German Work Group for Applied Spectroscopy (DASp)

The DASp (German Work Group for Applied Spectroscopy) is a work group within the Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie (Division of Analytical Chemistry) of the GDCh (German Chemical Society).

Established in 1949 by spectroscopists working in the development and application of methods, the DASp:

• promotes interdisciplinary cooperation of spectroscopists in all fields of natural science,
• supports the development of methods in all spectroscopy fields, and
• has the objective to provide the user with tools for immediate practical use by following - and even participating in - the development, e.g. of new coupling techniques.

The DASp acts as

• an interdisciplinary mediator between theory and practice, and
• as a contact for international organizations.

The DASp awards the industry-funded Bunsen Kirchhoff Award for extraordinary accomplishments of young scientists or for the efforts of life-long research in the field of spectroscopy.

board of DASp