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26 November 2025
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First four projects to receive funding out of the new Incentive Fund
My research focuses on the use of infrared spectroscopy to study gas-phase molecules and small clusters, combining molecular beam experiments with quantum chemical calculations. My main current interests are:
- De-excitation mechanisms of isolated clusters and molecules
- Astrochemistry in the interstellar medium
- Reactivity and catalytic activity of mono- and bi-metallic clusters
- Chemical reactions in neutral organocatalysts
- The interaction and dynamics of weakly bound complexes
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| Research groups | Condensed Matter Physics FELIX Infrared and THz Spectroscopy |
My publications
A Comprehensive Reanalysis of K2-18 b’s JWST NIRISS+NIRSpec Transmission Spectrum
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| Author(s) | Stephen P. Schmidt, Ryan J. MacDonald, Shang-Min Tsai, Michael Radica, Le-Chris Wang, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Taylor J. Bell, Chloe Fisher, Daniel P. Thorngren, Nicholas Wogan, Erin M. May, Piero Ferrari, Katherine A. Bennett, Zafar Rustamkulov, Mercedes López-Morales, and David K. Sing |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | The Astronomical Journal, Volume 170, Number 6 |
Roadmap on carbon molecular nanostructures in space
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| Author(s) | Piero Ferrari, Jos Oomens, Giel Berder, Sandra Brüncken, Joost Bakker e.a. |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | The European Physical Journal D, Volume 79, article number 94 |
Light on catalytic reaction mechanisms: uncovering the conformation of thiourea-based organocatalysts and their interaction with nitroolefins using mid-infrared spectroscopy
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| Author(s) | Piero Ferrari, Alexander K. Lemmens, Wybren Jan Buma |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol 16/Issue 24 |
Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral and Cationic Sumanene (C21H12 & C21H12+) in the Gas Phase: Implications for Interstellar Aromatic Infrared Bands (AIBs)
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| Author(s) | Pavithraa Sundararajan, Piero Ferrari, Sandra Brünken, Wybren Jan Buma, Alessandra Candian, Alexander Tielens |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Vol 9/Issue 4 |
My news
6 July 2025
Shedding light on a promising organic catalyst
13 February 2025
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Studying the tiny stretches of molecules in the lab, to unravel space mysteries