Dr. Joseph Francisco

Distinguished Professor

E-mail: jfrancis@purdue.edu

 

Edcuation

Ph.D.- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985.

Research Interests

Atmospheric chemistry, tropospheric and stratospheric chemical kinetics and modeling, atmospheric laser spectroscopy and photochemistry.

Awards and Honors

  • 2006 William E. Moore Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Chemistry

  • 2006-2008 President of the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers

  • 2001 Alexandar von Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists

  • 2001 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • 1998 Fellow of the American Physical Society

  • 1993 - 94 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow.

  • 1993 Career Development Chair Award, Wayne State University.

  • 1992 Outstanding Teacher Award, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.

  • 1991, 92 Summer Faculty Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.

  • 1991 Wayne State University Academy of Scholars Lecture Award.

  • 1990-95 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

  • 1990-92 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.

  • 1988-93 Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation.

  • 1985-86 Provost Postdoctoral Fellow, M.I.T.

  • 1983- 85 Research Fellow, St. Edmund's College, Cambridge University.

  • 1978- 81 U.S. Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare Graduate Fellow, M.I.T.

  • 1976- 77 Junior Fellow, University of Texas at Austin.

  • 1973- 76 Robert Welch Undergraduate Research Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin.

Professional Experience

  • 1995 - present Professor, Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Chemistry, Purdue University.

  • 1991 Visiting Assiciate in Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology.

  • 1991 M. L. King, Jr., C. Cahvez, R. Parks, Visiting Pofessor, Northern Michigan University.

  • 1990 Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Wayne State University.

  • 1986 -1990 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Wayne State University.

Selected Publications

  • Dixon D. A.;Francisco, J. S.;Alexeev, Y., Thermochemical properties of HxNO molecules and ions from ab initio electronic structure theory . Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2006 , 110 , 185-191.

  • Plane J. M. C.;Joseph, D. M.;Allan, B. J.;Ashworth, S. H.;Francisco, J. S., An experimental and theoretical study of the reactions OIO plus NO and OH plus OH . Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2006 , 110 , 93-100.

  • Kronberg M.;von Ahsen, S.;Willner, H.;Francisco, J. S., The SF5Ox radicals, x=0-3 . Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2005 , 44 , 253-257.

  • Francisco J. S.;Lyons, J. R.;Williams, I. H. High-level ab initio studies of the structure, vibrational spectra, and energetics of S-3 Journal of Chemical Physics 2005, 123 - -

  • Goebbert D. J.;Hernandez, H.;Francisco, J. S.;Wenthold, P. G. The binding energy and bonding in dialane Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127 - 11684-11689

  • Li Y. M.;Francisco, J. S. An ab initio molecular orbital study of the mechanism for the gas-phase water-mediated decomposition and the formation of hydrates of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) Journal of the American Chemical Society 2005, 127