Staff profile

• 2023 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Durham University
• 2020 Ramsay Memorial Fellow, Durham University
• 2016 Postdoctoral Scholar, UC San Diego
• 2015 DPhil, University of Oxford
• 2011 MChem, University of Oxford

• Dissociation dynamics of complex ions
• Novel translational spectroscopy
• Structure and dynamics of transition metal complexes, metalloporphyrins and dianions

Journal Article

• Structure and Dynamics of the Deprotonated Demethoxycurcumin and Bisdemethoxycurcumin Anions
  
  Gibbard, J. A. (2026). Structure and Dynamics of the Deprotonated Demethoxycurcumin and Bisdemethoxycurcumin Anions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 130(8), 1631-1639. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5c08039
• On the intrinsic stability of curcumin
  
  Gibbard, J. A. (2025). On the intrinsic stability of curcumin. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27(42), 22698-22709. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp02049b
• Electron Loss and Dissociation Pathways of a Complex Dicarboxylate Dianion: EDTA 2–
  
  Gibbard, J. A. (2024). Electron Loss and Dissociation Pathways of a Complex Dicarboxylate Dianion: EDTA 2–. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 128(51), 11005-11011. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c06679
• Predicting the increase in electron affinity of phenoxy upon fluorination
  
  Clarke, C. J., Gibbard, J. A., Brittain, W. D. G., & Brittain, J. R. R. (2024). Predicting the increase in electron affinity of phenoxy upon fluorination. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 277, Article 110306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2024.110306
• Photoelectron spectroscopy of the deprotonated tryptophan anion: the contribution of deprotomers to its photodetachment channels
  
  Gibbard, J. A., Kellow, C. S., & Verlet, J. R. R. (2024). Photoelectron spectroscopy of the deprotonated tryptophan anion: the contribution of deprotomers to its photodetachment channels. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(15), 12053-12059. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp00309h
• Photodissociation of permanganate (MnO 4 − ) produces the manganese dioxide anion (MnO 2 − ) in an excited triplet state
  
  Gibbard, J. A., Reppel, J., & Verlet, J. R. R. (2023). Photodissociation of permanganate (MnO 4 − ) produces the manganese dioxide anion (MnO 2 − ) in an excited triplet state. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(48), 32939-32947. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp04576e
• Note: Photoelectron imaging of MnO3- to probe its nuclear and electronic structure.
  
  Gibbard, J. A., Reppel, J., & Verlet, J. R. R. (2023). Note: Photoelectron imaging of MnO3- to probe its nuclear and electronic structure. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 159(14), Article 146101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0171346
• Unraveling the decarboxylation dynamics of the fluorescein dianion with fragment action spectroscopy
  
  Gibbard, J., & Verlet, J. (2023). Unraveling the decarboxylation dynamics of the fluorescein dianion with fragment action spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(15), Article 154306. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144851
• Photoelectron Imaging Study of the Diplatinum Iodide Dianions [Pt2I6]2– and [Pt2I8]2–
  
  Gibbard, J. A., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). Photoelectron Imaging Study of the Diplatinum Iodide Dianions [Pt2I6]2– and [Pt2I8]2–. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126(22). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02008
• Kasha’s Rule and Koopmans’ Correlations for Electron Tunnelling through Repulsive Coulomb Barriers in a Polyanion
  
  Gibbard, J. A., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). Kasha’s Rule and Koopmans’ Correlations for Electron Tunnelling through Repulsive Coulomb Barriers in a Polyanion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13(33), 7797-7801. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02145
• Photoelectron imaging of PtI2− and its PtI− photodissociation product
  
  Gibbard, J. A., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). Photoelectron imaging of PtI2− and its PtI− photodissociation product. Journal of Chemical Physics, 156(13). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085610
• Photochemistry of the pyruvate anion produces CO2, CO, CH3–, CH3, and a low energy electron
  
