Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 3:30pm
V. Ara Apkarian is a Professor of Chemical Physics at UCI, and Director of the NSF Center for Chemical Innovation on Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit (CaSTL). He holds BS and PhD degrees in Chemistry from USC and Northwestern, respectively; and after a postdoctoral fellowship in Cornell, he joined the Chemistry faculty at UCI in 1983. The principal focus of his research has been on photophysics, spectroscopy, molecular and quantum dynamics in condensed matter. His work, which combines experiment and theory on a wide range of topics, has appeared in more than 150 peer-reviewed publications. His current research combines ultrafast methods, with plasmonics and microscopy (NLO, AFM, STM) to interrogate single molecules in real-time and atomic spatial resolution.
Wei Min, Columbia UniversityDr. Wei Min graduated from Peking University, China, with a Bachelor's degree in 2003. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University in 2008 studying single-molecule biophysics with Prof. Sunney Xie. After continuing his postdoctoral work in Xie group, Dr. Min joined the faculty of Department of Chemistry at Columbia University in July of 2010. Dr. Min's current research interests focus on developing novel optical spectroscopy and microscopy technology to address complex problems in biology and medicine. His contribution has been recognized by a number of honors, including Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2013), NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2012) and Faculty Finalist of Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists of the New York Academy of Sciences (2012).
Martin Moskovits, UC Santa BarbaraMartin Moskovits is Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he also served as Susan and Bruce Worster Dean of Science from 2000 to 2007. From 2007 to 2010 he was Chief Technology Officer of API Technologies Corp. He also cofounded Spectra Fluidics, a startup company developing sensors based on SERS and microfluidics. His research spans various areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology including the electronic and optical properties of nanoparticles and nanowires, plasmonics and solar energy conversion. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications, is an inventor on approximately 20 patents, and is honored to have had some 100 graduate student and postdoctoral alumni.
He has degrees in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Toronto, where he received his PhD in 1971.
He has degrees in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Toronto, where he received his PhD in 1971.
Abraham Nitzan, Tel Aviv UniversityAbraham Nitzan was born in Israel in 1944, received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Hebrew University, carried his PhD research at Tel Aviv University (TAU) under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Jortner and received his Ph.D degree in 1972. Following post doctoral studies at MIT and the University of Chicago he has returned to Tel Aviv University in 1975 where he is a professor of Chemistry since 1982. At TAU he has served as Chairman of the School of Chemistry in 1984-7, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences in 1995-8 and director of the Institute of Advanced Studies since 2003. His research focuses on theoretical aspects of chemical dynamics. More specifically, his studies deal with the interaction of light with molecular systems, chemical reactions in condensed phases and interfaces, and charge transfer processes in such environments. In these areas he has published over 300 papers, a comprehensive text ("Chemical Dynamics in Condensed Phases", Oxford U. Press, 2006, 744 pages), was assigned one patent and has given invited talks in over 150 scientific meetings.
Since 1992 Nitzan is the incumbent of the Kodesh Chair of Chemical Dynamics at Tel Aviv University. Among his main recognitions are the Humboldt Award, the Israel Chemical Society Prize, the Emet Prize and the Israel Prize in Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Foreign Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Israel Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2010 he has received an honorary doctorate (Dr. Honoris Causa) from the University of Konstanz.
Eric Potma, UC IrvineBorn and raised in the Netherlands, Eric Potma got his Masters at the University of Groningen in 1996. He stayed five more years for his graduate research, which he completed in 2001. While working in the ultrafast spectroscopy group of Prof. Douwe Wiersma, Eric focused his research on the development of laser sources for microscopy and the application of nonlinear methods to optical imaging. In 2001, Potma joined the group of Prof. Sunney Xie at Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow. During this time, he was been involved with projects on synchronizing mode-locked lasers, visualizing lipid bilayers with CARS microscopy and vibrational imaging of tissue in vivo at video rate. In 2005, Eric joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of California in Irvine, where he currently is an Associate Professor. His group is focusing on the characterization of nanostructures and complex biological materials with the aid of new optical imaging techniques.
George Schatz, Northwestern UniversityGeorge C. Schatz is Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. He received his undergraduate degree in chemistry at Clarkson University and a Ph. Dat Caltech. He was a postdoc at MIT, and has been at Northwestern since 1976.
Schatz has published three books and over 740 papers. Schatz is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences, and he has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Physical Chemistry since 2005. Awards include Sloan and Dreyfus Fellowships, the Fresenius Award of Phi Lambda Upsilon, the Max Planck Research Award, the Bourke Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Ver Steeg Fellowship of Northwestern University, the Feynman Prize of the Foresight Institute, the Herschbach Medal, the Debye Award of the ACS, and the S F Boys-A Rahman Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society and of the AAAS. He was honored in the George C. Schatz Festschrift of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol 113, 2009. In 2010 he appeared on the Times Higher Education list of Top 100 Chemists of the Past Decade.
Schatz is a theoretician who studies the optical, structural and thermal properties of nanomaterials, including plasmonic nanoparticles, DNA and peptide nanostructures, and carbon-based materials.
Marlan Scully, Texas A&MMarlan O. Scully (Baylor, Princeton, and Texas A&M) is a laser physics pioneer. His work includes the first quantum theory of the laser with Lamb, the first demonstrations of lasing without inversion, the first demonstration of ultraslow light in hot gases, and the use of quantum coherence to detect anthrax in real time. Furthermore Scully’s work on quantum coherence and correlation effects has shed new light on the foundations of quantum mechanics, e.g., the quantum eraser.
He has been elected to the: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea, and Max Planck Society; has numerous awards including the: APS Schawlow prize, OSA Townes Award, IEEE Quantum Electronics Award, Franklin Institute’s Elliott Cresson Medal, OSA Lomb Medal, and Humboldt Senior Faculty Prize. More recently he was named Harvard Loeb Lecturer, received an honorary doctorate from Universität Ulm, and was awarded the OSA/DPG Hebert Walther Award. Most recently he has been awarded the OSA Frederic Ives Medal / Quinn Prize which recognizes overall distinction in optics and is the highest award of the Society.
Richard Van Duyne, Northwestern UniversityProfessor Van Duyne discovered surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), invented nanosphere lithography (NSL), and developed ultrasensitive nanosensors based on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectroscopy. His research interests include all forms of surface-enhanced spectroscopy, plasmonics, nanoscale biosensors, atomic layer deposition (ALD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), ultra-high vacuum (UHV) STM, UHV-tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (UHV-TERS), and surface-enhanced femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SE-FSRS).
He has been recognized for his accomplishments with the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society (2014), Charles Mann Award in Applied Raman Spectroscopy, Society of Applied Spectroscopy (2014), Sir George Stokes Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (2013), Honorary Member, Society of Applied Spectroscopy (2013), Thomson Reuters list of top 100 chemists over the period 2000-2010 as ranked by the impact of their published research (2011), Charles N. Reilley Award, Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (2011), Election to the US National Academy of Sciences (2010), Analytical Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society, (2010), Bomem-Michelson Award, Coblentz Society (2010), Ellis R. Lippincott Award, Optical Society of America (2008), L’Oreal Art and Science of Color Prize (2006), Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education, American Chemical Society (2005), Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004), The Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society (2004), Excellence in Surface Science Award of the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation (1996), Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award (1991), National Fresenius Award, American Chemical Society (1981), and the Coblentz Memorial Prize in Molecular Spectroscopy (1980). He is also a fellow of the Society of Applied Spectroscopy (2013), Royal Society of Chemistry (2013), American Physical Society (1985), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1983). Van Duyne received his B.S. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1967) and a PhD. degree in analytical chemistry from the University of North Carolina (1971).
Speaker:
CaSTL Summer School
Institution:
UCI
Location:
Student Center, Emerald ABC
