Prof. Dr. Michael A. Duncan

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Spectroscopy,Kinetics and Catalysis
KeywordsSpectroscopy, carbon, carbide, cluster

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityAthens
InstitutionUniversity of Georgia
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Helmut SchwarzInstitut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gerard MeijerAbteilung Molekülphysik, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2008

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Duncan is well known internationally for his outstanding research in the spectroscopy and photochemistry of metal-containing clusters and in the synthesis of nanocluster materials. He has made seminal contributions to the development of cluster sources, and he has applied a wide variety of spectroscopic techniques to obtain structural information on gas-phase clusters. In Germany, Professor Duncan will perform IR spectroscopic studies on carbon cation clusters and on metal carbide cations in a cooled ion-trap, studying chemical reactions of these species.