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John R. Barker is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including Social Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Chemistry, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and related subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics, with key focus areas being:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Anthropological Studies and Insights
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks

John R. Barker has published in several scientific venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
  • Food and Bioproducts Processing
  • Materials
  • Molecular Physics
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Significant recent publications include:

  • Semiclassical transition state theory/master equation kinetics of HO + CO: Performance evaluation, 2020, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
  • New light on acetone: a master equation model for gas phase photophysics and photochemistry, 2021, Molecular Physics

Barker has also contributed as a co-author to several other works authored by colleagues such as Jonathan E. Barnard, notable for the 2024 publication on accelerated modelling of moisture diffusion controlled drying using coupled physics informed neural network in Food and Bioproducts Processing, among others.

Frequent collaborators in Barker's research include John F. Stanton, Thanh Lam Nguyen, Jonathan E. Barnard, Y.M. John Chew, and Semali Perera.

Beyond journal articles, Barker is involved in book publications. They have contributed to the volume titled Urban and Regional Air Quality, published by World Scientific, expected in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Atmospheric Studies: Evaluation Number 18

    J. B. Burkholder;S. P. Sander;J. P. D. Abbatt;J. R. Barker

  • Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: the infrared emission bands, the excitation/emission mechanism, and the astrophysical implications.

    L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens;J. R. Barker

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the unidentified infrared emission bands - Auto exhaust along the Milky Way

    L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens;J. R. Barker

  • Multiple‐Well, multiple‐path unimolecular reaction systems. I. MultiWell computer program suite

    John R. Barker

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation in carbon-rich stellar envelopes

    Isabelle Cherchneff;John R. Barker;Alexander G. G. M. Tielens

  • Free Radical Reactions Involving Cl•, Cl2-•, and SO4-• in the 248 nm Photolysis of Aqueous Solutions Containing S2O82- and Cl-

    Xiao-Ying Yu;Zhen-Chuan Bao;John R. Barker

  • Energy transfer in master equation simulations: A new approach

    John R. Barker

  • Energy‐dependent energy transfer: Deactivation of azulene (S0, Evib) by 17 collider gases

    Michel J. Rossi;Jack R. Pladziewicz;John R. Barker

  • Si/SiGe heterostructure parameters for device simulations

    Lianfeng Yang;Jeremy R Watling;Richard C W Wilkins;Mirela Boriçi

  • Hydrogen Peroxide Photolysis in Acidic Aqueous Solutions Containing Chloride Ions. I. Chemical Mechanism

    Xiao-Ying Yu;John R. Barker

  • Anharmonicity and the interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon infrared emission spectrum

    John R. Barker;L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • Photochemical smog. Rate parameter estimates and computer simulations

    Alan C. Baldwin;John R. Barker;David M. Golden;Dale G. Hendry

  • Direct measurements of energy-transfer involving large molecules in the electronic ground state

    John R. Barker

  • Kinetics and Mechanism of Methanol Oxidation in Supercritical Water

    Eric E. Brock;Yoshito Oshima;Phillip E. Savage;John R. Barker

  • Physics of nonlinear transport in semiconductors

    David K. Ferry;John Robert Barker;C. Jacoboni

  • Vibrational Energy Transfer Modeling of Nonequilibrium Polyatomic Reaction Systems

    John R. Barker;Laurie M. Yoder;Keith D. King

  • The oscillatory structure of the magnetophonon effect. I. Transverse configuration

    J R Barker

  • Ab initio reaction rate constants computed using semiclassical transition-state theory: HO + H2 → H2O + H and isotopologues.

    Thanh Lam Nguyen;John F. Stanton;John R. Barker

  • Vibrational relaxation of highly excited toluene

    Beatriz M. Toselli;Jerrell D. Brenner;Murthy L. Yerram;William E. Chin

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics of air pollution: by John H. Seinfeld. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986, 738p., $59.95.

    John R. Barker

  • NASA Data Evaluation (2015): Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Atmospheric Studies

    J. B. Burkholder;S. P. Sander;J. Abbatt;J. R. Barker

Frequent Co-Authors

Asen Asenov
Asen Asenov University of Glasgow
David M. Golden
David M. Golden SRI International
Michel J. Rossi
Michel J. Rossi Paul Scherrer Institute
David K. Ferry
David K. Ferry Arizona State University
Louis J. Allamandola
Louis J. Allamandola Ames Research Center
John F. Stanton
John F. Stanton University of Florida
James B. Burkholder
James B. Burkholder National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert E. Huie
Robert E. Huie National Institute of Standards and Technology
Paul H. Wine
Paul H. Wine Georgia Institute of Technology

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