POWRE: Research Enhancement at the University of British Columbia

研究和教育领域女性职业机会项目（POWRE）的这一奖项支持南伊利诺伊大学爱德华兹维尔分校的利亚·奥布莱恩教授的研究和教育活动。研究重点是气相自由基的高分辨率分子光谱，特别强调核超精细分析和解释。在1997-98学年，将与本科生和研究生一起在不列颠哥伦比亚大学、基特峰国家太阳天文台设施和南伊利诺伊大学进行工作。这项研究的意义不仅在于通过光谱分析获得了基本的分子常数，而且还在于对这些结果的解释，特别是当它们与化学键和反应性有关时。通过POWRE项目提供的机会将增强奥布莱恩教授的研究和领导潜力，以及她在以本科生为主的大学对学生的教育指导。

This award of the program for Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) supports the research and educational activities of Professor Leah O'Brien of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Research focusses on high resolution molecular spectroscopy of gas phase radicals, with particular emphasis on nuclear hyperfine analysis and interpretation. In academic year 1997-98, work will be conducted at the University of British Columbia, at the National Solar Observatory facility at Kitt Peak, and at Southern Illinois University, in concert with undergraduate and graduate students. The significance of the research is not only the acquisition of the fundamental molecular constants obtained by spectral analysis, but also interpretation of these results, particularly as they relate to chemical bonding and reactivities. The opportunity afforded through the POWRE program will enhance Professor O'Brien's research and leadership potential and her educational mentoring of students at a predominantly undergraduate university.