Name:
Larry Rahn
Country:
United States
City:
Fishers
State/Province:
IN
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Career Stage:
Professional
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Larry is a Senior Scientist in the Center for Biological and Energy Sciences at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. He is currently detailed to the US Dept. of Energy, to support program management in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosicences, and Biosciences Division. After earning his Ph.D. in physics at Kansas State University and performing postdoctoral studies at Michigan State University, Dr. Rahn joined Sandia where he contributed to early efforts that led to the founding of the Combustion Research Facility (CRF). He became a principal investigator in the BES Chemical Science Program at the CRF, earning a promotion to Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and election to Fellow of the Optical Society of America. After seventeen years of research in laser-based combustion diagnostics, he managed the Reacting Flow Research Department at the CRF for almost a decade, when he was promoted to Senior Scientist. His research has resulted in more than 60 journal publications in Raman and nonlinear optical spectroscopy, combustion diagnostics, molecular physics, solid state physics, and collaborative data sharing environments.
Area of Expertise:
Nonlinear optical spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, laser-based combustion diagnostics, collaboratory informatics for chemical science, reacting flow science, chemical analysis and separations, solid state physics
Years of Expertise:
26 or more