Ann Orel
Ann Orel | |
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 Orel in 2012 | |
| Alma mater | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical chemistry Laser chemistry |
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| Thesis | Laser induced chemical reactions (1981) |
| William Hughes Miller | |
Doctoral students | Kimberly S. Budil |
Ann E. Orel is an American physical chemist and computational scientist who is Professor Emerita in chemical engineering at the University of California, Davis, and is affiliated with the Ultrafast X-Ray Science Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [1][2] She has published research in theoretical atomic and molecular physics and computational methods for molecular dynamics and electron scattering.[3] In 2000, she was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[4]
Education
Orel earned a BS in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1977[5] followed by a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1981.[4][6]
Career
Orel served on the faculty at the University of California, Davis, including in leadership roles in the Department of Applied Sciences.[4] She is listed as Professor Emerita in the UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering.[1]
Orel is also listed as a member of the theory group/people roster of the Ultrafast X-Ray Science Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[2]
Research
UC Davis describes Orel’s work as using wave packet methods (numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation) for molecular dynamics, and the Complex Kohn variational method for electron scattering calculations.[7][8][9][10]
Service and professional activities
Orel has served in elected or appointed roles within the American Physical Society, including listing as a General Councillor in APS governance materials.[11]
In 2007, she criticized vague and inconsistently applied grant-review expectations as potentially counterproductive for early-career scientists and noted that women in physics could be treated as contributing to diversity “by existing.”[12]
Honors and recognition
- 1980 – Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research [13]
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
References
- 1 2 "Ann Orel". UC Davis Chemical Engineering. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- 1 2 "People". Ultrafast X-Ray Science Laboratory. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Ann E. Orel's research while affiliated with University of California, Davis and other places". ResearchGate.
- 1 2 3 Larson, Mats; Orel, Ann E. (2008). Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82819-2. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Educational Background". UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.
- ↑ Orel, Ann Elizabeth (1981). Laser induced chemical reactions (PhD thesis). University of California, Berkeley. OCLC 1415977046.
- ↑ "Ann Orel". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "A. E. Orel". ResearchGate.
- ↑ "APS -41st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Event - Symmetry Breaking in Dissociative Electron Attachment to Molecules". Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 55 (5). 2010.
- ↑ orel, ann. "Ann Orel - Independent Researcher". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "APS Members Elect Hopfield as New Vice President in 2004 General Election". American Physical Society. November 1, 2004.
- ↑ Tretkoff, Ernie (June 1, 2007). "NSF's "Broader Impacts" Criterion Gets Mixed Reviews". American Physical Society.
- ↑ "Past Award Winners". Iota Sigma Pi. Retrieved 2026-03-19.