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Physical/analytical chemistry


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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

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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

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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

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Michael L. Klein
Theory/Computation
Theoretical and computational methods to study solids, liquids and assemblies of macromolecules, including those relevant to living organisms

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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

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Ronald M. Levy
Theory/Computation
​Computer simulations, statistical mechanics, and modeling to study the structure, function, folding, and dynamics of proteins in solution

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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

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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

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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

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Daniel R. Strongin
Physical/Analytical
Surface science, environmental chemistry, nanoscale chemistry, surface chemistry of geochemical materials; catalysis for energy applications

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Yugang Sun
Physical/Analytical
Nanomaterials synthesis, nanofabrication, in-situ and operando characterization, plasmonics, nanophotonics, photocatalysis, electrochemical catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, sensing

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Vincent Voelz
​Theory/Computation
Molecular simulations to understand protein folding, conformational dynamics and peptidomimetic design; statistical thermodynamics, bayesian inference, kinetic network models, distributed computing

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Katherine (Kallie) Willets
Physical/Analytical
Plasmonics; optical microscopy/spectroscopy; electrochemistry; nanoparticle synthesis, fabrication, functionalization

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Stephanie L. Wunder
Physical/Analytical
Polymer science, solid electrolytes for energy storage applications, supported lipid bilayer nanoparticles for bioremediation and drug delivery

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF chemistry

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