  Clarke, C. J., Gibbard, J. A., Hutton, L., Verlet, J. R., & Curchod, B. F. (2022). Photochemistry of the pyruvate anion produces CO2, CO, CH3–, CH3, and a low energy electron. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 937. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28582-4
• Nonadiabatic Dynamics between Valence, Nonvalence, and Continuum Electronic States in a Heteropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
  
  Bull, J. N., Anstöter, C. S., Stockett, M. H., Clarke, C. J., Gibbard, J. A., Bieske, E. J., & Verlet, J. R. (2021). Nonadiabatic Dynamics between Valence, Nonvalence, and Continuum Electronic States in a Heteropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12(49), 11811-11816. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03532
• Photoelectron photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of aromatic carboxylates: benzoate and p-coumarate
  
  Gibbard, J., Castracane, E., Krylov, A., & Continetti, R. (2021). Photoelectron photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of aromatic carboxylates: benzoate and p-coumarate. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(34). https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp02972j
• Photoelectron photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of carboxylates
  
  Gibbard, J., & Continetti, R. (2021). Photoelectron photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of carboxylates. RSC Advances, 11(54). https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ra06340e
• Photoelectron spectroscopy of the protoporphyrin IX dianion
  
  Gibbard, J. A., Clarke, C. J., & Verlet, J. R. (2021). Photoelectron spectroscopy of the protoporphyrin IX dianion. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(34). https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp03075b
• Dissociative photodetachment dynamics of the oxalate monoanion
  
  Gibbard, J., Castracane, E., Shin, A., & Continetti, R. (2020). Dissociative photodetachment dynamics of the oxalate monoanion. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp05338g
• Photoelectron–photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of the mixed trihalides
  
  Gibbard, J., Castracane, E., & Continetti, R. (2020). Photoelectron–photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of the mixed trihalides. Journal of Chemical Physics, 153(5). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0014253
• Photoelectron-photofragment coincidence studies of I3− using an electrospray ionization source and a linear accelerator
  
  Gibbard, J., & Continetti, R. (2019). Photoelectron-photofragment coincidence studies of I3− using an electrospray ionization source and a linear accelerator. Faraday Discussions, 217. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8fd00216a
• Photoelectron-photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of the dissociative photodetachment of I2- at 258 and 266 nm
  
  Gibbard, J., & Continetti, R. (2019). Photoelectron-photofragment coincidence spectroscopy of the dissociative photodetachment of I2- at 258 and 266 nm. Molecular Physics, 117(21). https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2019.1626507
• A high beam energy photoelectron-photofragment coincidence spectrometer for complex anions
  
  Gibbard, J., Shin, A., Castracane, E., & Continetti, R. (2018). A high beam energy photoelectron-photofragment coincidence spectrometer for complex anions. Review of Scientific Instruments, 89(12). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5074112
• Handshake electron transfer from hydrogen Rydberg atoms incident at a series of metallic thin films
  
  Gibbard, J., & Softley, T. (2016). Handshake electron transfer from hydrogen Rydberg atoms incident at a series of metallic thin films. Journal of Chemical Physics, 144(23). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953554
• Resonant charge transfer of hydrogen Rydberg atoms incident at a metallic sphere
  
  Gibbard, J., & Softley, T. (2016). Resonant charge transfer of hydrogen Rydberg atoms incident at a metallic sphere. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 49(11). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/11/114004
• Ionization of Rydberg H atoms at band-gap metal surfaces via surface and image states
  
  So, E., Gibbard, J., & Softley, T. (2015). Ionization of Rydberg H atoms at band-gap metal surfaces via surface and image states. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 48(17). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/48/17/175205
• Resonant Charge Transfer of Hydrogen Rydberg Atoms Incident on a Cu(100) Projected Band-Gap Surface
  
  Gibbard, J., Dethlefsen, M., Kohlhoff, M., Rennick, C., So, E., Ford, M., & Softley, T. (2015). Resonant Charge Transfer of Hydrogen Rydberg Atoms Incident on a Cu(100) Projected Band-Gap Surface. Physical Review Letters, 115(9). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.115.093201