Professor Meredith Jordan
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Professor Meredith Jordan

BSc PhD Sydney
Associate Professor
Phone
61 2 9351 4420
Fax
61 2 9351 3329
Address
F11 - Chemistry Building
The University of Sydney
Professor Meredith Jordan
  • BSc (Hons) Sydney 1990
  • PhD (Sydney) 1994
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow Research School of Chemistry, ANU 1994-95
  • Research Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge, UK 1995-98
  • ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney 1998-2012
  • Associate Professor, University of Sydney 2013-
  • Potential energy surfaces for chemical reactions
  • Quantum and classical dynamics in chemical systems
  • Bonding in loosely bound systems
  • The theoretical interpretation of photodetachment and photodissociation spectra

My research involves the development of quantum mechanical models for the behaviour of bound systems (theoretical spectroscopy) and unbound systems (reactive and inelastic scattering). In particular I am interested in identifying the active degrees of freedom in relatively large systems and modelling these using accurate and reliable reduced dimensional quantum models. Some of my current research projects include studies of hydrogen bonds in model biological systems, the calculation of photodetachment spectra and understanding the nature of collisional energy transfer.

I am also involved in the development of new theoretical methodology for use in quantum scattering calculations.

  • Honours & Graduate Diploma Coordinator

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Jordan, M., Crittenden, D., Thompson, K. (2007). Quantum effects in loosley bound complexes. In James B Anderson and Stuart M Rothstein (Eds.), Advances in Quantum Monte Carlo, (pp. 101-140). USA: American Chemical Society. [More Information]

Journals

  • Kharazmi, A., Harrison, A., Shaw, M., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2024). The Effect of β-Hydrogens on the Tropospheric Photochemistry of Aldehydes: Norrish Type 1, Triple Fragmentation, and Methylketene Formation from Propanal. Journal of the American Chemical Society. [More Information]
  • Welsh, B., Corrigan, M., Assaf, E., Nauta, K., Sebastianelli, P., Jordan, M., Fittschen, C., Kable, S. (2023). Photophysical oxidation of HCHO produces HO2 radicals. Nature Chemistry, 15(10), 1350-1357. [More Information]
  • Rowell, K., Kable, S., Jordan, M. (2022). An assessment of the tropospherically accessible photo-initiated ground state chemistry of organic carbonyls. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(2), 929-949. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Kolmann, J., Jordan, M. (2009). Interpolated potential energy surfaces. XXII Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Meeting.
  • Kable, S., Heazlewood, B., Maccarone, A., Jordan, M. (2009). Isotopic exchange mechanisms implicated in the photodissociation dynamics of acetaldehyde-d3. 30th International Symposium on Free Radicals, N/A: N/A.
  • Kable, S., Heazlewood, B., Maccarone, A., Jordan, M. (2009). Photodissociation dynamics of acetaldehyde-d3: It's the little things that count. International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy, N/A: N/A.

2024

  • Kharazmi, A., Harrison, A., Shaw, M., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2024). The Effect of β-Hydrogens on the Tropospheric Photochemistry of Aldehydes: Norrish Type 1, Triple Fragmentation, and Methylketene Formation from Propanal. Journal of the American Chemical Society. [More Information]

2023

  • Welsh, B., Corrigan, M., Assaf, E., Nauta, K., Sebastianelli, P., Jordan, M., Fittschen, C., Kable, S. (2023). Photophysical oxidation of HCHO produces HO2 radicals. Nature Chemistry, 15(10), 1350-1357. [More Information]

2022

  • Rowell, K., Kable, S., Jordan, M. (2022). An assessment of the tropospherically accessible photo-initiated ground state chemistry of organic carbonyls. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(2), 929-949. [More Information]

2020

  • Quinn, M., Nauta, K., Jordan, M., Bowman, J., Houston, P., Kable, S. (2020). Rotational resonances in the H2CO roaming reaction are revealed by detailed correlations. Science, 369(6511), 1592-1596. [More Information]

2019

  • Harrison, A., Kharazmi, A., Shaw, M., Quinn, M., Lee, K., Nauta, K., Rowell, K., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2019). Dynamics and quantum yields of H2 + CH2CO as a primary photolysis channel in CH3CHO. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(26), 14284-14295. [More Information]
  • Rowell, K., Kable, S., Jordan, M. (2019). Structural Effects on the Norrish Type I alpha-Bond Cleavage of Tropospherically Important Carbonyls. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 123(48), 10381-10396. [More Information]

