The January 2006 issue of "Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries"
lists what its editorial staff considers to be its 682 "Outstanding Academic
Titles 2005." These have been chosen from among the 6964 books and electronic
resources reviewed by Choice during 2005. The book
"Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry",
by Philip R. Bunker (Ottawa) and Per Jensen (Wuppertal), is on this list.
To quote Choice: "These outstanding titles have been selected for their
excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of their
contribution to the field, and their value as important - often the first -
treatment of their subject." They further say that these titles comprise
"less than 3% of the 23000+ titles submitted to Choice during this period"
and that the Outstanding Academic Titles are truly the "best of the best."
On March 9th, 2005, the
new book by
P. R. Bunker
and Per Jensen,
"Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry",
(published by IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK,
in November 2004; ISBN 0-7503-0941-5) was launched in Canada.
The book launch was celebrated at the Steacie Institute for
Molecular Sciences in Ottawa.
Click here to see pictures from the reception.
The Marie Curie Research Training Network
QUASAAR
(QUAntitative Spectroscopy for Atmospheric and Astrophysical Research),
coordinated by Per Jensen,
started on March 1st, 2005.
It comprises 14 research groups in 13 different institutions
in nine different countries and will run for four years.
It is financed by the European Commission within the 6th
Framework Research Programme of the European Union.
QUASAAR offers 464 person-months of employment for young researchers.
Click here for more information.
A Russian translation
[by Drs. Yurii N. Panchenko,
Sergei V. Petrov,
Vladimir I. Pupyshev,
Andrei V. Scherbinin, and Prof.
Nikolai F. Stepanov (editor)] of
P. R. Bunker and Per Jensen:
"Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition,"
NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 1998
(ISBN 0-660-17519-3),
has been published
by MIR, Moscow, in May 2004.
Tina Erica Odaka from Tokyo, Japan, former Ph.D. student in theoretical chemistry, won
the 2003 DAAD prize as best foreign student at the Bergische
Universität Wuppertal.
Per Jensen (Wuppertal), Tina Erica Odaka (Wuppertal), W. P. Kraemer (Garching near Munich,
Germany)
T. Hirano (Tokyo, Japan), and P. R. Bunker (Ottawa, Canada) have been
awarded the
"Sir Harold Thompson Memorial Award 2002"
for their
publication
"The Renner Effect in Triatomic Molecules with
Application to
CH2+, MgNC and NH2",
Spectrochimica Acta Part A58, 763-794 (2002).
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Molecular
Spectroscopy, 2002-2009
Member of the
International Steering Committee for
"HighRus-2003, The XIV Symposium on High
Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy",
held on a ship cruising on the river Yenisei,
Russia, 6-11 July 2003.
Member of the Scientific Committee for
"HighRus-2006, The XV Symposium on High
Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy",
held on a ship cruising on the river Volga,
Russia, 18-21 July 2006.
Ex officio member of the
International Steering Committee
(and co-chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for
conferences held in Prague)
for the
"International
Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy",
held in two
year intervals in Eastern or Central Europe,
2006-.
Member of the Scientific Committee for
"HighRus-2009, The XVI Symposium on High
Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy",
to be held
near Irkutsk on the shores of Lake Baikal, Russia,
5-10 July, 2009.
Danish-Czechoslovak Exchange Fellowship held at
the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry
and Electrochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences,
Prague, November-December 1983.
Visiting scientist of the Chinese Academy of Science,
May 1996.
Visiting scientist of the Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science, October 1997.
IBERDROLA visiting professor,
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia,
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas,
Madrid, Spain, March and June-July 1998.
Special visiting professorship of the Japanese Ministry of
Education, Science, and Culture held at Ibaraki
University, Mito, Japan, October-December 2000.
Visiting lecturer at East China Normal University, Shanghai,
People's Republic of China, September-October 2001.
Visiting lecturer of the Chemistry Research
Promotion Center, National Science Council,
Hsinchu and
Taipei, Taiwan, December 2001.
Visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics,
Garching near Munich, Germany, 2-4 weeks per year, 1982-2001.
Visiting scientist at the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences,
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, June 1994,
August 1997, February 1999, March 2000, February 2001, March 2002,
March 2003,
March 2005.
Recipient of the
Sir Harold Thompson Memorial Award 2002 together with
Tina Erica Odaka (Wuppertal), W. P. Kraemer (Garching near Munich,
Germany)
T. Hirano (Tokyo, Japan), and P. R. Bunker (Ottawa, Canada),
for the
publication
"The Renner Effect in Triatomic Molecules with
Application to
CH2+, MgNC and NH2",
Spectrochimica Acta Part A58, 763-794 (2002).
