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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For advances in the highresolution spectroscopy of small molecular free radicals, particularly those of importance in combustion chemistry
  • 2008 - OSA Fellows For advancing the molecular spectroscopy of transient species through the invention of new techniques for their study, thereby obtaining valuable information about these transients.

Overview

Trevor J. Sears is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Chemistry. Their work focuses notably on spectroscopy, with particular engagement in areas such as molecular spectroscopy and laser applications, atomic and molecular physics, and optics. Additional interests include atmospheric science, complementary and alternative medicine, and computational theory and mathematics.

Their research has led to publications in several scientific venues, including:

  • Physical Review A / Physical Review, A
  • Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Advances in Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Cancer Therapy
  • Proceedings of the 2020 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Trevor J. Sears are the following:

  • "COVID-19 Patient with Multifocal Pneumonia and Respiratory Difficulty Resolved Quickly: Possible Antiviral and Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of Quercinex (Nebulized Quercetin-NAC) as Adjuvant," 2020, Advances in Infectious Diseases
  • "Melatonin: A Powerful Integrative Adjunctive Agent for Oncology," 2020, Journal of Cancer Therapy
  • "Electric-field-dependent g factor for the ground state of lead monofluoride, PbF," 2021, Physical Review A / Physical Review, A
  • "Python control of a high-resolution near-infrared spectrometer for undergraduate use," 2024, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
  • "CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS OF ORTHO-PARA-DEPENDENT PRESSURE BROADENING IN THE ν1 + ν3 BAND OF ACETYLENE," 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Eisen C. Gross
  • V V Baturo
  • Richard Mawhorter
  • Jens-Uwe Grabow
  • A. N. Petrov

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Herbal Medicine Research Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Sears has received recognition including becoming a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2018 for contributions to high-resolution spectroscopy of small molecular free radicals relevant to combustion chemistry. Earlier, in 2008, they were awarded the OSA Fellowship for work on molecular spectroscopy of transient species and development of new techniques for their study.

Best Publications

  • Far infrared laser magnetic resonance of singlet methylene: Singlet–triplet perturbations, singlet–triplet transitions, and the singlet–triplet splittinga)

    A. R. W. McKellar;P. R. Bunker;Trevor J. Sears;K. M. Evenson

  • A reduced form of the spin-rotation Hamiltonian for asymmetric-top molecules, with applications to HO2 and NH2

    J.M. Brown;T.J. Sears

  • THE ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM AND HYPERFINE STRUCTURE OF THE METHYLENE RADICAL CH2 STUDIED BY FAR INFRARED LASER MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

    T. J. Sears;P. R. Bunker;A. R. W. Mckellar;K. M. Evenson

  • A theoretical study of the potential energy surface for the reaction OH+CO→H+CO2

    Hua Gen Yu;James T. Muckerman;Trevor J. Sears

  • Observation of the ν3 fundamental band of HCO

    S. C. Foster;A. R. W. McKellar;Trevor J. Sears

  • Transient diode laser absorption spectroscopy of the ν2 fundamental of trans‐HOCO and DOCO

    Trevor J. Sears;Wafaa M. Fawzy;Philip M. Johnson

  • Diode laser absorption spectroscopy of D3O+: Determination of the equilibrium structure and potential function of the oxonium ion

    Trevor J. Sears;P. R. Bunker;P. B. Davies;S. A. Johnson

  • ASYTOP - A program for detailed analysis of gas phase magnetic resonance spectra of asymmetric top molecules

    Trevor J. Sears

  • Jahn–Teller distortions in C6H3F3+ and C6H3Cl3+

    Trevor Sears;Terry A. Miller;V. E. Bondybey

  • The calculated ν2 (inversion) spectrum of H3O

    Di‐Jia Liu;Takeshi Oka;Trevor J. Sears

  • The Jahn–Teller effect in C6 F+6

    Trevor J. Sears;Terry A. Miller;V. E. Bondybey

  • THE CALCULATION OF THE ENERGY LEVELS OF AN ASYMMETRIC TOP FREE RADICAL IN A MAGNETIC FIELD

    T. J. Sears

  • Photodissociation of acetone at 193 nm : rotational- and vibrational-state distributions of methyl fragments by diode laser absorption/gain spectroscopy

    G. E. Hall;D. Vanden Bout;Trevor J. Sears

  • THE LASER MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTRUM OF THE ν2 BAND OF THE METHYLENE RADICAL CH2

    T. J. Sears;P. R. Bunker;A. R. W. Mckellar

  • The EPR spectrum of the HO2 radical and determination of ground state parameters

    C.E Barnes;J.M Brown;A Carrington;J Pinkstone

  • Renner-Teller, spin-orbit and Fermi-resonance interactions in X 2Π NCS investigated by LIF spectroscopy

    Frederick J Northrup;Trevor J. Sears

  • Stimulated Emission Pumping: Applications to Highly Vibrationally Excited Transient Molecules

    Frederick J Northrup;Trevor J. Sears

  • The rotational spectrum of trans‐HOCO and DOCO

    H. E. Radford;Wang Wei;Trevor J. Sears

  • The isotopic dependence of the spin-rotation interaction for an asymmetric top molecule

    John M. Brown;Trevor J. Sears;James K.G. Watson

  • Analysis of the laser photoelectron spectrum of CH−2

    P. R. Bunker;Trevor J. Sears

Frequent Co-Authors

A. R. W. McKellar
A. R. W. McKellar National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Terry A. Miller
Terry A. Miller The Ohio State University
James T. Muckerman
James T. Muckerman Brookhaven National Laboratory
John M. Brown
John M. Brown University of Oxford
Daniel Hurtmans
Daniel Hurtmans Université Libre de Bruxelles
Michael C. Heaven
Michael C. Heaven Emory University
George W. Flynn
George W. Flynn Columbia University
Paul J. Dagdigian
Paul J. Dagdigian Johns Hopkins University
Pierre-François Coheur
Pierre-François Coheur Université Libre de Bruxelles
David M. Leitner
David M. Leitner University of Nevada Reno

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