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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1979 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

G. Barney Ellison is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans a range of interdisciplinary fields encompassing chemistry, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Within these domains, their work has particular focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Spectroscopy.

Their research topics reflect a specialized interest in advanced chemical physics studies, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, advanced combustion engine technologies, molecular spectroscopy and structure, lignin and wood chemistry, as well as subcritical and supercritical water processes.

Ellison's recent published papers include:

  • The Threshold Photoelectron Spectrum of Fulvenone: A Reactive Ketene Derivative in Lignin Valorization, 2020, ChemPhysChem
  • Five Birds with One Stone: Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Unveils Rich Phthalide Pyrolysis Chemistry, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • A Conical Intersection Influences the Ground State Rearrangement of Fulvene to Benzene, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Production of Aliphatic-Linked Polycyclic Hydrocarbons during Radical-Driven Particle Formation from Propyne and Propene Pyrolysis, 2022, Combustion and Flame
  • Direct Probes of π-Delocalization in Prototypical Resonance-Stabilized Radicals: Hyperfine-Resolved Microwave Spectroscopy of Isotopic Propargyl and Cyanomethyl, 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Notable frequent coauthors collaborating with Ellison include Patrick Hemberger, András Bödi, P. Bryan Changala, Peter R. Franke, and John F. Stanton.

Ellison's work has appeared in several peer-reviewed scientific venues with multiple publications in:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ChemPhysChem
  • Combustion and Flame
  • Faraday Discussions

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as Fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1999 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1979.

Best Publications

  • Bond Dissociation Energies of Organic Molecules

    Stephen J Blanksby;G Barney Ellison

  • Atomic and molecular electron affinities: photoelectron experiments and theoretical computations.

    Jonathan C. Rienstra-Kiracofe;Gregory S. Tschumper;Henry F. Schaefer;Sreela Nandi

  • Three methods to measure RH bond energies

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  • Atmospheric processing of organic aerosols

    G. Barney Ellison;Adrian F. Tuck;Veronica Vaida

  • Bond Strengths of Ethylene and Acetylene

    K. M. Ervin;Scott Gronert;S. E. Barlow;M. K. Gilles

  • The C-H Bond Energy of Benzene

    G.E. Davico;V.M. Bierbaum;C.H. DePuy;G.B. Ellison

  • Reinvestigation of the electron affinities of O2 and NO

    Michael J. Travers;Daniel C. Cowles;G.Barney Ellison

  • Atmospheric aerosols as prebiotic chemical reactors

    Christopher M. Dobson;G. Barney Ellison;Adrian F. Tuck;Veronica Vaida

  • An experimental determination of the geometry and electron affinity of methyl radical

    G. Barney Ellison;P. C. Engelking;W. C. Lineberger

  • Laser photodetachment electron spectrometry of methoxide, deuteromethoxide, and thiomethoxide: Electron affinities and vibrational structure of CH30, CD30, and CH3S

    P. C. Engelking;G. B. Ellison;W. C. Lineberger

  • LASER PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETRY OF METHYLENE(1-). SINGLET-TRIPLET SPLITTING AND ELECTRON AFFINITY OF METHYLENE

    P. F. Zittel;G. B. Ellison;S. V. Oneil;E. Herbst

  • Identification of adsorbed phenyl (C6H5) groups on metal surfaces: Electron-induced dissociation of benzene on Au(111)

    Denis Syomin;and Jooho Kim;Bruce E. Koel;G. Barney Ellison

  • Thermochemistry of the benzyl and allyl radicals and ions

    G. Barney Ellison;Gustavo E. Davico;Veronica M. Bierbaum;Charles H. DePuy

  • Negative-Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Gas-Phase Acidity, and Thermochemistry of the Peroxyl Radicals CH3OO and CH3CH2OO

    Stephen J. Blanksby;T. M. Ramond;G. E. Davico;Mark R. Nimlos

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of the phenylnitrene anion

    Michael J. Travers;Daniel C. Cowles;Eileen P. Clifford;G. Barney Ellison

  • Immobility of protons in ice from 30 to 190 K

    J. P. Cowin;A. A. Tsekouras;M. J. Iedema;K. Wu

  • The properties of a micro-reactor for the study of the unimolecular decomposition of large molecules

    Qi Guan;Kimberly N. Urness;Thomas K. Ormond;Donald E. David

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of sulfur-containing anions (SO2-, S3-, and S2O-)

    M. R. Nimlos;G. B. Ellison

  • Radical chemistry in the thermal decomposition of anisole and deuterated anisoles: an investigation of aromatic growth.

    Adam M. Scheer;Calvin Mukarakate;David J. Robichaud;G. Barney Ellison

  • The infrared spectrum of the matrix-isolated phenyl radical.

    Anders V. Friderichsen;Juliusz G. Radziszewski;Mark R. Nimlos;Paul R. Winter

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of radical anions

    John M. Oakes;G.Barney Ellison

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Nimlos
Mark R. Nimlos National Renewable Energy Laboratory
John F. Stanton
John F. Stanton University of Florida
Veronica M. Bierbaum
Veronica M. Bierbaum University of Colorado Boulder
Musahid Ahmed
Musahid Ahmed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kenneth B. Wiberg
Kenneth B. Wiberg Yale University
Stephen R. Leone
Stephen R. Leone University of California, Berkeley
Veronica Vaida
Veronica Vaida University of Colorado Boulder
Arthur G. Suits
Arthur G. Suits University of Missouri
Stephen J. Blanksby
Stephen J. Blanksby Queensland University of Technology
Timothy S. Zwier
Timothy S. Zwier Purdue University West Lafayette

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