Dr. Jon T. Hougen began his career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), as a member of D.R. Lide’s Microwave and infrared Group in 1967. From 1969 to 1973, Dr. Hougen served as Chief of the Molecular Spectroscopy Section. He was later named an NBS Senior Research Fellow in 1984 and served as Acting Chief of the Molecular Physics Division, 1991-1992. Since 2001, Dr. Hougen has continued his research activities as a NIST Scientist Emeritus.
Research Interests:
Quantum mechanical and group theoretical calculations of quantities of molecular spectroscopic interest for various cases of interaction between rotational, vibrational and electronic motion, with particular emphasis on rotational energy levels and rotational line intensities. 140 publications.
Professional Activities:
| 1960-present |
Member of American Physical Society
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| 1979-present |
Fellow of APS |
| 1975-present |
Member of Optical Society of America |
| 1982-present |
Member of Coblentz Society |
| 1988-1994 |
Member of American Chemical Society |
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| 1967-2010 |
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy |
| 1986-1988 |
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Chemical Physics |
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| 1967, 1970 |
Member of Organizing Committee for Electronic Spectroscopy Gordon Conferences |
| 1976 |
Chairman of Organizing Committee for Electronic Spectroscopy Gordon Conferences |
| 1968 |
Member of Organizing Committee for Infrared Spectroscopy Gordon Conference |
| 1970 |
Chairman of Organizing Committee for Infrared Spectroscopy Gordon Conference |
| 1979 |
Member of NSF Workshop on Future Trends in Vibrational Spectroscopy |
| 1980 |
Chairman of Organizing Committee for NBS High-Resolution Infrared Applications and Developments Conference |
| 1983, 1986, 1990 |
Member of the Earle K. Plyler Award Committee |
| 1988 |
Member of the William F. Meggers Award Committee |
| 1989 |
Member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Journal of Chemical Physics |
| 1990-92 |
Chairman of the International Advisory Committee for the Ohio State University "Symposium on Spectroscopy and Structure" |
| 1992, 1994 |
Chairman of the International Organizing Committee for the Prague International Conference on High Resolution Infrared and Microwave Spectroscopy |
| 1992-1994 |
Member of the Scientific Committee for the Laboratoire de Physique Moleculaire et Atmospherique, CNRS, Paris, France |
| 1996 |
Member of the Scientific Committee for the Laboratoire de Photophysique Moleculaire, CNRS, Orsay, France |
| 1993, 1996 |
Member of International Program Committee for the Russian Conference on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy (HighRuS) |
| 1996-2009 |
Member of Advisory Committee for Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1996 |
Chairman of Workshop on "Future Needs for Molecular Spectroscopy Data," NIST |
| 2006-2008 |
Member APS Broida Prize Committee |
Visiting Appointments:
| 1979, 1980, 1984 |
Institute for Molecular Science in Okazaki, Japan for 6-9 month stays |
| 1981 |
University of Dijon, France for 3 months |
| 1987 |
Kanazawa University, Japan for 1 month |
| 1988 |
Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, the Netherlands for 3 months |
| 1988 |
Senior Morino Fellow, Japan for 1 month |
| 1990-1996 |
Universite de Paris VI, France for 2-4 weeks every 2 years |
| 1993-1996 |
Kanazawa University, Japan for 1-3 months per year, under Japan's Ministry of Education International Scientific Research Program |
Teaching:
| 1965 |
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada for 1 semester |
| 1968, 1969 |
Howard University, Washington, DC for 1 semester |
| 1972 |
Lecturer at Journees d'Etudes on Molecular Electronic Spectroscopy, Tours, France |
Awards:
| 1968 |
Coblentz Award |
| 1974 |
NBS Silver Medal |
| 1980 |
NBS Gold Medal |
| 1984 |
Plyler Prize (APS) |
| 1984 |
Lippincott Award (OSA) |
| 2000 |
Marcus Marci Award (Czech Spectroscopy Society) |
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Position:
Scientist Emeritus
Sensor Science Division
Optical Radiation Group
Employment History:
1967-present, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
1960-1966, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada
Education:
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
A.M. Physical Chemistry, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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