McCall Research Group

Dr. Andrew A. Mills

Professional Information

Tenure: October 2005 - November 2011
Current Position: IMRA
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2011
B.S., Brigham Young University, 2005

aamills2@illinois.edu

Dr. Andrew A. Mills

Papers

6	A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller, M. W. Porambo, M. Perera, H. Kreckel, and B. J. McCall "Ultra-Sensitive High-Precision Spectroscopy of a Fast Molecular Ion Beam" Journal of Chemical Physics (2011), 135, 224201.
5	B. M. Siller, M. W. Porambo, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Noise Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Optics Express (2011), 19, 24822–24827.
4	A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller, and B. J. McCall "Precision Cavity Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Chemical Physics Letters (2010), 501, 1-5.
3	B. M. Siller, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Cavity-Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Optics Letters (2010), 35, 1266-1268.
2	B. A. Tom, A. A. Mills, M. B. Wiczer, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "Development and Characterization of a Source of Rotationally Cold, Enriched para-H₃⁺" Journal of Chemical Physics (2010), 132, 081103.
1	B. A. Tom, V. Zhaunerchyk, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, M. Kaminska, W. D. Geppert, M. Hamberg, M. af Ugglas, E. Vigren, W. J. van der Zande, M. Larsson, R. D. Thomas, and B. J. McCall "Dissociative Recombination of Highly Enriched Para-H₃⁺" Journal of Chemical Physics (2009), 130, 031101.

Talks

19	M. W. Porambo, H. Kreckel, A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller and B. J. McCall "High Precision, Sensitive, Near-IR Spectroscopy in a Fast Ion Beam" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2011.
18	B. M. Siller, A. A. Mills, M. W. Porambo and B. J. McCall "Cavity Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy User Meeting, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 2011.
17	B. M. Siller, A. A. Mills, M. W. Porambo and B. J. McCall "Noise Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
16	A. A. Mills, M. W. Porambo, B. M. Siller, B. J. McCall "Lineshape and Sensitivity of Spectroscopic Signals of N2+ in a Positive Column Collected Using NICE-OHVMS" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH, 2011.
15	M. W. Porambo, A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller, H. Kreckel, M. Perera and B. J. McCall "Progress and Recent Developments in Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved Ion Beam Spectroscopy (SCRIBES)" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
14	B. M. Siller, A. A. Mills, M. W. Porambo and B. J. McCall "Cavity Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2010.
13	A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller and B. J. McCall "Precision Cavity Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Sixty-Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
12	B. M. Siller, A. A. Mills and B. J. McCall "Cavity Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Sixty-Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
11	A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller, H. Kreckel, M. Perera and B. J. McCall "Towards High Resolution Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy with Fast Ion Beams" Sixty-Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
10	H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller, K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall "High Resolution Spectroscopy of Molecular Ion Beams" 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
9	H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller, K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall "SCRIBES: Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved Ion-BEam Spectroscopy" Second Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2009.
8	A. A. Mills, K. B. Ford, H. Kreckel, M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "Indirect Terahertz Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions Using Highly Accurate and Precise Mid-IR Spectroscopy" Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
7	M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree, K. B. Ford, H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills and B. J. McCall "Progress in the Development of an Infrared Ion Beam Spectrometer" Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
6	B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "The H₃⁺ + H₂ Reaction: A Possible Mechanism for para-H₃⁺ Enrichment in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium" Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
5	A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, and B. J. McCall "Progress on the Development of an Infrared Ion Beam Spectrometer" Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
4	B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, and B. J. McCall "Observation of Nuclear Spin Selection Rules in Supersonically Expanding Plasmas Containing H₃⁺" Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
3	S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, A. A. Mills, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "A Search for the 8.5 Micron Vibrational Spectrum of C₆₀ in the Laboratory and Space" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
2	A. A. Mills, S. L. Widicus Weaver, and B. J. McCall "Development of a Fast Ion Beam Spectrometer for Molecular Ion Spectroscopy" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
1	S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.

Posters

7	J. N. Hodges, K. N. Crabtree, B. M. Siller, M. W. Porambo, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Indirect THz Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2011.
6	M. W. Porambo, H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller and B. J. McCall "Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved, Ion BEam Spectroscopy: SCRIBES" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2010.
5	A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller, H. Kreckel, M. Perera, M. W. Porambo and B. J. McCall "New Approaches to Molecular Ion Spectroscopy" Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in the Laboratory and in Space, Kos, Greece, 2010.
4	K. N. Crabtree, K. B. Ford, C. A. Kauffman, H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller and B. J. McCall "SCRIBES: Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved, Ion BEam Spectroscopy" Advancing Chemical Understanding Through Astronomical Observations, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV, 2009.
3	A. A. Mills, H. Kreckel, M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree, B. M. Siller, K. B. Ford and B. J. McCall "Ultrasensitive Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions" Air Force Molecular Dynamics Contractors Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2009.
2	A. A. Mills, K. B. Ford, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "High Resolution Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions: Development of an Instrument" Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
1	S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Continuous-wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam" American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.

Other Publications

2	A. A. Mills "Design, Construction, and Characterization of an Ultra-sensitive, High-precision Fast Ion-Beam Spectrometer for the Study of Molecular Ions" Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2011.
1	A. A. Mills "Construction of the SCRIBES (Sensitive Cooled Resolved Ion BEam Spectroscopy) Instrument for the Detection of Astrochemically Important Molecular Ions" Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2007.