Jon T. Hougen Explained

Jon Torger Hougen (23 October 1936 in Sheboygan – 28 January 2019 in Taipei) was an American spectroscopist.[1]

Education and career

Hougen finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1956. He obtained his master's and doctoral degrees at Harvard University. He worked at Harvard University under the research direction of William Moffitt and William Klemperer. He started his career in 1960 as a postdoctorate fellow at the National Research Council of Canada in the molecular spectroscopy group of Gerhard Herzberg. He joined the staff at NRC in 1962 and supervised postdoctorate fellows J.K.G.Watson and Philip Bunker. In 1967 he joined the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology). He started there as a member of D.R. Lide's microwave and infrared group. Later, he was the chief of the molecular spectroscopy section. In 1984, he was named a Senior Research Fellow of NIST. For a year, he served as acting chief of the molecular physics division. After retiring in 2001, he continued his research as a NIST Scientist Emeritus.

Research

His research focused on quantum mechanical and group theoretical calculations of quantities related to molecular spectroscopy.

Three of his most-cited publications are:

Hobbies

He spoke several languages: French, French-Canadian, German, Czech, Japanese, and Mandarin in addition to English.

Awards

Hougen received the following awards:[4]

The Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy dedicated two special issues to him in honor of his 68th and 80th birthday.[9] [10] [11]

Two awards were created in his memory: the Jon Hougen Travel Award for the 26th Colloquium on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy (2019)[12] and the Jon Hougen Memorial Award, awarded annually at the International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (2020-present).[13]

References

  1. Web site: Jon Torger Hougen Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information. www.wenigfh.com. en-US. 2019-02-17.
  2. Web site: Most Popular Acronym and Internet Slang Meanings. en.
  3. "Derivation of -dependent coordinate transformations for nonrigid molecules in the Hougen–Bunker–Johns formalism", J. Chem. Phys. 153, 084102 (2020). The Journal of Chemical Physics . 28 August 2020 . 153 . 8 . 084102 . 10.1063/5.0016365 . en. Viglaska . Dominika . Rey . Michael . Nikitin . Andrei V. . Tyuterev . Vladimir G. . 32872870 . 221466399 .
  4. Web site: CV Jon T Hougen. 2019-02-17.
  5. Web site: The Coblentz Award - The Coblentz Society. www.coblentz.org. 2019-02-17.
  6. Web site: Ellis R. Lippincott Award. 2019-02-17.
  7. Web site: Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics. www.aps.org. en. 2019-02-17.
  8. Web site: Dr. Jon T. Hougen - Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze. www.vscht.cz. 2019-02-17.
  9. Web site: Special Issue Dedicated to Dr. Jon T. Hougen on the Occasion of His 68th Birthday. www.sciencedirect.com. 2019-02-17.
  10. Web site: Spectroscopy of Large Amplitude Vibrational Motions, on the Occasion of Jon Hougen's 80th Birthday - Part I. www.sciencedirect.com. 2019-02-17.
  11. Web site: Spectroscopy of Large Amplitude Vibrational Motion, on the Occasion of Jon Hougen's 80th Birthday – Part II. www.sciencedirect.com. 2019-02-17.
  12. Web site: 26th Colloquium on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy - Sciencesconf.org. hrms2019.sciencesconf.org. 2019-08-22.
  13. Web site: International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy at Urbana-Champaign. isms.illinois.edu. 2019-08-22.

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