James F. Wishart

Chemist Radiation chemistry Ionic liquids (design, properties, chemical reactivity therein including radiation chemistry) Long-distance electron transfer Energy and electron transfer in dendrimers Studies of electron transfer and substitution mechanisms using high-pressure techniques Reactivity of energetic inorganic species Development of new accelerators and new detection techniques in pulse radiolysis Green and sustainable chemistry Telephone #: (631) 344-4327 wishart@bnl.gov

Recent Research Highlights:

Ionic Liquids: Designer Solvents for a Cleaner World (PDF)

Storing Energy in Dendrimer Trees: Stabilizing Charge Separation in Dendrimers (PDF)

View my October 2003 Brookhaven Lecture "Ionic Liquids: Salt for the Earth" (57:41, Requires RealPlayer)

View my explanation of ionic liquids and their relevance to energy applications at BNL Video's "Take 5" (5:40, Requires RealPlayer)

Education, Experience and Activities:

S. B., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry, Stanford University, 1985

National Science Foundation Predoctoral Research Fellow, 1980-83
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rutgers University, 1985-87
Assistant Chemist, BNL, 1987-89; Associate Chemist, BNL, 1989-92
Chemist, BNL, 1992-93; Chemist, Continuing, BNL, 1993-present.

Facility Supervisor, Laser-Electron Accelerator Facility (LEAF)
Project Manager, Construction of Laser-Electron Accelerator Facility (LEAF).

Member, New York Regional Alliance for Ionic Liquid Studies (NYRAILS)

Organizer, Tutorial on Radiation Chemistry Principles and Applications, 209th ACS National Meeting, Inorganic Division, Anaheim, CA, April 2nd, 1995.

Co-organizer (with D. G. Nocera), Symposium on Complementarity of Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry in the Study of Electron Transfer, 209th ACS National Meeting, Inorganic Division, Anaheim, CA, April 2nd, 1995.

Co-editor (with D. G. Nocera) of "Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry: Complementary Methods for the Study of Electron Transfer" Adv. Chem Ser. 254, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, (1998) (ISBN 0-8412-3499-X)

Co-organizer, Informational Workshop on Chemistry and Applications of Ionic Liquids, BNL, April 7th, 2004.

Organizer, International Symposium on Ultrafast Accelerators for Pulse Radiolysis, BNL, June 25th-28th, 2004.

Invited Professor, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Université de Paris XI, Orsay, France, 2005

Co-organizer (with E. W. Castner), Symposium on Physical Chemistry of Ionic Liquids, 232nd ACS National Meeting, Physical Division, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006

Guest Editor (with E. W. Castner), Journal of Physical Chemistry B special issue on "Physical Chemistry of Ionic Liquids", 111 (18), 2007

Co-organizer, NYRAILS 2007 Workshop on Ionic Liquids, Rutgers University, November 30th, 2007.

List of Publications (with links)

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Last Revised J. Wishart 1/15/08