James T. Hynes

James Thomas Hynes (* 1943 ) is an American chemist ( theoretical chemistry , quantum chemistry ). He is a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder .

Hynes was at the 1969 Princeton University when John M. Deutch working quantum corrections to classical time correlation functions doctorate and worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

He deals with theoretical chemistry, in particular the dynamics of chemical reactions, the influence of solutions (especially water), reactions on surfaces (especially on ice and aerosols with applications in atmospheric chemistry and amino acid synthesis on ice surfaces in astrochemistry) and in biomolecules. Among other things, he studies acid-based proton transfer reactions in solution, proton transfer reactions in photochemistry, enzyme catalysis and the formation of peptide bonds. For solar energy applications, he is also investigating the mechanism of water splitting and its catalysis and reduction of carbon dioxide. They are also investigating the transmission of vibrational energy in chemical reactions, particularly in laser chemistry. In biochemistry, he studies the interaction of cancer chemotherapeutic agents with DNA and the role of DNA dynamics.

1980 to 1999 he was one of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers.

In 1975 he received a scholarship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellowship ). In 2004 he received the Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize . He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008). He has been a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 2013 and received the ACS Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids in 2005 .

In 1985 he was a Research Fellow at Oxford and he is also associated with the École normal supérieure in Paris.

Fonts

as editor: Hydrogen-transfer reactions, 4 volumes, Wiley / VCH 2007
Editor with Monique Martin: Femtochemistry and femtobiology: ultrafast events in molecular science, Elsevier 2004
with R.Bianco, PJ Hay: Theoretical Study of OO Single Bond Formation in the Oxidation of Water by the Ruthenium Blue Dimer, J. Phys. Chem. A , 115, 8003 (2011).
with J.Malhado, R. Spezia: Dynamical Friction Effects on the Photoisomerization of a Model Protonated Schiff Base in Solution, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115, 3720 (2011).
with I. Tunon: A Simple Model for Barrier Frequencies for Enzymatic Reactions, ChemPhysChem, 12, 184 (2011).
with D. Laage, G. Stirnemann, F. Sterpone, R. Rey: Reorientation and Allied Dynamics in Water and Aqueous Solutions, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 62, 395 (2011).
with S. Wang, R. Bianco: Dissociation of Nitric Acid at an Aqueous Surface: Large Amplitude Motions in the Contact Ion Pair to Solvent-Separated Ion Pair Conversion, PhysChemChemPhys, 12, 8241 (2010).
with F. Sterpone, G. Stirnemann, D. Laage: Water Hydrogen Bond Dynamics around Amino Acids: the Key Role of Hydrophilic Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor Groups, J. Phys. Chem B. 114, 2083 (2010).
with S.Wang, R. Bianco: Depth-Dependent Dissociation of Nitric Acid at an Aqueous Surface: Car-Parrinello Dynamics, J. Phys. Chem. A, 113, 1295 (2009).
with R. Rey, F. Ingrosso, T. Elsaesser: Pathways for H2O Bend Vibrational Relaxation in Liquid Water, J. Phys. Chem. A, 113, 8949 (2009).
with DM Koch, C. Toubin, GH Peslherbe: Theoretical Study of the Formation of the AminoAcetonitrile Precursor of Glycine on Icy Grain Mantles in the Interstellar Medium, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 12972 (2008).
with A. Mukherjee, R. Lavery, B. Bagchi: On the Molecular Mechanism of Drug Intercalation into DNA: A Simulation Study of the Intercalation Pathway, Free Energy and DNA Structural Changes, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 130, 9747 (2008).

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personal data
SURNAME	Hynes, James T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hynes, James Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	1943

[1] Life data, publications and academic family tree of James T. Hynes at academictree.org, accessed on February 12, 2018.