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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2009 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1999 - Marlow Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1994 - Edward Harrison Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Andrew J. Orr-Ewing is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of chemistry, with a focus on several specialized subfields and related topics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Chemistry

Within this broad area, Orr-Ewing's work covers significant subfields such as:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

The specific research topics addressed include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods

Orr-Ewing has published extensively, including multiple papers that address issues ranging from atmospheric chemistry to photochemical reactions. Selected recent publications are as follows:

  • "Criegee intermediates: production, detection and reactivity", 2020, International Reviews in Physical Chemistry
  • "Singlet and Triplet Contributions to the Excited-State Activities of Dihydrophenazine, Phenoxazine, and Phenothiazine Organocatalysts Used in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization", 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Trifluoroacetic Acid: Toxicity, Sources, Sinks and Future Prospects", 2024, Sustainability
  • "Solvent Effects on Ultrafast Photochemical Pathways", 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Investigation of the Production of Trifluoroacetic Acid from Two Halocarbons, HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf and Its Fates Using a Global Three-Dimensional Chemical Transport Model", 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

A number of frequent co-authors have collaborated with Orr-Ewing, including:

  • Mahima Sneha
  • Michael N. R. Ashfold
  • Deborin Ghosh
  • David Heathcote
  • Claire Vallance

Orr-Ewing's research has appeared in prominent publication venues, emphasizing physical chemistry and chemical research, such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol)
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Chemical Science

Throughout their career, Orr-Ewing has received multiple awards recognizing contributions to chemistry. These include:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2018)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2017)
  • Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2009)
  • Marlow Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1999)
  • Edward Harrison Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1994)

Best Publications

  • Cavity ring-down spectroscopy

    Martyn D. Wheeler;Stuart M. Newman;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;Michael N. R. Ashfold

  • Orientation and Alignment of Reaction Products

    Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;Richard N. Zare

  • Imaging the dynamics of gas phase reactions

    Michael N. R. Ashfold;N. Hendrik Nahler;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;Olivier P. J. Vieuxmaire

  • 4 Cavity ring-down and cavity enhanced spectroscopy using diode lasers

    Mikhail Mazurenka;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;Robert Peverall;Grant A. D. Ritchie

  • REACTION OF CL WITH VIBRATIONALLY EXCITED CH4 AND CHD3 : STATE-TO-STATE DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS AND STERIC EFFECTS FOR THE HCL PRODUCT

    William R. Simpson;T. Peter Rakitzis;S. Alex Kandel;Andrew J. Orr‐Ewing

  • Beyond state-to-state differential cross sections: determination of product polarization in photoinitiated bimolecular reactions

    Neil E. Shafer-Ray;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;Richard N. Zare

  • State-to-state differential cross sections for the reaction Cl (2P32) + CH4 (ν3 = 1, J = 1) → HCl (v′ = 1, J′) + CH3

    William R. Simpson;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;Richard N. Zare

  • Integrated absorption intensity and Einstein coefficients for the O2 a1Δg-X3Σg- (0,0) transition: a comparison of cavity ringdown and high resolution Fourier transform spectroscopy with a long-path absorption cell

    Stuart M. Newman;Ian C. Lane;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;David A. Newnham

  • Core extraction for measuring state‐to‐state differential cross sections of bimolecular reactions

    William R. Simpson;Andrew J. Orr‐Ewing;T. Peter Rakitzis;S. Alex Kandel

  • Criegee Intermediate Reactions with Carboxylic Acids: A Potential Source of Secondary Organic Aerosol in the Atmosphere

    Rabi Chhantyal-Pun;Brandon Rotavera;Max R. McGillen;M. Anwar H. Khan

  • State-to-state differential cross sections from photoinitiated bulb reactions

    Neil E. Shafer;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;William R. Simpson;Hao Xu

  • Ultrafast Observation of a Photoredox Reaction Mechanism: Photoinitiation in Organocatalyzed Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization.

    Daisuke Koyama;Harvey J. A. Dale;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing

  • A kinetic study of the CH2OO Criegee intermediate self-reaction, reaction with SO2 and unimolecular reaction using cavity ring-down spectroscopy

    Rabi Chhantyal-Pun;Anthony Davey;Dudley E Shallcross;Carl J Percival

  • Iodine-mediated coastal particle formation: an overview of the Reactive Halogens in the Marine Boundary Layer (RHaMBLe) Roscoff coastal study

    Gordon Mcfiggans;C. S. E. Bale;S. M. Ball;J. M. Beames

  • Continuum state spectroscopy: A high resolution ion imaging study of IBr photolysis in the wavelength range 440–685 nm

    Eckart Wrede;Stefan Laubach;Sonja Schulenburg;Alex Brown

  • Probing the Ultrafast Energy Dissipation Mechanism of the Sunscreen Oxybenzone after UVA Irradiation

    Lewis A. Baker;Michael D. Horbury;Simon E. Greenough;Philip M. Coulter

  • The Ultraviolet Photodissociation Dynamics of Hydrogen Bromide

    Paul M. Regan;Stephen R. Langford;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing;Michael N. R. Ashfold

  • Scattering-angle resolved product rotational alignment for the reaction of Cl with vibrationally excited methane

    Andrew J Orr-Ewing;WR Simpson;TP Rakitzis;SA Kandel

  • Criegee Intermediate–Alcohol Reactions, A Potential Source of Functionalized Hydroperoxides in the Atmosphere

    Max R. McGillen;Basile F.E. Curchod;Rabi Chhantyal-Pun;Joseph M Beames

  • The study of reactive intermediates in condensed phases

    Barry K. Carpenter;Jeremy N. Harvey;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing

  • The dynamics of chlorine-atom reactions with polyatomic organic molecules

    Craig Murray;Andrew J. Orr-Ewing

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael N. R. Ashfold
Michael N. R. Ashfold University of Bristol
Dudley E. Shallcross
Dudley E. Shallcross University of Bristol
Jonathan P. Reid
Jonathan P. Reid University of Bristol
Carl J. Percival
Carl J. Percival University of Manchester
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Michael Towrie
Michael Towrie Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Craig A. Taatjes
Craig A. Taatjes Sandia National Laboratories
Wybren Jan Buma
Wybren Jan Buma University of Amsterdam
Paul J. Dagdigian
Paul J. Dagdigian Johns Hopkins University

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