Additional Contact Information

Additional Websites

• http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/heavenlab

Biography

Degrees

• PhD, University of London, 1979

• BSc, Queen Mary College, 1975

Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1979-1980; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of London, 1980-1982

Specific Research Area

• Experimental Chemical Physics

Selected Publications

• J. Han and M. C. Heaven,"Gain and lasing of optically pumped metastable rare gas atoms," Optics Letters, 37, 2157 (2012) (Research Highlight)

• B. J. Barker, I. O. Antonov, M. C. Heaven and K. A. Peterson,"Spectroscopic investigations of ThF and ThF⁺." J. Chem. Phys. 136, 104305 (2012) (Research Highlight)

• J. Han, K. Freel, and M. C. Heaven,"Rotational and vibrational energy transfer in vibrationally excited acetylene at energies near 6560 cm^-1." J. Chem. Phys. 135, 244304/1 (2011)

• M.C. Heaven, V. E. Bondybey, J. M. Merritt, and A. L. Kaledin, "The unique bonding characteristics of beryllium and the Group IIA metals." Chem. Phys. Lett. Frontiers Article, 506, 1 (2011)

• J.M. Merritt, V.E. Bondybey, and M.C. Heaven, "Beryllium Dimer-Caught in the Act of Bonding." Science, 324: p. 1548-1551 (2009)

Awards and Honors

• Fellow of the Optical Society of America (2012)

• AFOSR Visiting Scholar, Bell Laboratories (1991)

• Visiting Faculty, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (1989)

• AFOSR Visiting Scholar (1987)

• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1987-1989)

• NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1980-1982)

• SRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1979-1980)