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    • Christopher P. Morong

    New Chris
    2nd Year Graduate Student
    The University of Chicago

    Education

    B.S. Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, May 2002
    B.S. Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, May 2002.
    M.S. in Physical Chemistry,
    University of Chicago, August 2003

    Research

    I am currently redesigning the supersonic slit jet source designed by Mike Lindsay to be more robust in a highly charged plasma. The supersonic jet allows one to produce rotationally cold molecules on the order of a few Kelvin in a nearly collision free environment. The jet allows us to view very reactive species which exist in space, but are very unstable in traditional laboratory plasmas. The new source will be of variable height allowing us to probe different areas of the jet without realigning the optics, and hopefully the materials will better withstand the extreme environment of the plasma. I plan on studying C60+ as is outlined in my prospectus The Study of the C60+ Cation in a Supersonic Slit Jet Using Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy.

    Publications

  • L. Young, R. W. Dunford, E. P. Kanter, B. Krassig, S. H. Southworth, R. A. Bonham, P. Lykos, C. Morong, A. Timm, J. P. J. Carney and R. H. Pratt "Corrections to the usual x-ray scattering factors in rare gases: Experiment and theory", Physical Review A , 63, 052718 (2001).
  • P. Lykos, P.H. Patel, C. Morong, and A. Joseph "Rapid detection of bacteria from blood culture by an electronic nose", The Journal of Microbiology, 39(3), 213-218 (2001).

    • Conference Presentations

  • Christopher P. Morong, Russell A. Bonham and Peter Lykos "High energy x-ray scattering analysis via LabVIEW", 222nd ACS National Meeting , Chicago, Illinois, August 26-30, 2001. (poster)

  • Christopher P. Morong, Peter Lykos "Electronic nose design and operation using LabVIEW", 222nd ACS National Meeting , Chicago, Illinois, August 26-30, 2001. (talk)

    • Awards and Other Distinctions

  • 2002 - University of Chicago Freud Fellow
  • Quoted in The nose knows, Carrie T. Rivera, Medhunters Magazine Summer 2002, 32-35.
  • Quoted in E-Nose sniffs out nasty bugs, Louise Knapp, Wired News, 2001.
  • Christopher Morong, Luke Jarymowycz, Comparison of artificial neural networks and statistical methods for pattern recognition of bacterial contamination with an electronic nose, Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Illinois Institute of Technology (1999) - Second Place

    • Links

  • Oka group (University of Chicago)
  • H3+ web page
  • The Original LabVIEW for Dummiees page

    Email cmorong@uchicago.edu

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