Anne McCoy

Anne Bowen McCoy is a theoretical chemist and her research interests include vibrational spectroscopy, hydrogen bonding, and charge-transfer bands.

McCoy received her BS in chemistry from Haverford College in 1987. She worked with Edwin L. Sibert at University of Wisconsin–Madison and received her PhD in 1992. McCoy was a Golda Meir postdoctoral fellow with R. Benny Gerber at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of California, Irvine.^[1][2]

McCoy joined the department of chemistry at Ohio State University as assistant professor in 1994. She received tenure and was promoted to associate professor in 2000, and was promoted to professor in 2004.^[1]

McCoy moved to the University of Washington in 2015 and is currently the Natt-Lingafelter Professor of Chemistry.^[3] She was appointed a co-editor of the journal Annual Review of Physical Chemistry as of 2023.^[4]

McCoy's research focuses on developing methods to study fundamental phenomena such as hydrogen bonds and quantum delocalization,^[5] using techniques such as solvent-induced electron transfer, and applying theoretical vibrational spectroscopy to understand dynamics.^[6]

• Huchmala, Rachel M.; McCoy, Anne B. (3 March 2022). "Exploring the Origins of Spectral Signatures of Strong Hydrogen Bonding in Protonated Water Clusters". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126 (8): 1360–1368. Bibcode:2022JPCA..126.1360H. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.1c10036. ISSN 1089-5639. PMID 35171593.
• Lee, Victor G. M.; McCoy, Anne B. (2019-09-19). "An Efficient Approach for Studies of Water Clusters Using Diffusion Monte Carlo". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123 (37): 8063–8070. Bibcode:2019JPCA..123.8063L. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06444. ISSN 1089-5639. PMID 31408352. S2CID 199573126.
• Fore, Meredith E.; McCoy, Anne B. (2019-05-30). "Statistical Analysis of the Effect of Deuteration on Quantum Delocalization in CH5+". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123 (21): 4623–4631. Bibcode:2019JPCA..123.4623F. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.9b02685. ISSN 1089-5639. PMID 31063687. S2CID 147706076.
• Soloveichik, Pesia; O’Donnell, Bridget A.; Lester, Marsha I.; Francisco, Joseph S.; McCoy, Anne B. (2010-01-28). "Infrared Spectrum and Stability of the H2O−HO Complex: Experiment and Theory". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 114 (3): 1529–1538. doi:10.1021/jp907885d. ISSN 1089-5639. PMID 19831340.
• Diken, Eric G.; Headrick, Jeffrey M.; Roscioli, Joseph R.; Bopp, Joseph C.; Johnson, Mark A.; McCoy, Anne B. (2005-03-01). "Fundamental Excitations of the Shared Proton in the H3O2- and H5O2+ Complexes". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 109 (8): 1487–1490. Bibcode:2005JPCA..109.1487D. doi:10.1021/jp044155v. ISSN 1089-5639. PMID 16833469.

• 2023, Jack Simons Award in Theoretical Chemistry, American Chemical Society^[7][2]
• 2013, Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award, Ohio State University^[8]
• 2013, Distinguished Scholar Award, Ohio State University^[9]
• 2012, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[10]
• 2011, Crano Lectureship from the Akron Section of the American Chemical Society^[11]
• 2009. Fellow of the American Chemical Society^[12]
• 2007. Fellow of the American Physical Society^[13]
• 1999, Camille Dreyfus Teacher/Scholar Award^[14]
• 1998–2003, National Science Foundation CAREER Award^[15]

• Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2005–2011
• Deputy Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2011–^[16] 
• Member, American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training, 2008–2018 (Chair, 2012–2014)^[3][17]
• Co-editor, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2023-^[4]