |
Introduction of David Chandler: Marsha Lester (University of Pennsylvania) |
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7:35 pm-8:15 pm |
David W. Chandler (Sandia National Laboratory) “Measuring Velocity With High Resolution for Low Energy Molecules and Electrons”
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8:15 pm-8:25 pm |
Discussion |
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8:25 pm-8:35 pm |
Introduction of Anne McCoy: Hua Guo (University of New Mexico) |
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8:35 pm-9:15 pm |
Anne B. McCoy (University of Washington) “Deciphering spectral signatures of proton delocalization in complexes of hydroxide and hydronium ions with water molecules”
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9:15 pm-9:25 pm |
Discussion |
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9:25 pm |
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Thursday, July 10 |
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7:00 am-8:10 am |
Breakfast |
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8:10 am-12:00 pm |
Spectroscopy, Dynamics, and Electronic Structure: In Memory of John Stanton
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8:10 am-8: 25 am |
Session Introduction: Anne McCoy (University of Washington) |
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8:25 am – 8:55 am |
Jan Martin (University of Florida) “Exploiting a Shortcoming of Coupled-Cluster Theory: The Extent of non-Hermiticity as a Diagnostic Indicator of Computational Accuracy”
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8:55 am-9:05 am |
Discussion |
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9:05 am-9:35 am |
Rigoberto Hernandez (Johns Hopkins University) “Classical and Semiclassical Transition State Theory: Old and New”
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9:35 am-9:45 am |
Discussion |
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9:45 am-10:05 am |
Yaolong Zhang (University of New Mexico) SchrödingerNet: A Universal Neural Network Solver for The Schrödinger Equation
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10:05 am-10:10 am |
Discussion |
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10:10 am-10:40 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:40 am-11:10 am |
David Tannor (Weizman Institute of Science) “Two Hundred Years after Hamilton: Exploring New Formulations of Classical and Quantum Mechanics”
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10:10 am-11:20 am |
Discussion |
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11:20 am-11:50 am |
Carolin Anna Joy (Marquette University) “Recent Advances in Mixed Quantum/Classical Theory (MQCT) for Molecule + Molecule Collisions”
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11:50 am-12:00 pm |
Discussion |
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12:00 pm -1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm-5:00 pm |
Afternoon Break |
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5:00 pm-7:15 pm |
Quantum Control of Reaction Dynamics
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5:00 pm-5:15 pm |
Session Introduction: Amy Mullin (University of Maryland) |
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5:15 pm-5:45 pm |
Marissa Weichman (Princeton University) “New Platforms for Molecular Polariton Dynamics”
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5:45 pm-5:55 pm |
Discussion |
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5:55 pm-6:25 pm |
Helen Chadwick (Swansea University) “Rotationally controlled hydrogen-surface reactions”
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6:25 pm-6:35 pm |
Discussion |
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6:35 pm-7:05 pm |
Yu Liu (University of Maryland) “Advancing reaction dynamics with ultracold molecules”
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7:05 pm-7:15 pm |
Discussion |
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7:15 pm-8:15 pm |
Dinner |
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8:15 pm |
Poster Session 4 (B posters)
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Friday, July 11 |
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7:00 am-8:10 am |
Breakfast |
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8:10 am – 8:25 am |
Applications of Molecular Collision Dynamics
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8:10 am-8:15 am |
Session Introduction: Ahren Jasper (Argonne National Laboratory)
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8:25 am-8:55 am |
Robert Continetti (University of California, San Diego) “Hypervelocity Ice Grain Impact Mass Spectrometry and the Search for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures”
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8:55 am-9:05 am |
Discussion |
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9:05 am-9:35 am |
Arkke Eskola (University of Helsinki) “Direct Kinetic Studies of Unimolecular and Bimolecular Reactions of Criegee Intermediates”
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9:35 am-9:45 am |
Discussion |
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9:45 am-10:05 am |
Shane Goettl (University of Hawaii) “Gas-Phase Synthesis of Cyclic Silicon Dicarbide (c-SiC2) and Bicyclic Silicon Tricarbide (c-SiC3) via Single Collision Events from Acyclic Transients”
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10:05 am-10:10 am |
Discussion |
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10:10 am-10:40 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:40 am-11:10 am |
Denisia Popolan-Vaida (University of Central Florida) “Influence of Carbon Chain Length, Functionality, and Reaction Environment on C1-C7 Criegee Intermediates Reaction Networks”
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11:10 am-11:20 am |
Discussion |
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11:20 am-11:50 am |
Brandon Rotavera (University of Georgia) “Bimolecular Reactions of Cyclic Ether Radicals”
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11:50 am-12:00 pm |
Discussion |
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12:00 pm-12:05 pm |
Thanks and DMC XXX Ahren Jasper |
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12:05 pm-1:30 pm |
Box lunches in lobby outside lecture hall |
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