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Overview

William W. Parson is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Chemistry as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans key subfields including Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrochemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research topics focus on areas such as Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Mesoscopic to Macroscopic Electron Transfer by Hopping in a Crystal Network of Cytochromes, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Reorganization Energies, Entropies, and Free Energy Surfaces for Electron Transfer, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Generalizing the Marcus equation, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Temperature-dependent solvent reorganization entropies, free energies, and transition dipole strengths for the photoexcitation of Reichardt's dye B30, 2023, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Calculated solvent reorganization entropies, free energies, and fluctuations of the energy gaps for intramolecular electron transfer and excitation of the solvatochromic dye B30, 2023, The Journal of Chemical Physics

William W. Parson frequently publishes in several journals including:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photosynthesis Research

Collaborations have been a significant part of their work, with frequent co-authors including Jingcheng Huang, David Kramer, Clemens Burda, Daniel C. Ducat, and Henrik Burda. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications, reflecting a network across related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies and recognizing the potential for improvement.

    Robert E. Blankenship;David M. Tiede;James Barber;James Barber;Gary W. Brudvig

  • Modeling electrostatic effects in proteins.

    Arieh Warshel;Pankaz K. Sharma;Mitsunori Kato;William W. Parson

  • Picosecond kinetics of the initial photochemical electron-transfer reaction in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers.

    N. W. Woodbury;M. Becker;D. Middendorf;William W. Parson

  • Picosecond detection of an intermediate in the photochemical reaction of bacterial photosynthesis

    Mark G. Rockley;Maurice W. Windsor;Richard J. Cogdell;William W. Parson

  • Pigment content and molar extinction coefficients of photochemical reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas spheroides.

    Susan C. Straley;William W. Parson;David C. Mauzerall;Roderick K. Clayton

  • Dynamical contributions to enzyme catalysis: critical tests of a popular hypothesis.

    Mats H M Olsson;William W Parson;Arieh Warshel

  • Spectroscopic properties of photosynthetic reaction centers. 2. Application of the theory to Rhodopseudomonas viridis

    William W. Parson;Arieh Warshel

  • Dynamics of biochemical and biophysical reactions: insight from computer simulations.

    Arieh Warshel;William W. Parson

  • Spectroscopic properties of photosynthetic reaction centers. 1. Theory

    Arieh Warshel;William W. Parson

  • Electrostatic control of charge separation in bacterial photosynthesis.

    William W. Parson;Zhen-Tao Chu;Arieh Warshel

  • Calculations of Spectroscopic Properties of the LH2 Bacteriochlorophyll−Protein Antenna Complex from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila†

    R. G. Alden;E. Johnson;V. Nagarajan;W. W. Parson

  • Specific alteration of the oxidation potential of the electron donor in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    X. Lin;H. A. Murchison;V. Nagarajan;W. W. Parson

  • Nanosecond fluorescence from isolated photosynthetic reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides.

    Neal W.T. Woodbury;William W. Parson

  • Temperature and detection-wavelength dependence of the picosecond electron-transfer kinetics measured in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides reaction centers. Resolution of new spectral and kinetic components in the primary charge-separation process

    Christine Kirmaier;Dewey Holten;William W. Parson

  • The primary photochemical reaction of bacterial photosynthesis

    William W. Parson;Richard J. Cogdell

  • Computer simulations of electron-transfer reactions in solution and in photosynthetic reaction centers.

    and A Warshel;W W Parson

  • Excited states of photosynthetic reaction centers at low recox potentials.

    William W. Parson;Roderick K. Clayton;Richard J. Cogdell;Richard J. Cogdell

  • Singlet-triplet fusion in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides chromatophores. A probe of the organization of the photosynthetic apparatus.

    Teresa G. Monger;William W. Parson

  • Dispersed polaron simulations of electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centers

    A Warshel;ZT Chu;WW Parson

  • Primary photochemical processes in isolated reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis

    Dewey Holten;Maurice W. Windsor;William W. Parson;J.Philip Thornber

Frequent Co-Authors

Arieh Warshel
Arieh Warshel University of Southern California
Dewey Holten
Dewey Holten Washington University in St. Louis
Richard J. Cogdell
Richard J. Cogdell University of Glasgow
Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Robert E. Blankenship
Robert E. Blankenship Washington University in St. Louis
Christine Kirmaier
Christine Kirmaier Washington University in St. Louis
Donald R. Ort
Donald R. Ort University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Valerie Daggett
Valerie Daggett University of Washington
Vladimir A. Shuvalov
Vladimir A. Shuvalov Russian Academy of Sciences
Martin Gouterman
Martin Gouterman University of Washington

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