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Luis Rivera Rivera, PhD

Luis Rivera Rivera, PhD

Associate Professor
Physical Sciences
Phone: (231) 591-2596
Email: [email protected]

Education

  • PhD, Texas A&M University, Chemistry
  • MS, University of Puerto Rico, Chemistry
  • BS, University of Puerto Rico, Chemistry

Graduate/Post-Graduate Training

  • Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States

Biography

Dr. Rivera started college as a chemical engineering student. After three years he switched majors and completed his B.S. degree in chemistry. He then went on to do an M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry, finally completing his Ph.D. in physical chemistry. After his Ph.D. he carried out a postdoctoral research in theoretical chemistry. Currently Dr. Rivera teaches general and physical chemistry. During his free time he likes to practice martial arts and go on hikes with his family.

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

  • Journal Article
    Hren, Z. R., Lazarock, C. R., Vincent, T. A., Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Wagner, A. F. (2021). "Pressure Effects on the Relaxation of an Excited Ethane Molecule in High-Pressure Bath Gases." The journal of physical chemistry. A. 125 (39). pp. 8680-8690.
  • Journal Article
    Walton, J. R., Rivera-Rivera, L. A. (2020). "Force Based Canonical Approximation of Molecular Potentials: Average Force versus Pointwise Force." The journal of physical chemistry. A. 124 (8). pp. 1648-1658.
  • Journal Article
    Rivera Rivera, L., Hren, Z. R. (2019). "Compound-model morphed potential for the hydrogen bond HCN⋯HF," Mol. Phys. 117 pp. 539-546.
  • Journal Article
    Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Wagner, A. F., Perry, J. W. (2019). "Normal mode analysis on the relaxation of an excited nitromethane molecule in argon bath." The Journal of chemical physics. 151 (3). p. 034303.
  • Journal Article
    Walton, J. R., Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Lucchese, R. R., Bevan, J. W. (2019). "Canonical Approach To Generate Multidimensional Potential Energy Surfaces." The journal of physical chemistry. A. 123 (2). pp. 537-543.
  • Journal Article
    Walton, J. R., Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Lucchese, R. R., Bevan, J. W. (2017). "Is there any fundamental difference between ionic, covalent, and others types of bond? A canonical perspective on the question." Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP. 19 (24). pp. 15864-15869.
  • Journal Article
    Walton, J. R., Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Lucchese, R. R., Bevan, J. W. (2016). "Morse, Lennard-Jones, and Kratzer Potentials: A Canonical Perspective with Applications." The journal of physical chemistry. A. 120 (42). pp. 8347-8359.
  • Journal Article
    Walton, J. R., Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Lucchese, R. R., Bevan, J. W. (2016). "Canonical Force Distributions in Pairwise Interatomic Interactions from the Perspective of the Hellmann-Feynman Theorem." The journal of physical chemistry. A. 120 (20). pp. 3718-25.
  • Journal Article
    Walton, J. R., Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Lucchese, R. R., Bevan, J. W. (2016). "Canonical Approaches to Applications of the Virial Theorem." The journal of physical chemistry. A. 120 (5). pp. 817-23.
  • Journal Article
    Walton, J. R., Rivera-Rivera, L. A., Lucchese, R. R., Bevan, J. W. (2015). "Canonical Potentials and Spectra within the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation." The journal of physical chemistry. A. 119 (25). pp. 6753-8.

Presentations

  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L., 51st Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, "Beyond Born−Oppenheimer: A Canonical Perspective," South Bend, IN, (June 2019).
  • Poster
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), Hren, Z. R. (Author & Presenter), 12th Annual West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science (WMRUGS) Research Conference, "Pressure Effects on the Relaxation of an Excited Ethane Molecule in an Argon Bath," Grand Rapids, MI, (November 10, 2018).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author), 73rd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, "Compound-model morphed potential for the hydrogen bond HCN–HF," Champaign-Urbana, IL, (June 2018).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), 73rd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, "Relaxation of vibrational, rotational, and Coriolis energies of an excited nitromethane molecule in argon bath," Champaign-Urbana, IL, (June 2018).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), 72nd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, "A canonical approach to generate multidimensional potential energy surfaces," Champaign-Urbana, IL, (June 2017).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), 49th Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, "Canonical approaches to multi-dimensional van der Waals, hydrogen-bonded, and halogenbonded potentials," East Lansing, MI, (June 2017).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), 72nd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, "Normal mode analysis on the relaxation of an excited nitromethane molecule in argon bath," Champaign-Urbana, IL, (June 2017).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), The 10th International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, "Normal mode analysis on the relaxation of an excited nitromethane molecule in argon bath," Chicago, IL, (May 2017).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), APS March Meeting 2017, "Normal mode analysis on the relaxation of an excited nitromethane molecule in argon bath," New Orleans, LA, (March 2017).
  • Oral Presentation
    Rivera Rivera, L. (Author & Presenter), 71st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, "A canonical approach to multi-dimensional van der waals, hydrogen-bonded, and halogen-bonded potentials," Champaign-Urbana, IL, (June 2016).