Paul Dagdigian

Paul Dagdigian is Emeritus Academy Professor of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University, where he built a distinguished career in chemical kinetics and molecular spectroscopy. Dagdigian earned his undergraduate degree from Haverford College before completing his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Chicago, where his fellowship began in 1968. His research at Johns Hopkins has focused on the spectroscopy and kinetics of reactive free radicals, particularly nitrogen-containing species relevant to combustion and atmospheric chemistry. His precise laboratory measurements of radical reaction rates and molecular energy transfer have been incorporated into combustion and atmospheric models.