U.S.-Japan Seminar: Workshop for Young Investigators in Molecular Science/October, 1991/Okazaki, Japan

这笔奖金将用于资助将于1991年10月在日本冈崎举行的美日青年分子科学研究人员联合讲习班。美国内华达大学里诺分校化学系的John H. Frederick教授和Kent M. Ervin教授是此次会议的组织者，日本冈崎分子科学研究所（IMS）的Yoshiyasu Matsumoto教授、Koichi Yamashita教授和Hrvoje Petek教授是此次会议的组织者。讲习班将鼓励和促进美国和日本的早期职业科学家在理论和实验分子光谱学和动力学领域开展研究合作。小组讨论将以以下主题为特色：i)气体表面相互作用ii)团簇光谱/溶质-溶剂相互作用iii)高激发分子的分子间动力学iv)过渡态光谱/反应动力学。这些主题有许多共同的挑战和关注，其中包括分子间力的表征和建模，高激发分子物种中键前和键后解离动力学的性质，外部浴（或溶剂）在弛豫和调节过程中的作用，以及光谱观察和潜在分子动力学之间的关系。来自两国的12名与会者将各自就各自的研究领域发表研讨会，之后将进行小组讨论。他们还将参加涉及分子动力学特定领域的客座讲座，讨论未来的方向和挑战，并参观分子科学研究所的实验室。该研究所（IMS）是本次研讨会的理想东道主，因为它的目标之一是促进日本与其他国家之间的国际交流。由于参与者都是职业生涯早期的科学家，本次研讨会形成的合作有望在很长一段时间内影响两国未来的研究方向，使美国和日本都受益。

This award will support a joint U.S.-Japan Workshop for Young Investigators in Molecular Science to be held during October, l99l in Okazaki, Japan. Professors John H. Frederick and Kent M. Ervin, Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, are the U.S. organizers and their counterparts in Japan are Professors Yoshiyasu Matsumoto, Koichi Yamashita, and Hrvoje Petek of the Institute for Molecular Sciences (IMS) in Okazaki, Japan. The workshop will encourage and facilitate the initiation of research collaboration among early career scientists from the United States and Japan in the area of theoretical and experimental molecular spectroscopy and dynamics. Panel discussions will be featured on the following topics: i) gas-surface interactions ii) spectroscopy of clusters/solulte-solvent interactions iii) intermolecular dynamics of highly excited molecules and iv) spectroscopy of the transition state/reaction dynamics. These topics share a number of common challenges and concerns, among them the characterization and modeling of intermolecular forces, the nature of pre-and post-bond dissociation dynamics in highly excited molecular species, the role of an external bath (or solvent) in relaxation and accommodation processes, and the relationship between spectroscopic observations and the underlying molecular dynamics. The twelve participants from both countries will each deliver a seminar on their research area which will be followed by group discussion. They will also participate in guest lectures covering specific areas of molecular dynamics, discussions on future direction and challenge, and a visit to the laboratories of the Institute for Molecular Sciences. This Institute (IMS) is the ideal host for the workshop since one of its objectives is to promote international exchanges between Japan and other countries. Because the participants are drawn from early-career scientists, the collaborations formed as a result of this workshop expect to affect the future direction of research in both countries, over a long period of time, to the mutual benefit of both the U.S. and Japan.