Presidential Young Investigator Award/Energy Transfer and Molecular Photodissociation Dynamics

弗朗西斯科博士被授予总统青年奖 实验物理化学研究者奖 计划进行光谱研究的能量转移和 分子光解离动力学 博士的研究。 弗朗西斯科正在进行的反应中间体具有 对大气化学，生物化学， 燃烧和表面化学。 在他的研究中，弗朗西斯科博士使用各种激光 技术，如激光光解与激光诱导 荧光、发射和多光子光谱，以获得 分子的结构和反应性 相互关联。 他研究的一个新颖方面是 理论和实验的相互作用， 多原子自由基的表征 理论 方法被用来预测结构和其他 基态和激发态的光谱性质， 然后用于指导旨在检测和 使用高分辨率来表征这些气相自由基 激光光谱技术

Dr. Francisco has been awarded a Presidential Young Investigator Award through The Experimental Physical Chemistry Program to perform spectroscopic studies of energy transfer and molecular photodissociation dynamics. The studies which Dr. Francisco is performing on reactive intermediates have an important bearing on atmospheric chemistry, biochemistry, combustion and surface chemistry. In his research, Dr. Francisco uses a variety of laser techniques, such as laser photolysis coupled with laser-induced fluorescence, emission, and multiphoton spectroscopy to obtain information on how the structure and reactivity of molecules correlate. A novel aspect of his research is the intimate interplay of theory and experiment for the detection and characterization of polyatomic free radiacls. Theoretical methods are used to predict the structure and other spectroscopic properties of ground and excited states which are then used to guide experiments designed to detect and characterize these gas phase radicals using high resolution laser spectroscopic techniques.