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C. Bradley Moore

Charles Bradley Moore (1939-) performed ground-breaking research in molecular energy transfer, chemical reaction kinetics and photochemistry. His research provided quantitative benchmarks for theories of chemical bond breaking, and provided the very convincing demonstration of the effects of Transition-State quantization and quantum fluctuations on reaction rates. He was the first to propose a roaming mechanism for chemical reactions. He was one of the first chemists to employ lasers, and his work underlies modern models of atmospheric and combustion chemistry.

He had a long and distinguished career on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, and several of the Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows he mentored went on to very successful research careers, e.g. Steve Leone,

A capable and well-respected administrator, he held several major leadership positions at research institutions including: Dean of the College of Chemistry, Univ. California Berkeley (1988-1994); Director of the Chemical Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ; Vice-President for Research of the Ohio State University; and Vice-President for Research of Northwestern University.

Honors and Awards

elected into National Academy of Science (1986) E.O. Lawrence Award (1986) Lippincott Award (1987) Earle K. Plyer Prize in Molecular Spectroscopy from the American Physical Society (1993) First Inter-American Photochemical Society Award in Photochemistry (1988)