Jeanne L. McHale is Professor Emerita at Washington State University, where her research is devoted to the study of molecular aggregates and nanomaterials relevant to solar energy conversion. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the author or coauthor of more than 100 publications. In addition to Molecular Spectroscopy, she co-edited the Handbook of Luminescent Semiconductor Materials with Leah Bergman, published by Taylor & Francis in 2011.

Introduction and Review. The Nature of Electromagnetic Radiation. Electric and Magnetic Properties of Molecules and Bulk Matter. Time-dependent Perturbation Theory of Spectroscopy. The Time-Dependent Approach to Spectroscopy: Dynamics of Spectroscopic Transitions. Experimental Considerations: Absorption, Emission, and Scattering. Atomic Spectroscopy. Rotational Spectroscopy. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diatomics. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules. Electronic Spectroscopy. Raman and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy. Time-resolved optical spectroscopy. Appendices.