EDUCATION
Ph.D., Chemistry, 1988, The Pennsylvania State UniversityEXPERIENCEB.A., Chemistry, 1984, La Salle College
AWARDS2003 - Present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Temple University
2000 - 2003: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University
1995 - 2000: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University
1990 - 1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University
1988 - 1990: Postdoctoral associate with Professor Stephen Leone, The Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics(JILA), University of Colorado.
1984 - 1988: Graduate Student at the Pennsylvania State University.
1991 National Science Foundation Young Investigator AwardPROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
1992 National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award
1993 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award
1995 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
1996 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
American Chemical SocietyCOURSES TAUGHT
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Society for Optical Engineering
CHM 747 Quantum ChemistryPUBLICATIONS
CHM 743 Chemical Kinetics
CHM 748 Molecular Spectroscopy
CHM 770 Modern Methods of Experimental Chemistry
CHM 849 Reactions at Surfaces
CHM 544 Physical Chemistry (quantum, kinetics and spectroscopy)
CHM 555 Physical Chemistry Laboratory
1.) Levis, R. J., Jiang, Z. C. Winograd, N., "An Ultrahigh-Vacuum Investigation of the Production of Methanol on Pd{111},” Proceedings of the VIth International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, edited by A. Benninghoven, 1987.
2.) Levis, R. J., DeLouise, L. A., Winograd, N., "Influence of Surface Atomic Steps on Site-Selective Adsorption Processes. Ethylidyne Formation on Rh{111} and Rh{331}," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987 109 6873.3.) Levis, R. J., Jiang, Z. C., Winograd, N., "Evidence for Activation of the C-O Bond of Methanol on Pd{111} after Low Temperature Adsorption," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988 110 4431.
4.) Levis, R. J., Jiang, Z. C., Akhter, S., White, J. M., Winograd, N., "Methyl Formation from Methanol Decomposition on Pd{111} and Pt{111}," Catalysis Letters 1988 1 385.
5.) Levis, R. J., Jiang, Z. C., Winograd, N. "The Thermal Decomposition of CH3OH adsorbed on Pd{111}: a New Reaction Pathway Involving CH3 Formation," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989 111 4605.
6.) Cousins, L. M., Levis, R. J., Leone, S. R., "Observation of Translationally Hot, Rotationally Cold NO Molecules Produced by 193 nm Laser Vaporization of Multilayer NO Films," J. Phys. Chem. 1989 93 5325.
7.) Cousins, L. M., Levis, R. J., Leone, S. R., "Translation and Internal State Distributions of NO Molecules Produced in the 193 nm Explosive Vaporization of Cryogenic NO films: Rotationally Cold, Translationally Fast NO Molecules," J. Chem. Phys. 1989 91 5731.
8.) Levis, R. J., DeLouise, L. A., White, E. J., Winograd, N., "Defect-Induced Surface Chemistry: A Comparison of the Adsorption and Thermal Decomposition of C2H4 on Rh{111} and Rh{331}," Surf. Sci.1990 230 35.
9.) Levis, R. J., Waltman, C. J., Cousins, L. M., Copeland, R. G., Leone, S. R., "A Hyperthermal (0.1-4 eV) F Atom Beam Source Suitable for Surface Etching Investigations," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A. 1990 8 3118.
10.) Levis, R.J., Romano, L.J., "Laser Vaporization of Single-Stranded DNA; A Study of Photoinduced Phosphodiester Bond Cleavage," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991 113, 7802.
11.) Romano, L.J., Levis, R.J., "Nondestructive Laser Vaporization of High Molecular Weight, Single-Stranded DNA," J. Am. Chem Soc. 1991 113 9665.
12.) Levis, R.J., Romano, L.J., Rajan, J., Schilke, D., DeWitt, M., "Laser Vaporization and REMPI TOF Detection for DNA Sequencing," Proceedings of the 1992 Conference on Instrumentation for Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Chestnut Ridge, NY, Nov. 1992.
13.) Levis, R.J., Romano, L.J., Rajan, J., Schilke, D., DeWitt, M., "High Speed DNA Sequencing in the Gas Phase," Proceedings of the SPIE Biomedical Optics Society Meeting on Advances in DNA Sequencing, 1992 1891 102.
14.) Levis, R. J., "Laser Vaporization and REMPI TOF Detection for DNA Sequencing," Proceedings of the 41st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, San Francisco, CA June, 1993, 786.
15.) Szulczewski, G., Levis, R.J., "A Theory for Determining Surface-Adsorbate Bond Energies from Desorption Threshold Measurements," J. Chem. Phys. 98 5974 1993.
