Craig A. Taatjes

Senior Manager

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Senior Manager

cataatj@sandia.gov

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(925) 294-2764

Sandia National Laboratories, California
P.O. Box 969
Livermore, CA 94551-0969

Biography

Craig Taatjes is the senior manager for Physical Sciences at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility (CRF) in Livermore, California. His research focuses on kinetics and mechanisms of fundamental chemical reactions important in combustion and hydrocarbon oxidation. His work has concentrated on direct measurements of elusive intermediates that are important in complex chemical networks. For example, the carbonyl oxide “Criegee intermediates” that occur in the ozone-initiated oxidation of hydrocarbons play a substantial role in tropospheric chemistry.

Research Interests: Chemical kinetics, combustion chemistry, and atmospheric chemistry. Google Scholar

Education

DegreeMajorInstitutionLocationYear Completed
PhDChemical Physics, Thesis: Laser Investigations of Vibrational, Rotational, and Translational Energy Transfer, Advisor: Prof. Stephen R. LeoneUniversity of ColoradoBoulder, CO1991
BSChemistryCalvin CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan1985

Awards

AwardYear
Combustion Institute Fellow2019
Polanyi Medalist and Lecturer, International Symposium on Gas Kinetics2014
Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol, UK2013
David A. Shirley Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement at the Advanced Light Source2005 & 2012
American Physical Society Elected Fellow2010
Morino Lecturer, Morino Foundation for Molecular Science, Japan2010
O. W. Adams Award for Outstanding Achievement in Combustion Science, Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories2010
Lockheed Martin NOVA Award for Individual Technical Excellence2006
JILA Visiting Fellow2004 – 2005

Publications

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