Bruce Yoder

curiosity driven play

curriculum vitae

CV

Education

2010    Ph.D.  Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH.
2005     MSc.  Physical Chemistry, Indiana University, USA.
2002     BSc.  Chemistry and Spanish, University of Southern Indiana, USA.

Research Experience

2017 – nowSenior Scientist, Chemistry, ETH Zürich. Group for aerosols and nanoscience. Co-supervision of multiple projects and students at the ETH and involved in multiple international collaborations.
2015 – 2016Oberassistent, Chemistry, ETH Zürich. Aerosol Science. Managing three separate projects in photoelectron spectroscopy of gas phase molecules and aerosol particles using velocity map imaging.
2013 – 2015Postdoctoral, Chemistry, ETH Zürich. Aerosol Science. VUV photoelectron spectroscopy of ultrafine aerosol particles using velocity map imaging.
2011 – 2012  Postdoctoral, Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada. Aerosol Science. Mass spectrometry of clusters and ultrafine aerosol particles.
2006 – 2010      Doctoral, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Surface Science. Role of molecular vibrations in gas-surface reaction dynamics. Alignment of vibrationally excited methane for steric effect studies of quantum state-resolved chemisorption.
2004 – 2005  Master’s, Chemistry, Indiana University, USA. Cluster Science. Photoelectron spectroscopy and ab-initio calculations of transition metal oxides and their reaction complexes with hydrocarbons.
2002 – 2002   June   –    Aug.  Undergraduate, Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, USA. Polymer Chemistry. Synthesis optimization and characterization of photo-initiated polymer system.

