Division/Committee: [PHYS] Division of Physical Chemistry

The Astrochemistry Subdivision convened its first symposium 10 years ago, at the Fall 2013 national meeting. It has been a decade of immense progress for the field of astrochemistry, and many members of the Subdivision have made seminal contributions to the field. The astronomical detection of new molecules has exploded in recent years with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and large single-dish observatories (e.g., GBT, IRAM 30m) leading the way. 2021 alone saw announcements for the detection of over 30 new molecules, far more than the annual averages from the previous years. The James Webb Space Telescope has recently been deployed and has already sent back stunning imagery of the cosmos. All observations are founded upon critical experimental and theoretical chemistry contributions, which provide a steady stream of data and predictions. Observation, experiment, and theory all complement each other enormously. As a symposium that looks both back over the accomplishments of the last decade and forward toward the prospects of the next decade, we will encourage our speakers to share their dreams and ambitions for what might be learned in the years to come.

David Woon

Chemistry Department

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