Ronald Lovett

Titles:

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Office Contact Information

Degrees:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Bell Labs

Degrees:

Ph.D. University of Rochester

Degrees:

B.A. Rice University

Office:

258 Radio Chemistry

Mailbox:

Campus Box 1134

Phone:

314-935-6506

Fax:

314-935-4481

Email:

lovett@wuchem.wustl.edu

Research specialization

Materials Chemsitry; Physical Chemistry; Statistical Mechanics; Theoretical Chemistry

Appointments

1977-present, Professor of Chemistry, Washington University
1971-1977, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington University
1967-1971, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington University
1965-1967, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bell Laboratories

Publications

"Interfacial Density Profile for Fluids in the Critical Region", F.P. Buff, R. Lovett and F.H. Stillinger, Jr., Phys. Rev. Letts. 15, 621 (1965).

"On the Stability of a Fluid Toward Solid Formation", R. Lovett, J. Chem. Phys. 66, 1225 (1977).

"Kinetic Instabilities in First Order Phase Transition", R. Lovett, P. Ortoleva and J. Ross, J. Chem. Phys. 69, 947 (1978).

"Resonance Calculations for Arbitrary Potentials", R. Yaris, J. Bendler, R. Lovett, C.M. Bender, and P.A. Fedders, Phys. Rev. A 18, 1816 (1978).

"The Constraint On The Integral Kernels Of Density Functional Theories Which Results From Insisting That There Be A Unique Solution For The Density Function", R. Lovett, J. Chem. Phys. 88, 7739 (1988).

Courses Taught

List courses:

Chemistry 111 Introductory course emphasizing Structural ideas and Mass action ideas
Chemistry 422 Quantum Chemistry and Statistical Mechanics
Chemistry 424 Chemical Kinetics and Statistical Mechanics