The Laboratories are the pillars of the research and teaching infrastructure of the Department of Chemistry at UCI. Its vision is to act as a nexus of research and education of light-matter interrogations by providing the necessary expertise, modern methods, and seeding intramural and extramural collaborations. Its mission encompasses all aspects of light-matter interactions in time, frequency, and spatial domains, executed through linear and nonlinear optics, spectroscopy, and microscopy. Detailed mission statement can be found here.