Degree Information:

B.S., Yale University, 1969
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1977

Teaches:

General Chemistry I, II (Chem 11, Chem 12)
Physical Chemistry I, II (Chem 151, Chem 152)
Polymer Chemistry (Chem 192)

Research:

Organic Photochemistry and Photophysics
Spectroscopy

Recent Publications:

W. Atom Yee, Robert H. O'Neil, James W. Lewis, Jin Z. Zhang, and David S. Kliger, "Femtosecond Studies of Electronic Relaxation, Vibrational Relaxation, and Rotational Diffusion in all-trans-1,8-Diphenyl-1,3,5,7-octatetraene", J. Phys. Chem. 103, 2388-2393 (1999).

Recent Presentations:

"Cis-Trans Photoisomerization Studies of Diphenylbutadiene," (Poster Presentation) Dan Gargas, Holly Yip, and W. Atom Yee, Western Spectroscopy Association 47th Annual Meeting, January 26-28, 2000. Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA.