Phoenix Higgins

Credentials: B.S.

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: phiggins4@wisc.edu

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Phoenix is a junior studying chemistry at UW-Madison with plans to get a PhD in Organic Chemistry after he graduates. He is currently studying the rotational spectrum of chloropyrazine and its isotopologues under the mentorship of Dr. Brian Esselman. When not doing research, Phoenix enjoys reading, playing board games with his girlfriend, and watching TV.

Phoenix received his BS in 2019 and is now a senior chemist at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Recent Publication:

Higgins, P. M.; Esselman, B. J.; Zdanovskaia, M. A.; Woods, R. C.; McMahon, R. J., Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy of the Chlorine Isotopologues of Chloropyrazine and Twenty-two of their Vibrationally Excited States. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 2019, 364, 111179.  View Article