Dr. Karl K. Irikura is a computational quantum chemist at NIST who has been working in the field since 1993. His research focuses on thermochemistry, spectroscopy, and uncertainty estimation, with a particular emphasis on characterizing gas-phase radicals using resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopy. He has also worked on multireference electronic structure calculations.
Dr. Irikura has authored or co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. He is a frequent reviewer for several journals and a member of various professional organizations, including the ACS, APS, ASMS, NOBCChE, and Sigma Xi. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Caltech in 1991 and his A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard College in 1984.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/people/karl-k-irikura
Keywords: Spectroscopy, Thermochemistry, Quantum Chemistry, Ionization
