Marsha I. Lester

Research.com Recognitions

• 2019 - Herbert P. Broida Prize, American Physical Society
• 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2014 - Garvan–Olin Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
• 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2005 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 2002 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her seminal contributions to both the spectroscopy and the understanding of predissociation dynamics in weakly bound clusters of reactive molecular species
• 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Ultraviolet Spectrum and Photochemistry of the Simplest Criegee Intermediate CH2OO

  Joseph M. Beames;Fang Liu;Lu Lu;Marsha I. Lester

  226
  Citations

• Infrared-driven unimolecular reaction of CH3CHOO Criegee intermediates to OH radical products

  Fang Liu;Joseph M. Beames;Andrew S. Petit;Anne B. McCoy

  173
  Citations

• Unimolecular Decay of Criegee Intermediates to OH Radical Products: Prompt and Thermal Decay Processes.

  Marsha I. Lester;Stephen J. Klippenstein

  163
  Citations

• Unimolecular dissociation dynamics of vibrationally activated CH3CHOO Criegee intermediates to OH radical products

  Nathanael M. Kidwell;Hongwei Li;Xiaohong Wang;Joel M. Bowman

  160
  Citations

• UV spectroscopic characterization of an alkyl substituted Criegee intermediate CH3CHOO.

  Joseph M. Beames;Fang Liu;Lu Lu;Marsha I. Lester

  151
  Citations

• Four-Carbon Criegee Intermediate from Isoprene Ozonolysis: Methyl Vinyl Ketone Oxide Synthesis, Infrared Spectrum, and OH Production.

  Victoria P. Barber;Shubhrangshu Pandit;Amy M. Green;Nisalak Trongsiriwat

  145
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• Communication: Real time observation of unimolecular decay of Criegee intermediates to OH radical products

  Yi Fang;Fang Liu;Victoria P. Barber;Stephen J. Klippenstein

  127
  Citations

• UV Spectroscopic Characterization of Dimethyl- and Ethyl-Substituted Carbonyl Oxides

  Fang Liu;Joseph M. Beames;Amy M. Green;Marsha I. Lester

  123
  Citations

• Spectroscopic mapping of the OH-Ar van der Waals potential

  Mary T. Berry;Mitchell R. Brustein;Joseph R. Adamo;Marsha I. Lester

  120
  Citations

• Exploring the OH+CO reaction coordinate via infrared spectroscopy of the OH–CO reactant complex

  Marsha I. Lester;Bethany V. Pond;David T. Anderson;Lawrence B. Harding

  113
  Citations

• Experimental determination of the OH-Ar stretching potential

  Mary T. Berry;Mitchell R. Brustein;Marsha I. Lester

  109
  Citations

• A perturbation theory guide to open‐shell complexes: OH–Ar(X 2Π)

  William H. Green;Marsha I. Lester

  100
  Citations

• Optical–optical double resonance of the ICl–Ne complex: Binding energies in the E(0+), A(3Π1), and X(1Σ+) states

  Janet C. Drobits;Marsha I. Lester

  94
  Citations

• Dynamical effects in the vibrational predissociation of ICl–rare gas complexes

  John M. Skene;Janet C. Drobits;Marsha I. Lester

  92
  Citations

• Stimulated emission pumping of van der Waals vibrations in the ground electronic state of OHAr

  Mary T. Berry;Mitchell R. Brustein;Marsha I. Lester;Charusita Chakravarty

  91
  Citations

• Mapping the OH + CO → HOCO reaction pathway through IR spectroscopy of the OH–CO reactant complex

  Marsha I. Lester;Bethany V. Pond;Mark D. Marshall;David T. Anderson

  90
  Citations

• Quantum dynamical calculations for the vibrational predissociation of the He–ICl complex: Product rotational distribution

  Robert L. Waterland;Marsha I. Lester;Nadine Halberstadt

  88
  Citations

• Stimulated emission pumping of intermolecular vibrations in OH–Ar(X 2Π)

  Mary T. Berry;Richard A. Loomis;Leanna C. Giancarlo;Marsha I. Lester

  88
  Citations

• Direct kinetic measurements and theoretical predictions of an isoprene-derived Criegee intermediate.

  Rebecca L. Caravan;Rebecca L. Caravan;Rebecca L. Caravan;Michael F. Vansco;Kendrew Au;M. Anwar H. Khan

  88
  Citations

• Infrared spectrum and stability of the H2O-HO complex: experiment and theory.

  Pesia Soloveichik;Bridget A. O’Donnell;Marsha I. Lester;Joseph S. Francisco

  86
  Citations

• Electronic Quenching of OH A 2Σ+ (v‘ = 0, 1) in Complexes with Hydrogen and Nitrogen

  Marsha I. Lester;Richard A. Loomis;Rebecca L. Schwartz;Stephen P. Walch

  84
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