Scott Hopkins

Professor, Chemistry

Research interests: velocity map imaging; structure and reactivites of nanoclusters; high-resolution spectroscopy

Biography

Scott Hopkins is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo. His research interests lie at the intersection of chemistry and physics for charged molecules and clusters, where he applies experimental, theoretical, and machine-learning methods to deduce molecular properties. Dr. Hopkins has received several awards for his research, including the Keith Laidler Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry and the PerkinElmer Award of the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy. Dr. Hopkins has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in highly regarded journals, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, and Nature Communications, and he has co-authored six patents. He is the project lead and director for the new Canadian free electron laser facility that is being built at the University of Waterloo.

Education

  • PhD, University of New Brunswick, NB
  • BSc, University of New Brunswick, NB

Scott Hopkins

Research

Scott Hopkins' Laboratory for Spectroscopy and Dynamics Research employs experimental spectroscopy and chemical dynamics techniques in conjunction with high level quantum chemical calculations to decipher the nature of nanocluster systems. His research focuses on three key areas: velocity map imaging, structure and reactivities of nanoclusters, and high-resolution spectroscopy.

Publications

Recent publications include:

  • Ieritano C, Crouse J, Campbell JL, Hopkins WS,* A parallelized molecular collision cross section package with optimized accuracy and efficiency, Analyst, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/c8an02150c

  • Walker S, Anwar A, Psutka JM, Crouse J, Liu C, Le Blanc JCY, Montgomery J, Goetz GH, Janiszewski JS,* Campbell JL,* Hopkins WS,* Determining Molecular Properties with Differential Mobility Spectrometry and Machine Learning, Nature Commun., 2018 (Accepted)

  • Ieritano C, Featherstone J, Carr PJJ, Marta RA, Loire E, McMahon TB, Hopkins WS,* The Structures and Properties of Anionic Tryptophan Complexes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018 DOI: 10.1039/C8CP04533 (Accepted)

  • De Vlugt IJS, Lecours MJ, Carr PJJ, Anwar A, Marta RA, Fillion E, Steinmetz V, Hopkins WS,* Infrared-Driven Charge-Transfer in Transition Metal-containing B12X122- (X = H,F) Clusters, J. Phys. Chem. A., 2018, 122(35), 7051-7061

  • Psutka JM, Dion-Fortier A, Dieckmann T, Campbell JL,* Segura PA,* Hopkins WS,* Identifying Fenton-Reacted Trimethoprim Transformation Products Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry, Anal. Chem., 2018, 90(8), 5352-5357

  • Carr PJJ, Lecours MJ, Zhan C, Burt M, Marta R, Steinmetz V, Fillion E, Hopkins WS,* Mode-Selective Laser-Control of Palladium Catalyst Decomposition, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9(1), 157-162 2018

  • Fu W, Hopkins WS,* Applying Machine Learning to Vibrational Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. A., 122(1), 167-171 2017

  • Walker S, Mark A, Verbuyst B, Bogdanov B, Campbell JL, Hopkins WS,* Characterizing the Tautomers of Protonated Aniline Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry and Mass Spectrometry, J. Phys. Chem. A., DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10872 2017 (Cover Article)

Please see Scott Hopkins's Google Scholar profile for a current list of his peer-reviewed articles.

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