Visiting professor at the
Departamento de Quimica Fisica I,
Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas,
Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain,
February-April 2006.
Visiting scientist at the
Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague,
February 2007.
Visiting scientist at the
Departamento de Fisica Aplicada,
Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales,
Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain,
March 2008.
Visiting lecturer at the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan,
December 2008.
Academic degrees:
"Cand. scient." (corresponding to anglo-saxon M.Sc. degree),
University of
Aarhus, Denmark, February 1981.
"Lic. scient." (corresponding to anglo-saxon Ph.D. degree),
University of
Aarhus, Denmark, November 1983.
Research is directed towards developing and applying theoretical
methods for predicting, analysing and understanding the results of high
resolution molecular spectroscopy experiments.
In Chemistry World vol. 3 (March 2005),
"Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry" is reviewed by Mark
Child:
". . . .
In summary, this book is welcome, first as an illuminating graduate text
and also as an addition to the shelves of anyone who is responsible for
teaching molecular symmetry at whatever level."
In CHOICE Reviews (July 2005),
Mark Marshall says:
"....
Summing Up: Highly recommended. "
D. Smith writes in Contemporary Physics
(September 2005) that:
"Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry
is an excellent book. ...
[It] should be an essential
text for any graduate student or established researcher working in the
area of high-resolution spectroscopy.
...Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry
is exceptionally well written and up to the very high standards set by the
authors in their previous texts. ...[The] figures and
diagrams are beautifully produced. ...
Readers will also
particularly appreciate the way each concept is illustrated by examples
of application to real molecular systems.
...In short,
Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry
has my unqualified recommendation."
Computational Molecular Spectroscopy
edited by Per Jensen
and Philip R. Bunker
was published in the United Kingdom
on September 7, 2000 by John Wiley & Sons
(ISBN 0-471-48998-0).
In Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. vol. 42, No. 1 (2003),
"Computational Molecular Spectroscopy" is reviewed by Christian
Mück-Lichtenfeld:
"A book that claims to be the first to
present a "comprehensive treatment" of
a subject, namely the theoretical calculation
of high resolution molecular spectra,
raises high expectations, especially
since the editors are both known experts
in this field.
......
In summary, the book certainly
meets the goal at which it aims. Although
limited to the calculation of
rotational and vibrational spectra, it
contains a comprehensive presentation
of theoretical molecular spectroscopy.
The combination of theory and illustrative
examples is very well balanced in
most chapters, and the extensive index
adds to the positive impression. Readers
such as graduate students or senior
researchers may use it as a valuable
source of information during their work
in the fields of theoretical chemistry or
molecular spectroscopy. Moreover, the
vast amount of citations in all chapters
stimulates further reading. ...."
For ordering information, see
http://www.wiley.co.uk or
contact the Physical Sciences Department of
John Wiley & Sons by
emailing
phys-sci@wiley.co.uk
or by faxing +44 (0) 1243 770154.
The second edition of
Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy
by Philip R. Bunker
and Per Jensen
was published in Canada on August 19, 1998 by NRC Research Press
(ISBN 0-660-17519-3).
This hardcover book of 747 + xix pages is priced at US$64.95
(CAN$64.95 in Canada).
The rates include second-class postage.
A 2006 printing with a softcover is now available at $49.95.
It includes an
Appendix giving corrections, additions and updates to the 1998 edition.
The material of the first edition has been reorganized and much new
material has been added. The book is 75% longer than the first edition.
The preface, the table of contents, and Chapters 1-4
are available from the NRC Research Press web site.
In the September 1999 issue of Physics Today,
"Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy" is reviewed by Christian
Jungen, who writes that
"...
the vastly expanded second edition (the first edition had 424 pages)
has grown into a quite-complete compendium of modern-day
spectroscopy, which, if it does not fully replace Herzberg's textbooks,
represents a welcome and necessary update and complement."
A Russian translation of
"Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy"
by Drs. Yurii N. Panchenko,
Sergei V. Petrov,
Vladimir I. Pupyshev,
Andrei V. Scherbinin, and Prof.
Nikolai F. Stepanov (editor)
has been published
by MIR, Moscow, in May 2004.
A. Yachmenev, S. N. Yurchenko, Per
Jensen, O. Baum, T. F. Giesen, and W. Thiel:
Theoretical rotation-torsion spectra of HSOH,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., submitted for publication.
183.
P. R. Bunker and Per Jensen:
Symmetry and Broken Symmetry in Molecules,
in: "Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems,"
UNESCO and EOLSS Publishing Company Ltd., U.K.,
submitted for publication.
Article prepared by invitation.
182.
