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Title: My Trajectory in Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Spectroscopy
This is the story of a career in theoretical chemistry during a time of dramatic changes in the field due to phenomenal growth in the availability of computational power. It is likewise the story of the highly gifted graduate students and postdoctoral fellows that I was fortunate to mentor throughout my career. It includes reminiscences of the great mentors that I had and of the exciting collaborations with both experimentalists and theorists on which I built much of my research. This is an account of the developments of exciting scientific disciplines in which I was involved: vibrational spectroscopy, molecular reaction mechanisms and dynamics, e.g., in atmospheric chemistry, and the prediction of new, exotic molecules, in particular noble gas molecules. From my very first project to my current work, my career in science has brought me the excitement and fascination of research. What a wonderful pursuit!  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1801971
PAR ID:
10232132
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Volume:
72
Issue:
1
ISSN:
0066-426X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 34
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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