Jeremy Hutson is leader of the
Cold Molecules Theory Research Group.
The group's research interests are in the quantum mechanics and
quantum dynamics of molecular interactions:
Potential energy surfaces for ultracold collisions
Formation of ultracold molecules by atom association
Properties of ultracold molecules
Sympathetic cooling of ultracold molecules by laser-cooled atoms
Control of ultracold collisions with electric and magnetic fields
For further information on the group's research interests, see Jeremy Hutson's
research page.
Opportunities to join the research group
We have a very large EPSRC Programme Grant entitled "MMQA: Microkelvin
Molecules in a Quantum Array" which started in December 2010 and runs for 5
years. This is a joint
experimental and theoretical project, together with colleagues in the
Durham Physics and Chemistry Departments (Simon Cornish, Eckart Wrede, David
Carty) and at Imperial College London (Ed Hinds, Michael Tarbutt).
A Ph. D. studentship is available to work on the theory of cold and
ultracold molecules, to start in October 2013. The provisional titles available are:
1. Ultracold molecules from ultracold atoms: quantum theory of molecules at
microkelvin temperatures
2. Cooling molecules to microkelvin temperatures: using the theory of
ultracold collisions to make sympathetic cooling work
Funding is available for this studentship, but unfortunately only for UK
or European Union citizens. Even for EU citizens the rules are quite complex,
so write to me for further details.
Further information on the proposed projects is available
here.
The group welcomes applications from well-qualified scientists to apply for personal Fellowships, including EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships,
Newton International
Fellowships and overseas government fellowships. For German
scientists, Jeremy Hutson's Humboldt Research Award makes him eligible as a
host for Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships.
Recent awards
Tilden Prize 2011 (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Elected
Fellow of the Royal Society 2010
Humboldt Research
Award 2010 (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
Computational Chemistry Award 2007 (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Kolos Medal 2007 (University of Warsaw and Polish Chemical Society)
International collaborations
Prof. Paul S. Julienne (NIST, Gaithersburg and JQI, University of Maryland):
Theory of molecule formation in ultracold atomic gases
Prof. Dr. Hanns-Christoph Naegerl and
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Grimm (University of Innsbruck and Austrian Academy of Sciences):
Formation and properties of alkali metal dimers
Prof. Gerrit C. Groenenboom (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands):
Cold molecule-molecule collisions and evaporative cooling
Prof. Robert Moszynski (University of Warsaw, Poland):
Collisions of cold polar molecules
Prof. Ed Hinds and Dr. Michael Tarbutt (Imperial College
London):
Microkelvin Molecules in a Quantum Array
Editorships
Editor of
International
Reviews in Physical Chemistry (2000-) (sole Editor since 2005)
Previously Specialist Editor of
Computer Physics Communications
Previously served on the
Editorial Boards of
Molecular Physics and the
Journal of Chemical Physics.
Conference Organisation
Chairman of the Organising Committee for Faraday Discussion 142, on Cold and Ultracold Molecules (Durham, 2009)
Chair (with Dan Neumark) of the
Gordon Conference on Molecular and Ionic Clusters (Aussois, France,
2008).
Vice-Chair (with Dan Neumark) of the
Gordon Conference on Molecular and Ionic Clusters (Ventura, California,
2006).
Organiser (with Pavel Soldan) of a major European conference on
Bose-Einstein Condensation: from atoms to molecules
(Durham, 2004).
Organiser (with Roman Krems and John Doyle) of an ITAMP workshop on
Ultracold Polar Molecules:
production and properties (Harvard University, 2004)
Organiser (with Anne McCoy) of Telluride Workshops on
Doped Rare Gas Clusters (2002) and on
Spectroscopy and Dynamics on Multiple Surfaces (2003).
Chairman of the Organising Committee for Faraday Discussion 118, on Cluster Dynamics (2001).
Founder of the series of CCP6 Workshops
Organiser of several CCP6 Workshops, including one in September
2002 on Interactions
of Cold Atoms and Molecules.
Computer Programs
MOLSCAT
package for quantum-mechanical atomic and molecular inelastic scattering
calculations.
BOUND program for
calculating the vibration-rotation energy levels of
weakly bound species such as Van der Waals complexes.
I-NoLLS, the
Interactive Non-Linear Least-Squares package (with Mark Law).
Professional Organisations
C. Chem., FRSC and FInstP
Chair of the Scientific Committee of
EuroQUAM, the European Science Foundation EUROCORES Programme on Cold Quantum Matter (2007-2010).
Committee member of the
Molecular Physics Group of the Institute of
Physics (2005-07)
Board member of the Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics of
the European Physical Society (2004-06).
Chairman of
CCP6,
the Collaborative Computational Project on Molecular Quantum Dynamics (1999-2005).
Mailing List
Founder and list owner of the molecular-dynamics-news email list, which
distributes news for chemical physics research community. The list is run on
the JISCmail Mailing List Service. For information on how to join the list, click here.
Hobbies
Jeremy's hobbies include white-water rafting (though he has been known to
fall out of the
raft), skiing (though he doesn't always keep his feet there,
either), and hill-walking
(which is usually safer).
Jeremy is also interested in local history and vernacular
architecture, and has written a
History of Tudhoe
Village in County Durham.
