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Centre for Molecular Structure and Dynamics: Experiment, Theory, and Computation
University of Alberta

Dr. Julie Michaud

alumnus (PhD student)

supervisor: Dr. Wolfgang Jäger

joined in: January 2005
defended in: April 2008

Thesis title: Carbonyl sulfide-doped and cyanoacetylene-doped hydrogen clusters studied with rotational spectroscopy

email: jmichaud at ualberta.ca

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experience:

  • M.Sc. in Chemistry at University of British Columbia (Dec 2004); 

               Supervisor: Michael C. L. Gerry
             Thesis title: "Xenon-copper chemical bonding: Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy of XeCuX (X = F, Cl)"

  • B.Sc. Honours in Chemistry at University of British Columbia (May 2003)

             Honours thesis title: "The Study of Rare Gas - Coinage Metal Halide Interactions: Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of Kr-CuF"


Publications:

 

4. Julie M. Michaud, Kristine Liao, and Wolfgang Jäger.  High resolution rotational spectroscopy of H2 – OCS: A study of minor isotopomers of OCS. (2008) Molecular Physics, 106, pp23-31

3. Julie M. Michaud and Michael C. L. Gerry.  XeCu Covalent Bonding in XeCuF and XeCuCl, Characterized by Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy Supported by Quantum Chemical Calculations. (2006) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, pp7613-7621.

2. Julie M. Michaud, Stephen A. Cooke, and Michael C. L. Gerry.  Rotational Spectra, Structures, Hyperfine Constants, and the Nature of the Bonding in KrCuF and KrCuCl. (2004) Inorganic Chemistry, 43, pp3871-3881.

1. Stephen A. Cooke, Julie M. Michaud, and Michael C. L. Gerry.  Microwave Spectrum, Nuclear Field Shift Effects, Geometries and Hyperfine Constants of Bismuth Mononitride, BiN, and Bismuth Monophosphide, BiP. (2003) Journal of Molecular Structure. 695, pp13-22.

 

Contributed talks

 

15. Julie M. Michaud, Laura E. Downie, Paul L. Raston and Wolfgang Jäger. The inversion motion in the Ne – NH3 van der Waals dimer studied via microwave spectroscopy.  Talk A2. 3rd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, April 2008, Jasper, AB.

14. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger. High Resolution Microwave Spectroscopy of Doped Hydrogen Clusters:  (H2)N – OCS  and  (H2)N – HCCCN  for  N = 2-7.  Talk.  23rd Symposium of Chemical Physics, November 2007, Waterloo, ON.

13. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  Rotational spectroscopic study of cyanoacetylene-doped ortho-hydrogen and para-hydrogen clusters ((H2)N – HCCCN; N = 2 and greater).  Talk FB05. .  62nd Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2007, Columbus, Ohio.

12. Laura E. Downie, Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  The inversion motion in the Ne – NH3 van der Waals dimer studied via microwave spectroscopy.  Talk RG03. .  62nd Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2007, Columbus, Ohio.

11. Julie M. Michaud, Wendy C. Topic and Wolfgang Jäger.  Cyanoacetylene-doped ortho-hydrogen and ­para-hydrogen clusters studied using rotational spectroscopy.  38th annual meeting of the Divison of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society, June 2007, Calgary, AB.


10. R. Lehnig, P. Raston, J. Michaud, J. Landry, Y. Xu, and W. Jäger. From Helium Clusters to Helium Droplets: Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Embedded Molecules.  Invited talk.  XXII International Symposium on Molecular Beams, May 2007, Freiburg, Germany.


9. Julie M. Michaud, Wendy C. Topic and Wolfgang Jäger.  Microwave spectroscopic studies of orthoH2 – HCCCN and paraH2 – HCCCN dimers: The first step to larger (H2)N – HCCCN clusters.  90th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, May 2007, Winnipeg, MB.

8. Julie M. Michaud, Wendy C. Topic and Wolfgang Jäger.  A new dopant for hydrogen clusters: Microwave spectroscopic studies of H2 – HCCCN dimers.  2nd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, March 2007, Jasper,  AB.

  7. Laura E. Downie, Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  A microwave spectroscopic study of the inversion motion in the Ne – NH3 van der Waals dimer.  Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference, October 2006, Fredericton, NB.

6. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  Microwave Spectroscopic Study of OCS Solvated by orthoH2 and paraH2 Molecules.  61st Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2006, Columbus, Ohio.

5. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  The Study of the Solvation of OCS by ortho- and paraH2 Molecules via Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy.  Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, March 2006, Jasper, AB.

4. Julie M. Michaud and Michael C. L. Gerry.  Xenon-Copper Chemical Bonding: Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of XeCuCl.  60th Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2005, Columbus, Ohio.

3. Julie M. Michaud and Michael C. L. Gerry.  The Study of Noble Gas – Noble Metal Halide Interactions: Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of XeCuF. 59th Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2004, Columbus, Ohio.

2. Julie M. Michaud, Stephen A. Cooke and Michael C. L. Gerry.  The Study of Rare Gas  – Coinage Metal Halide Interactions: Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of Kr-CuX (X = F, Cl).  58th Ohio  State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2003, Columbus, Ohio.

1. Stephen A. Cooke, Julie M. Michaud and Michael C. L. Gerry.  Hyperfine Structure in the Pure Rotational Spectra of Bismuth Mononitride, BiN, and Bismuth Monophosphide, BiP.  58th Ohio  State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2003, Columbus, Ohio.

 

Posters

 

9. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  Cyanoacetylene-doped ortho-hydrogen and para-hydrogen clusters ((H2)N – HCCCN; N = 2 and greater)): A search for para-hydrogen superfluidity.  Poster F1.  20th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, September 2007, Dijon, France. (Awarded Amat-Mills student presentation prize)

8. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  Solvation of OCS by orthoH2 and paraH2 molecules: A microwave spectroscopic study.  Symposium on Chemical Physics, November 2006, Waterloo, ON.

7. Laura E. Downie, Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  A microwave spectroscopic study of the inversion motion in the Ne – NH3 van der Waals dimer.  Symposium on Chemical Physics, November 2006, Waterloo, ON.

6. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger. Microwave Study of (H2)N – OCS Clusters: Structural Isomers for N = 5 and Greater.  19th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic.  (Awarded Pliva student presentation prize)

5. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  Doped Hydrogen Clusters: Rotational Spectroscopy of OCS Solvated with orthoH2 and paraH2.  21st Annual Symposium of Chemical Physics, October 2005, Waterloo, ON.

4. Julie M. Michaud and Wolfgang Jäger.  Solvation with Hydrogen: The Rotational Spectra of OCS Solvated with ortho- and paraH2 Molecules.  19th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, September 2005, Salamanca, Spain.

3. Julie M. Michaud, Stephen A. Cooke and Michael C. L. Gerry.  The Study of Noble Gas – Copper Halide Interactions: Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of NgCuX (Ng = Kr, Xe; X = F, Cl). 18th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, August 2004. Prague, Czech Republic.

2. Stephen A. Cooke, Julie M. Michaud and Michael C. L. Gerry.  Noble Gas – Noble Metal Chemical Bonding?  Microwave Spectra and Geometries of KrCuF, KrCuCl, XeAgF, XeAgCl. 18th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, September 2003, Dijon, France.

1. Julie M. Michaud, Stephen A. Cooke and Michael C. L. Gerry.  The Bonding Between Copper and Noble Gases: The Rotational Spectra, Geometries and Ab Initio Calculations of KrCuF, KrCuCl and XeCuF.  Graduate Student Poster Session and BBQ, September 2003, Vancouver, BC.