Theme

As with all Chambersburg conferences, the 2008 IDRC is designed to delve into the fundamental properties of light that enters a scattering and absorbing medium. Optics, chemical spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, chemometrics, and instrumentation are all fields of interest in the quest for basic knowledge of this phenomenon. Lectures are presented in plenary sessions by experts in the various disciplines (see Sessions page). Along the way, applications in biology, food, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, organic chemistry, and natural resources are addressed, using basic principles.