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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for brilliant advances in applying highly accurate ab initio methods to modeling combustion kinetics
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lawrence B. Harding is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in their work within subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Catalysis, and Organic Chemistry.

Their publication record includes research published in reputable venues, contributing to the advancement of chemical physics and atmospheric studies. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, and Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.

The main research topics explored by Lawrence B. Harding include:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Substitution Reactions in the Pyrolysis of Acetone Revealed through a Modeling, Experiment, Theory Paradigm," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Reaction Profiles and Kinetics for Radical-Radical Hydrogen Abstraction via Multireference Coupled Cluster Theory," 2020, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • "Competing radical and molecular channels in the unimolecular dissociation of methylformate," 2024, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Their research collaborations include work with:

  • Stephen J. Klippenstein
  • Raghu Sivaramakrishnan
  • Daniel P. Zaleski
  • Hailey R. Weller
  • Nathan A. Seifert

Lawrence B. Harding has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute, 2018, for advances in applying highly accurate ab initio methods to modeling combustion kinetics
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005

Best Publications

  • The roaming atom: straying from the reaction path in formaldehyde decomposition

    David Townsend;Sridhar A Lahankar;Suk Kyoung Lee;Suk Kyoung Lee;Suk Kyoung Lee;Steven D Chambreau

  • On the Enthalpy of Formation of Hydroxyl Radical and Gas-Phase Bond Dissociation Energies of Water and Hydroxyl

    Branko Ruscic;Albert F. Wagner;Lawrence B. Harding;Robert L. Asher

  • The role of NNH in NO formation and control

    Stephen J. Klippenstein;Lawrence B. Harding;Peter Glarborg;James A. Miller

  • The Description of Chemical Bonding From AB Initio Calculations

    William A. Goddard;Lawrence B. Harding

  • Predictive theory for the combination kinetics of two alkyl radicals

    Stephen J. Klippenstein;Stephen J. Klippenstein;Yuri Georgievskii;Lawrence B. Harding

  • Ab initio calculations of electronic and vibrational energies of HCO and HOC

    Joel M. Bowman;Joseph S. Bittman;Lawrence B. Harding

  • Kinetics of the reaction of methyl radical with hydroxyl radical and methanol decomposition.

    Ahren W. Jasper;Stephen J. Klippenstein;Lawrence B. Harding;Branko Ruscic

  • Predictive theory for hydrogen atom-hydrocarbon radical association kinetics.

    Lawrence B. Harding;Yuri Georgievskii;Stephen J. Klippenstein

  • Ab Initio Computations and Active Thermochemical Tables Hand in Hand: Heats of Formation of Core Combustion Species

    Stephen J Klippenstein;Lawrence B Harding;Branko Ruscic

  • Vibrational energy levels of formaldehyde

    Hubert Romanowski;Joel M. Bowman;Lawrence B. Harding

  • State-to-state chemistry with fast hydrogen atoms. Reaction and collisional excitation in H + CO2

    George C. Schatz;Michael S. Fitzcharles;Lawrence B. Harding

  • Mechanisms of gas-phase and liquid-phase ozonolysis

    Lawrence B. Harding;William A. Goddard

  • A global H2O potential energy surface for the reaction O(1D)+H2→OH+H

    Tak San Ho;Timothy Hollebeek;Herschel Rabitz;Lawrence B. Harding

  • Rate constants for the thermal decomposition of ethanol and its bimolecular reactions with OH and D: reflected shock tube and theoretical studies.

    R. Sivaramakrishnan;M.-C. Su;J. V. Michael;S. J. Klippenstein

  • Evidence for a Lower Enthalpy of Formation of Hydroxyl Radical and a Lower Gas-Phase Bond Dissociation Energy of Water

    Branko Ruscic;David Feller;David A. Dixon;Kirk A. Peterson

  • A Global ab Initio Potential Energy Surface for Formaldehyde

    Xiubin Zhang;Shengli Zou;Lawrence B. Harding;Joel M. Bowman

  • Initiation in H2/O2: Rate constants for H2+O2→H+HO2 at high temperature

    J.V. Michael;J.W. Sutherland;L.B. Harding;A.F. Wagner

  • Uncertainty driven theoretical kinetics studies for CH3OH ignition: HO2 + CH3OH and O2 + CH3OH

    Stephen J. Klippenstein;Lawrence B. Harding;Michael J. Davis;Alison S. Tomlin

  • Ab initio methods for reactive potential surfaces

    Lawrence B. Harding;Stephen J. Klippenstein;Ahren W. Jasper

  • POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACE AND QUASICLASSICAL TRAJECTORY STUDIES OF THE N(2D)+H2 REACTION

    Lisa A. Pederson;George C. Schatz;Tak-San Ho;Timothy Hollebeek

  • A global A-state potential surface for H2O: Influence of excited states on the O(1D)+H2 reaction

    George C. Schatz;Anastasios Papaioannou;Lisa A. Pederson;Lawrence B. Harding

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Klippenstein
Stephen J. Klippenstein Argonne National Laboratory
Albert F. Wagner
Albert F. Wagner Argonne National Laboratory
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Joel M. Bowman
Joel M. Bowman Emory University
Branko Ruscic
Branko Ruscic Argonne National Laboratory
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
James A. Miller
James A. Miller Argonne National Laboratory
Herschel Rabitz
Herschel Rabitz Princeton University
David A. Dixon
David A. Dixon University of Alabama
Stephen K. Gray
Stephen K. Gray Victoria University

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