2018

  • Lindoy, L., Huang, G., Jordan, M. (2018). Path integrals with higher order actions: Application to realistic chemical systems. Journal of Chemical Physics, 148(7), 1-13. [More Information]
  • Shaw, M., Sztaray, B., Whalley, L., Heard, D., Millet, D., Jordan, M., Osborn, D., Kable, S. (2018). Photo-tautomerization of acetaldehyde as a photochemical source of formic acid in the troposphere. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-7. [More Information]
  • Kwan, T., Jordan, M. (2018). The proton affinity of methane and its isotopologues: A test for theory. Chemical Physics Letters, 708, 216-221. [More Information]

2017

  • Shaw, M., Osborn, D., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2017). Infrared specta of gas-phase 1- and 2-propenol isomers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 121(19), 3679-3688. [More Information]
  • Quinn, M., Andrews, D., Nauta, K., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2017). The energy dependence of CO(v,J) produced from H2CO via the transition state, roaming, and triple fragmentation channels. Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(1), 013935-1-013935-16. [More Information]

2015

  • D'Arcy, J., Kolmann, J., Jordan, M. (2015). "Plug-and-play" potentials: Investigating quantum effects in (H2)2-Li+-benzene. Journal of Chemical Physics, 143(7), 074311-1-074311-12. [More Information]
  • Bauer, T., Jager, C., Jordan, M., Clark, T. (2015). A multi-agent quantum Monte Carlo model for charge transport: Application to organic field-effect transistors. Journal of Chemical Physics, 143(4), 044114-1-044114-9. [More Information]
  • D'Arcy, J., Jordan, M., Frankcombe, T., Collins, M. (2015). H2 adsorption in a porous crystal: Accurate first-principles quantum simulation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119(50), 12166-12181. [More Information]

2014

  • Morris, M., Jordan, M. (2014). Generating accurate dipole moment surfaces using modified Shepard interpolation. Journal of Chemical Physics, 140(20), 1-12. [More Information]
  • Lee, K., Quinn, M., Maccarone, A., Nauta, K., Houston, P., Reid, S., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2014). Two roaming pathways in the photolysis of CH3CHO between 328 and 308 nm. Chemical Science, 5(12), 4633-4638. [More Information]

2013

  • Andrews, D., Kable, S., Jordan, M. (2013). A phase space theory for roaming reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(32), 7631-7642. [More Information]
  • Hobday, N., Quinn, M., Nauta, B., Andrews, D., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2013). Experimental and theoretical investigation of triple fragmentation in the photodissociation dynamics of H(2)CO. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(46), 12091-12103. [More Information]
  • Morris, M., Jordan, M. (2013). Modeling molecular response in uniform and non-uniform electric fields. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(5), 1-9. [More Information]

2012

  • Andrews, D., Heazlewood, B., Maccarone, A., Conroy, T., Payne, R., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2012). Photo-tautomerization of acetaldehyde to vinyl alcohol: A potential route to tropospheric acids. Science, 337(6099), 1203-1206. [More Information]
  • Clubb, A., Jordan, M., Kable, S., Osborn, D. (2012). Phototautomerization of acetaldehyde to vinyl alcohol: A primary process in UV-irradiated acetaldehyde from 295 to 335 nm. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3(23), 3522-3526. [More Information]
  • de Wit, G., Heazlewood, B., Quinn, M., Maccarone, A., Nauta, B., Reid, S., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2012). Product state and speed distributions in photochemical triple fragmentations. Faraday Discussions, 157(2012), 227-241. [More Information]

2011

  • Heazlewood, B., Maccarone, A., Andrews, D., Osborn, D., Harding, L., Klippenstein, S., Jordan, M., Kable, S. (2011). Near-threshold H/D exchange in CD(3)CHO photodissociation. Nature Chemistry, 3(6), 443-448. [More Information]
  • Hunter, L., Jolliffe, K., Jordan, M., Jensen, P., Macquart, R. (2011). Synthesis and conformational analysis of alpha,beta-difluoro-gamma-amino acid derivatives. Chemistry - A European Journal, 17(8), 2340-2343. [More Information]

2010

  • Kolmann, J., Jordan, M. (2010). Method and basis set dependence of anharmonic ground state nuclear wave functions and zero-point energies: Application to SSSH. Journal of Chemical Physics, 132(5), 1-10. [More Information]
  • Banister, S., Moussa, I., Jordan, M., Coster, M., Kassiou, M. (2010). Oxo-bridged isomers of aza-trishomocubane sigma (o) receptor ligands: Synthesis, in vitro binding, and molecular modeling. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 20(1), 145-148. [More Information]

2009

  • Jordan, M., Castro, J. (2009). Determination of particle siz? for colloidal dispersions: An APCELL experiment. The Australian Journal of Education in Chemistry, 69, 25-28.
  • Kolmann, J., Jordan, M. (2009). Interpolated potential energy surfaces. XXII Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Meeting.
  • Kable, S., Heazlewood, B., Maccarone, A., Jordan, M. (2009). Isotopic exchange mechanisms implicated in the photodissociation dynamics of acetaldehyde-d3. 30th International Symposium on Free Radicals, N/A: N/A.

2008

  • Kolmann, J., Chan, B., Jordan, M. (2008). Modelling the interaction of molecular hydrogen with lithium-doped hydrogen storage materials. Chemical Physics Letters, 467, 126-130. [More Information]
  • Heazlewood, B., Jordan, M., Kable, S., Selby, T., Osborn, D., Shepler, B., Braams, B., Bowman, J. (2008). Roaming is the dominant mechanism for molecular products in acetaldehyde photodissociation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(35), 12719-12724. [More Information]

2007

  • Jordan, M., Crittenden, D., Thompson, K. (2007). Quantum effects in loosley bound complexes. In James B Anderson and Stuart M Rothstein (Eds.), Advances in Quantum Monte Carlo, (pp. 101-140). USA: American Chemical Society. [More Information]

2006

  • Thompson, K., Crittenden, D., Kable, S., Jordan, M. (2006). A classical trajectory study of the photodissociation of T-1 acetaldehyde: The transition from impulsive to statistical dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics, 124(4), 044302-1-044302-15. [More Information]
  • Crittenden, D., Park, A., Qiu, J., Silverman, R., Duke, R., Johnston, G., Jordan, M., Chebib, M. (2006). Enantiomers of cis-constrained and flexible 2-substituted GABA analogues exert opposite effects at recombinant GABA(C) receptors. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 14(2), 447-455. [More Information]

2005

  • Crittenden, D., Chebib, M., Jordan, M. (2005). A quantitative structure-activity relationship investigation into agonist binding at GABA C receptors. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 755, 81-89. [More Information]
  • Thompson, K., Crittenden, D., Jordan, M. (2005). CH5+: Chemistry's chameleon unmasked. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127(13), 4954-4958. [More Information]
  • Crittenden, D., Jordan, M. (2005). Interpolated potential energy surfaces: How accurate do the second derivatives have to be? Journal of Chemical Physics, 122(4), 044102-1-044102-6. [More Information]

2004

  • Crittenden, D., Chebib, M., Jordan, M. (2004). Stabilization of Zwitterions in Solution: γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 108(1), 203-211. [More Information]

2003

  • Jordan, M., Thompson, K. (2003). The response of a molecule to an external electric field: predicting structural and spectroscopi change. Chemical Physics Letters, 370(1-2), 14-20. [More Information]

2002

  • Jordan, M., Del Bene, J. (2002). To What Extent Do External Fields and Vibrational and Isotopic Effects Influence NMR Coupling Constants Across Hydrogen Bonds? Two-Bond Cl-N Spin-Spin Coupling Constants (2hJCl-N) in Model ClH:NH3 Complexes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 106(21), 5385-5392. [More Information]

2001

  • Bevitt, J., Chapman, K., Crittenden, D., Jordan, M., Del, B. (2001). An ab initio study of anharmonicity and field effects in hydrogen-bonded complexes of the deuterated analogues of HCl and HBr with NH3 and N(CH3)3. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 105(13), 3371-3378.
  • Toh, J., Jordan, M., Husowitz, B., Del, B. (2001). Can proton-shared or ion-pair N-H-N hydrogen bonds be produced in uncharged complexes? A systematic ab initio study of the structures and selected NMR and IR properties of complexes with N-H-N hydrogen bonds. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 105, 10906-10914. [More Information]
  • Chapman, K., Crittenden, D., Bevitt, J., Jordan, M., Del, B. (2001). Relating environmental effects and structures, IR, and NMR properties of hydrogen-bonded complexes: CIH:Pyridine. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 105, 5442-5449. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2022

  • Atmospheric Photothermal Oxidation as a New Reaction in the Atmosphere, Jordan M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2018

  • The forgotten role of the ground slate in atmospheric photochemistry, Jordan M, Kable S, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)