Dr. Murthy S. Gudipati has been actively engaged in research in the areas of Physics and Chemistry of Low-Temperature Ices, Photophysics, Photochemistry, Energy Transfer, Spectroscopy, Low-Temperature Chemistry, Computational Chemistry and Molecular Clusters.  Spectroscopy from Far Infrared to Vacuum Ultraviolet using conventional spectroscopic Instruments, Lasers and Synchrotron Radiation is Dr. Gudipati's instrumentation Strengths.  He is Principal Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, where he is leading efforts to understand Physics and Chemistry of Solar System and Interstellar Ices.  His previous appointments include Privatdozent of Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany; visiting scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, California; SRI International, California; and Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany.