\title{Decomposition of Intermolecular Interactions in \textit{ab initio} Spectroscopy}

\author{Eric John Berquist}

\degree{B.S. Chemistry, Northeastern University, 2012}

\keywords{ionic liquids, carbon dioxide, infrared spectroscopy, energy decomposition analysis, absolutely localized molecular orbitals, linear response}

\subject{First-Principles Computational Decomposition of Spectroscopic Response}

\school[the Kenneth P.\ Dietrich School of]{Arts and Sciences}

\setyear{2018}

\date{March 23rd, 2018}

\committeemember{Daniel S. Lambrecht, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry}

\committeemember{Kenneth D. Jordan, Professor, Department of Chemistry}

\committeemember{Sean Garrett-Roe, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry}

\committeemember{David Yaron, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University}

\school{Kenneth P.\ Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences}