Anthony J. Hynes
Professor of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
Biography
Dr. Anthony Hynes received his B.Sc.
(Chemistry,
1975), M.Sc. (Combustions and Energy Studies, 1976) and Ph.D, (Physical
Chemistry,
1980) from the University of Leeds, England. After postdoctoral
appointments at
UC Santa Barbara's Quantum Institute, Oberline College and Georgia
Tech, he
obtained a research faculty position at Georgia Tech Research
Institute. He
joined the faculty at the University of Miami in 1992. He is a member
of the
American Chemical Society and the American Geophysical Union.
Research Interests
Our
research
interests center on the development of laser diagnostics for the study
of the
kinetics and spectroscopy of fundamental processes in atmospheric,
plasma and
combustion chemistry. Our work in atmospheric chemical kinetics uses
laser
photolysis coupled with techniques such as laser induced fluorescence
(LIF) to
detect reactive free radicals. The hyroxyl (OH) radical drives
tropospheric
chemistry and we use laser induced fluorescence to study its reactions
under
realistic atmospheric conditions. We can directly observe the formation
of
weakly bound complexes of OH2 with carbon disulfide and
dimethylsulfide. These complexes play a critical role in the
atmospheric sulfur
cycle. We are also attempting to develop detection schemes for species
which
cannot be detected by LIF, for example HO2, a reactive
intermediate
that is important in both atmospheric and combustion chemistry. We have
recently developed detection schemes based on Photofragment-LIF for HO2
and Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization (REMPI) Spectroscopy for
O1D.
Publications: list
Contact
Anthony J. Hynes
RSMAS/MAC
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149-1098
Tel: 305-421-4679
Fax: 305-421-4689
Last updated: 12 May 2003