BLOWERS, Paul - Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1999. Dr. Blowers joined the University of Arizona faculty in 1999. Dr. Blowers' research focuses on facilitating predictions of activation barriers for reactions in various environments. Current work is concentrated on using ab initio quantum mechanical calculations to find correlating parameters for activation barriers. Specifically, gas phase neutral ligand transfer reactions important in cracking reactions and charged reactions important in plasma chemistry are being investigated. The effects of surfaces on reactions are also being examined, both through ab initio calculations and experimental methods.  The long term research goal is to predict activation barriers for new reactions on complex surfaces.

Dr. Blowers has received numerous teaching awards and is interested in teaching surface science, chemical kinetics, and material and energy balances. He is also involved in research on teaching problem solving skills to beginning engineering students.

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