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Department of Chemistry

Brian Space

Brian Space

Brian Space
Professor and Associate Chair

Contact Information

Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CHE 205A
Tampa, FL 33620-5250

Office: (813) 765-4846, CHE 202C
Lab: CHE 204
Fax: (813) 974-3203
Email: space@warp.cas.usf.edu

Education

B.S., Boston University, 1988
Ph.D., Boston University, 1992

Research Areas

We are a theoretical chemistry group concerned primarily with computer simulation of condensed phase phenomena. A main research thrust of my group is the development and application of instantaneous normal mode and time correlation function methods to model liquid state vibrational spectroscopy. We have found that these (semi)classical methods can be successfully applied in a complimentary fashion to understand intramolecular vibrations in the condensed phase. We also develop new and improved semiclassical approaches. We are also interested in the low frequency portions of the spectrum where there is still uncertainty as to what information these ever changing low frequency modes might relinquish!
This is work being pursued with Preston Moore, who is a very talented researcher working as an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Dr. Preston Moore

Graduate Researchers

Jonathan Belof, Katherine Forrest, Tony J. Green, Ashley Mullen, Abe Stern

Current Courses (Fall 2008)

REF PRX CRS SEC Course Title CR Day Time Bldg Room
83814 CHM 4932 007 Statistical Mechanics
3 TR 2:00pm-3:15pm CIS 1045
83815 CHM 6938 007 Statistical Mechanics
3 TR 2:00pm-3:15pm CIS 1045

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