Education:

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

Publications: ^top

“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.