Education
Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1997.
Diploma in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (equivalent of M. Sc.),
M. V. Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia,
1986.
Professional Experience
2000 - present: Research Scientist. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
1998 - 2000: Postdoctoral fellow. Department
of Physical Chemistry and The Fritz Haber
Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; and
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine CA
1997 - 1998: Postdoctoral associate. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
1986 - 1992: Junior Researcher at the Laboratory
of Quantum Chemistry.
Institute for New Chemical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka,
Moscow Region, Russia.
Research Interests
My present research interests include development of hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics techniques and applications of quantum chemistry and vibrational spectroscopy to problems of interest to astrobiology, namely to the search of biological molecules and possible life conditions in space.
Selected Publications
17. Mark S. Gordon, Galina Chaban, Tetsuya Taketsugu.
Interfacing Electronic Structure
Theory with Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. 1996, v.100, No. 28, 11512-11525 (Feature
Article).
18. Galina Chaban, Michael W. Schmidt, Mark S. Gordon.
Approximate Second Order
Method for Orbital Optimization of SCF and MCSCF Wavefunctions. Theor.
Chem. Acc. 1997, v.97,
88-95.
19. Galina Chaban, Mark S. Gordon, Kiet A. Nguyen.
Potential Energy Surfaces
for Dissociation Reactions of High Energy Isomers of N2O2. J. Phys. Chem.
A, 1997, v. 101, No. 23,
4283 - 4289.
23. Galina M. Chaban and Mark S. Gordon.
The Ground and Excited State
Hydrogen Transfer Potential Energy Surface in 7-Azaindole. J. Phys. Chem.
A , 1999, v. 103, No. 1,
185-189.
25. Galina M. Chaban, Joon O. Jung, and R. Benny Gerber.
Ab initio Calculation of
Anharmonic Vibrational States of Polyatomic Systems: Electronic Structure
Combined with Vibrational Self
Consistent Field. J. Chem.
Phys. 1999, v. 111, No. 5, 1823-1829.
28. Jan Lundell, Galina M. Chaban, R. Benny Gerber.
Anharmonic Vibrational Spectroscopy
Calculations for Novel Rare-Gas Containing Compounds: HXeH, HXeCl,
HXeBr, HXeI,
HXeOH. J. Phys. Chem. A
2000, v.104, No. 34, 7944-7949.
29. Galina M. Chaban, Joon O. Jung, R. Benny Gerber.
Anharmonic Vibrational Spectroscopy
of Glycine: Testing of Ab Initio and Empirical Potentials. J. Phys. Chem.
A 2000, v.104,
No. 44, 10035-10044.
32. Galina M. Chaban and R. Benny Gerber.
Anharmonic Vibrational Spectroscopy
of the Glycine?Water Complex: Calculations for ab initio, empirical, and
hybrid Quantum
Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics
potentials. J. Chem. Phys. 2001, v. 115, No. 3, 1340-1348.
33. Galina M. Chaban, R. Benny Gerber, Kenneth C. Janda.
The Transition from Hydrogen
Bonding to Ionization in (HCl)n(NH3)n and (HCl)n(H2O)n Clusters:
Consequences for Anharmonic
Vibrational Spectroscopy.
J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, v.105, , v.105, No. 36, 8323-8332.
34. Galina M. Chaban, Jan Lundell, R. Benny Gerber.
Lifetime and decomposition pathways
of a chemically bound helium compound. J. Chem. Phys. 2001,
v. 115, No. 16, 7341-7343.
37. Latasha M. Salter and Galina M. Chaban.
Theoretical study of gas phase tautomerization reactions
for the ground and first excited electronic states of adenine.
J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, v. 106, No. 16, 4251-4256.
38. Galina M. Chaban, Winifred M. Huo, Timothy J. Lee.
Theoretical study of infrared and Raman
spectra of hydrated magnesium sulfate salts. J. Chem. Phys.
2002, v. 117, No. 6, 2532-2537.
42. Galina M. Chaban, Jan Lundell, R. Benny Gerber.
Theoretical study of decomposition pathways for
HArF and HKrF.
Chem. Phys. Lett. 2002, v. 364, No. 5-6, 628-633.