16.) Szulczewski, G, Levis, R.J., "Nonthermal Surface Chemistry: Collision-Induced Reactions of NH3 on Pt{111}," Proceedings of the OE/LASE '94 SPIE Laser Techniques for Surface Science, 1994 2125 252.
17.) Schilke, D. and Levis, R.J., "A Laser Desorption, Laser Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for the Interrogation of Fragile Biomolecules," Review of Scientific Instruments, 1994 65 1903.
18.) Levis, R.J. "Laser Desorption and Ejection of Biomolecules from the Condensed Phase into the Gas Phase," Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 1994 45 483.
19.) Szulczewski, G., Levis, R.J., "Determination of a Chemisorption Bond Strength by Direct Measurement of the Threshold Desorption Energy; NH3 on Pt{111}," J. Chem. Phys. 1994 101 11070.
20.) DeWitt, M., Levis, R.J., "Near-Infrared Femtosecond Photoionization of Cyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons," J. Chem. Phys. 1995 102 8670.
21.) Srinivasan, J., Romano, L. and Levis R.J., "Laser Vaporization and Multiphoton Ionization of an Anthracene-Labeled Nucleotide," J. Phys. Chem. 1995 99 13272.
22.) Szulczewski, G., Levis, R.J., "Collision-Induced Desorption of Ammonia on Pt{111}: From Direct Measurement of the Threshold Energy to Determination of the Surface-Adsorbate Bond Strength," J. Chem. Phys. 1995 103 10238.
23.) Velic, D. and Levis R.J., "Selective Collision-Induced Desorption: Measurement of the ¼-C2H4 Binding Energy on Pt{111} Precovered with Atomic Oxygen," J. Chem. Phys. 1996 104 9629.
24.) Szulczewski, G., Levis, R.J., "Using Collision-Induced Desorption to Measure the di-s Bond Strength of Ethylene Chemisorption on Pt{111}," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996 118 3521.
25.) DeWitt, M., Levis, R.J., "High-Field Ionization of Molecules Using Ultrafast Radiation," Femtochemistry,, Ultrafast Chemical and Physical Processes in Molecular Systems, M. Chergui, Ed. World Scientific, 1996, pgs. 129-134.
26.) Levis, R.J., "Laser Ejection of Oligonucleotides," in Large Ions, Their Vaporization, Detection and Structural Analysis, Tomas Baer ed. Wiley, London, 1996, pg. 104-125.
27.) Levis, R.J., DeWitt, M.J., "Photoionization of Polyatomic Molecules Using Intense, Near-Infrared Radiation of Femtosecond Duration," in Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy, N. Winograd, ed. AIP Press, NY, 1997 pgs. 45-50.
28.) Velic, D., Levis, R.J., "A Model for Estimating the Surface Effective Mass During Collision-Induced Processes on Pt{111}," Chemical Physics Letters, 1997 269 59.
29.) DeWitt, M.J., Peters, D.W., Levis, R.J., "The Photoionization/Dissociation of Alkyl Substituted Benzene Molecules Using Intense Near-Infrared Radiation," Chemical Physics, 1997 218 211.
30.) Narayanaswami, G., Levis, R.J., "Detection of an Oligonucleotide Hybridized to a Planar Surface Using Laser Ejection, Mass Spectroscopy," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997 119 6888.
31.) Velic, D. Levis, R.J., “Collision Induced Desorption of NO from Pt{111}, a Comparison of Activation Energies for Desorption and CID Binding Energies,” Surface Science, 1998 396 327.
32.) DeWitt, M.J. and Levis R.J. “Calculating the Keldysh Adiabaticity Parameter for Atoms, Molecules and Polyatomic Molecules,” J. Chem. Phys. 1998 108 7739.
33.) DeWitt, M.J. and Levis R.J. “The role of electron delocalization in the ionization of C6 hydrocarbons using intense 780nm laser pulses of femtosecond duration,” J. Chem. Phys. 1998 108 7045.
34.) DeWitt, M.J. and Levis R.J. “Observing the Transition From Multiphoton to Field Ionization for Molecules in Intense Laser Fields,” Physical Review Letters, 1998 81 5101-5104.
35.) DeWitt, M.J. and Levis R.J. “Concerning the ionization of polyatomic molecules in intense laser fields,” J. Chem. Phys. 1999 110 11368-11375.
36.) Levis, R.J. and DeWitt, M.J. “Photoexcitation, Ionization and Dissociation of Molecules using Intense Near-Infrared Radiation of Femtosecond Duration,” Feature Article in J. Phys. Chem. 1999 103 6493-6507.
37.) Prall, B.S., DeWitt, M.J., and Levis R.J., “Predicting Intense Field laser ionization probabilities: The application to C2Hn species,” J. Chem. Phys. 1999 111 2865-2868.
