J. Woods Halley

J. Woods Halley
Professor, School of Physics and AstronomyContact
John T. Tate Hall Room 130-15 116 Church Street SeMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1965
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1961
Professional Background
- Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Electrochemical Energy Science (CEES-II), Argonne National Laboratory, 2014-2017
- DOE INCITE review panel, 2013-2015
- Basic Energy Sciences adviser, Committee Workshop on Future of Energy Research, Department of Energy, Gaithersburg, MD, 2003
- Workshop on Hydrogen Economy, Department of Energy, Rockville, MD, 2003
- NSF MRSEC Review Panel, Northwestern University 2003
- Session organizer and Chair, Symposium on Global Climate Change and the Chemical Industry, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New Orleans, 2002
Scientific & Professional Societies
- Fellow, American Physical Society
Professor Halley's group studies transport and nonequilibirum processes in solids and fluids using theoretical, simulation and experimental methods. Specific studies include:
Studies of electrode-electrolyte interfaces, including electron transfer and the electronic structure of oxides and metals with applications to electrolysis and catalysis in nanophase as well as macroscopic systems.
Studies of solvation, transport and ion pairing in polymers and ionic liquids of relevance to batteries and fuel cells.
Studies of the interaction of vapor pulses with Bose-Einstein condensed helium four liquid and alkali gases.
Chemical kinetic studies of models of prebiotic evolution.
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998
- Fellow of the Supercomputer Institute, University of Minnesota,1989-present
- Graduate Faculty of Materials Science, University of Minnesota,1989- 2012
- IBM Paul J. Flory Sabbatical, 1987
- Bush Fellowship, 1983-84
Books
- How Likely Is Extraterrestrial Life? Springer-Verlag, 2012
- Statistical Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2006
Advisees & Collaborators
Graduate Students:
- Shuhui Luo
- Qian-Yi Sheng
Research Collaborators:
- Ben Intoy
- Yaroslav Lutsyshyn
- Abrar Quadery
- Patrick Schelling
- Aaron Wynveen