List of peer-reviewed publications

  1. K. Horn, S. Tsizin, L. Ban, E. Chasovskikh, B.L. Yoder, F. Calegari, R. Signorell,
    “Low-energy electron scattering cross sections for nanoscale water clusters” Physical Review Research, 7, 013212, 2025. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013212
  2. S. Tsizin, L. Ban, E. Chasovskikh, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell. “Valence photoelectron imaging of molecular oxybenzone” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 19236, 2024. doi: 10.1039/D3CP06224D
  3. L. Ban, H. Tang, J. Heitland, C.W. West, B.L. Yoder, I. Thanopulos, R. Signorell, “Ion imaging of spatially inhomogeneous nanoplasmas in NaCl particles” Nanoscale, Nanoscale, 16, 5695, 2024. doi: 10.1039/D3NR06368B
  4. J. Barnes, D. Borgeaud dit Avocat, E. Simmen, H. Yang, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, ”Comparison of magnetic deflection among neutral sodium-​doped clusters Na(H2O)n, Na(NH3)n, Na(MeOH)n and Na(DME)n”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127, 8544, 2023. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03820
  5. S. Hartweg, J. Barnes, B.L. Yoder, G.A. Garcia, L. Nahon, E. Miliordos, R. Signorell
    „Solvated dielectrons from optical excitation: An effective source of low-​energy electrons”
    Science, 380, 1161, 2023. doi: 10.1126/science.adh0184
  6. L. Ban, H. Tang, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Time-​dependent photoemission from droplets: Influence of size and charge on the photophysics near the surface”, Faraday Discussions, 236, 461, 2022. doi: 10.1039/D1FD00108F
  7. L. Ban, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Size-​resolved electron solvation in neutral water clusters”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125, 5326, 2021. doi:  10.1021/acs.jpca.1c03631
  8. J.V. Barnes, M. Beck, S. Hartweg, A. Luski, B.L. Yoder, J. Narevicius, E. Narevicius, R. Signorell, “Magnetic deflection of neutral sodium-​doped ammonia clusters”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, 846, 2021. doi: 10.1039/D0CP04647G
  9. L. Ban, C. West, E. Chasovskikh, T.E. Gartmann, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Below band gap formation of solvated electrons in neutral water clusters?”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124, 7959, 2020. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c06935
  10. A. Trabattoni, L. Colaizzi, L. Ban, V. Wanie, K. Saraswathula, E. Månsson, P. Rupp, Q. Liu, L. Seiffert, E. Herzig, A. Cartella, B.L. Yoder, F. Legare, M. Kling, T. Fennel, R. Signorell and F. Calegari, “Photoelectron spectroscopy of large water clusters ionized by an XUV comb”, Journal of Physics Photonics, 2, 035007, 2020. doi: 10.1088/2515-​7647/ab92b1/pdf
  11. L. Ban, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Photoemission from free particles and droplets”,
    Annual Reviews of Physical Chemistry, 71, 315, 2020.
    doi: 10.1146/annurev-​physchem-071719-022655
  1. L. Ban, T.E. Gartmann, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Low-​energy electron escape from liquid interfaces: charge and quantum effects” Physical Review Letters, 124, 013402, 2020.
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.013402
  1. T.E. Gartmann, L. Ban, B.L. Yoder, S. Hartweg, E. Chasovskikh, R. Signorell, “Relaxation dynamics and genuine properties of the solvated electron in neutral water clusters” Journal of Chemical Physics Letters, 10, 4777, 2019. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01802
  2. J.V. Barnes, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Magic numbers for the photoelectron anisotropy in Li-​doped dimethyl ether clusters”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 123, 2379, 2019.
    doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b12262
  1. T.E. Gartmann, S. Hartweg, L. Ban, E. Chasovskikh, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Electron scattering in large water clusters from photoelectron imaging with high harmonic radiation”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 16364, 2018. doi: 10.1039/C8CP02148A
  2. S. Amanatidis, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Low-energy photoelectron transmission through aerosol overlayers”, Journal of Chemical Physics, 146, 224204, 2017. doi: 10.1063/1.4983995
  1. T.E. Gartmann, B.L. Yoder, E. Chasovskikh, R. Signorell, “Lifetimes and energetics of the first electronically excited states of NaH2O from time-resolved photoelectron imaging”, Chemical Physics Letters, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.01.044
  2. S. Hartweg, B.L. Yoder, G.A. Garcia, L. Nahon, R. Signorell, “Size-resolved photoelectron anisotropy of gas phase water clusters and predictions for liquid water”, Physical Review Letters, 118, 103402, 2017. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.103402
  3. S. Hartweg, A.H.C. West, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Metal transition in sodium-ammonia nanodroplets”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, 12347, 2016.
