The 49th annual Western Spectroscopy Association Conference is
scheduled for January 30 - February 1, 2002. The conference is held at the
Asilomar Conference Center, which is located on the Monterey Peninsula near
Asilomar State Beach. There are many scenic and historic sites located
nearby; guests are also invited to the social hours, meals, and banquet.
The Western Spectroscopy Association meeting was begun in 1954 by G.
C. Pimentel, W. C. Merrill, J. W. Otvos, S. S. Penner, S. R. Smith, and J.
C. Guffy as a regional meeting on molecular spectroscopy. In the intervening
years it has developed into a forum for researchers in all kinds of
spectroscopy at small colleges, larger universities and national
laboratories across the west. Its informal setting is designed to encourage
participation of students and postdoctoral associates, and its regional
nature enhances the development of longer-term scientific cooperation.
Registration deadline is November 17, 2001
Abstract deadline for contributed talks is November 7, 2001
REGISTRATION
Registration and complete information are available on the internet at
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/wsa2002/default.htm
INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Stephen E. Bradforth (University of Southern California)
Electron Detachment in Solution
Robert C. Dunn (University of Kansas)
Single Molecule Probes of Lipid Membrane Structure and Dynamics
T. Rick Fletcher (University of Idaho)
Selecting Reaction Mechanisms with Vibrational Excitation
Bryan F. Henson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Second Harmonic Generation as a Probe of Statistical Mechanics
in Complex, Disordered Systems
Victor Klimov (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Femtosecond Interactions in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Bern Kohler (Ohio State University)
Ultrafast Photophysics of Nucleic Acids: New Insights into Ancient
Sunscreens
Wei Kong (Oregon State University)
Electronic Spectroscopy of Gas-Phase Medium-Sized Molecules
Oriented in a DC Electric Field
Andrew H. Marcus (University of Oregon)
Dynamic Heterogeneity of Organelles and Proteins in Live Biological Cells
by Fourier Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy
Daniel M. Neumark (University of California, Berkeley)
Studies of Negative Ion Clusters using Frequency and Time-domain
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
William P. Reinhardt (University of Washington)
Schrödinger's Cat is Alive and Well: Quantum Mechanics in the Large
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Craig A. Taatjes, WSA Secretary (925) 294 2764
Combustion Research Facility, M/S 9055 FAX: 294 2276
Sandia National Laboratories
Livermore, CA 94551-0969
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