Pitt's Sanford Asher Receives Ellis R. Lippincott Award
October 11, 2002
PITTSBURGH—The Optical Society of America, the Coblentz Society, and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy will honor University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry Professor Sanford A. Asher with the 2002 Ellis R. Lippincott Award, during the Federation of Analytical Chemical Spectroscopy Scientists annual meeting Wed., Oct. 16, in Providence, RI.
Asher is being recognized for pioneering work in Raman spectroscopy, a technique used to identify molecules in gases, liquids, and solids by scattering laser light.
Asher will deliver a lecture, "Adventures in UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy: Big Photons Yield Lots of Information," during the conference.
The three sponsoring organizations present the Lippincott Award annually to an "outstanding vibrational spectroscopist … in memory of Professor Ellis R. Lippincott to scientists who have made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy as judged by their influence on other scientists," according to the Coblentz Society's Web site.
Other awards and honors Asher has received include the University of Pittsburgh Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award in 1996 and the Bomen Michelson Award in 1998.
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