    doi: 10.1002/anie.201604282
  1. R. Signorell, M. Goldmann, B.L. Yoder, A. Bodi, E. Chasovkikh, L. Lang, D. Luckhaus, “Nanofocusing, shadowing, and electron mean free path in the photoemission from aerosol droplets”, Chemical Physics Letters, 658, 1, 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.05.046
  2. A.H.C. West, B.L. Yoder, D. Luckhaus, and R. Signorell, “Solvated electrons in clusters: magic numbers for the photoelectron anisotropy“, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119(50), 12376, 2015. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07629
  3. M. Goldmann,J. Miguel-Sánchez, A.H.C. West, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell,  “Electron mean free path from angle-dependent photoelectron spectroscopy of aerosol particles“, Journal of Chemical Physics, 142(22), 224304, 2015. doi: 10.1063/1.4922307
  4. A.H.C. West, B.L. Yoder, D. Luckhaus, C. Saak, M. Doppelbauer, R. Signorell,  “Angle-Resolved Photoemission of Solvated Electrons in Sodium-Doped Clusters“, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 1487, 2015. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00477
  5. B.L. Yoder*, K. Bravaya, A. Bodi, A.H.C. West, B. Sztáray, and R. Signorell, “Barrierless proton transfer across weak CH•••O hydrogen bonds in dimethyl ether dimer“, Journal of Chemical Physics, 142(11), 114303, 2015. doi: 10.1063/1.4914456
  6. R. Signorell, B.L. Yoder, A.H.C. West, J.J. Ferreiro, C.M. Saak, “Angle-resolved valence shell photoelectron spectroscopy of neutral nanosized molecular aggregates” Chemical Science, 5(4), 1283, 2014. doi: 10.1039/c3sc53423e
  7. H. Chadwick, P.M. Hundt, M.E. van Reijzen, B.L. Yoder, R.D. Beck, “Quantum state specific reactant preparation in a molecular beam by rapid adiabatic passage” Journal of Chemical Physics, 140(3), 034321, 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861054
  8. B.L. Yoder, A.H.C West, B. Schläppi, E. Chasovskikh, R. Signorell, “A velocity map imaging photoelectron spectrometer for the study of ultrafine aerosols with a table-top VUV laser and Na-doping for particle sizing applied to dimethyl ether condensation” Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(4), 044202, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4788620
  9. A.H.C West, B.L. Yoder, R. Signorell, “Size-dependent velocity map photoelectron imaging of nanosized ammonia aerosol particles” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(50), 13326, 2013. doi: 10.1021/jp406313a
  10. S.E. Waller, M. Ray, B.L. Yoder, C.C. Jarrold, “Simple relationship between oxidation state and electron affinity in gas-phase metal-oxo complexes” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(50), 13919, 2013. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4097666
  11. J.H. Litman, B.L. Yoder, B. Schläppi, R. Signorell, “Sodium-doping as a reference to study the influence of intracluster chemistry on the fragmentation of weakly-bound clusters upon vacuum ultraviolet photoionization” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(3), 940, 2013. doi: 10.1039/c2cp43098c
  1. B.L. Yoder, Springer theses: Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research series, “Steric effects in the chemisorption of vibrationally excited methane on nickel” Springer, ISBN 9783642276781, 2012.
  2. B.L. Yoder, R. Bisson, P.M. Hundt, R.D. Beck, “Alignment dependent chemisorption of vibrationally excited CH4(n3) on Ni(100), Ni(110) and Ni(111)” Journal of Chemical Physics, 135(22), 224703, 2011. doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3665136
  3. B.L. Yoder, J.H. Litman, P.W. Forysinki, J.L. Corbett, R. Signorell, “Sizer for neutral weakly bound ultrafine aerosol particles based on sodium doping and mass spectrometric detection” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2(20), 2623-2628, 2011. doi: 10.1021/jz201086v
  1. B.L. Yoder, R. Bisson, R.D. Beck, “Steric effects in the chemisorption of vibrationally excited methane on Ni(100)” Science, 329(5991), 553-556, 2010.
    doi: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1191751
  1. R. Bisson, M. Sacchi, T.T. Dang, B.L. Yoder, P. Maroni, R.D. Beck, “State-resolved reactivity of CH4 (2n3) on Pt(111) and Ni(111) : Effects of barrier height and transition state location” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111(49), 12679-12683, 2007.
  2. R.B. Wyrwas, B.L. Yoder, J.T. Maze, C.C. Jarrold, “Reactivity of small MoxOy– clusters toward methane and ethane” Journal Physical Chemistry A, 110(6), 2157-2164, 2006.
    doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp057195n
  1. B.L. Yoder, J.T. Maze, K. Raghavachari, C.C. Jarrold, “Structures of Mo2Oy– and Mo2Oy (y=2, 3 and 4) studied by anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations” Journal of Chemical Physics, 122(9), 094313, 2005. doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1853379

