Andrew R. Cook

Office:

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Department

Building 555A Room 292

Brookhaven, IL 11973-5000

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Wading River, NY 11792

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Email: abqnu2@r.postjobfree.com

Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry, June 1994.

Thesis Advisors: Professors Keith Nelson and Mark Wrighton

Thesis Title: "Femtosecond through Nanosecond Investigations

of Liquid State Photochemical Reactions"

University of California, Davis Campus

B.S. degree with Honors in Chemistry, June 1988.

Research Advisor: Professor Robert Rosenfeld

Experience Brookhaven National Laboratory: Upton, New York

September 1998 to present: Assistant Scientist

Working with Dr. John R. Miller.

Investigated the excited state structure, dynamics and electron transfer

reactions of a variety of organic radicals in both low temperature

matrices and room temperature solutions using radiation chemistry

techniques. Responsible for performance and improvement of a

Ti:Sapphire laser system used in conjunction with the Low Energy

Accelerator Facility as well as the development of laser based detection

systems.

Argonne National Laboratory: Argonne, Illinois

February 1997 to August 1998: Assistant Chemist

February 1994 to January 1997: Postdoctoral Appointee

Worked with Dr. John R. Miller and Dr. Dan Meisel.

Investigated the excited state structure, dynamics and electron transfer

reactions of a variety of organic radicals in both low temperature

matrices and room temperature solutions using radiation chemistry

techniques. Studied the effect of excess charge in semiconductor

nanocrystalline particles, as well as interfacial charge transfer in

colloidal silica particles and the subsequent implications to the storage

of nuclear waste. Responsible for the specification, design, and

construction of a new terawatt sub-100 femtosecond pulsed Ti:Sapphire

laser system synched to the existing 21 MeV linear electron accelerator in

our facility. Supervised undergraduate students and a post-doc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, Massachusetts

September 1988 to January 1994, worked with Professors Keith Nelson and

Mark Wrighton.

Research Assistant: Studied the dissociation of inorganic molecules

in solution on a femtosecond time scale using transient absorption

spectroscopy. Conducted research on electron transfer in various inorganic

compounds, as well as in semiconductor nanocrystallites with electron

donors attached to the surface using transient absorption, four wave

mixing, and time correlated single photon counting fluorescence

spectroscopies.

Teaching Assistant: Designed and constructed a picosecond laser

system for use in an undergraduate laboratory course to study excited

state dynamics and energy trapping in Rhodamine 6G using a four wave

mixing experiment. Other laboratory projects included the study of

laser induced acoustic responses of various materials.

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory: Livermore, California

June 1985 to August 1988, worked with Dr. Steve Letts and Dr. Lucy Hair.

Research Assistant: Studied the polymerization and material

properties of a number of different organic polymer systems at full and

low densities. The goal of this work was to develop suitable

materials for laser fusion studies at the Nova facility.

University of California: Davis, California

September 1987 to June 1988, worked with Dr. Robert Rosenfeld.

Undergraduate Research Assistant: Set up an experiment to study

overtones in organic molecules using an intracavity sample cell and

acoustic detection.

Sandia National Laboratory: Livermore, California

September 1983 to September 1984.

Carried out computer simulations to determine the feasibility of a space

based defense system (SDI).

Skills Familiar with the operation of standard chemical laboratory analytical

equipment, with the ability to adapt them to suit.

Experience using both semi-empirical and ab initio molecular orbital

methods for modeling molecular properties.

Extensive experience with the design, construction and use of amplified

femtosecond and picosecond laser systems.

Facility with electronic design and construction.

Proficient C and Fortran programmer, with considerable experience

interfacing equipment and developing code for running experiments under

computer control.

System Manager for networked Sun and Linux Workstations.

Honors Departmental Citation for Undergraduate Accomplishment in Chemistry,

1988.

ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, 1987.

Clorox Company Undergraduate Scholarship winner, June 1987.

Associated Western Universities Fellowship winner, June 1985.

Professional

Affiliation American Chemical Society

Personal Married with one daughter, one son. Enjoy camping, backpacking,

skiing, reading, and programming.

Last Revised A. Cook

3/25/00

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