S. N. Yurchenko,
M. Carvajal,
A. Yachmenev,
W. Thiel,
and Per Jensen:
A theoretical-spectroscopy, ab-initio-based study of
the electronic ground state of
121SbH3,
J. Q. S. R. T., in press.
181.
A. Yachmenev, S. Yurchenko, I. Paidarová, Per
Jensen, W. Thiel, and S. Sauer:
Thermal averaging of the indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling
constants of ammonia: the importance of the large amplitude inversion mode,
J. Chem. Phys., in press.
180.
T. Hirano, U. Nagashima, G. Winnewisser, and
Per Jensen:
Electronic structures and rovibronically averaged geometries of
the X6A' and
Ã6A'' states of FeOH,
J. Chem. Phys.132, 094303/1-10 (2010).
179.
S. N. Yurchenko,
R. J. Barber,
A. Yachmenev,
W. Thiel,
Per Jensen,
and J. Tennyson:
A variationally computed T=300 K line list
for NH3,
J. Phys. Chem. A113, 11845-11855 (2009).
178.
S. N. Yurchenko,
A. Yachmenev,
W. Thiel,
O. Baum, T. F. Giesen,
V. V. Melnikov, and Per Jensen:
An ab initio calculation of the vibrational energies and
transition moments of HSOH,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.257, 57-65 (2009).
177.
S. N. Yurchenko,
R. I. Ovsyannikov,
W. Thiel,
and Per Jensen:
Rotation-Vibration Energy Cluster Formation in
XH2D
and
XHD2
Molecules
(X = Bi, P, and Sb),
J. Mol. Spectrosc.256, 119-127 (2009).
176.
T. Hirano, P. R. Bunker, S. Patchkovskii, U. Nagashima, and
Per Jensen:
The Predicted Spectrum of FeOH in Its Renner-degenerate
X6A' and
Ã6A'' Electronic States,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.256, 45-52 (2009).
175.
R. I. Ovsyannikov, Per Jensen, M. Yu. Tretyakov, and S. N. Yurchenko:
On the Use of the Finite Difference Method in a Calculation of
Vibration-Rotation Energies,
Optika i Spektroskopiya107, 236-243 (2009) [in Russian].
English translation as
Optics and Spectroscopy 107, 221-227 (2009).
174.
V. V. Melnikov,
Per Jensen, and T. Hirano:
Calculation of Rovibronic Intensities for Triatomic Molecules in
Double-Renner-degenerate Electronic States.
Application to the
X2A'' and
Ã2A' Electronic States
of HO2,
J. Chem. Phys.130, 224105/1-9 (2009).
173.
K. M. T. Yamada, Per Jensen, S. C. Ross, O. Baum, T. F. Giesen, and
S. Schlemmer:
The torsional and asymmetry splittings in HSOH,
J. Mol. Structure927, 96-100 (2009).
172.
R. I. Ovsyannikov,
W. Thiel,
S. N. Yurchenko,
M. Carvajal, and Per Jensen:
PH3 revisited:
Theoretical transition moments for the vibrational
transitions below 7000 cm-1,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.252, 121-128 (2008).
171.
R. I. Ovsyannikov, V. V. Melnikov, W. Thiel, Per Jensen,
O. Baum. T. F. Giesen, and S. N. Yurchenko:
Theoretical rotation-torsion energies of HSOH,
J. Chem. Phys.129, 154314/1-9 (2008).
170.
P. R. Bunker and Per Jensen:
Spectroscopy and Broken Symmetry,
in: "Frontiers of Molecular Spectroscopy,"
(J. Laane, Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008.
Article prepared by invitation.
169.
R. I. Ovsyannikov,
W. Thiel,
S. N. Yurchenko,
M. Carvajal, and Per Jensen:
Vibrational energies of PH3
calculated variationally at the complete basis set limit,
J. Chem. Phys.129, 044309/1-8 (2008).
168.
T. Hirano, R. Okuda, U. Nagashima, and
Per Jensen:
Computational Molecular Spectroscopy for
X2Δ
NiCN: Large Amplitude Bending Motion,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.250, 33-43 (2008).
167.
S. N. Yurchenko, W. Thiel, M. Carvajal, and Per Jensen:
Ab initio potential energy surface,
electric dipole moment, polarizability tensor, and theoretical rovibrational
spectra in the electronic ground state of
14NH3+,
Chem. Phys.346, 146-159 (2008).
166.
T. Hirano, R. Okuda, U. Nagashima, K. Tanaka, and
Per Jensen:
Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Study of Ground and
Low-Lying Electronic States of NiCN,
Chem. Phys.346, 13-22 (2008).
165.
