Donald L. Thompson's Theoretical Chemistry Group
Department of Chemistry, Schlundt Hall, University of Missouri - Columbia

Ali Siavosh-Haghighi
Post-doctoral Research Associate		 Image loading
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Chemistry
125 Chemistry Building
Columbia, Missouri 65211
 Tel: 573-884-3829
Fax: 573-882-2754
as7a5@mizzou.edu
Education:
2004:Ph.D. Chemistry (Physical Chemistry). University of Missouri-Columbia. Columbia, MO
1997:M.Sc. Chemistry (Physical Chemistry). Isfahan University of Technology. Isfahan, Iran.
1993:B.Sc. Pure Chemistry. Shiraz University. Shiraz, Iran.

Teaching experiences:
1999-2001:Graduate teaching assistant, Physical chemistry and Analytical chemistry. University of Missouri – Columbia.
1997-1999:Instructing courses such as undergraduate Physical chemistry and its relevant lab, Quantum chemistry, Spectroscopy, and General chemistry. Persian Gulf University.
1995-1997:Graduate teaching assistant, Physical chemistry and General chemistry. Isfahan University of Technology.

Subjects of Interest:
  1. Local structure of supercritical fluids.
  2. Energy transfer on the surface of energetic materials.
  3. Nucleation in the vapor phase.
  4. Heat propagation in Nanoparticles.


(Left) Inhomogeneities in supercritical CO2 at critical density and at the temperature of 1.01 Tc
(Right) Side view of methanol distribution around phenol molecule in a matrix of Supercritical CO2


Argon scattering from the surface of liquid Indium.

Publications:
-Ali Siavosh-Haghighi and Donald L. Thompson. Melting Point Determination from Solid-Liquid Coexistence Initiated by Surface Melting J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 7980.
-Ali Siavosh-Haghighi and Donald L. Thompson. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Surface-Initiated Melting of Nitromethane
J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 125, 184711.
-Tamas J. Szabo, Ali Siavosh-Haghighi, John E. Adams. Energy Transfer at a Gas-Liquid Interface: Kinematics in a Prototypical System J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 1319.
-John E. Adams and Ali Siavosh-Haghighi. Rotational Relaxation in Supercritical CO2. J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 7973-7980.
-Siavosh-Haghighi, A.; Adams, J. E. Rotational Relaxation in a Nondipolar Supercritical Fluid: Toluene in CO2
J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, 105, 2680.

Works in progress:
-Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Hot-Gas Initiated Melting of Nitromethane.
-Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Surface-Initiated Melting of Nitromethane.
-Predicting Pressure and Temperature Effects on Volume of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Crystals: 1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7).
-Predicting equilibrium shape of the hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-s-triazine crystal (RDX).

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