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Graduate Student

Phone number: 435.797.7507
Email address:slh15@cc.usu.edu

Current Activities

I recently finished my Bachelor's degree in Chemistry with a minor in classical Latin from Utah State University. I am now in the final year of my Masters studies in Theoretical Chemistry here at USU. I am continuing my work with Dr. Boldyrev in search of covalently bound oxygen species, for which I recieved my first publication as an undergrad. I have since recieved four more publications and presented my research at several professional meetings. Our main hope is that these species will be of great importance to the energy industry as clean, high energy density materials.

Interests and Hobbies



List of Publications

5. The Oxygen-Rich Carboxide Series: COn (n = 3,4,5,6,7, or 8).
Ben M. Elliott and Alexander I. Boldyrev
J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 3722-3727.
4. Ab Initio probing of the Aromatic Oxygen Cluster O42+.
Ben Elliott and Alexander I. Boldyrev
J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 236-239.
3. Ozonic Acid and Its Ionic Salts: Ab Initio Probing of the O42- Dianion.
Ben Elliott and Alexander I. Boldyrev
Inorg. Chem. Comm. 2004, 43(14), 4109-4111
2. Hydrogen Trioxide Anion: A Possible Atmospheric Intermediate and Path of Oxygen-Rich Molecules.
Ben Elliott, Anastassia N. Alexandrova and Alexander I. Boldyrev
J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 1203-1206
1. In Search of Covalently-Bound Tetra- and Penta-Oxygen Species: A Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Ab Initio Investigation of MO4- and MO5- (M=Li, Na, K, Cs)
Hua-Jin Zhai, Xin Yang, Xue-Bin Wang, Lai-Sheng Wang, Ben Elliott, Alexander I. Boldyrev
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124(23), 6742-6750


Presentations

6. Oxygen rich species: Areas of growth and advancement
Ben Elliott, Alexander I. Boldyrev, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, Hua-Jin Zhai, Xin Yang, Xue-Bin Wang, Lai-Sheng Wang
229th ACS Nat'l Meeting; San Diego, CA; March 2005
5. Devvelopments in the Search for Oxygen Rich Species
Ben Elliott, Alexander I. Boldyrev
Winter School 2004; Helsinki, Finland; December 2004
4. Ozonic Acid and Ionic Salts of the O42- Dianion
Ben Elliott, Alexander I. Boldyrev
85th ANNUAL MEETING, AAAS, Pacific Divison; Logan, Ut; June 2004
3. Ozonic Acid and Its Derivatives: Stabilizing the O42- Dianion
Ben Elliott, Alexander I. Boldyrev
20th Joint Regional Meeting of the Northwest and Rocky Mountain Sections of the American Chemical Society; Logan, Ut; June 2004
2. Designing Oxygen-Rich Species: Combining Ab Initio Calculations and Experiment
Ben Elliott, Alexander I. Boldyrev, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, Hua-Jin Zhai, Xin Yang, Xue-Bin Wang, Lai-Sheng Wang
20th Austin Sumposium on Molecular Structure; Austin, Tx; March 2004
1. In Search of Covalently-Bound Tetra- and Penta-Oxygen Clusters
Ben Elliott, Alexander I. Boldyrev, Hua-Jin Zhai, Xin Yang, Xue-Bin Wang, Lai-Sheng Wang
225th ACS Nat'l Meeting; New Orleans, LA; March 2003

Awards and Honors

2003 Summer Fellowship, Under Dr. Lai-Sheng Wang, Pacific Northwest National Lab

2004 Summer Research Institute Fellowship, Pacific Northwest National Lab

2004 Chemistry and Biochemistry Alumni Award

2004 Maeser-Bauer Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Favorite Quotes

"The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
'T is not too late to seek a newer world.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
"
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
--Socrates

"est aliquid, quocumque loco, quocumque recessu
unius sese dominum fecisse lacertae."
--IVVENALIS SATVRAESATVRA III

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