John R. Lombardi

    George Caldwell Award for Excellence in Chemistry, Cornell University, 1963.
    A. B. degree with honors in chemistry, Cornell University, 1963.
    Harvard University Predoctoral Fellowship, 1965.
    National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship, 1965-1967.
    Invited by the government of the Peoples Republic of China to lecture and visit
       laser laboratories, Institute for Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1979.
    Research Fellow of Committee for Scholarly Communications with
       the People's Republic of China to Study in Beijing, 1981.
 

  Professional Experience

   Summers, 1963 and 1964, Research Assistant, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory,
       Los Alamos, New Mexico.
   1967-1972, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
   1972-1973, Visiting Scientist, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands.
   1973-1975, Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
       Cambridge, Massachusetts.
   1975-1977, Associate Professor, City College, CUNY, New York, NY.
   1977-Present, Professor, City College, CUNY, New York, NY.
 

   Research Interests

   Electronic structure and spectra of diatomic and polyatomic molecules using high
   resolution spectroscopic techniques; Theoretical studies in the Momentum
   Representation in Quantum Mechanics. Use of lasers in optical spectroscopy. Light
   scattering. Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering. Transition metal clusters.
 

   Teaching Awards

   Teaching Prize in Physical Chemistry, Harvard, 1965-1967.
   Outstanding Lecturer, University of Illinois.
   Chapter of Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, 1971, 1972.
 

  Editorship

   Editor, (with B. Garetz) Advances in Laser Spectroscopy.
   Senior Editor, Asian Journal of Spectroscopy.
 

  Publications 

        Recent Publications (2000 -- Present)

  1.  "Rotational Relaxation in Rigid Media by Polarized Photoselection", J. R. Lombardi,
        J. M. Raymonda and A. C. Albrecht, J. Chem. Phys. 40, 1148 (1964).

  2.  "Anisotropic Rotational Relaxation in Rigid Media by Polarized Photoselection,"
        J. R. Lombardi, and G. A. Dafforn, J. Chem. Phys. 44, 3882 (1966).

  3.  "Electric Dipole Moment of the Lowest Singlet p* State of Propynal", D. E.
       Freeman, J. R. Lombardi, and W. Klemperer, J. Chem. Phys. 45, 58 (1966).

  4.  "Considerations on the Rotation-Vibration of Triatomic Molecules", K. F.
       Freed, and J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 45, 591 (1966).

  5.  "Magnetic Dipole Character of the 3500-A System of Formaldehyde," J.R. Lombardi,
        D. E. Freeman and W. A. Klemperer, J. Chem. Phys. 46, 2746 (1967).

  6.  "Electric Dipole Miment of the n-p* Singlet state of HCOF," J. R. Lombardi, D.
        Campbell, and W. Klemperer, J. Chem. Phys., 46, 3482 (1967).

  7.  "The Stark Effect in Electronic Spectra: The Asymmetric Rotor," J. R. Lombardi,
        J. Chem. Phys., 48, 348 (1968).

  8.  "Dipole Moments of the Lowest Singlet p*-p States in Phenol and Aniline,"
        J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys., 50, 3780 (1969).

  9.  "Optical Spectra of Small Rings I. The n-p* Transition of Difluorodiazirine,"
        J. R. Lombardi, W. Klemperer, H. Basch, N. Keubler, and M. Robin, J. Chem.
        Phys. 51, 33 (1969).

  10.  "Electronic Spectrum of the 2838 A System of Indole," A. Mani, and J. R. Lombardi,
        J. Mol. Spectrosc. 31, 308 (1969).

  11.  "Dipole Moments of the Lowest Singlet p*-p States in p-fluoroaniline and
         p-fluorophenol," K. T. Huang, and J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 51, 1228 (1969).

  12.  "The 0-0 Band of the 2880 A Transition in Indene; Hybrid Character and
         Rotational Structure," Alan Hartford, Jr., and J. R. Lombardi, J. Mol. Spect.
         34, 257 (1970).

  13.  "On the Correlation Between Structure and Dipole Moments in the Excited
         Stated of Substituted Benzenes", J. R. Lombardi, J. A. C. S., 92, 1831 (1970).

  14.  "Hybrid Character and Rotational Strtucture in the p*-p Systems of
         Thionaphthene and Benzofuran," Alan Hartford, Jr., Allen Muirhead,
         and J. R. Lombardi, J. Mol. Spect. 35,199(1970).

  15.  "The Dipole Moment of the Lowest Singlet p*-p State of Fluorobenzene,"
         Kwo-Tsair Huang,  and J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 52, 5613 (1970).

  16.  "The Zeeman Effect in the Visible Spectrum of Thiophosgene; Evidence for
         the Triplet Nature of the 4796 A Band," Kwo-Tsair Huang, and J. R. Lombardi,
         J. Chem. Phys. 52, 460 (1970).

  17.  "Electronic Spectrum of the 2877 A Band of Styrene; Rotational Structure and
         Transition Moment," Alan Hartford, Jr., and J. R. Lombardi, J. Mol. Spect. 35,
         413 (1970).

  18.  "The 5142 A Transition in Thiophosgene p*-n Rotational Analysis and
         Excited State Structure," J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 52, 6126 (1970).

  19.  "Dipole Moment in the ¹B₂ State of p-Chlorofluorobenzene," Martin J.
         Janiak, Allen Hartford, Jr., and J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 54,
         2449 (1971).

  20.  "Dipole Moment of the Lowest p*-p State in m-Fluorochlorobenzene,"
         Chung-Yung Wu, and J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 54, 3659 (1971).

  21.  "Dipole Moment of the First Excited p*-p State or Styrene," Harriet
         Parker, and J. R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 54, 5095 (1971).

  22.  "Hybrid Character and Rotational Analysis of the 2700 A Band of m-
         Fluorochlorobenzene," Chung-Yung Wu, and J. R. Lombardi, J. Mol
         Spect. 39, 345 (1971).

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