Professor Bryce E Williamson
Position
Professor
Qualifications
BSc(Hons)(Well), PhD(ANU), FNZIC
Field of Study
Physical chemistry (optical and matrix-isolation spectroscopy)
Room
730
Contact Details
Telephone: +64 3 364 2439
Fax: +64 3 364 2110
Email: bryce.williamson@canterbury.ac.nz
Undergraduate Courses
Introductory thermodynamics; physical equilibria; chemical equilibria; introductory electrochemistry; inorganic coordination chemistry. |
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Principles of quantum mechanics; molecular bonding; thermodynamics and thermochemistry; electrochemistry; conductance; atomic and molecular spectroscopy; chemical kinetics and mechanisms; industrial separation techniques; structure and symmetry. |
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Molecular spectroscopy; molecular symmetry and group theory; metallurgy and the iron and steel industries; polymers. |
Graduate Courses
- Angular momentum theory and group theory – applications to magnetooptical spectroscopy; electronic spectroscopy of transition – metal complexes.
Research Interests
- Magnetooptical studies of chemical species ranging from diatomic radicals to transition-metal complexes and model compounds for biologically important molecules.
- UV/visible spectroscopy of matrix-isolated species.
- Development of theoretical methods for extracting excited-state information concerning spin-orbit coupling, crystal-field interactions and vibronic effects from analysis of magnetooptical (MCD and MCPL) spectra.
- Development of theoretical methods for extracting excited-state information concerning spin-orbit coupling, crystal-field interactions and vibronic effects from analysis of magnetooptical (MCD and MCPL) spectra.
- Grazing-angle FT-IRRAS spectroscopy as a means to quantify trace contamination of surfaces.
- Chemistry and science education.