John Barker

Professor Emeritus

Location

1520 Climate & Space Research Building 2455 Hayward Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143

Primary Website

• https://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/multiwell/

Education

• Ph.D., M.S., Chemistry, Carnegie-Mellon University
• B.S., Hampden-Sydney College

Publications

• “Experiments on Collisional Energy Transfer”, Keith D. King and John R. Barker, in Unimolecular Kinetics: Part 2: Collisional Energy Transfer and The Master Equation; Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics (Elsevier, 2019), Vol. 43, Chapter 5, in press.
• “Monte Carlo (Stochastic) Solution of the Master Equation”, John R. Barker, in Unimolecular Kinetics: Part 2: Collisional Energy Transfer and The Master Equation; Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics (Elsevier, 2019), Vol. 43, Chapter 10, in press.
• “100 Years of Progress in Atmospheric Chemistry Research”, Timothy J. Wallington, John H. Seinfeld, and John R. Barker”, in Meteorological Monographs (American Meteorological Association, 2019), Vol. 59, Chapter 10, 10.1-10.52. DOI: 10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-18-0008.1
• Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry, John R. Barker, Allison E. Steiner, and Timothy J. Wallington, Editors (World Scientific, Singapore, 2019), Volume 2 (ISBN 978-981-3271-82-1)
• Binod Raj Giri , Mohammed AlAbbad, John R. Barker*, Aamir Farooq*,  High temperature unimolecular decomposition of cyclopentanone, Proc. Combust. Inst. 2019, 37, 267-273, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.076
• J. R. Barker, T. L. Nguyen, J. F. Stanton, C. Aieta, M. Ceotto, F. Gabas, T. J. D. Kumar, C. G. L. Li, L. L. Lohr, A. Maranzana, N. F. Ortiz, J. M. Preses and P. J. Stimac; MultiWell-2017 Software Suite; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2017; http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/multiwell/.
• Ralph E. Weston, Jr., Thanh Lam Nguyen, John F. Stanton, and John R. Barker, “HO + CO Reaction Rates and H/D Kinetic Isotope Effects: Master Equation Models with ab Initio SCTST Rate Constants”, J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 821−835 (2013).
• J. R. Barker, J. R., T. L. Nguyen, and J. F. Stanton, “Ab Initio Kinetic Isotope Effects for Cl + CH4 Computed Using Semi-Classical Transition State Theory”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 116, 6408−6419 (2012).
• Nguyen, T.L., J.F. Stanton, and J.R. Barker (2010), A Practical Implementation of Semi-Classical Transition State Theory for Polyatomics, Chem. Phys. Letters, 499, 9-15.
• David M. Golden and John R. Barker, “Pressure- and Temperature-Dependent Combustion Reactions”, Combust. Flame, 158, 602–617 (2011)
• Nguyen, T.L., and J.R. Barker (2010), Sums and Densities of Fully-Coupled Anharmonic Vibrational States: A Comparison of Three Practical Methods, J. Phys. Chem. A., 114, 3718–3730.
• Barker, J.R., and R.E. Weston (2010), Jr., Collisional Energy Transfer Probability Densities P(E,J;E’,J’) for Monatomics Colliding with Large Molecules, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 10619–10633.
• Barker, J. R. (2001), Multiple-well, multiple-reaction-path unimolecular reaction systems. I. MultiWell computer program suite, Int. J. Chem. Kinetics, 33, 232-245.