V. V. Melnikov,
T. E. Odaka,
Per Jensen, and T. Hirano:
The Double Renner Effect in the
X2A'' and
A2A' Electronic States
of HO2,
J. Chem. Phys.128, 114316/1-10 (2008).
164.
S. N. Yurchenko,
W. Thiel,
and Per Jensen:
Theoretical ROVibrational Energies (TROVE):
A robust numerical approach to the calculation of ro-vibrational
energies for polyatomic molecules,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.245, 126-140 (2007).
163.
P. R. Bunker, W. P. Kraemer,
S. N. Yurchenko,
W. Thiel, C. F. Neese, J. L. Gottfried,
and Per Jensen:
New potential energy surfaces for the X and A
states of CH2+,
Mol. Phys.105, 1369-1376 (2007).
162.
V. Rai-Constapel,
H.-P. Liebermann,
R. J. Buenker,
M. Honigmann,
and Per Jensen:
A Theoretical Study of TeOH in Its
Electronic Ground State,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.244, 102-108 (2007).
161.
T. Hirano, M. Amano, Y. Mitsui, S. S. Itono, R. Okuda, U. Nagashima,
and Per Jensen:
A Theoretical Study of FeCN in the
6Δ
Electronic Ground State,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.243, 267-279 (2007).
160.
T. Hirano, R. Okuda, U. Nagashima, Y. Nakashima, K. Tanaka, and Per Jensen:
A theoretical study of BrCN+
in the
2Π
electronic ground state:
Large amplitude bending motion,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.243, 202-218 (2007).
159.
T. Hirano, R. Okuda, U. Nagashima, and
Per Jensen:
Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Study of Ground and
Low-Lying Electronic States of CoCN,
J. Chem. Phys.127, 014303/1-7 (2007).
158.
T. Hirano, R. Okuda, U. Nagashima, and Per Jensen:
A Theoretical Study of CoCN in the 3Φ
Electronic Ground State,
Mol. Phys.105, 599-611 (2007).
157.
T. E. Odaka, V. V. Melnikov, Per Jensen, T. Hirano,
B. Lang, and P. Langer:
Theoretical Study of the Double Renner Effect for
Ã2Π
MgNC/MgCN: Higher Excited Rovibrational States,
J. Chem. Phys.126, 094301/1-9 (2007).
156.
S. N. Yurchenko,
W. Thiel, and
Per Jensen:
Rotational energy cluster formation in XY3 molecules:
Excited vibrational states of BiH3
and SbH3,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.240, 197-210 (2006).
155.
S. N. Yurchenko,
W. Thiel,
Per Jensen,
and P. R. Bunker:
Rotation-vibration energy level clustering in the
X2B1
ground electronic state of PH2,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.239, 160-173 (2006).
154.
S. N. Yurchenko, J. Zheng, W. Thiel, M. Carvajal, H. Lin, and Per Jensen:
Theoretical Quantitative Spectroscopy: Computer Simulation of Molecular
Spectra, in:
"Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere for Environmental Security"
(Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Rabat,
Morocco, 16-19 November 2005, Edited by
A. Perrin,
N. Ben Sari Zizi, and J. Demaison;
ISBN 1-4020-5089-5),
Springer, Dordrecht, 2006.
153.
S. N. Yurchenko,
M. Carvajal,
W. Thiel,
and Per Jensen:
Ab initio dipole moment and theoretical rovibrational
intensities in the electronic ground state of PH3,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.239, 71-87 (2006).
152.
T. E. Odaka, Per Jensen, and T. Hirano:
The Double Renner Effect:
A Theoretical Study of the MgNC/MgCN Isomerization in the
Ã2Π
Electronic State,
J. Mol. Structure 795, 14-41 (2006).
151.
P. R. Bunker, R. Guérout,
Z. J. Jakubek,
Per Jensen, and
S. N. Yurchenko:
The rovibronic energies of the SiNSi radical in its
X2Πg
electronic state,
J. Mol. Structure 795, 9-13 (2006).
150.
T. Hirano, R. Okuda, U. Nagashima, V. Špirko, and Per Jensen:
A Theoretical Study of FeNC in the 6Δ
Electronic Ground State,
J. Mol. Spectrosc.236, 234-247 (2006).
149.
Z. J. Jakubek, P. R. Bunker, M. Zachwieja,
S. G. Nakhate, B. Simard, S. N. Yurchenko, W. Thiel, and Per Jensen:
A Dispersed Fluorescence and Ab
Initio Investigation of the
X2B1
and
Ã2A1
Electronic States of the PH2 Molecule,
J. Chem. Phys. 124, 094306/1-5 (2006).
