R. James Cross, Jr. Biographical Sketch
Mail: Yale Chemistry Dept., PO Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA

E-mail: james.cross@yale.edu

Office: 251 Sterling Chem. Lab. (225 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511)

Phone: (203) 432-5203

Fax: (203) 432-6144

Home: 120 Forest Hill Rd., North Haven, CT 06473, (203) 248-8383

Biographical

Born: June 28, 1940, New York, NY

Married, two children

Education

B. S. Yale University, June 1962

Ph. D. Harvard University, March 1966 (advisor: D. R. Herschbach)

Professional Career

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida, 1965-66 (advisor: E. E. Muschlitz)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, 1966-70

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, 1970-79

Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, 1979-

Research Interests

Fullerene Chemistry. We are putting atoms inside fullerene molecules.

Dynamics of Organic Reactions. Using crossed molecular beams and computer modeling we are studying the detailed mechanism of chemiionization reactions.

Theory of Inelastic Scattering. We are developing semiclassical techniques to solve the Schrödinger equation for molecular inelastic scattering both rapidly and accurately.<P>

Recent papers are listed in these links.

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Last updated 11/29/07 .