Specialties

Physical/analytical chemistry

Eric Borguet
Physical/Analytical
Nanotechnology and nanoscale processes at interfaces, plasmonics, nonlinear optics, ultrafast dynamics, environmental chemistry, nanomaterials, scanning probe microscopy, sensors for biological and chemical agents
Hai-Lung Dai
Physical/Analytical
Nonlinear optical and spectroscopic/microscopic studies of the structure and dynamics of surfaces and interfaces, colloidal particles, aerosols, nanoparticles, micelles, liposomes and biological cells; structure and dynamics of new energy materials including RTIL, DSSS, and organic crystals and thin films; energy transfer and reactions of highly excited molecule
Susan Jansen-Varnum
Analytical, Inorganic, Education
Inorganic synthesis of chemiluminescent solutions, design/evaluation of materials for liquid and plastic scintillation, science education across the K-20 continuum, profiling urinary creatinine and prostanoids, sex hormones in urine as a profile of biological age
Michael L. Klein
Theory/Computation
Theoretical and computational methods to study solids, liquids and assemblies of macromolecules, including those relevant to living organisms
Robert J. Levis
Physical/Analytical
​Ultra-intense laser fields, universal materials characterization via laser electrospray mass spectrometry, high spatial resolution tissue imaging, nanomaterials by design, remote detection of threat signatures by filament based Raman spectroscopy
Ronald M. Levy
Theory/Computation
​Computer simulations, statistical mechanics, and modeling to study the structure, function, folding, and dynamics of proteins in solution
Spiridoula Matsika
Theory/Computation
Photophysics and photochemistry of biologically relevant systems; conical intersections and non adiabatic effects; methods for excited states and conical intersections; understanding laser control of molecular dynamics
Francis C. Spano
Theory/Computation
Theory of electronic excited states in molecular aggregates, crystals and thin films; the impact of electron-vibrational coupling and disorder on photophysical properties and energy/charge transport in organic materials
Robert Stanley
Physical/Analytical, Biological
Light-driven DNA repair by DNA photolyase: ultrafast mechanism, enzymology, mutagenesis; excited state electronic properties of flavins and flavoproteins: Stark spectroscopy; photophysical properties of fluorescent nucleic base analogs: probes of energy flow in DNA
Daniel R. Strongin
Physical/Analytical
Surface science, environmental chemistry, nanoscale chemistry, surface chemistry of geochemical materials; catalysis for energy applications
Yugang Sun
Physical/Analytical
Nanomaterials synthesis, nanofabrication, in-situ and operando characterization, plasmonics, nanophotonics, photocatalysis, electrochemical catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, sensing
Vincent Voelz
​Theory/Computation
Molecular simulations to understand protein folding, conformational dynamics and peptidomimetic design; statistical thermodynamics, bayesian inference, kinetic network models, distributed computing
Katherine (Kallie) Willets
Physical/Analytical
Plasmonics; optical microscopy/spectroscopy; electrochemistry; nanoparticle synthesis, fabrication, functionalization
Stephanie L. Wunder
Physical/Analytical
Polymer science, solid electrolytes for energy storage applications, supported lipid bilayer nanoparticles for bioremediation and drug delivery