38.) Billotto, R. and Levis, R.J., “On the coupling mechanism of a 780 nm femtosecond laser with biphenyl, diphenylmethane and diphenylethane,” Phys. Chem. A 1999103(41) 8160-8168.
39.) Arnolds, H., Rehbein, C., Roberts, G., Levis, R.J., King D.A., “Femtosecond Near-Infrares Laser Desorption of Multilayer Benzene on Pt{111}: Spatial Origin of Hyperthermal Desorption,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 1999 314 389-395.Return to Top of Page40.) Noel P. Moore and Robert J. Levis, “The Strong Field Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Acetylene: Evidence for Short-Lived 4p Gerade States Via Electric Field-Induced REMPI,” J. Chem. Phys. 2000 112(3) 1316-1320.
41.) Arnolds, H., Rehbein, C., Roberts, G., Levis, R.J., King, D.A., “Femtosecond Near-Infrared Laser Desorption of Multilatlayer Benzene on Pt{111}: A Molecular Newton's Cradle?,” J.Phys. Chem. B 2000 104 3375-3382.
42.) DeWitt, M.J., Prall, B.P., Levis, R.J., “Orientational Averaging in the Intense Field Tunnel Ionization of Molecules,” J. Chem. Phys. 2000 113 1553-1558.
43.) Moore, N.P. and Levis, R.J., “Strong Field Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules: Acetylene,” Multiphoton Processes, L.F. DiMauro, R.R. Freeman and K.C. Kulander, Eds. AIP Press, NY, 2000
44.) Noel P. Moore, Getahun M. Menkir, Alexei N. Markitch, Paul Graham, and Robert J. Levis, “The Mechanisms of Strong-Field Control of Chemical Reactivity Using Tailored Laser Pulses,” ACS Symposium Series in Chem. 2001
45.) Robert J. Levis, Getahun M. Menkir, and Herschel Rabitz, “Selective Bond Dissociation and Rearragement with Optimally Tailored, Strong-Field Laser Pulses,” Science APR 27, 2001 292 (5517) 709-713.
46.) Alexei N. Markevitch, Noel P. Moore and Robert J. Levis, “The Influence of Molecular Structure on Strong Field Energy Coupling and Partitioning,” Chem. Phys., 2001 267(1-3) 131-140.
47.) Moore, N.P. and Levis R.J., “The Strong Field Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Naphthalene: Evidence for a Transition from MPI to Tunnel Ionization in a Single Species,” J. Chem. Phys. Submitted
48.) Markevitch, AN; Moore, NP; Levis, RJ., The effects of molecular structure on strong field energy coupling of anthracene and anthraquinone. Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. S, 221: 400-PHYS Part 2 APR 1 2001.
49.) Moore, NP; Markevitch, AN; Plass, K; et al. Field-induced ionization of benzene. Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. S, 221: 229-PHYS Part 2 APR 1 2001.
50.) Levis, RJ., Strong field ionization and dissociation of polyatomic molecules. Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. S, 221: 194-PHYS Part 2 APR 1 2001.
51.) Moore, NP; Levis, RJ., Strong field molecular photoelectron spectroscopy. Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. S, 221: 130-PHYS Part 2 APR 1 2001.
52.) Moore, NP; Markevitch, AN; Levis, RJ., Influencing strong field excitation dynamics through molecular structure. J. Chem. Phys. A, 106 (7): 1107-1112 FEB 21 2002.
53.) Levis, RJ; Rabitz, HA., Closing the loop on bond selective chemistry using tailored strong field laser pulses. J. Chem. Phys. A, 106 (27): 6427-6444 JUL 11 2002.
54.) Moore, NP; Menkir, GM; Markevitch, AN; et al. The mechanisms of strong-field control of chemical reactivity using tailored laser pulses. Acs. Sym. Ser., 821: 207-220 2002.
55.) Graham, P; Menkir, G; Levis, RJ., An investigation of the effects of experimental parameters on the closed-loop control of photoionization/dissociation processes in acetophenone. SPECTROCHIM ACTA B, 58 (6): 1097-1108 JUN 30 2003.
56.) Markevitch, AN; Smith, SM; Romanov, DA; et al. Nonadiabatic dynamics of polyatomic molecules and ions in strong laser fields., Phys. Rev. A, 68 (1): art. no.-011402 JUL 2003.
57.) Markevitch, AN; Romanov, DA; Smith, SM; Levis, RJ., Coulomb explosion assisted by nonadiabatic charge localization., Phys. Rev. Lett., in press.
58.) Markevitch, AN; Romanov, DA; Smith, SM; Schlegel, BH; Ivanov, YM; Levis, RJ., Sequential nonadiabatic excitation of large molecules and ions driven by strong laser fields. Phys. Rev. A, in press.
