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Dr Christopher Thompson

Christopher Thompson Lecturer

BA(AS), BSc(Hons), PhD(Chemistry)
Room: Room 228, Building 23
Phone: + 61 3 9905 9362
Fax: + 61 3 9905 4597
email: christopher.thompson@sci.monash.edu.au

Research Area

Research involves tandem mass spectrometry of ion-molecule reactions, high resolution synchrotron spectroscopy of small molecules and computational chemistry.

Education

  •  July 2004 - Dec. 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Evan Bieske.
  • April 2001 - June 2004 Doctorate of Philolosophy. School of Chemistry, Monash University, VIC, Australia.. Supervisor: Dr Evan Robertson.
  • Feb. 2000 - Nov. 2000; Bachelor of Science (Honours) Australian National University, ACT, Australia. Supervisor: Dr R. Barrow.

Publications

  • Chimdi, Tarekegn; Robertson, E.G.; Puskar, Lilijana; Christopher D. Thompson, Mark J. Tobin, Don McNaughton. High resolution synchrotron FTIR spectroscopy of the far infrared n10 and n11 bands of R152a (CH3CHF2). Chemical Physics Letters (2008), accepted.
  • Robertson, Evan G.; Martin, Danielle E.; Thompson, Christopher D., Morrison Richard J.S. and Philis John G., Structure determination of sec-butylbenzene rotamers by UV spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Chemical Physics Letters (2008), 463(1-3), 29-32.
  • Poad, Berwyck. L. J.; Thompson, Christopher. D.; Bieske, Evan. J.   Infrared spectra of mass-selected Al+-(CH4)n n = 1-6 clusters.    Chemical Physics  (2008),  346(1-3),  176-181.
  • Martin, Danielle E.; Robertson, Evan G.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Morrison, Richard J. S.   Resonant 2-photon ionization study of the conformation and the binding of water molecules to 2-phenylethanethiol (PhCH2CH2SH).    Journal of Chemical Physics  (2008),  128(16),  164301/1-164301/11.
  • Chimdi, Tarekegn; Robertson, Evan G.; Puskar, Ljiljana; Thompson, Christopher D.; Tobin, Mark J.; McNaughton Don; Rovibrational analysis of the ν9 and ν16 bands of R152a. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy  (2008),  251(1-2),  256-260.
  • Emmeluth, Corinna; Poad, Berwyck L. J.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Weddle, Gary; Bieske, Evan J.; Buchachenko, Alex. A.; Grinev, T. A.; Klos, J.   The Al+-H2 cation complex: Rotationally resolved infrared spectrum, potential energy surface, and rovibrational calculations.    Journal of Chemical Physics  (2007),  127(16),  164310/1-164310/8.
  • Emmeluth, Corinna; Poad, Berwyck L. J.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Weddle, G.ary H.; Bieske, Evan J.   Infrared spectra of the Li+‑(H2)n (n=1-3) cation complexes. Journal of Chemical Physics (2007), 126(20), 204309/1-204309/9.
  • Emmeluth, Corinna; Poad, Berwyck L. J.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Bieske, Evan J.   Interactions between the Chloride Anion and Aromatic Molecules: Infrared Spectra of the Cl‑‑C6H5CH3, Cl‑‑C6H5NH2 and Cl--C6H5OH Complexes.  Journal of Physical Chemistry A., (2007), 111(31), 7322‑7328.
  • Thompson, Christopher D.; Poad, Berwyck L. J.; Emmeluth, Corinna; Bieske, Evan.  Infrared spectra of Cl--(C6H6)m m =1,2. Chemical Physics Letters, (2006), 428(1-3), 18-22.
  • Thompson, Christopher D.; Emmeluth, Corinna; Poad, Berwyck L. J.; Weddle, Gary H.; Bieske, Evan J.  Rotationally resolved infrared spectrum of the Li+-D2 cation complex. Journal of Chemical Physics, (2006), 125(4), 044310/1-044310/5.
  • Wilson, Rosemary L.; Loh, Zoe M.; Wild, Duncan A.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Schuder, Michael D.; Lisy, Jim M.; Bieske, Evan J.  Infrared spectra of the Cl--C2H4 and Br--C2H4 anion dimers.    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2005),  7(19),  3419-3425.
  • Thompson, Christopher D.; Robertson, Evan G.; Aleksic, Ivana; McNaughton, Don.  High resolution FTIR spectroscopy of pentafluoroethane: perturbations in the Coriolis doublet of n4 and n13.    Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy  (2005),  230(2),  133-138.
  • Robertson, Evan G.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Lucie, Sebastian; McNaughton, Don.  High resolution FTIR spectroscopy of the n1 band of NSCl.    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  (2005),  7(3),  483-486.
  • Robertson, Evan G.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Morrison, Richard J. S.  Interplanar torsion in the S1←S0 electronic spectrum of jet cooled 1-phenylimidazole.    Journal of Chemical Physics  (2004),  121 (24),  12421-12427.
  • Thompson, Christopher D.; Robertson, Evan G.; McNaughton, Don. Completing the picture in the rovibrational analysis of chlorodifluoromethane (CHClF2): n3 and n8. Molecular Physics (2004),  102(14-15),  1687-1695.
  • McNaughton, Don; Aleksic, Ivana; Appadoo, Dominique R. T.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Robertson, Evan G.  Decongestion of high-resolution FTIR-spectra and assignment of CHF2CF3.    Vibrational Spectroscopy (2004),  36(1),  123-128.
  • Thompson, Christopher D.; Robertson, Evan G.; Evans, Corey J.; McNaughton, Don.  High resolution FTIR spectroscopy of 1,1,1,2- tetrafluoroethane: n6. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy  (2003), 218(1),  48-52.
  • Thompson, Christopher D.; Robertson, Evan G.; McNaughton, Don.  Reading between the lines: exposing underlying features of high resolution infrared spectra (CHClF2).    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  (2003),  5(10),  1996-2000.
  • Robertson, Evan G.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Appadoo, Dominique; McNaughton, Don.  Tetrafluoroethylene: high resolution FTIR spectroscopy.    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  (2002),  4(20),  4849-4854.
  • Thompson, Christopher D.; Robertson, Evan G.; McNaughton, Don.  High-resolution FTIR spectroscopy of chlorodifluoromethane: n2 and n7.  Chemical Physics  (2002),  279(2-3),  239-248.