Staff
Group Leader
 Steve
H. Overbury
Ph. D. 1976, Physical Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley. Surface chemistry and catalysis: surface
reaction pathways by transient operando FTIR; molecular chemisorption
by RAIRS; surface structure by ion scattering, STEM and TEM; surface chemistry
by soft x-ray photoemission; temperature programmed reaction and surface
transformations; surface chemistry and catalysis by Au and CeO2
E-mail: Overbury
Phone: (865)
574-5040
Fax: (865) 241-5252
MS 6201
Group
Staff
 David
R. Mullins
Ph. D. 1984, Physical Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin. Surface
chemistry and catalysis. Surface chemical analysis by photoemission, photo
absorption and temperature programmed desorption, surface structure by
ion scattering. Particular interest in emission control catalysis and
mesoporous materials. Spokesperson for the U12a Beam line at the National
Synchrotron Light Source.
E-mail: Mullins
Phone: (865) 574-2796
Fax (865) 241-5252
MS: 6201
 Aditya (Ashi) Savara
Ph.D. 2008, Physical Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston.
Kinetics and mechanisms of surface chemistry and catalysis by RAIRS, mass spectrometry, effusive molecular beams, temperature programed reactions, statistical mechanics, and simulations. Particularly interested in exploiting spatial dynamics in catalysis.
E-mail:Savara
Phone: (865) 576-6311
Fax: (865) 241-5252
MS 6201
 Viviane
Schwartz
Joint assignment with Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Ph. D. 2000, Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University. Catalytic materials for oxidation chemistry, environmental
catalysis, fuel processes, sulfur clean-up, highly active and selective
gold nano-catalysts for CO oxidation, and synchrotron technique structure
of nanomaterials.
E-mail: Schwartz
Phone (865) 576-6749
Fax (865) 241-5252
MS: 6201
 Zili
Wu
PhD, 2001, Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute
of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. In situ/operando
spectroscopic characterization of catalytic materials; Catalysis on metal
oxide nanoparticles/clusters for hydrocarbon activation and conversion;
Environmental catalysis; Special interest in photo-catalysis for hydrogen
production and environmentally benign processes.
E-mail: Wu
Phone (865) 576-1080
Fax (865) 241-5252
MS: 6493
 Jun
Xu
Ph. D. 1991, Physics, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville. Positron Spectroscopy, porous materials, defects in nanoparticle
and semiconductor materials, mass spectrometry of polyatomic molecules,
miniaturization of analytical instruments, ion mobility spectrometry.
E-mail: JunXu
Phone (865) 574-8955
Fax (865) 241-5252
MS: 6201
 Ye Xu
Joint assignment with Center for Nanophase
Materials Sciences
Ph. D. 2004, Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. First-principles
electronic structure-based methods applied to molecular, surface, and
bulk chemical reactivity and material properties; catalysis on metal and
metal oxide clusters and surfaces; thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical
processes from first principles.
E-mail: Ye Xu
Phone (865) 574-9761
Fax (865) 574-1753
MS: 6493
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Secretary
Tracy
Housewright
Phone (865) 574-5033
Fax (865) 241-5252
MS 6201
Post-Docs
Peter M. Albrecht
Postdoc at Brookhaven National Lab
Phone: (631) 344-5512
Daniela M. Anjos
Phone: (865) 576-1305
Florencia Calaza
Phone: (865) 574-7099
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