Selected Presentations

  1. Opening address, Gijón, Spain “Arcoiris Imposible: Un ejercicio de paisajismo celeste”, 2024.
  2. Attochem Winter School, Hamburg, Germany “Molecular beam sources and liquid jets”, 2021.
  3. International workshop on photoionization, Aussois, France “Low-energy photoelectron transmission through aerosol overlayers”, 2017.
  4. Invited lecture, SOLEIL Syncrotron facility, L’Orme des Merisiers, France “Photoelectron spectroscopy of dimethyl ether: the phase molecule to ultrafine aerosols”, 2016.
  5. Workshop on Quantum Atomic and Molecular Tunneling in Solids and other Phases, Beatenberg, Switzerland “Barrierless proton transfer across weak CH…O hydrogen bonds”, 2015.
  6. Photon Tools for Physical Chemistry, Beatenberg, Switzerland “Barrierless proton transfer across weak CH…O hydrogen bonds in dimethyl ether dimer”, 2014.
  7. Towards a molecular-level understanding of atmospheric aerosols, Ascona, Switzerland “Photoemission from nano-sized aerosol particles”, 2014.
  8. Gordon Research Seminar: Molecular and Ionic Clusters, Lucca, Italy “Careers and Future Research Directions”: Round table discussion, 2014.
  9. Workshop on the Physical Chemistry of Aerosols, Vancouver, Canada “Photoelectron/photoion imaging of clusters and ultrafine aerosols”, 2012.
  10. Gordon Research Conference: Molecular and Ionic Clusters, Ventura, USA “Size determination of volatile ultrafine aerosol particles: soft ionization and mass spectrometry”, 2012.
  11. Seminar on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada “Steric effects in the chemisorption of vibrationally excited methane on nickel”, 2011.
  12. University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany “Steric effects in the chemisorption of vibrationally excited methane on Ni(100)”, 2010.
  13. Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany “Steric effects in the chemisorption of vibrationally excited methane on Ni(100)”, 2010.
  14. Gordon Research Conference: Dynamics at Surfaces, New Hampshire, USA “Steric effects in methane chemisorption on Ni(100):  the role of reagent alignment”, 2009.
  15. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland “Electronic structure and reactivity of Molybdenum suboxides with small hydrocarbons”, 2005.
  16. Material Science Seminar Series, Indiana University, USA “Electronic structure and reactivity of transition metal oxides for the reformation of methane”, 2005

Art Exhibitions

2025Implausible rainbows – Lost Art Festival – Berlin (DE)
2024Implausible rainbows – LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial – Gijón (ES) ethereal fleeting – Nuit Blanche at Transfo-Emmaüs Solidarité – Paris (FR) Implausible rainbows – Nuit Blanche at Transfo-Emmaüs Solidarité – Paris (FR)
2023ethereal fleeting – Kraftwerk – Zürich (CH) ethereal fleeting – Marana Golo Arte Festival – Monte, Corsica (FR)
2022ethereal fleeting – MMMAD Festival – Madrid (ES)
2021ethereal fleeting – no way back. – Sils im Domleschg (CH)
2020ethereal fleeting – Light Art Grindelwald – Grindelwald (CH) ethereal fleeting – Sensorium Festival – Bratislava (SK)
2019ethereal fleeting – Mirage Festival – Lyon (FR)
2018ethereal fleeting – Burning Man – Nevada (USA)

Awards

2024European Media Art Platform (with L. Truniger)
2018Burning Man 2018 art honoraria (with L. Truniger)
2012Springer Thesis Prize: recognition of outstanding Ph.D. research
2011-2012Postdoctoral Research Mobility Fellowship, Fonds National Suisse
2010Prix Doctorat de l’Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (best doctoral thesis at EPFL for that year)
2009Young Investigator Award, Gordon Research: Dynamics at Surfaces, USA
2008Outstanding Teaching Award, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2004GAANN Research Fellowship, USA
2000Young Chemist Award, University of Southern Indiana, USA
1998-2002Presidential Scholar (4 yr. full scholarship), Private Foundation, USA

Teaching Activities

2022 – nowReplacement Lecturer, PCII Chemical Kinetics, ETHZ Chemistry, Switzerland Lead Assistant, PCII Chemical Kinetics, ETHZ Chemistry, Switzerland
2013 – now  Replacement Lecturer, Advanced Optics and Spectroscopy, ETHZ, Switzerland Lead Assistant, Advanced Optics and Spectroscopy, ETHZ, Switzerland
2014 – 2021  Lead Assistant, PCV Spectroscopy, ETHZ Chemistry, Switzerland
 Lead Assistant, PCV Spectroscopy, ETHZ Chemistry, Switzerland
2013  Assistant, PC III Molekulare Quantenmechanik, ETHZ Chemistry, Switzerland
2006 – 2009  Assistant, Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy, EPFL Chemistry, Switzerland. *Outstanding Assistant Award*
2005 – 2005  Assistant, Molecular Spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry, Indiana University, USA
2004 – 2005  Assistant, Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Indiana University, USA
1999 – 2002  Tutor of Mathematics, Chemistry, and Spanish, University of Southern Indiana, USA. Conducted through University Academics Services and independently