Prof. Dr. Richard A. J. O'Hair

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Kinetics and Catalysis
Keywordsreaction mechanisms, gas-phase chemistry, organometallics, metal clusters, mass spectrometry

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityParkville
InstitutionUniversity of Melbourne
InstituteBio21 Institute

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Konrad KoszinowskiInstitut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor O’Hair is an internationally renowned chemist, whose work has greatly helped in the elucidation of reaction mechanisms. He specializes in the use of mass spectrometry for investigating the chemistry of organometallic complexes at unprecedented detail. The insight obtained by his innovative approach contributes to a better understanding of important catalysts. In Germany, he plans to employ ion-mobility measurements as a new method for probing the structure of reactive organometallic ions in the gas phase.