(no, I don't sing in my spare time; I
was actually giving a talk !)

My work is mainly on electron collisions with molecules and molecular clusters.

Recent research projects include:

• the development an application of a method based in Multiple-Scattering to the electron collisions with molecular aggregates. The technique has been successfully applied to the water dimer in various geometries (see our recent publications for more information).

• the application of the R-matrix method to the study of electronically inelastic processes in electron collisions with biologically relevant molecules. These molecules are bigger than those we normally treat with the R-matrix method and this poses some difficulties. For example, I have studied tetrahydrofuran (C₄H₈O): this is the biggest molecule we have ever treated with the R-matrix codes! This work was done in collaboration with , (who patiently and persistently run the calculations). Some results on these work can be seen in this poster that I presented at ICPEAC in Rosario in 2005 (but look at the paper for more information).

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More information about myself and my research can be found here:

• Curriculum vitae

• List of publications

Other collaborators:

Stefano Caprasecca started his PhD with me in March 2007. He is working on electron collisions with water clusters, both with the R-matrix and the multiple scattering method.

Laurent Caron, Dorra Bouchiha and Leon Sanche. The work on biologically relevant molecules and on the multiple-scattering method has been a joint effort.

I also collaborate with Gustavo Garcia, looking at providing cross sections and stopping powers for track structure calculations and with Jonathan Tennyson on the development and application of the molecular R-matrix with pseudostates (MRMPS) method.