Herschel Cycle-0 Approved Theoretical Research/Laboratory Astrophysics Proposals Principal Investigator Institution Title ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blake, Geoffrey California Institute of Technology THz Time Domain Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Dust Analogs, Ices, and Complex Organics De Lucia, Frank Ohio State University Herschel Science: A New Approach for the Identification and Elimination of Astrophysical Weeds Draine, Bruce Princeton University Improved Models for Dust Opacities Drouin, Brian Jet Propulsion Laboratory Laboratory Spectroscopy and Analysis Glassgold, Alfred University of California, Berkeley Protoplanetary Disk Diagnostics Observable With Herschel Hartman, Lee University of Michigan Database of Turbulent Cloud Models Lee, Timothy NASA Ames Research Center Computation of High-Resolution Spectra of Methanol and Methyl Cyanide Li, Aigen University of Missouri Modeling the Far-IR/Submm Emission Properties of Interstellar Dust Mattioda, Andrew NASA Ames Research Center IR Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Neufeld, David Johns Hopkins University The physics and chemistry of diffuse molecular clouds: theoretical studies motivated by Herschel Oka, Takeshi University of Chicago Spectroscopy of Deuterated Molecular Ions Peale, Robert University of Central Florida Far-infrared spectroscopy of mineral particles Pearson, John Jet Propulsion Laboratory Asymmetric Internal Rotation Rinehart, Stephen NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Diagnostic Properties of Silicate Grains Wolfire, Mark University of Maryland Modeling Galactic Nuclei from the Milky Way to Starburst Galaxies