Coblentz Society Inc., The

The Coblentz Society is a non-profit organization celebrating our 70th anniversary in 2024! Our purpose is to foster the understanding and application of vibrational spectroscopy.  We are chemists, scientists, engineers – all spectroscopists. As the only international organization dedicated to vibrational spectroscopy, our aim is to help each other stay up to date on the latest developments in our field. Vibrational spectroscopy encompasses infrared (FT-IR), Raman, and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopies.  We share knowledge and experience, peer to peer and older generation to younger.  We are very active at scientific conferences and present several achievement awards each year including the Williams-Wright Award at Pittcon, the Coblentz Award at ISMS, and the Craver Award at SciX.  Along with SAS and Optica, we also sponsor the Lippincott Award.