David J. Nesbitt

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David John Nesbitt (* 1953 ) is a chemist , biochemist, and physicist at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), a facility of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology . He is known for his experimental and theoretical contributions to the understanding of the molecular structure and dynamics of molecules with weak bonds with high resolution infrared - laser spectroscopy known.

Nesbitt earned his bachelor's degree in physics and chemistry from Harvard University in 1975 . He first worked as a teacher at a high school for two years before returning to the University of Colorado Boulder as a student , where he worked with James T. Hynes and Stephen R. Leone in 1981 with the work Laser kinetic studies of electronic energy transfer, chemical chain reactions, and vibrational relaxation phenomena: experiment and theory a Ph.D. acquired. As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Bureau of Standards and with C. Bradley Moore at the University of California, Berkeley

Nesbitt is professor at Jila and the University of Colorado.

He received the Earle K. Plyler Prize of the American Physical Society in 1997 , the William F. Meggers Award of the Optical Society in 1999 and the Bourke Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2002 . In 1987 he became a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ). Nesbitt is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2013 .

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  1. ^ A b William F. Meggers Award. In: osa.org. The Optical Society , November 22, 2018, accessed November 28, 2018 .
  2. ^ 1997 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics Recipient. In: aps.org. American Physical Society , accessed November 28, 2018 .
  3. ↑ RSC Bourke Award Previous Winners. In: rsc.org. Royal Society of Chemistry , accessed November 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter N. (PDF; 283 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
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SURNAME Nesbitt, David J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nesbitt, David John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chemist, biochemist and physicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1953