Vincent J. Esposito

Affiliation: NASA Ames Research Center

Email: vincent.j.esposito@nasa.gov

Professional Biography

Dr. Vincent J. Esposito is a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow conducting computational chemistry research on the vibrational absorption and emission spectra of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for inclusion in the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database (PAHdb) with the goal of facilitating analysis of new JWST data.

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

B.S. Chemistry, University of South Carolina

Research Interests

Vibrational Spectroscopy, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Electronic Spectroscopy, Metal-Bearing Molecules.

Select Publications

Trabelsi, T., Esposito, V. J. & Francisco, J. S. Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Aluminum-Bearing Species in the Universe. Acc. Chem. Res. 56, 3045–3052 (2023).

Esposito, V. J. et al. Anharmonicity and deuteration in the IR absorption and emission spectrum of phenylacetylene. Molecular Physics e2261570 (2023).

Esposito, V. J. et al. Anharmonic IR absorption spectra of the prototypical interstellar PAHs phenanthrene, pyrene, and pentacene in their neutral and cation states. Molecular Physics e2252936 (2023).

Trabelsi, T., Esposito, V. J. & Francisco, J. S. Vibrational, Rotational, and Electronic Spectroscopy for Possible Interstellar Detection of AlNH₂ and HAlNH. ApJ 949, 55 (2023).

Trabelsi, T., Esposito, V. J. & Francisco, J. S. Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Aluminum-Bearing Species in the Universe. Accounts of Chemical Research (2023).

Esposito, V. J., Palmer, C. Z., Fortenberry, R. C. & Francisco, J. S. Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of OAlNO and Implications for New Metal Chemistry in the Atmosphere. J. Phys. Chem. A 127, 7618–7629 (2023).

Friskey, J. M., Esposito, V. J., Trabelsi, T. & Francisco, J. S. Spectroscopic Properties of the Astrochemical Molecules [Al, O, Si]^x (x = 0, +1). ApJ 938, 156 (2022).

Esposito, V. J., Trabelsi, T. & Francisco, J. S. Spectroscopic Properties Relevant to Astronomical and Laboratory Detection of MCH and MCH⁺ (M = Al, Mg). ApJ 924, 139 (2022).

Esposito, V. J., Trabelsi, T. & Francisco, J. S. AlOSO: Spectroscopy and Structure of a New Group of Astrochemical Molecules. ApJ 930, 29 (2022).

Esposito, V. J. & Francisco, J. S. The Photoionization Dynamics, Electronic Spectroscopy, and Excited State Photochemistry of AlCO and AlOC. ApJ 933, 192 (2022).

Esposito, V. J., Friskey, J. M., Trabelsi, T. & Francisco, J. S. Astrochemical significance and spectroscopy of tetratomic [H, P, S, O]. A&A 659, A54 (2022).

Awards & Others

NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award (2023)

NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow (2022)

NSF Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) (2019)