John K. Gibson
Senior Scientist
Office telephone: (510)486-7891
ACG FAX: (510)486-5596
jkgibson@lbl.gov
Education
- 1979 B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Math, Boston University
- 1983 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Advisor: Leo Brewer
Professional Experience
- 2007 – Present
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Actinide Chemistry Group
Senior Scientist
- 1983 – 2007
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Heavy Element Chemistry Group
Senior Research Staff (2001 – 2007)
Research Staff (1986 – 2001)
Research Associate (1983 – 1986)
Recent Publications
“Gas-Phase Reactions of Hydrocarbons with An+ and AnO+ (An = Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu,
Am, Cm): The Active Role of 5f Electrons in Organoprotactinium Chemistry”, J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, J. Marçalo, M. Santos, A. Pires de Matos, M K. Mrozik, R. M. Pitzer, B. E. Bursten, Organometallics 26 (2007) 3947-3956.
“FTICR/MS Studies of Gas-Phase Actinide Ion Reactions: Fundamental Chemical and
Physical Properties of Atomic and Molecular Actinide Ions and Neutrals”, J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, J. Marçalo, M. Santos, J. P. Leal, A. Pires de Matos, R. Tyagi, M K. Mrozik, R. M. Pitzer, B. E. Bursten, Eur. Phys. J. D. 45 (2007) 133-138.
“Actinide-Transition Metal Heteronuclear Ions and Their Oxides: {IrUO}+ as an
Analogue to Uranyl”, M. Santos, J. Marçalo, A. Pires de Matos, J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (2006) 3346-3349.
“Comment on ‘Controversy on the First Ionization Potential of PuO2 (Nearly) Settled by
New Experimental Evidence’,” J. K. Gibson, M. Santos, J. Marçalo, J. P. Leal, A. Pires de Matos, R. G. Haire, J. Phys. Chem. A 110 (2006) 4131-4132.
“Oxidation of Gas-Phase Protactinium Ions, Pa+ and Pa2+: Formation and Properties of
PaO22+(b), Protactinyl,” M. Santos, A. Pires de Matos, J. Marçalo, J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, R. Tyagi, R. M. Pitzer, J. Phys. Chem. A 110 (2006) 5751-5759.
“New Developments in Gas-Phase Actinide Ion Chemistry,” J. K. Gibson, J. Marçalo,
Coord. Chem. Rev. 250 (2006) 776-783.
“Determination of the Ionization Energy of NpO2 and Comparative Ionization Energies
of Actinide Oxides,” J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, J. Marçalo, M. Santos, A. Pires de Matos, J. P. Leal, J. Nucl. Mat. 344 (2005) 24-29.
“Activation of Pentamethylcyclopentadiene by Bk+, Cf+ and Es+ Ions in the Gas Phase:
A Probe of the Electronic Structures of Heavy Actinides,” J. K. Gibson, R. G.
Haire, Organometallics 24 (2005) 119-126.
“Oxidation Studies of Dipositive Actinide Ions, An2+ (An = Th, U, Np, Pu, Am) in the
Gas Phase. Synthesis and Characterization of the Isolated Uranyl, Neptunyl and
Plutonyl Ions: UO22+(g), NpO22+(g) and PuO22+(g),” J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, M.
Santos, J. Marçalo, A. Pires de Matos, J. Phys. Chem. A 109 (2005) 2768-2781.
“Gas-Phase Reactions of Bare and Ligated Uranium Ions with Sulfur Hexafluoride,” G.
P. Jackson, J. K. Gibson, D. C. Duckworth, J. Phys. Chem. A 108 (2004) 1042-
1051.
“Ternary Gas-Phase Plutonium Oxide Cluster Ions, PuXMYOZ+: Exploring the Oxidation
Behavior of Pu,” J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, J. Alloys Compounds 363 (2004) 112-
121.
“The Role of Atomic Electronics in f-Element Bond Formation: Bond Energies of
Lanthanide and Actinide Oxide Molecules,” J. K. Gibson, J. Phys. Chem. A 107
(2003) 7891-7899.
“Einsteinium Ion Chemistry in the Gas-Phase: Divalent Character of the Heavy
Actinides,” J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, Radiochimica Acta 91 (2003) 441-448.
“FTICR-MS Study of the Gas-Phase Thermochemistry of Americium Oxides,” M.
Santos, J. Marçalo, J. P. Leal, A. Pires de Matos, J. K. Gibson and R. G. Haire,
Int. J. Mass Spectrometry 228 (2003) 457-465.
“Thermochemistry of Transuranium Actinide Oxide Molecules Investigated by FTICR-
MS,” J. K. Gibson, R. G. Haire, M. Santos, J. Marçalo, A. Pires de Matos,
Plutonium Futures—The Science; American Nuclear Society, 2003.
“Gas-Phase Reactions of Bare and Oxo-Ligated Actinide and Lanthanide Cations with
Pentamethylcyclopentadiene Studied in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass
Spectrometer,” G. P. Jackson, J. K. Gibson and D. C. Duckworth, Int. J. Mass
Spectrom. 220 (2002) 419-441.
“Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry of Protactinium: A Highly Reactive Actinide,” J. K. Gibson,
R. G. Haire, Inorg. Chem. 41 (2002) 5897-5906.
“Gas-Phase Oxidation Reactions of Neptunium and Plutonium Ions Investigated via
Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry,”
M. Santos, J. Marçalo, A. Pires de Matos, J. K. Gibson and R. G. Haire, J Phys.
Chem. A 106 (2002) 7190-7194.
“Gas-Phase Activation of Silane, Disilane, and Germane by Actinide Ions; and Collision
Induced Dissociation of Metal Oxide Ions in TOF-MS,” J. K. Gibson, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 216 (2002) 185-202.
“Gas Phase Chemistry of Actinide Ions: Probing the Distinctive Character of the 5f
Elements,” J. K. Gibson, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 214 (2002) 1-21.
John K. Gibson
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
MS 70A-1150
Berkeley, CA 94720
jkgibson.lbl.gov
