Education

• PhD in Chemistry, Emory University, GA (2022)
• BSci in Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, MO (2017)

Awards and Honors

• Quayle Excellence in Research Award, Emory University (2021)

Recent Publications

• T. D. Persinger, J. Han, and M. C. Heaven. ​“Electronic spectroscopy and photoionization of LiBe”. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2021, 125 (37), 8274-8281. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.1c07014
• T. D. Persinger, J. Han, and M. C. Heaven. ​“Electronic spectroscopy and photoionization of LiMg”. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2021, 125 (17), 3653–3663. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.1c01656
• T. D. Persinger, D. J. Frohman, W. M. Fawzy, and M. C. Heaven. ​“Spectroscopy and electronic structure of the hypermetallic oxide, MgOMg”. Journal of Chemical Physics. 2020, 153, 054308. DOI:10.1063/5.0020431
• S. R. Battey, D. H. Bross , K. A. Peterson , T. D. Persinger, R. A. VanGundy, and M. C. Heaven. ​“Spectroscopic and theoretical studies of UN and UN⁺”. Journal of Chemical Physics. 2020, 152, 094302. DOI:10.1063/1.5144299
• R. A. VanGundy, T. D. Persinger, and M. C. Heaven. ​“Improved vibrational constants for BaCl⁺ X¹Σ⁺”. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 2019, 363, 111176. DOI:10.1016/j.jms.2019.111176
• R. A. VanGundy, T. D. Persinger, and M. C. Heaven. ​“Low energy states of NdO⁺ probed by
  photoelectron spectroscopy”. Journal of Chemical Physics. 2019, 150, 114302. DOI: 10.1063/1.5089239
• A. Sevy, J. J. Sorensen, T. D. Persinger, J. Franchina, E. L. Johnson, and M. D. Morse. ​“Bond dissociation energies of diatomic transition metal silicides: TiSi, ZrSi, HfSi, VSi, NbSi, and TaSi”. Journal of Chemical Physics. 2017, 147, 084301. DOI:10.1063/1.4986213