Sustainable catalysis perspectives

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James G. Anderson is Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Harvard University. He received his B.S. in physics from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. in physics-astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado. His research addresses three domains within physical chemistry (1) chemical reactivity viewed from the microscopic perspective of electron structure, molecular orbitals, and reactivities of radical-radical and radical-molecule systems (2) chemical catalysis sustained by free-radical chain reactions that dictate the macroscopic rate of chemical transformation in the Earth s stratosphere and troposphere and (3) mechanistic links between chemistry, radiation, and dynamics in the atmosphere that control climate. Studies are carried out both in the laboratory, where elementary processes can be isolated, and within natural systems, in which reaction networks and transport patterns are dissected by establishing cause and effect using simultaneous, in situ detection of free radicals, reactive intermediates, and long-lived tracers. Professor Anderson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. 

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