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Dr Adam TrevittPosition: Lecturer Room: 18.224 Phone No: +61 2 42215545 E-mail: adamt@uow.edu.au |
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Research Interests
Radical-Neutral gas phase chemistry
Biodiesel-fuel combustion chemistry
Chemistry of extraterrestrial atmospheres (Titan)
Synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry
Single microparticle/microdroplet laser-based characterisation
Representative Publications
A. J. Trevitt, F. Goulay, G. Meloni, D. L. Osborn, C. A. Taatjes and S. R. Leone, Isomer-specific product detection of CN radical reactions with ethene and propene by tunable VUV photoionization mass spectrometry, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 280 (1-3), 113-118 (2009).
A. J. Trevitt, P. J. Wearne and E. J. Bieske, Coalescence of levitated polystyrene microspheres, Journal of Aerosol Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript (2009).
F. Goulay, A. J. Trevitt, G. Meloni, T. M. Selby, D. L. Osborn, C. A. Taatjes, L. Vereecken and S. R. Leone, Cyclic Versus Linear Isomers Produced by Reaction of the Methylidyne Radical (CH) with Small Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (3), 993-1005 (2009). 2nd JACS "Most Read Paper" Jan 2009.
C. A. Taatjes, G. Meloni, T. M. Selby, A. J. Trevitt, D. L. Osborn, C. J. Percival and D. E. Shallcross, Direct Observation of the Gas-Phase Criegee Intermediate (CH2OO), Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (36), 11883-11885 (2008).
A. J. Trevitt, P. J. Wearne and E. J. Bieske, Calibration of a quadrupole ion trap for particle mass spectrometry, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 262 (3), 241-246 (2007).
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Abbreviated CV
2002 B. Science (Hons), The University of Adelaide
2006 PhD Chemistry, The University of Melbourne
Supervisor: A/Prof. Evan J. Bieske.
2007-2008 Postdoctoral Scientist, School of Chemistry and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The University of California, Berkeley. Supervisor: Prof. Stephen R. Leone.
2008 Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong