Curriculum Vitae

Balakrishnan Naduvalath

Professional Degrees:

Ph. D. Chemistry, 1993, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India M. Sc. Chemistry, 1987, University of Calicut, India B. Sc. Chemistry, 1985, University of Calicut, India Employment History: 2011-: Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA 2006-2011-: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA 2002-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA 1999-2001: Research Associate, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, USA 1996-1999: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, USA 1996: Invited Associate Professor, Laboratory for Astrophysics, Besancon, France 1995-1996: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 1993-1995: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Honors/Awards

• Fellow of the American Physical Society (since 2009) • Visiting Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard-

Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (summer of 2002, 2007, 2010, 2013). • New Investigator Award, UNLV, 2002. • Cottrel College Science Award, Research Corporation, 2003. • Planning and Initiative Award, UNLV, 2003. • College of Sciences Distinguished Researcher Award, UNLV, 2007

Professional Activities

• Published over 150 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals in Chemistry, Physics, and Astrophysics (110 from UNLV). H-index=32/39 (Web of Science/Google Scholar).

• Member of the American Chemical Society and American Physical Society. • Reviewer for manuscripts for Nature Chemistry, Physical Review Letters, Physical

Review A, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Journal of Atmospheric Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Chem. Rev., etc.

• Reviewer for proposals for National Science Foundation (2002-present), DOE, DoD, Petroleum Research Fund, European Union, Austrian Science Fund, The French National Research Agency, etc.

• Mentored 11 post-doctoral scholars

Page 2 Articles in refereed journals

1. Q. Yao, M. Morita, C. Xie, N. Balakrishnan, and H. Guo, Globally accurate full-dimensional potential energy surface for H2+HCl inelastic scattering, J. Phys. Chem. A. (submitted).

2. Z. E. Zhang, B. Yang, K. M. Walker, R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, and P. C. Stancil, Revisiting non-local thermodynamic equilibrium rovibrational excitation of CO in UV environments, Astrophys. J. (submitted).

3. P. G. Jambrina, J. F. E. Croft, H. Guo, M. Brouard, N. Balakrishnan, and F. J. Aoiz, Stereodynamical control of a quantum scattering resonance in cold molecular collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. (in press).

4. Y. Wan, N. Balakrishnan, B. H. Yang, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Rotational quenching of HD induced by collisions with H2 molecules, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (in press).

5. B. K. Kendrick and N. Balakrishnan, Geometric phase effects in ultracold chemical reactions, Atoms, 7, 65 (2019).

6. J. F. E. Croft and N. Balakrishnan, Controlling rotational quenching rates in cold molecular collisions, J. Chem. Phys. 150, 164302 (2019).

7. K. Hilsabeck, J. Meiser, M. Sneha, N. Balakrishnan, and R. N. Zare, Photon Catalysis of Deuterium iodide photodissociation, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 14195 (2019).

8. B. H. Yang, P. Zhang, C. Qu, P. C. Stancil, J. M. Bowman, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 28425 (2018).

9. N. Balakrishnan, J. F. E. Croft, B. H. Yang, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Rotational quenching of HD in collisions with H2: resolving discrepancies for low-lying rotational levels, Astrophysical Journal, 866, 95 (2018).

10. J. F. E. Croft, N. Balakrishnan, M. Huang, and H. Guo, Unreveling the stereodynamics of cold controlled HD-H2 collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 113401 (2018). (Editor’s choice).

11. Y. Wan, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, N. Balakrishnan, N. J. Parekh, and R. C. Forrey, Collisional quenching of highly excited H2 due to H2 collisions, Astrophysical Journal, 862, 132 (2018).

12. H. Burton, R. Mysliwiec, R. C. Forrey, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, Fine-structure resolved rotational transitions and database for CN+H2 collisions, Molecular Astrophysics, 11, 23 (2018).

13. B. H. Yang, P. Zhang, C. Qu, X. H. Wang, P. C. Stancil, J. M. Bowman, N. Balakrishnan, B. M. McLaughlin, and R. C. Forrey, Full-dimensional quantum dynamics of SiO in collisions with H2, J. Phys. Chem. A 122, 1511 (2018).

14. J. F. E. Croft, C. Makrides, M. Li, A. Petrov, B. K. Kendrick, N. Balakrishnan, and S. Kotochigova, Universality and chaoticity in ultracold K+KRb chemical reactions, Nature Comm. 8, 15897 (2017).

15. J. F. E. Croft, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Symmetry and the geometric phase in ultracold hydrogen-exchange reactions, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 074302 (2017).

16. J. F. E. Croft, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Long-lived complexes and signatures of chaos in ultracold K2+Rb collisions, Phys. Rev. A 96, 062707 (2017).

17. C. Castro, K. Doan, M. Klemka, R. C. Forrey, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, Inelastic cross sections and rate coefficients for collisions between CO and H2, Molecular Astrophysics, 6, 47 (2017).

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Full-dimensional quantum dynamics of rovibrationally inelastic scattering between CN and H2, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 224307 (2016).

19. N. Balakrishnan, Perspective: Ultracold molecules and the dawn of cold controlled chemistry, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 150901 (2016).

20. B. K. Kendrick, J. Hazra, and N. Balakrishnan, Geometric phase effects in ultracold H+H2 reaction, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 164303 (2016).

21. B. K. Kendrick, J. Hazra, and N. Balakrishnan, Geometric phase effects in the ultracold D+HD®D+HD, D+HD«H+D2 reactions, New. J. Phys. 18, 12320 (2016).

22. J. Hazra, B. K. Kendrick, and N. Balakrishnan, Geometric phase effects in ultracold hydrogen exchange reaction, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49, 194004 (2016).

23. B. H. Yang, N. Balakrishnan, P. Zhang, X. Wang, J. M. Bowman, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Full-dimensional quantum dynamics of CO in collision with H2, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 034308 (2016).

24. J. Hazra, B. K. Kendrick, and N. Balakrishnan, Importance of geometric phase effects in ultracold chemistry, J. Phys. Chem. A 119, 12291 (2015).

25. L. Song, N. Balakrishnan, K. M. Walker, P. C. Stancil, W.-F. Thi, I. Kamp, A. van der Avoird, and G. C. Groenenboom, Quantum Calculation of Inelastic CO Collisions with H. III. Rate Coefficients for Ro-vibrational Transitions, Astrophysical Journal, 813, 96 (2015).

26. K. M. Walker, L. Song, B. H. Yang, G. C. Groenenboom. A. van der Avoird, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Quantum Calculation of Inelastic CO Collisions with H. II. Pure Rotational Quenching of High Rotational Levels, Astrophysical Journal 811, 27 (2015).

27. R. C. Forrey, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, Mutual vibrational quenching in CO+H2 collisions, Chem. Phys. 462, 71 (2015).

28. B. K. Kendrick, J. Hazra, and N. Balakrishnan, The Geometric Phase Appears in the Ultracold Hydrogen Exchange Reaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 153201 (2015).

29. B. K. Kendrick, J. Hazra, and N. Balakrishnan, The Geometric Phase Controls Ultracold Chemistry, Nature Communications 6, 7918 (2015).

30. B. Yang, K. M. Walker, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, Collisional quenching of highly rotationally excited HF, Astronomy & Astrophysics 578, A65 (2015).

31. L. Song, N. Balakrishnan, A. van der Avoird, T. Karman, and G. C. Groenenboom, Quantum scattering calculations for ro-vibrational de-excitation of CO by hydrogen atoms, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 204303 (2015)

32. J. Hazra and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum dynamics of tunneling dominated reactions at low temperatures, New J. Phys. 17, 055027 (2015).

33. B. Yang, P. Zhang, X. Wang, P. C. Stancil, J. M. Bowman, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Quantum dynamics of CO-H2 in full dimensionality, Nature Communications 6, 6629 (2015).

34. C. Makrides, J. Hazra, G. B. Pradhan, A. Petrov,1, B. K. Kendrick, T. Gonza lez-Lezana, N. Balakrishnan, and S. Kotochigova, Ultracold chemistry with alkali-metal–rare-earth molecules, Phys. Rev. A 91, 012728 (2015).

35. J. Hazra, B. P. Ruzic, J. L. Bohn, and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum defect theory for cold chemistry with product quantum-state resolution, Phys. Rev. A 90, 062703 (2014).

36. J. Hazra, B. P. Ruzic, N. Balakrishnan, and J. L. Bohn, Multichannel quantum defect theory for rovibrational transitions in ultracold molecule-molecule collisions, Phys. Rev. A 90, 032711 (2014).

37. G. B. Pradhan, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Quantum dynamics of O(1D)+D2 reaction: isotope and vibrational excitation effects, J. Phys. B. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47,

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38. K. M. Walker, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, On the validity of collider-mass scaling for molecular rotational relaxation, Astrophys. J. 790, 96 (2014).

39. D. Smith, K. Patkowski, D. Trinh, N. Balakrishnan, T.-G. Lee, R. C. Forrey, B. Yang, and P. C. Stancil, Highly correlated electronic structure calculations of the He-C3 van der Waals complex and collision induced rotational transitions of C3, J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 6351 (2014), DOI: 10.1021/jp412048w.

40. A full-dimensional quantum dynamical study of H2-H2 collisions: coupled-states vs close-coupling formulation, A. Bohr, S. Paolini, R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan and P. C. Stancil, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 064308 (2014).

41. S. Fonseca dos Santos, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Vibration-vibration and vibration-translation energy transfer in H2-H2 collisions: A critical test of experiment with full-dimensional quantum dynamics, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 104302 (2013).

42. G. B. Pradhan, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Ultracold collisions of O(1D) and H2: The effects of H2 vibrational excitation on the production of vibrationally and rotationally excited OH, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 164310 (2013).

43. M.-L. Dubernet, M. H. Alexander, Y. A. Ba, N. Balakrishnan, et al., BASECOL2012: A collisional database repository and web service within the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553, A50 (2013).

44. B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and J. M. Bowman, Quantum calculations of inelastic collisions with H.I. Rotational quenching of low-lying rotational levels, Astrophys. J. 771, 49 (2013).

45. G. B. Pradhan, J. C. Juanes-Marcos, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Chemical reaction versus vibrational quenching in low energy collisions of vibrationally excited OH with O, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 194305 (2013).

46. B. H. Yang, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, S. Fonseca dos Santos, and N. Balakrishnan, Zero-Energy Resonances of Hydrogen Diatom Isotopologs: Tuning Quasiresonant Transitions in Vibration Space, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 233201 (2012).

47. N. Balakrishnan, Quantum dynamics of the Cl+H2 reaction at ultracold temperatures, J. Chem. Sci. 124, 311 (2012).

48. J. Nolte, P. C. Stancil, T.-G. Lee, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Rovibrational quenching rate coefficients of HD in collisions with He, Astrophys. J. 744, 62 (2012).

49. W. el-Qadi, R. C. Forrey, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, Cold collisions of highly rotationally excited CO2 with He: the prospects for cold chemistry with super rotors, Phys. Rev. A 84, 054701 (2011).

50. J. C. Juanes-Marcos, G. Quemener, B. K. Kendrick, and N. Balakrishnan, Ultracold collisions and reactions of vibrationally excited OH radicals with oxygen atoms, PCCP, 13, 19067 (2011).

51. S. Fonseca dos Santos, N. Balakrishnan, S. Lepp, G. Quemener, R. C. Forrey, R. J. Hinde, and P. C. Stancil, Quantum dynamics of rovibrational transitions in H2–H2 collisions: Internal energy and rotational angular momentum conservation effects, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 214303 (2011).

52. N. Balakrishnan, G. Quemener, R. C. Forrey, R. J. Hinde, and P. C. Stancil, Full-dimensional quantum dynamics calculations of H2-H2 collisions, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 014301 (2011).

53. B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Rotational quenching of CO due to H2 collisions, Astrophysical Journal 718, 1062 (2010).

54. B. Yang, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, Complex scattering lengths for ultracold He collisions with rotationally excited linear and nonlinear molecules, Phys.

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55. J. L. Nolte, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, T.-G. Lee, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and A. Dalgarno, Isotope effects in complex scattering lengths for He collisions with molecular hydrogen, Phys. Rev. A 81, 014702 (2010).

56. G. Quemener, B. K. Kendrick, and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum dynamics of the H+O2 ® OH+O reaction, J. Chem. Phys. 132, 014302 (2010).

57. N. Balakrishnan, Bradley C. Hubartt, L. Ohlinger, and R. C. Forrey, Noble gas quenching of rovibrationally excited H2, Phys. Rev. A 80, 102704 (2009).

58. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. Tarakeshwar, and N. Balakrishnan, Geometric and electronic structures of hydrogenated transition metal (M=Sc, Ti, Zr) clusters, Phys. Rev. B 128, 194714 (2009).

59. P. Tarakeshwar, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, and N. Balakrishnan, Hydrogen multicenter bonds and reversible hydrogen storage, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 114301 (2009).

60. G. Quemener, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Formation of molecular oxygen in ultracold O+OH collisions, Phys. Rev. A 79, 022703 (2009).

61. G. Quemener and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum calculations of H2-H2 collisions: from ultracold to thermal energies, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 114303 (2009).

62. G. Quemener, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Quantum dynamics of O+OH®H+O2 reaction at low energies, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 224309 (2008).

63. T. G. Lee, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, G. Shaw, D. R. Schultz, and G. J. Ferland, Rotational quenching rate coefficients for H2 from 2 to 10,000 K, Astrophysical Journal 689, 1105 (2008).

64. P. F. Weck, E. Kim, S. S. Lepp, N. Balakrishnan, and H. R. Sadeghpour, Dimer-induced stabilization of H adsorbate cluster on BN(0001) surface, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 10, 5184 (2008) [Cover article, issue 34, 2008].

65. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. Tarakeshwar, and N. Balakrishnan, Structural, energetic and electronic properties of hydrogenated titanium clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 194714 (2008).

66. G. Quemener and N. Balakrishnan, Cold and ultracold chemical reactions of F+HCl and F+DCl, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 224304 (2008).

67. G. Quemener, N. Balakrishnan, and R. V. Krems, Vibrational energy transfer in ultracold molecule-molecule collisions, Phys. Rev A 77, 030704(R) (2008) (Rapid Communication).

68. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, C. Zhou, H. Cheng, R. C. Forrey, and N. Balakrishnan, Effect of Co doping on the catalytic activity of small Pt clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 124704 (2008).

69. E. Kim, P. F. Weck, N. Balakrishnan, C. Bae, Nanoscale building blocks for the development of novel proton-exchange membrane for fuel cells, J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 3283 (2008) (Cover article, March 20, 2008 issue).

70. P. Tarakeshwar, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, and N. Balakrishnan, Nature of hydrogen interaction and saturation on small Titanium clusters, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 2846 (2008).

71. B. C. Shepler, B. H. Yang, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. C. Stancil, J. M. Bowman, N. Balakrishnan, P. Zhang, E. Bodo, and A. Dalgarno, Astronomy&Astrophysics, 475, L15 (2007).

72. P. F. Weck, E. Kim, N. Balakrishnan, F. Poineau, C. B. Yeamans, and K. Czerwinski, First principles study of single-crystal uranium mono-and dinitride, Chem. Phys. Lett. 443, 82 (2007).

73. C. Zhou, J. Wu, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and H. Cheng, The Growth Pathway of Pt Clusters on a-Al2O3 (0001) Surface, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 13786 (2007).

74. P. F. Weck, E. Kim, N. Balakrishnan, H. Cheng, and B. I. Yakobson, Designing carbon

Page 6 nanoframeworks tailored for hydrogen storage, Chem. Phys. Lett. 439, 354 (2007).

75. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. F. Weck and N. Balakrishnan, Evolution of small Ti clusters and the dissociative chemisorption of H2 on Ti, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 7494 (2007).

76. P. F. Weck, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, E. Kim, and N. Balakrishnan, Computational study of hydrogen storage in organometallic compounds, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 094703 (2007).

77. C. Zhou, C. Luo, J. Wu, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and H. Hansong, First principles study of small palladium cluster growth and isomerization, Int. J. Quan. Chem. 107, 1632 (2007).

78. A. Mack, T. K. Clark, R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, T.-G. Lee, and P. C. Stancil, Cold He+H2 collisions near dissociation, Phys. Rev. A 74, 052718 (2006).

79. T.-G. Lee, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, D. R. Schultz, and G. J. Ferland, State-to-state rotational transitions in H2+H2 collisions at low temperatures, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 114302 (2006).

80. P. F. Weck and N. Balakrishnan, Importance of long-range interactions in chemical reactions at cold and ultracold temperatures, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 25, 283 (2006).

81. B. Yang, H. Perera, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey and P. C. Stancil, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39, S1229 (2006).

82. P. F. Weck and N. Balakrishnan, Dynamics of chemical reactions at cold and ultracold temperatures, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39, S1215 (2006).

83. R. A. Sultanov and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum mechanical investigations of the N(4S)+O2®NO+O reaction, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 124321 (2006).

84. B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Quenching of rotationally excited CO by collisions with H2, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 104304 (2006)

85. P. F. Weck, N. Balakrishnan, J. Brandao, C. Rosa, and W. Wang, Dynamics of the O(3P)+H2 reaction at low temperatures: Comparison of quasiclassical trajectory with quantum scattering calculations, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 074308 (2006).

86. B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Close-coupling study of rotational energy transfer of CO(v=2) by collisions with He atoms, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 134326 (2005).

87. P. F. Weck and N. Balakrishnan, Reactivity enhancement of ultracold O(3P)+H2 collisions by van der Waals interactions, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 144308 (2005).

88. B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, A close-coupling study of vibrational-rotational quenching of CO by collisions with hydrogen atoms, J. Chem.Phys. 123, 094308 (2005).

89. R. A. Sultanov and N. Balakrishnan, Oxygen chemistry in the interstellar medium: the effect of vibrational excitation of H2 in O(3P)+H2 collisions, Astrophys. J., 629, 305 (2005).

90. P. F. Weck and N. Balakrishnan, Heavy atom tunneling in chemical reactions: study of H+LiF collisions, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 234310 (2005).

91. P. F. Weck and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum dynamics of Li+HF®LiF+H reaction at ultralow temperatures, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 154309 (2005).

92. B. Hadji-Hosseini, H. R. Sadeghpour, and N. Balakrishnan, Control of polarized iodine atom branching ratio in the photodissociation of NaI, Phys. Rev. A. 71, 023402 (2005).

93. T.-G. Lee, C. Rochow, R. Martin, T. K. Clark, R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, P. C. Stancil, D. R. Schultz, A. Dalgarno, and G. J. Ferland, Close-coupling calculations of low-energy inelastic and elastic processes in 4He collisions with H2: A comparative study of two potential energy surfaces, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 024307 (2005).

94. Nyamsuren Uudus, Shino Magaki, and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum mechanical investigation of ro-vibrational relaxation of H2 and D2 by collisions with Ar atoms, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 024304 (2005).

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temperatures, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 5563 (2004). 96. N. Balakrishnan, Quantum calculations of the O(3P)+H2 reaction, J. Chem. Phys. 121,

6346 (2004). 97. R. A. Sultanov and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum scattering calculations of the H+O2®

O+OH reaction, J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 8759 (2004). 98. E. Bodo, F. A. Gianturco, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Chemical reactions in the

limit of zero kinetic energy: virtual states and Ramsauer minima in F+H2® HF+H, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 37, 3641 (2004).

99. P. F. Weck and N. Balakrishnan, Chemical reactivity of ultracold polar molecules: investigation of H+HCl and H+DCl collisions, Euro. Phys. J. D 31, 417 (2004).

100. N. Balakrishnan, On the role of vibrationally excited H2 as a source of OH in the mesosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L04106 (2004).

101. R. A. Sultanov and N. Balakrishnan, Isotope branching and tunneling in O(3P)+HD®OH+D; OD+H reactions, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 11038 (2004).

102. G. Jolicard, O. Atabek, M. L. Dubernet-Tuckey, and N. Balakrishnan, Nonadiabatic response to short, intense laser pulses: A wave operator generalized Floquet approach, J. Phys. B-At. Mol. Opt. 36, 2777 (2003).

103. R. V. Krems, A. Dalgarno, N. Balakrishnan, and G. C. Groenenboom, Spin-flipping transitions in 2∑ diatomic molecules induced by collisions with structureless atoms, Phys. Rev. A 67, 060703(R) (2003).

104. N. Balakrishnan, Quantum mechanical investigation of the O+H2® OH + H reaction, J. Chem. Phys. 119,195 (2003).

105. N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, On the isotope effect in F+HD reaction at ultracold temperatures, J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 7101 (2003).

106. N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Nitric oxide production in collisions of hot O(3P) atoms with N2, J. Geophys. Res. 108, 1065 (2003).

107. G. C. Groenenboom and N. Balakrishnan, The He-CaH(2∑)interaction: I. three-dimensional ab initio potential energy surface, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 7380 (2003).

108. N. Balakrishnan, G. C. Groenenboom, R. V. Krems, and A. Dalgarno, The He-CaH(2∑) interaction: II. Collisions at cold and ultracold temperatures, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 7386 (2003).

109. C. Zhu, R. Krems, A. Dalgarno, and N. Balakrishnan, Chemistry of hydrogen fluoride in the interstellar medium, Astrophys. J. 577, 795 (2002).

110. C. Cecchi-Pestellini, E. Bodo, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Rotational and vibrational relaxation of CO molecules by collisions with 4He atoms, Astrophys. J. 571, 1015 (2002).

111. N. Balakrishnan, M. Yan, and A. Dalgarno, Quantum mechanical study of rotational and vibrational transitions in CO induced by H atoms, Astrophys. J. 568, 443 (2002).

112. C. Zhu, N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno, Vibrational relaxation of CO in ultracold 3He collisions, J. Chem. Phys. 115, 1335 (2001).

113. N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Chemistry at ultracold temperatures, Chem. Phys. Lett. 41, 652 (2001).

114. N. Balakrishnan, A. B. Alekseyev, and R. J. Buenker, Ab initio quantum mechanical investigation of the photodissociation of HI and DI, Chem. Phys. Lett. 134, 594 (2001).

115. R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno, M. R. Haggerty, and E. J. Heller, The effect of quasiresonant dynamics on the predissociation of van der Waals molecules, Phys. Rev. A 64, 022706 (2001).

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molecular oxygen at ultracold temperatures, J. Phys. Chem. 105, 2348 (2001). 117. B. Ramachandran, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Vibrational-rotational

distributions of NO formed from N+O2 reactive collisions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 332, 562 (2000).

118. N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno, and R. C. Forrey, Vibrational relaxation of CO by 4He at ultralow temperatures, J. Chem. Phys. 113, 621 (2000).

119. A. Alekseyev, H.-P. Liebermann, R. J. Buenker, N. Balakrishnan, H. R. Sadeghpour, S. T. Cornett and M. J. Cavagnero, Spin-orbit effects in photodissociation of Sodium Iodide, J. Chem. Phys. 113,1514 (2000).

120. N. Balakrishnan, E. Sergueeva, V. Kharchenko, and A. Dalgarno, Kinetics and thermalization of hot N(4S) atoms in the upper atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 18549 (2000).

121. N. Balakrishnan, M. Jamieson, A. Dalgarno, Y. Li, and R. J. Buenker, Time-dependent quantum mechanical study of photodissociation of molecular oxygen in the Schumann-Runge continuum J. Chem. Phys. 112, 1255 (2000).

122. R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno, M. R. Haggerty, and E. J. Heller, Quasiresonant energy transfer in ultracold atom-diatom collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2657 (1999).

123. N. Balakrishnan, B. D. Esry, H. R. Sadeghpour, S. T. Cornett and M. J. Cavagnero, Quantum wave packet dynamics of the photodissociation of LiF, Phys. Rev. A 60, 1407, (1999).

124. N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Rate coefficients for NO formation in energetic N+O2 collisions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 302, 485 (1999).

125. N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko, and A. Dalgarno, Translational energy relaxation of hot O(1D) atoms, J. Phys. Chem. 103, 3999 (1999).

126. R. C. Forrey, V. Kharchenko, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Vibrational relaxation of trapped molecules, Phys. Rev. A 59, 2146 (1999).

127. N. Balakrishnan, M. Vieira, J. F. Babb, A. Dalgarno, R. C. Forrey, and S. Lepp, Rate coefficients for rovibrational transitions in H2 induced by collisions with He atoms, Astrophys. J. 524, 1122 (1999).

128. N. Balakrishnan, R.C. Forrey, and A. Dalgarno, Quantum mechanical study of ro-vibrational transitions in H2 induced by He atoms, Astrophys. J. 514, 520 (1999).

129. N. Balakrishnan, R.C. Forrey, and A. Dalgarno, Quenching of H2 vibrations in ultracold 3He and 4He collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3224 (1998) .

130. N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno, and G. D. Billing, Multiquantum vibrational transitions in O2(v≥26)+O2(v=0) collisions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 288, 657 (1998).

131. N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko, and A. Dalgarno, Quantum mechanical and semiclassical studies of N+N2 collisions and their application to thermalization of fast N atoms, J. Chem. Phys. 108, 943 (1998).

132. N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko, and A. Dalgarno, Slowing of energetic O(3P) atoms in collisions with N2, J. Geophys. Res. 103, 23393 (1998).

133. R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko, and A. Dalgarno, Feshbach resonances in ultracold atom-diatom scattering, Phys. Rev. A 58, R2645 (1998).

134. V. Kharchenko, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Thermalization of fast nitrogen atoms in elastic and inelastic collisions with molecules of atmospheric gases, J. Atmos. Sol-Terr. Phys. 60, 95 (1998).

135. N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and A. Dalgarno, Threshold phenomena in ultracold atom-molecule collisions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 280, 1 (1997).

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scattering lengths in multi-channel atom-molecule collisions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 280, 5 (1997).

137. R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno, and S. Lepp, Quantum mechanical calculations of rotational transitions in H-H2 Collisions, Astrophys. J. 489, 1000 (1997).

138. G. Jolicard and N. Balakrishnan, The solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation by the (t,t’) method using the wave operator procedure: theory and application to molecular photodissociation with ultrashort laser pulses, J. Chem. Phys. 106, 3613 (1997).

139. N. Balakrishnan, C. Kalyanaraman and N. Sathyamurthy, Time-dependent quantal approach to reactive scattering and related processes, Phys. Rep. 280, 79 (1997).

140. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Quantum-classical reaction path study of the reaction O(3P)+O3(1A1) ®2O2(X3∑g-), J. Chem. Phys. 104, 9482 (1996).

141. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Semiclassical wave packet study of V-V energy transfer in highly vibrationally excited CO molecules, Chem. Phys. 204, 77 (1996).

142. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, A Quantum-classical Study of the reaction CO(v1,j1)+OH(v2,j2) ®CO2+H, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 4005 (1996).

143. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Variational transition state rate constants for the reaction O(3P)+O3(1A1) ®2O2(X3∑g-), Chem. Phys. Lett. 242, 68 (1995).

144. N. Balakrishnan and N. Sathyamurthy, Time-dependent wavepacket study of the collinear reaction He+H2+®HeH+ +H, Chem. Phys. Lett. 240, 119 (1995).

145. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, A mixed quantal/classical study of the reaction OH+H2®H2O+ H, Chem. Phys. Lett. 233, 145 (1995).

146. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Three-dimensional wavepacket study of the reaction OH+H2®H2O+ H: a mixed quantal/classical approach, Chem. Phys. 189, 499 (1994).

147. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Integral cross sections and rate constants for the reaction OH+H2®H2O+ H: A semiclassical wavepacket approach, J. Chem. Phys. 101, 2785 (1994).

148. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Three-dimensional wavepacket studies of ozone photodissociation in the Hartley band: Converged autocorrelation functions and absorption spectra, J. Chem. Phys. 101, 2968 (1994).

149. N. Balakrishnan and N. Sathyamurthy, Three-dimensional time-dependent quantum mechanical study of the reaction, He+H2+®HeH+ +H Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 106, 531 (1994).

150. N. Balakrishnan and N. Sathyamurthy, Resonances in collinear (He, H2+) collisions: A time-dependent quantum mechanical study, Chem. Phys. Lett. 201, 294 (1993).

151. N. Balakrishnan and N. Sathyamurthy, Time-dependent wavepacket methods for the calculation of collinear atom-diatom exchange reaction probabilities, Comput. Phys. Commun. 63, 209 (1991).

152. N. Balakrishnan and N. Sathyamurthy, Maximization of entropy during a chemical reaction, Chem. Phys. Lett. 164, 267 (1989).

Book chapters

1. N. Balakrishnan and Jisha Hazra, Collisions and Reactions in Ultracold Gases, in From Atomic to Mesoscale – The Role of Quantum Coherence in Systems of Various Complexities, eds. S. A. Malinovskaya and I. Novikova (World Scientific, 2015).

Page 10 2. N. Balakrishnan, Ultracold Molecules, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology

(2012). 3. G. Quemener, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Inelastic collisions and chemical

reactions of molecules at ultracold temperatures, in Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment and Applications, eds. Roman Krems, W. C. Stwalley, and Bretislav Friedrich (CRC Press, 2009).

4. N. Balakrishnan, Collisions and reactions in ultracold gases, in Book of Proceedings of the Dalgarno Celebratory Symposium, eds. James Babb, Kate Kirby, and Hossein Sadeghpour (Imperial College Press, 2010).

5. N. Balakrishnan, Chemistry at ultracold temperatures, in Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Burgdorfer et al. (editors), pp. 604-615, Rinton Press (2002).

6. G. D. Billing, N. Balakrishnan, and N. Markovic Application of semiclassical dynamics for chemical reactions in: Dynamics of Molecules and Chemical Reactions, eds. R. E. Wyatt and J. Z. H. Zhang (Marcel Dekker Inc., NY, 1996), pp. 531-559.

Presentations at National and International Meetings—Invited

1. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemistry and Complex Formation in Ultracold Molecular Collisions, 10th International Meeting on Photodynamics and Related Aspects, Cartegena, Columbia, September 2-7, 2018.

2. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum Dynamics and State-to-State Chemistry of Ultracold Molecules, Cold and Controlled Molecules and Ions Conference, University of Georgia, March 25-29, 2018.

3. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Low energy Collisions of Vibrationally Excited HD with H2, Telluride Science Center Research Workshop on “Hydride Chemistry: From Earth to Space”, March 18-22, 2018.

4. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, State-to-state Chemistry and Quantum Dynamics of the Ultracold K+KRb Reaction, 14th International Workshop on Quantum Reactive Scattering in Trieste, Italy, June 3-6, 2017.

5. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum Dynamics of Ultracold K+KRb and Geometric Phase and Interference Effects in Ultracold Reactions, ARO MURI Review Meeting, Emory University, Atlana, October 6-7, 2016.

6. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Geometric Phase Effects in Ultracold Chemistry, 32nd Symposium on Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (SDK32), Saitama University, Saitama, Japan, June 1-3, 2016.

7. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Interference Effects in Chemical Reactions- How Geometric Phase Controls Chemistry at Ultracold Temperatures, 21st International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics and Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, July 2-18, 2016.

8. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Geometric Phase Effects in Ultracold Reactions, Alternative Methods for Quantum Dynamics, University of Georgia, Athens, May 20-21, 2016.

9. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, A Hybrid Approach for Ultracold Reactions, Pacifichem 2015 Conference, Honolulu, Hawai, December 15-201, 2015.

10. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Geometric Phase Effects in Ultracold Reactions, ARO MURI Review Meeting, Harvard University, November 4-5, 2015.

11. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum Dynamics of Ultracold Chemical Reactions, 13th International Workshop on Quantum Reactive Scattering, Salamanca, Spain, July 6-10, 2015.

12. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, New Approaches for Chemical reactions, International Center for Theoretical Sciences School and Discussion Meeting on Frontiers of Light-Matter

Page 11 Interactions, Indian Association for Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, India, December 19-22, 2014, India.

13. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, A Hybrid Coupled-Channel-Quantum Defect Theory Approach for Ultracold Reactions, ARO MURI Review Meeting, UCLA, November 19-21, 2016.

14. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Ultracold Chemistry: separation of short-range and long-range dynamics, 8th Photodynamics: International Conference on Photodynamics and Related Aspects, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 26-31, 2014.

15. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Collisions and reactions, A Symposium on Science@ITAMP, May 5-6, 2014.

16. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Fundamental Studies of Ultracold Collisions and reactions, From Atomic to Mesoscale: The Role of Quantum Coherence in Systems of Various Complexities, ITAMP, March 10-12, 2014.

17. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum Dynamics of Ultracold Reactions: Chemistry in the Quantum Degenerate Regime, ARO Review Meeting, Arlington, VA, Nov. 20-21, 2013.

18. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Large-scale Quantum Calculations of Inelastic and Reactive Scattering in Cold and Ultracold Gases, 2013 DAMOP Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, June 3-7, 2013.

19. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Collisions and Reactions in Ultracold Gases, Telluride Meeting on Intermolecular Interactions: New Challenges for Ab Initio Theory, Telluride, CO, July 15-19, 2013.

20. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Hot chemistry with frozen molecules, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 30, 2013.

21. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Inelastic and reactive scattering of ultracold molecules, XI workshop on Quantum Reactive Scattering, Santa Fe, NM, July 2011.

22. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Collisions and reactions of ultracold molecules, ITAMP Discussion meeting on ultracold chemistry, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, October 3-8, 2011.

23. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Energy Transfer in Collisions of Rotationally and Vibrationally Excited H2 Molecules, ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, July, 2010.

24. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, The Effect of Energy and Angular Momentum Gaps in Ultracold Molecular Collisions, Workshop on: “Intermolecular Interactions: New Challenges for ab initio Theory”, Silverton, CO, August 9 - Aug. 13, 2010.

25. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Ultracold reactive scattering, Cold atoms and molecules: collisions, field effects and applications, Kyoto University, Japan, June 23-26, 2009.

26. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Collisions and reactions in ultracold gases, Dalgarno Celebratory Symposium, Harvard University, September 10-12, 2008.

27. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemical reactions at ultracold temperatures, Plenary talk at the 6th Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics, July 19-24, 2008, Vancouver, Canada.

28. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum dynamics of molecular collisions in astrophysical environments, The 212th American Astronomical Society Meeting, St. Louis, June 1-5, 2008.

29. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Near-resonant energy transfer in low energy H2-H2 collisions, Atomic and Molecular Physics of the Early Universe, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophyics, March 31-April 2, 2008.

30. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Fundamental studies of hydrogen storage and catalysis, UNLV Energy Symposium, August 16, 2007, UNLV.

31. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Importance of non-equilibrium chemistry in astrophysical environments, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Meeting, July 30-August 4, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand.

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temperatures, Telluride Workshop on “Intermolecular Interactions: New Challenges for Ab Initio Theory”, June 26-30, 2006.

33. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Oxygen chemistry in the interstellar medium, Understanding the Universe through IR and Submillimeter Astrophysics: Southeast Laboratory Astrophysics Meeting, University of Kentucky, Lexington, May 2-3, 2005.

34. Philippe Weck and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum Dynamics at ultracold temperatures, Telluride Workshop on Theory of Ultracold Molecules, July 3-9, Telluride, CO, 2005.

35. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Collisional studies of molecular hydrogen relevant to astrophysical modeling, H2: Collisional Calculations and non-LTE modeling of Molecular Hydrogen in Astrophysical Environments, ITAMP workshop, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, June 13-17, 2005.

36. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemistry in the Extreme Quantum Limit, Harvard/MIT workshop Ultracold Polar Molecules: Formation and Collisions, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, January 8-10, 2004.

37. Philippe Weck and Balakrishna Naduvalath, Dynamics of chemical reactions at cold and ultracold temperatures, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, August 22--26, 2004.

38. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Investigation of Chemical reactions at ultracold temperatures, Symposium in memory of Professor Gert Due Billing, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 11--13, 2003.

39. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Summer School on Molecular Dynamics and Chemical Kinetics (5 lectures), Gentofte Hotel, Gentofte, Denmark, July, 2003.

40. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemical reactivity in ultracold molecular collisions, Laser Science XVIII, Hyatt Orlando, September 29-October 3, 2002.

41. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemistry at ultracold temperatures,XXII International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 18-24 (2001).

42. Balakrishnan Naduvalath and H. R. Sadeghpour, Production of excited iodine and the control of I*/I branching ratio in the photodissociation of NaI, Workshop on Coherent Control, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, August 28-29, 2000.

43. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Energy Transfer in Ultracold Atom-Molecule Collisions, ITAMP Workshop on Trapping, Spectroscopy, and Collisions of Ultracold Molecules, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, July 1-3, 1999.

44. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Ultracold and Superthermal Atom-Diatom Scattering, ITAMP Workshop on Fragmentation and Recombination in Novel 3- and 4-Body Systems, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, November 4-6, 1999.

45. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Energetic N(4S) Atoms and Their Role in NO formation in the Terrestrial Atmosphere, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 6-10, 1998.

46. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Threshold Phenomena in Ultracold Atom-Molecule Collisions, ITAMP Workshop on Threshold Phenomena, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, June 8-12, 1998.

Invited Seminars/Colloquia

1. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum Engineered Chemistry, Colloquium at Raman

Research Institute, Bangalore, India, June 26, 2018,

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University Chemistry Department, April 4, 2018. 3. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum Engineered Chemistry, Colloquium at UNR Physics

Department, November 17, 2017. 4. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Molecular encounters in exotic environments: from ultracold

collisions to astrophysics, Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, October 5, 2012.

5. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Collisions and reactions in exotic environments: from ultracold collisions to astrophysics, Colloquium at UNR Physics Department, November 4, 2011

6. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum dynamics of molecular collisions in astrophysical media, Colloquium at UNLV Physics Department, March 25, 2011.

7. Chemistry in Exotic Environments, Department of Chemistry, University of Montana, April 24, 2006.

8. Molecular Collisions in Exotic Environments, Department of Physics, University of Louisville, November 4, 2005.

9. What is so Cool About Ultracold Molecules? Department of Chemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Feb. 24, 2004.

10. Molecular Collisions at Cold and Ultracold Temperatures, Los Alamos National Lab, December 17, 2003.

11. Chemistry at Ultracold Temperatures, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, November 13, 2002.

12. Ultracold Chemistry, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, September, 2001.

13. Chemistry at Ultracold Temperatures, Physical Research Laboratory, India, April 2000. 14. Intereference Effects in Molecular Photodissociation, Physical Research Laboratory,

India, April 2000. 15. Resonances in Ultracold Atom-Diatom Scattering, Department of Chemistry, Harvard

University (Prof. Eric Heller’s group), March 2000. 16. Energy Transfer in Chemical Reactions, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, August

1998. 17. Quantum Classical Methods for Chemical Reactions, Atomic and Molecular Physics

Seminar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, September 30, 1996. Presentations at National and International Meetings—Contributed

1. J. F. E. Croft, C. Makrides, M. Li, A. Petrov, B. K. Kendrick, N. Balakrishnan, and S.

Kotochigova, Universality and chaoticity in ultracold chemical reactions, Dynamics of Molecular Collisions XXVI, Granlibakken Conference Center, Tahoe City, CA, July 9-14, 2017.

2. J. F. E. Croft, J. Hazra, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Symmetry and the geometric phase in ultracold hydrogen-exchange reactions, Dynamics of Molecular Collisions XXVI, Granlibakken Conference Center, Tahoe City, CA, July 9-14, 2017.

3. J. F. E. Croft, C. Makrides, M. Li, A. Petrov, S. Kotochigova, B. K. Kendrick, and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum-state resolved study of the ultracold K+KRb reaction, ICPEAC 2017 Meeting, Cairns, Australia, July 26-August 1, 2017.

4. J. F. E. Croft, C. Makrides, M. Li, A. Petrov, B. K. Kendrick, N. Balakrishnan, and S. Kotochigova, Quantum reactive scattering of ultracold K+KRb reaction: universality and chaotic dynamics, DAMOP 2017 Meeting, Sacramento, CA, June 5-9, 2017.

Page 14 5. B. K. Kendrick, J. F. E. Croft, J. Hazra, and N. Balakrishnan, Geometric phase effects in

ultracold collisions of H/D with rotationally excited HD, DAMOP 2017 Meeting, Sacramento, CA, June 5-9, 2017.

6. M. Li, C. Makrides, A. Petrov, S. Kotochigova, J. F. E. Croft, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Universality and chaotic dynamics in reactive scattering of ultracold KRb molecules with K atoms, DAMOP 2017 Meeting, Sacramento, CA, June 5-9, 2017.

7. B. Yang, P. Zhang, P. C. Stancil, J. M. Bowman, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Full-dimensional quantum calculations of rovibrational transitions in CS induced by H2, DAMOP 2017 Meeting, Sacramento, CA, June 5-9, 2017.

8. B. Naduvalath, J. F. E. Croft, J. Hazra, and B. K. Kendrick, Geometric phase effects in ultracold hydrogen exchange reactions, DAMOP 2017 Meeting, Sacramento, CA, June 5-9, 2017.

9. B. K. Kendrick, J. Hazra, and N. Balakrishnan, New interference mechanism controls ultracold chemistry, DAMOP 2016 Meeting, Providence, RI, May 23-27, 2016.

10. B. Yang, X. Wang, P. Zhang, P. C. Stancil, J. M. Bowman, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Full-dimensional close-coupling study of rovibrationally inelastic scattering of SiO-H2, DAMOP 2016 Meeting, Providence, RI, May 23-27, 2016.

11. B. Ruzic, J. Hazra, N. Balakrishnan, and J. L. Bohn, Magnetic-field control of the ultracold chemistry of simple molecules, DAMOP 2016 Meeting, Providence, RI, May 23-27, 2016.

12. J. Hazra, B. Naduvalath, and B. K. Kendrick, Geometric phase effects in ultracold chemistry, DAMOP 2016 Meeting, Providence, RI, May 23-27, 2016.

13. N. Balakrishnan and J. Hazra, Quantum dynamics of Li+HFàLiF+H reaction at low temperatures, DAMOP 2015 Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 8-12, 2015.

14. R. C. Forrey, B. Yang, N. Balakrishnan, P. Zhang, X. Wang, P. C. Stancil and J. M. Bowman, Rovibrational inelastic scattering in the CO-H2 complex, DAMOP 2015 Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 8-12, 2015.

15. B. Yang, N. Balakrishnan, X. Wang, P. C. Stancil, J. Bowman, and R. C. Forrey, CN collisions with H2 in full-dimension, DAMOP 2015 Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 8-12, 2015.

16. K. Walker, L. Song, B. Yang, G. Groenenboom, A. van der Avoird, N. Balakrishnan, and P. C. Stancil, Predicting high-j, high energy collisional rate coefficients for the H-CO system using ultracold scattering calculations, DAMOP 2015 Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 8-12, 2015.

17. J. Hazra, B. P. Ruzic, J. Bohn, and N. Balakrishnan, Quantum defect theory for ultracold state-resolved chemistry, DAMOP 2015 Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 8-12, 2015.

18. C. Makrides, J. Hazra, G. Pradhan, B. Kendrick, T. Gonzalez-Lezana, N. Balakrishnan, A Petrov, and S. Kotochigova, Ultracold chemistry with alkali-metal-rare-earth molecules, DAMOP 2015 Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 8-12, 2015.

19. B. Ruzic, J. Hazra, C. Greene, N. Balakrishnan, and J. Bohn, Multichannel quantum defect theory for exotic cold collisions, DAMOP 2015 Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 8-12, 2015.

20. G. B. Pradhan, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Isotope and vibrational excitation effects in ultracold chemical reactions, DAMOP 2014 Meeting, Madison, WI, June 2-6, 2014.

21. R. C. Forrey, A. Bohr, S. Paolini, N. Balakrishnan, and P. C. Stancil, A full-dimensional study of H2+H2 collisions: coupled-states versus close-coupling formalism, DAMOP 2014 Meeting, Madison, WI, June 2-6, 2014.

22. B. Yang, P. Zhang, X. Wang, P. C. Stancil, J. Bowman, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Full-dmensional vibrational quenching of CO in collisions with H2, DAMOP 2014 Meeting, Madison, WI, June 2-6, 2014.

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close coupling method at short-range: Applications to ro-vibrational transitions in ultracold H2+H2 collisions and beyond, DAMOP 2014 Meeting, Madison, WI, June 2-6, 2014.

24. G. B. Pradhan, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, The effect of vibrational excitation of molecular hydrogen on the dynamics of reaction between O(1D) and H2 at ultracold temperatures, DAMOP 2013 Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, June 3-7, 2013.

25. P. C. Stancil, B. H. Yang, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and J. M. Bowman, Theoretical studies of rovibrational quenching in atom-diatom collisions: New results on old problems, DAMOP 2013 Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, June 3-7, 2013.

26. B. Yang, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, S. Fonseca dos Santos, and N. Balakrishnan, Zero-energy resonances of hydrogen diatom isotopologues: tuning quasiresonant transitions in vibration space, DAMOP 2013 Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, June 3-7, 2013.

27. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Molecular encounters in cold gases: From ultracold chemistry to astrophysics, 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.

28. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, G. B. Pradhan, and B. K. Kendrick, Vibrational quenching vs chemical reactivity in OH(v)+O collisions, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 9-13, 2013.

29. B. Naduvalath, G. B. Pradhan, and B. K. Kendrick, Quantum mechanical investigations of O(1D)+H2(v) and OH(v)+O reactions, 2012 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 3-7, 2012.

30. N. Balakrishnan, S. Fonseca dos Santos, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, P. Jankowski, and K. Szalewicz, Cold and ultracold H2-H2 collisions on high accuracy ab initio potentials, DAMOP 2012 Meeting, Orange County, June 4-8, 2012.

31. B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, R. C. Forrey, S. Fonseca dos Santos, and N. Balakrishnan, Quasi-resonant transitions in ultracold collisions of hydrogen isotope dimers: zero-energy resonances in vibration space, DAMOP 2012 Meeting, Orange County, June 4-8, 2012.

32. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Collisional relaxation of vibrationally excited OH and H2, AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Aug.13-17, 2012, Sentosa, Singapore.

33. B. Naduvalath, J. C. Juanes-Marcos, G. Quemener, and B. K. Kendrick, Quantum calculations of quenching of vibrationally excited OH in collisions with atomic oxygen, 2011 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 5-9, 2011.

34. J. C. Juanes-Marcos, G. Quemener, B. K. Kendrick, and B. Naduvalath, Ultracold collisions and reactions of vibrationally excited OH radicals with oxygen atoms, DAMOP 2011 Meeting, Atlanta, June 13-17, 2011.

35. S. Fonseca dos Santos, B. Naduvalath, S. Lepp, G. Quemener, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, The effect of energy and angular momentum gaps in cold and ultracold collisions of H2 molecules, DAMOP 2011 Meeting, Atlanta, June 13-17, 2011.

36. B. Naduvalath, S. Fonseca dos Santos, S. Lepp, G. Quemener, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Quantum dynamics of H2-H2 collisions, DAMOP 2011 Meeting, Atlanta, June 13-17, 2011.

37. S. Fonseca dos Santos, S. Lepp, B. Naduvalath, G. Quemener, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Quantum Calculations of H2-H2 collisions in the cold and ultracold regimes, DAMOP 2010 Meeting, Houston, May 25-29, 2010.

38. B. Naduvalath, G. Quemener, R. C. Forrey, and P. C. Stancil, Full-dimensional quantum calculations of H2-H2 collisions, DAMOP 2010 Meeting, Houston, May 25-29, 2010.

39. W. El Qadi, B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, R. C. Forrey, and N. Balakrishnan, Ultracold collisions of He with highly rotationally excited CO2, DAMOP 2010 Meeting, Houston, May 25-29, 2010.

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quenching rate coe_cients in collisions of He with HD, NASA LAW, Gatlinburg, October 25-28, 2010.

41. J. C. Juanes-Marcos, G. Quemener, N. Balakrishnan, and B. K. Kendrick, Quantum dynamics of oxygen atom collisions with vibrationally excited OH, NSF sponsored workshop on Mathematics, Analysis, and Control in Chemical Physics and Related Systems, UNLV, December 14-17, 2010.

42. S. Fonseca dos Santos and B. Naduvalath, Inelastic and reactive collisions of ultracold molecules, Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, December 15-20, 2010.

43. B. Yang, J. Nolte, P. Stancil, R. Forrey, and N. Balakrishnan, Complex scattering length trends for rotationally excited molecules in ultracold collisions with He, DAMOP Meeting, May 19-23, 2009, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

44. B. C. Hubartt, N. Balakrishnan, L. Ohlinger, and R. C. Forrey, Noble gas quenching of rovibrationally excited H2, DAMOP Meeting, May 19-23, 2009, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

45. G. Quemener, R. Krems, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum calculations of H2-H2 collisions: from ultracold to thermal energies, DAMOP Meeting, May 19-23, 2009, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

46. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, G. Quemener, and B. Kendrick, Quantum dynamics of the O+OH reaction: from ultracold collisions to astrochemistry, DAMOP Meeting, May 19-23, 2009, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

47. W. H. el-Qadi, B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, R. C. Forrey, and N. Balakrishnan, Ultracold collisions of He with highly rotationally excited CO2, Cold atoms and molecules: collisions, field effects and applications, Kyoto University, Japan, June 23-26, 2009.

48. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, G. Quemener, and B. Kendrick, Quantum dynamics of the O+OH ® H+O2 reaction, AGU Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco.

49. E. Kim, P. F. Weck, N. Balakrishnan, H. Cheng, and B. Yakobson, First-principles study of lithium-decorated carbon nanoframeworks tailored for hydrogen storage, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, March 10-14, 2008.

50. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. Tarakeshwar, and N. Balakrishnan, Sequential dissociative chemisorption of H2 on Ti13, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, March 10-14, 2008.

51. P. Tarakeshwar, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, and N. Balakrishnan, Hydrogen multicenter bonds in small metal clusters, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, March 10-14, 2008.

52. P. F. Weck, E. Kim, C. Bae, and N. Balakrishnan Nanoscale building blocks for the development of novel proton-exchange membranes fuel cells: A first-principles study, APS March Meeting, March 10-14, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana.

53. C. Heske and N. Balakrishnan, “Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Storage Technology Project”, Presentation to the DOE Hydrogen Storage Tech Team, FreedomCAR, Detroit, April 17, 2008.

54. Balakrishnan Naduvalath and Goulven Quemener, “Quantum dynamics of F+HCl and F+DCl reactions at ultralow energies”, DAMOP Meeting, State College, PA, May 27-31, 2008.

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transfer in ultracold molecule-molecule collisions”, DAMOP Meeting, State College, PA, May 27-31, 2008.

56. Goulven Quemener, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, and Roman Krems, “Quantum dynamics of ultracold atom-molecule and molecule-molecule collisions”, DAMOP Meeting, State College, PA, May 27-31, 2008.

57. Jeff Nolte, Benhui Yang, Phillip Stancil, Teck-Ghee Lee, N. Balakrishnan, Robert Forrey, and Alex Dalgarno, “Isotope effects for complex scattering lengths of He-H2”, DAMOP Meeting, State College, PA, May 27-31, 2008.

58. Tarakeshwar Pilarisetty, Dhilip Kumar Thogluva Janardhanan, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Hydrogen storage and catalytic properties of transition metal clusters: Bonding changes and saturation effects, 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008

59. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. Tarakeshwar, and N. Balakrishnan, Geometric and Electronic Structures of Ti-Al and Hydrogenated Ti-Al Nanoclusters, American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September 24-28, 2008.

60. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. Tarakeshwar, and N. Balakrishnan, The Effect of Alloying on CO Tolerance of Pt Nanoparticles, American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September 24-28, 2008.

61. Huy Mai, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. Tarakeshwar, and N. Balakrishnan, Computational Studies of H2, O2, and CO Adsorption on Pt and Pt-Ru Catalyst Clusters for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Applications, American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September 24-28, 2008.

62. P. F. Weck, E. Kim, N. Balakrishnan, H. Cheng, and B. Yakobson, Lithium-coated carbon nanoframeworks tailored for hydrogen storage, International symposium on material issues in a hydrogen economy, November 12-15, 2007, Richmond, Virginia.

63. R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, T.-G. Lee, and P. C. Stancil, H2 dissociation due to collisions with He, 2007 DAMOP Meeting, June 5-9, 2007, Calgary, Canada.

64. G. Quemener, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, T.-G. Lee, and R. V. Krems, Ultracold atom-molecule and molecule-molecule collisions, 2007 DAMOP Meeting, June 5-9, 2007, Calgary, Canada.

65. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, C. Zhu, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, R. C. Forrey, and H. Cheng, First-principles study of adsorption and dissociation of H2, O2, and CO on Pt4 and Pt3CO clusters, 2007 DAMOP Meeting, June 5-9, 2007, Calgary, Canada.

66. G. Quemener, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, T.-G. Lee, and R. V. Krems, Ultracold vibrational relaxation of H2 molecules, 2007 DAMOP Meeting, June 5-9, 2007, Calgary, Canada.

67. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, P. F. Weck and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Evolution of small Ti clusters and the dissociative chemisorption of H2, APS March Meeting, Denver, March 5-7, 2007.

68. T. J. Dhilip Kumar, C. Zhu, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, First principles study of adsorption and dissociation of H2 , O2 , and CO on a-Al2O3 (0001) supported Pt-Co alloy, APS March Meeting, Denver, March 5-7, 2007.

69. P. F. Weck, E. Kim, N. Balakrishnan, and H. Cheng, Design of tailored carbon nanostructures for hydrogen storage, APS March Meeting, Denver, March 5-7, 2007.

70. Philippe Weck and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemistry in the extreme quantum limit, 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006.

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Computational study of hydrogen storage in organometallic systems, International Symposium on Materials Issues in Hydrogen Production and Storage, Santa Barbara, CA, August 20-25, 2006.

72. Philippe F. Weck and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Atom-diatom reaction dynamics at cold and ultracold temperatures, 2006 DAMOP Meeting, Knoxville, TN, May 16-20, 2006.

73. B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, N. Balakrishnan, and R. C. Forrey, Rotational quenching of CO by collisions with He, 2006 DAMOP Meeting, Knoxville, TN, May 16-20, 2006.

74. T.-G. Lee, N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, P. C. Stancil, D. R. Schultz, and G. J. Ferland, State-to-state rotational transitions in H2+H2 collisions at low temperatures, 2006 DAMOP Meeting, Knoxville, TN, May 16-20, 2006.

75. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, T.-G. Lee, Phillip Stancil, and David Schultz, Quantum close-coupling calculations of rotational transitions in H2-H2 collisions, 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006.

76. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Importance of non-equilibrium kinetics in oxygen chemistry in the interstellar medium, 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006.

77. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, T.-G. Lee, Phillip Stancil, and David Schultz, Quantum close-coupling calculations of rotational transitions in H2-H2 collisions, 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006.

78. S. Lepp, D. Archer, and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Astrochemistry of the early universe, NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 14-16, 2006.

79. B. Yang, P. C. Stancil, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, and R. C. Forrey, Vibrational and rotational quenching of CO by collisions with H, He and H2, NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 14-16, 2006.

80. R. A. Sultanov, P. F. Weck and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, The effect of non-equilibrium kinetics on oxygen chemistry in the interstellar medium, NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 14-16, 2006.

81. T.-G. Lee, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, R. C. Forrey, S. Lepp, P. C. Stancil, D. R. Schultz, A. Dalgarno, and G. J. Ferland, Collisional de-excitation of molecular hydrogen in the interstellar medium, NASA Laboratory Astrphysics Workshop, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 14-16, 2006.

82. Balakrishnan Naduvalath and Renat Sultanov, Quantum mechanical investigation of the N(4S)+O2(X3Sg-)®NO(X2P)+O(3P) reaction, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2005, San Francisco.

83. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, On the role of van der Waals interaction in chemical reactivity at ultracold temperatures, 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005.

84. Philippe Weck and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum dynamics of H+LiF and Li+HF collisions at ultracold temperatures, DAMOP 2005, Lincoln, Nebraska: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50 (3), 77 (2005).

85. Renat A. Sultanov and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum dynamics of O+H2/D2/HD reactions and the importance of O+H2 reaction in oxygen chemistry in the interstellar medium, Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer, Buellton, CA, January 9-14, 2005.

86. Philippe Weck and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Heavy atom tunneling in chemical reactions at ultracold temperatures, 2005 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 21-25, 2005.

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O(3P)+H2 reaction at low temperatures, DAMOP 2005, Lincoln, Nebraska: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50 (3), 100 (2005).

88. B. H. Yang, P. C. Stancil, and N. Balakrishnan, Close-coupling study of vibrational-rotational quenching of CO by hydrogen atoms, DAMOP 2005, Lincoln, Nebraska: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50 (3), 126 (2005).

89. T.-G. Lee, C. Rochow, R. Martin, T. R. Clark, R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan, P. C. Stancil, A. Dalgarno, D. R. Schultz, and G. Ferland, Low energy He+H2 collisions: comparative study between two potential surfaces, DAMOP 2005, Lincoln, Nebraska: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50 (3), 126 (2005).

90. T. G. Heil, P. C. Stancil, R. C. Forrey, and N. Balakrishnan, Rovibrational quenching of rotationally-excited CO by helium, DAMOP 2005, Lincoln, Nebraska: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50 (3), 127 (2005).

91. S. Ghosh, J. Yee, R. DeMajistre, S. T. Gibson, B. Lewis, A. Dalgarno, B. Naduvalath, and K. Yoshino, Remote sensing of molecular oxygen densities and temperatures in the thermosphere using stellar occultation techniques, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 13--17, 2004.

92. Balakrishnan Naduvalath and Renat Sultanov, On the Role of Vibrationally Excited H2 as a Source of OH in the Mesosphere, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 13--17, 2004.

93. R. A. Sultanov and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Vibrational Relaxation of OH(v) in Collisions With O2 Molecules, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 13--17, 2004.

94. Balakrishna Naduvalath and Renat Sultanov, Theoretical studies of hydroxyl chemistry in the mesosphere, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, August 22-26, 2004

95. Philippe Weck and Balakrishna Naduvalath, Investigation of chemical reactions at ultracold temperatures, DAMOP 2004, Tucson, AZ: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49 (3), 78 (2004).

96. Balakrishna Naduvalath, Renat Sultanov, and Antonio Varandas, Application of mixed-quantum classical methods to non-equilibrium chemistry in the middle and upper atmosphere, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 28--April 1, 2004).

97. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Benchmark quantum calculations of the O(3P)+H2à OH+H reaction, DAMOP 2004, Tucson, AZ: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49 (3), 93 (2004).

98. G. J. Ferland, T.-G. Lee, D. R. Schulze, N. Balakrishnan, and P. C. Stancil, Rovibrational excitation pf H2 by He impact for astrophysical applications, DAMOP 2004, Tucson, AZ: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49 (3), 44 (2004).

99. B. Hadji-Hosseini, N. Balakrishnan, and H. R. Sadeghpour, Coherent control of product branching in the photodissociation of NaI, DAMOP 2004, Tucson, AZ: Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49 (3), 44 (2004).

100. Balakrishnan Naduvalath and Renat Sultanov, Quantum mechanical investigation of H+O2 and O+OH reactions, American Geophysical Union Fall 2002 Meeting, December 8-12 San Francisco, CA: Abstract published in EOS. Trans. AGU, 85 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA51A-0501 (2003).

101. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Investigation of Chemical reactions at ultracold temperatures, Symposium in memory of Professor Gert Due Billing, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 11--13, 2003.

102. E. Bodo, F. A. Gianturco, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Reactive collisions involving hydrogen from quantum calculations at ultra-low temperatures, 23rd

Page 20 International conference on photonic, electronic and atomic collisions, Stockholm, Sweden, July 23-29 (2003).

103. N. Balakrishnan, Isotope effect in chemical reactions at ultracold temperatures, 23rd International conference on photonic, electronic and atomic collisions, Stockholm, Sweden, July 23-29 (2003).

104. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Isotope branching in chemical reactions at ultracold

temperatures, Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Meeting of the American Physical Society, May 20-June 24, 2003, Boulder, CO. Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48 (3), 23 (2003).

105. Shino Magaki and Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Near-resonant energy transfer in Ar-H2 collisions at ultracold temperatures, Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Meeting of the American Physical Society, May 20-June 24, 2003, Boulder, CO. Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48 (3), 84 (2003).

106. P. F. Weck, N. Balakrishnan, T. G. Heil, P. C. Stancil, and S. Lepp, Rovibrational excitations of CO by He, Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Meeting of the American Physical Society, May 20-June 24, 2003, Boulder, CO. Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48 (3), 39 (2003).

107. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Chemical reactivity in ultracold molecular collisions, Laser Science XVIII, September 29-October 3, 2002, Hyatt Orlando

108. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Quantum mechanical investigation of the O+H2à OH+H reaction, Americal Geophysical Union Fall 2002 Meeting, December 6-10, San Francisco, CA: Abstract published in EOS. Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA72A-0511, (2002).

109. C. Zhu, R. Krems, A. Dalgarno and N. Balakrishnan, Chemical reactions of F+H2 in interstellar molecular clouds: Fano memorial Symposium: July 24-26, 2002, Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Cambridge, MA.

110. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, G. C. Groenenboom and A. Dalgarno, Quantum mechanical calculations of He-CaH collisions at ultracold temperatures, International Conference on Atomic Collisions, MIT, Cambridge, MA, July 29-August 2, 2002.

111. C. Zhu, Balakrishnan Naduvalath and A. Dalgarno, Quantum mechanical study of the F + H2(v=0,j=0,1) reaction in the temperature range 50 - 500 K, DAMOP Meeting 2002, May 29--June 1, 2002, Williamsburg, VA. Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47 (3), 109 (2002).

112. Balakrishnan Naduvalath, A. Dalgarno and G. C. Groenenboom, Investigation of He-CaH collisions at ultracold temperatures, DAMOP Meeting 2002, May 29-June 1, 2002 Williamsburg, VA. Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47 (3), 110 (2002).

113. I. Simbotin, R. Côte, N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Reactive scattering in the ultracold regime, DAMOP Meeting 2002, May 29-June 1, 2002, Williamsburg, VA. Abstract published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47 (3), 119 (2002).

114. N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko, and A. Dalgarno, Energetic nitrogen atoms as a source of nitric oxide in the upper atmosphere, Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Salve Regina University, New Port, Rhode Island, June 17-22 (2001).

115. I. Simbotine, R. Côte, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno, Reactive scattering at low energies, DAMOP Meeting 2001, London, Ontario, May 16-19 (2001).

116. N. Balakrishnan, A. B. Alekseyev, and R. J. Buenker, Ab initio quantum mechanical investigation of the photodissociation of HI and DI, DAMOP Meeting 2001, London, Ontario, May 16-19 (2001).

117. N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Quenching of molecular rotations and vibrations at ultracold temperatures, DAMOP Meeting 2001, London, Ontario, May 16-19 (2001).

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Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 18-24 (2001). 119. S. T. Cornett, M. J. Cavagnero, N. Balakrishnan, and H. R. Sadeghpour, Ab initio

calculation of the photodissociation of NaI, DAMOP Meeting 2000, Storrs, Connecticut, June 14-17 (2000).

120. I. Simbotin, R. Côte, G. H. Rawitscher, N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno, and I. Koltracht,

Integral equation method for ultracold atom-diatom collisions, DAMOP Meeting 2000, Storrs, Connecticut, June 14-17 (2000).

121. N. Balakrishnan,A. Dalgarno, and R. C. Forrey, Resonances in ultracold atom-diatom scattering, DAMOP Meeting 2000, Storrs, Connecticut, June 14-17 (2000).

122. A. B. Alekseyev, R. J. Buenker, N. Balakrishnan, H. R. Sadeghpour, S. T. Cornett, M. J. Cavagnero, Time and frequency dynamics of photodissociation in sodium iodide, DAMOP Meeting 2000, Storrs, Connecticut, June 14-17 (2000).

123. N. Balakrishnan and H. R. Sadeghpour, Production of excited iodine and the control of I*/I branching ratio in the photodissociation of NaI, Workshop on Coherent Control, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, August 28-29 (2000).

124. N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey, and A. Dalgarno, Energy transfer in ultracold atom-molecule collisions, in proceedings of the 1999 Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, The Resort at Split Rock, Lake Harmony, Pensylvannia, July 18-23 (1999).

125. N. Balakrishnan, B. D. Esry, H. R. Sadeghpour, S. T. Cornett and M. J. Cavagnero, Quantum wave packet dynamics of the photodissociation of LiF, in proceedings of the Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-26 (1999).

126. M. R. Haggerty, E. J. Heller, R. C. Forrey, N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Quasiresonant energy transfer in ultracold atom-diatom collisions, in proceedings of the Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-26 (1999).

127. R.C. Forrey, V.A. Kharchenko, N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Relaxation of vibrationally excited trapped molecules, in proceedings of the Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-26 (1999).

128. N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko and A. Dalgarno, Energetic N(4S) atoms and their role in NO formation in the terrestrial atmosphere, in proceedings of the 1998 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Sanfransisco, Dec. 6-10, EOS Trans., 78, F687 (1998).

129. N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko and A. Dalgarno, Doppler profiles of the emissions from energetic O(1D) atoms in collisions with atmospheric N2, in proceedings of the 1998 Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Boston, May 26-29, EOS trans., 79, S246 (1998).

130. Dalgarno, N. Balakrishnan and V. Kharchenko, Thermalization of fast nitrogen atoms, in proceedings of the 1998 Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Boston, May 26-29, EOS trans., 79, S246 (1998).

131. N. Balakrishnan, V. Kharchenko and A. Dalgarno, Energy relaxation of fast O(1D) atoms in collision with N2, in proceedings of the 1997 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Sanfransisco, Dec. 8--12, EOS Trans., 78, F517 (1997).

132. Dalgarno, N. Balakrishnan and V. Kharchenko, Thermalization of fast oxygen atoms in the thermosphere in collision with N2, in proceedings of the 1997 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Sanfransisco, Dec. 8-12, EOS Trans., 78, F517 (1997).

133. N. Balakrishnan, R. C. Forrey and A. Dalgarno, Importance of threshold phenomena in ultracold atom-molecule collisions, in proceedings of the 1997 Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Brainerd, Minnesota, July 20-25, 1997.

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atoms in the thermosphere and its dependence on altitude, in proceedings of the 1997 Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, Maryland, May 27--30, EOS Trans., 78, S225 (1997).

135. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Dynamics of the O+O3à 2O2 reaction and on the possibility of its reverse process involving highly vibrationally excited O2, in proceedings of the 1997 Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, Maryland, May 27-30, EOS Trans., 78, S85 (1997).

136. N. Balakrishnan and A. Dalgarno, Semiclassical wavepacket study of N2 vibrational excitation in collision with translationally hot N atoms, in proceedings of 1996 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Sanfransisco, Dec. 15-19, EOS Trans. 77, F528 (1996).

137. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, A mixed quantum-classical study of the reactions OH+H2 -->H2O+H and OH+ CO-->CO2 +H, in proceedings of Femtochemistry, The Lausanne Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-8 1995.

138. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Four-atom reaction dynamics: a mixed quantum classical approach, in proceedings of the 2nd European Meeting of Molecular Beam and Dynamics Group: Molecular Dynamics at Gas Phase and at Interfaces, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, July 10-12, 1995.

139. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Semiclassical wave packet studies of the reaction OH+H2 -->H2O+H: Integral cross sections and rate constants, in proceedings of The Xth European Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Salamanca, Spain, August 28-September 2, 1994.

140. N. Balakrishnan and G. D. Billing, Photodissociation of ozone in the Hartley band: an exact quantum mechanical study, in proceedings of The Xth European Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Salamanca, Spain, August 28-September 2, 1994.

141. N. Balakrishnan and N. Sathyamurthy, Three-dimensional (J=0) time-dependent quantal wave packet calculations of the reaction He + H2+--> HeH+ + H, in proceedings of The XVIII International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Aarhus, Denmark, July 21--27, 1993.

Research Grants Current:

1. Quantum State Control of Molecular Collisions, DoD Army Research Office, 06/01/19-05/31/24, $6.25M (my portion: $750,000; PI: Arthur Suits (Missouri), co-PI: Balakrishnan Naduvalath, Dick Zare, Jun Ye, John Doyle, and Hua Guo).

2. Non-adiabatic effects in ultracold chemistry, National Science Foundation (PI: Balakrishnan Naduvalath), 09/01/18-08/31/21, $281,817

3. Accurate methods for ultracold reactions with product quantum state resolution, National Science Foundation (PI: Balakrishnan Naduvalath), 07/01/15-06/30/19, $225,000.

4. Molecular ro-vibrational collision rates for infrared modeling of warm interstellar gases

from full-dimensional quantum calculations (co-PI; Phillip Stancil (UGA, PI)), 02/01/16-01/31/20, NASA, $100,131 (my portion, starts in 2018)

Pending

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1. Collaborative Research: Towards Complete Hydrogen Chloride Rovibrational Chemistry and Excitation in UV Irradiated Astrophysical Environments (co-PI; Benhui Yang (UGA, PI)), NSF, 11/01/18-10/31/21, $54,999 (my portion).

Completed

1. Accurate methods for ultracold reactions with product quantum state resolution, National Science Foundation (PI: Balakrishnan Naduvalath), 07/01/15-06/30/19, $225,000.

2. High-resolution quantum control of chemical reactions (co-PI; David DeMille (Yale, PI)), Department of Defense, ARO, 09/01/12-02/28/18, $371,542 (my portion).

3. Quantum dynamics of ultracold collisions and reactions (PI), NSF, 07/01/12-06/30/15, $199,039

4. Characterization and modeling of materials for Kr-Ar separations (co-PI; Paul Forster

(UNLV, PI)), 08/01/10-07/31/13, $50,000 (my portion)

5. Theoretical investigations of molecular collisions and chemical reactions at ultracold temperatures (PI), NSF, 07/01/09-06/30/12, $182,354

6. Hydroxyl and nitric oxide chemistry relevant to mesospheric and lower thermospheric

energy budget (PI), NSF, 12/15/07-12/14/12, $325,551

7. Nevada Astrophysics (co-PI; Stephen Lepp (UNLV, PI)), NASA EPSCoR, 08/01/07-12/31/11, $83,892 (my portion).

8. Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Storage Technology (PI-theory; Clemens Heske (PI-

experiment, UNLV), 09/15/05-06/30/10, $6,342,000 (my portion: $864,383)

9. Collaborative research: Bringing primordial Microphysics out of dark ages: Advanced chemistry and cooling calculations of first star formation and evolution (co-PI; Stephen Lepp (UNLV, PI)), NSF, 08/01/06-07/31/10, $192,015

10. Fundamental Studies of Molecular Collisions and Chemical Reactions at Ultracold

Temperatures (PI), NSF, 07/01/06-06/30/09, $150,000

11. Investigation of Chemical Reactions at Ultracold Temperatures (PI), Research Corporation, 06/01/03-05/31/08, $39,000+$9,000 matching from UNLV

12. Investigation of Nitric Oxide Chemistry in the Upper Atmosphere (PI), ACS Petroleum

Research Fund, 09/01/04-08/31/07, $35,000

13. Coherent Matter Wave Chemistry, United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (PI; Amichay Vardi (Israel PI)), 09/01/2003-08/31/2005, $22,500 (my portion) plus $7,500 matching from UNLV

14. Investigation of Molecular Processes at Ultracold Temperatures (PI), NSF, 07/01/2003-

06/30/2006, $120,000

Page 24 15. HOx dilemma and its implications to the ozone deficit problem (PI), UNLV New

Investigator Award, 06/01/02-05/31/03, $10,000

16. Theoretical Investigations of OH/HO2 Chemistry in the Middle Atmosphere (PI), NSF, 07/01/2002-06/30/2006, $318,330