Professor Anders Nilsson receives the 2024 Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics
This prize recognizes notable contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy and dynamics. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel expenses, up to $1000, to attend the meeting at which the prize is to be presented and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The motivation is “for seminal contributions in the application of x-ray spectroscopy methods to the molecular dynamics of water and catalytic reactions.”
This prize was established in 1976 and is now sponsored by The Journal of Chemical Physics, an AIP Publishing journal.
Professor Anders Nilsson's research group, Experimental X-ray studies of Liquids and Surfaces (XSoLaS), focusses on x-ray scattering, x-ray spectroscopy and photoelectron spectroscopy techniques using synchrotron radiation sources and x-ray free electron lasers at facilities all around the world.
"The research at Fysikum is directed towards fundamental studies but related to challenges of societal importance. The research interests include chemical bonding and reactions on surfaces, ultrafast science, heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis in fuel cells, photocatalysis for converting sunlight to fuels, structure, dynamics and physical properties of water and aqueous solutions".
In 2001, he was offered a visiting professorship in chemical physics at Fysikum, Stockholm University.
"Since the Millennium, I have studied molecules on surfaces and water from many perspectives. Using ultrafast electron diffraction, I have studied with colleagues at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California how water structure changes after a rapid change in the quantum distribution of distances in the internal bond."
More information
Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics
X-ray and Electron Spectroscopy of Water - ACS Publications
The importance of water and fuel cells in society
Last updated: October 25, 2023
Source: Gunilla Häggström, Communications Officer, Fysikum