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Steven Adelman
Professor—Physical/Theoretical Chemistry
Email: saa@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-5277
Office: WTHR 228
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Professor Adelman is a theoretical physical chemist and chemistry educator whose research centers on liquid phase chemical dynamics.
His research accomplishments include:
- Creating the mathematical and physical foundation for studying chemical reaction dynamics on solid surfaces and in liquid solutions.
- Developing the theory of ultrashort timescale irreversible processes.
- Developing the molecular-level theory of friction on molecules.
- Making basic contributions to liquid phase vibrational energy relaxation theory.
Education
B.S., 1967, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 1972, Harvard University; Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972-74; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago, 1974-75Recognitions
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012
- Listed in the International Biographical Centre's "Top 100 Scientists of 2008", 2008
- Renaissance Weekend participant, 2003
- Listed in the International Biographical Centre’s 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century, 2002
- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World 1995-1998, 1998
- Selected as a Nominator for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1994
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1991
- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America 1986-present, 1986
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1983
- Sloan Research Fellow, 1976
Selected Publications
- Adelman S. A., Cox P., Short Time Scale Dynamics and a Second Correlation between Liquid and Gas Phase Chemical Rates: Diffusion Processes in Nobel Gas Fluids. J. Phys. Chem. B 2010 , 114, 15610-15615.
- Adelman S. A.;Ravi, R., Irreversible motion on macroscopic and molecular timescales and chemical dynamics in liquids . 2000 , 115 , 181-243.
- Adelman S. A., Doll J. D., Generalized Langevin Equation Approach for Atom/Solid Surface Scattering: General Formulation for Classical Scattering off Harmonic Solids. J. Chem. Phys. 1976 , 64, 2375.