Anne McCoy
{{Short description|Theoretical chemist}}
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| fields = Theoretical chemistry
| workplaces = Ohio State University
| alma_mater = Haverford College (BS)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
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| website = {{URL|https://sites.uw.edu/mccoygrp/}}
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Anne Bowen McCoy is a theoretical chemist and university professor who researches vibrational spectroscopy, hydrogen bonding, and charge-transfer bands.
Education
McCoy received her BS in chemistry from Haverford College in 1987. She worked with [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QVZPZZEAAAAJ Edwin L. Sibert] at University of Wisconsin–Madison and received her PhD in 1992. McCoy was a Golda Meir postdoctoral fellow with R. Benny Gerber at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of California, Irvine.{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Diana |date=February 15, 2023 |title=Anne McCoy receives Jack Simons Award for Theoretical Chemistry |url=https://chem.washington.edu/news/2023/02/15/anne-mccoy-receives-jack-simons-award-theoretical-chemistry |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=Department of Chemistry {{!}} University of Washington}}
Career
McCoy joined the department of chemistry at Ohio State University as assistant professor in 1994. She received tenure and was promoted to associate professor in 2000, and was promoted to professor in 2004.{{Cite web|title=J. Phys. Chem. A Deputy Editor: Anne McCoy|url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/jpcafh/profile/mccoy.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-17|website=pubs.acs.org|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329132039/https://pubs.acs.org/page/jpcafh/profile/mccoy.html |archive-date=2019-03-29 }} She moved to the University of Washington in 2015 and is currently the Natt-Lingafelter Professor of Chemistry there.{{Cite web |title=Anne B. McCoy – Department of Chemistry |url=https://chem.washington.edu/people/anne-b-mccoy |access-date=2021-07-17 |website=chem.washington.edu |publisher=University of Washington}}
Research
McCoy's research focuses on developing methods to study fundamental phenomena such as hydrogen bonds and [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11775-9 quantum delocalization],{{cite journal |last1=Gerber |first1=Robert Benny |title=My Trajectory in Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Spectroscopy |journal=Annual Review of Physical Chemistry |date=20 April 2021 |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=1–34 |doi=10.1146/annurev-physchem-090519-124238 |language=en |issn=0066-426X|doi-access=free |pmid=33276702 }}
using techniques such as solvent-induced electron transfer,
and applying theoretical vibrational spectroscopy to understand quantum molecular dynamics.{{cite journal |last1=Lineberger |first1=W. Carl |title=Once upon Anion: A Tale of Photodetachment |journal=Annual Review of Physical Chemistry |date=1 April 2013 |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=21–36 |doi=10.1146/annurev-physchem-032511-143753 |pmid=23216379 |bibcode=2013ARPC...64...21L |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-physchem-032511-143753 |access-date=24 May 2023 |language=en |issn=0066-426X|url-access=subscription }}
Awards and honors
- 2023 Jack Simons Award in Theoretical Chemistry, American Chemical Society{{cite web |date=7 December 2021 |title=All Winners – ACS Technical Division |url=http://phys-acs.org/all-winners/ |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=American Chemical Society |language=en}}
- 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science{{Cite web|title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows |publisher= American Association for the Advancement of Science|url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-members-elected-fellows-2|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.aaas.org|language=en}}
- 2011 Crano Lectureship from the Akron section of the American Chemical Society{{Cite web|title=Crano Memorial Lecture|url=http://www.akronacs.org/Page/Default.aspx?Page=CranoLecture|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.akronacs.org|archive-date=2021-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719232443/http://www.akronacs.org/Page/Default.aspx?Page=CranoLecture|url-status=dead}}
- 2009 Fellow of the American Chemical Society{{Cite web|title=ACS Awards and ACS Fellows – PMSE|url=https://pmsedivision.org/acs-awards-acs-fellows/|access-date=2021-07-17|language=en-US}}
- 2007 Fellow of the American Physical Society{{Cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.aps.org|language=en}}
Editorial work
- Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2005–2011
- Deputy Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2011–{{Cite web|title=Deputy Editor|url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/jpcafh/profile/mccoy.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=pubs.acs.org|language=en}}
- Co-editor, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2023-{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/physchem| title=Annual Review of Physical Chemistry| website=Annual Reviews}}
Selected publications
- {{cite journal |last1=Huchmala |first1=Rachel M. |last2=McCoy |first2=Anne B. |title=Exploring the Origins of Spectral Signatures of Strong Hydrogen Bonding in Protonated Water Clusters |journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry A |date=3 March 2022 |volume=126 |issue=8 |pages=1360–1368 |doi=10.1021/acs.jpca.1c10036 |pmid=35171593 |bibcode=2022JPCA..126.1360H |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c10036 |language=en |issn=1089-5639|url-access=subscription }}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Victor G. M.|last2=McCoy|first2=Anne B.|date=2019-09-19|title=An Efficient Approach for Studies of Water Clusters Using Diffusion Monte Carlo|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06444|journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry A|volume=123|issue=37|pages=8063–8070|doi=10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06444|pmid=31408352 |bibcode=2019JPCA..123.8063L |s2cid=199573126 |issn=1089-5639|url-access=subscription}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Fore|first1=Meredith E.|last2=McCoy|first2=Anne B.|date=2019-05-30|title=Statistical Analysis of the Effect of Deuteration on Quantum Delocalization in CH5+|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b02685|journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry A|volume=123|issue=21|pages=4623–4631|doi=10.1021/acs.jpca.9b02685|pmid=31063687 |bibcode=2019JPCA..123.4623F |s2cid=147706076 |issn=1089-5639|url-access=subscription}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Soloveichik|first1=Pesia|last2=O’Donnell|first2=Bridget A.|last3=Lester|first3=Marsha I.|last4=Francisco|first4=Joseph S.|last5=McCoy|first5=Anne B.|date=2010-01-28|title=Infrared Spectrum and Stability of the H2O−HO Complex: Experiment and Theory|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/jp907885d|journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry A|volume=114|issue=3|pages=1529–1538|doi=10.1021/jp907885d|pmid=19831340 |issn=1089-5639|url-access=subscription}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Diken|first1=Eric G.|last2=Headrick|first2=Jeffrey M.|last3=Roscioli|first3=Joseph R.|last4=Bopp|first4=Joseph C.|last5=Johnson|first5=Mark A.|last6=McCoy|first6=Anne B.|date=2005-03-01|title=Fundamental Excitations of the Shared Proton in the H3O2- and H5O2+ Complexes|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/jp044155v|journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry A|volume=109|issue=8|pages=1487–1490|doi=10.1021/jp044155v|pmid=16833469 |bibcode=2005JPCA..109.1487D |issn=1089-5639|url-access=subscription}}
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