Prof. Dr. James Lisy

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSpectroscopy
Keywordsintermolecular interactions, hydrogen-bonding, infrared, cluster

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityUrbana
InstitutionUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martina HavenithLehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Prof. Dr. Knut AsmisWilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2011

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Lisy is well known internationally for his outstanding research to the study of non-covalent interactions. He has made important contributions to characterize these interactions at the molecular level. Professor Lisy is also recognised for his fundamental studies of ion solvation, focusing on the delicate balance between the electrostatic ion-molecule interactions and solvent-solvent interactions by combining mass spectrometric methods with infrared laser spectroscopy. During his stay in Germany, he intends to investigate ion solvation at ultracold temperatures. This will allow investigating the influence of the temperature and the cooling matrix - suprafluid helium nanodroplets - on ion solvation in detail.