Quebec, Canada — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group is proud to honor Prof. Richard Van Duyne of Northwestern University as 2010 Bomem-Michelson Award winner. This award is dedicated to the memory of Professor A.E. Michelson, developer of the Michelson interferometer. ABB sponsors the award to honor scientists who have advanced the technique(s) of vibrational, molecular, Raman, or electronic spectroscopy.

The Award will be presented to Prof Van Duyne during the ABB sponsored Bomem-Michelson Award Symposium on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 8:00 AM – Room 206A during the 2010 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, to be held February 28 – March 5 at the Orange County Convention Center, in Orlando, FL. ABB invites all the scientific community to the Bomem-Michelson Award Symposium to honor Prof. Richard Van Duyn and attend the several presentations that will be of high interest.

The Bomem Michelson Award Symposium will focus on the themes of Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and characterizing ever-decreasing sample sizes. Professor Van Duyne will give the opening award lecture on the “Exploring single molecule surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy”. This will be followed by lectures by Geraldine L. Richmond (University of Oregon) on “Going Nonlinear to Study Processes at Liquid Surfaces”, Christy L. Haynes (University of Minnesota) on “Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensors for Non-Traditional Analytes”, Paul W. Bohn (University of Notre Dame) on “Chemistry at the Mesoscale: Adsorption/Desorption and Ultraslow Electrochemistry at Atom-Scale Junctions”, and George C. Schatz (Northwestern University) on “New Developments in Plasmonic Nanoparticle Optical Property Modeling”.

Prof. Van Duyne is recognized for his record of achievement in the interrelated fields of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and molecular plasmonics. Thirty plus years ago, Raman spectroscopy was one of the least sensitive and, consequently, most seldom used of all analytical tools. Today, it is, arguably, one of the most sensitive forms of molecular spectroscopy and is widely used, both in the laboratory and in the field. Van Duyne’s work in SERS has, in no small measure, been the catalyst for this renaissance.

Note that the Bomem-Michelson Award Symposium will be held this year on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

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