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Welcome to the Spectroscopy & Dynamics Interest Group (SDG) of the Royal Society of Chemistry!

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Latest News

SpectroDynamics 2026 CECAM Flagship School

On behalf ot the organizers, the SDG would like to advertise the SpectroDynamics 2026 CECAM Flagship School, a five‑day in‑person program that will be held 7 – 11 September 2026 at the CECAM headquarters on the EPFL campus in Lausanne, Switzerland. In short, our school aims to bridge computational‑spectroscopy approaches across the electromagnetic spectrum, from IR/THz to X‑ray. Communities working at different wavelengths often…

3rd Women in Photochemistry Symposium: Wednesday 4 March 2026

You are invited to our 3rd Women in Photochemistry Symposium on Wednesday 4 March 2026, in the Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.  The symposium is timed to be in the week before International Women’s Day 2026 (Sunday 8 March). It is co-sponsored by UCL Chemistry, and EPSRC UPDICE and COSMOS Programme Grants. Marsha Lester, Maria Sanz,…

Dr J Michael Hollas

The Spectroscopy and Dynamics Group (SDG) of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) notes the passing of Mike Hollas on 20 March 2025. Mike was a stalwart of the UK molecular spectroscopy community and a great supporter of the SDG.  Mike was born in 1934 and was educated at Giggleswick School, then Heckmondwike Grammar School in…