chapter 1 Ultrafast Coherent Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy of Liquid Systems / chapter 2 Probing Bond Activation Reactions with Femtosecond Infrared / chapter 3 Applications of Broadband Transient Infrared Spectroscopy / chapter 4 The Molecular Mechanisms Behind the Vibrational Population Relaxation of Small Molecules in Liquids / chapter 5 Time-Resolved Infrared Studies of Ligand Dynamics in Heme Proteins / chapter 6 Infrared Vibrational Echo Experiments / chapter 7 Structure and Dynamics of Proteins and Peptides: Femtosecond Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy / chapter 2 Two-Dimensional Coherent Infrared Spectroscopy of Vibrational Excitons in Peptides / chapter 9 Vibrational Dephasing in Liquids: Raman Echo and Raman Free-Induction Decay Studies / chapter 10 Fifth-Order Two-Dimensional Raman Spectroscopy of the Intermolecular and Vibrational Dynamics in Liquids / chapter 11 Nonresonant Intermolecular Spectroscopy of Liquids / chapter 12 Lattice Vibrations that Move at the Speed of Light: How to Excite Them, How to Monitor Them, and How to Image Them Before They Get Away / chapter 13 Vibrational Energy Redistribution in Polyatomic Liquids: Ultrafast IR-Raman Spectroscopy / chapter 14 Coulomb Force and Intramolecular Energy Flow Effects for Vibrational Energy Transfer for Small Molecules in Polar Solvents / chapter 15 Vibrational Relaxation of Polyatomic Molecules in Supercritical Fluids and the Gas Phase / chapter 16 Vibrational Energy Relaxation in Liquids and Supercritical Fluids