Professor
Marsha I. Lester
University of Pennsylvania
Chemist; Academic administrator; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Chemistry
Elected
2008
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor in the Natural Sciences. Developed innovative methods for generating open-shell complexes and weakly bound intermediates between free radicals and inert or reactive partners, employing sophisticated laser spectroscopy to characterize previously uncharted regions of reactive potential energy surfaces. Pioneering studies focus on reaction of OH, the key initiator of oxidative atmospheric chemistry.
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