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5th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy

A.R.W. McKellar

A.R.W. McKellar

Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
National Research Council, Canada

Robert McKellar received a B.Sc. from the University of Victoria (1966) and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto (1970), both in Physics. In 1973, he joined the staff of the Spectroscopy Group at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, where he remains today as a Researcher Emeritus. McKellar’s research has focused on infrared spectroscopy of ‘unusual’ molecules, such as unstable free radicals, molecular ions, and weakly-bound complexes. Research highlights include determination of the singlet-triplet splitting of methylene, CH2, and first observation of the diatomic radical FO, using the laser magnetic resonance technique. Using tunable infrared lasers, he analyzed the puzzling energy level scheme of the carbon monoxide dimer, and detected spectra of superfluid helium clusters containing a probe molecule such as OCS or CO2. He received the Herzberg Medal of the Canadian Association of Physicists in 1982, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1990. McKellar is also team leader for the Far Infrared Beamline at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.