Participating Faculty
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May28 – August 2, 2024
The REU faculty mentors are listed below, with research interests related to the current REU program and links to their research websites.
| Faculty Member | Research Area/Interests |
|---|---|
| Igor Alabugin | Organic/Materials: organic photoreaction mechanisms |
| Eugene DePrince | Theoretical/Physical: nanomagnetism; magnet dynamics |
| Kenneth Hanson | Materials/Inorganic: solar energy conversion, molecular photophysics, organic-inorganic hybrid materials |
| Edwin Hilinski | Organic/Materials: synthesis, characterization, and studies of photoactive molecules |
| Justin Kennemur | Polymers/Organic: utilization of light to make or break polymer chains |
| Bryan Kudisch | Inorganic/Physical/Organic: Environment and energy, spectroscopy and photochemistry, synthesis and catalysis |
| Susan Latturner | Materials/Inorganic: magnetic alloys, metal sulfide photovoltaic materials, flux synthesis |
| Biwu Ma | Materials/Inorganic/Physical: light emitting materials and devices, luminescence-based environmental sensing |
| Lea Nienhaus | Physical/Materials/Inorganic: light-matter interaction at the nanoscale, energy transfer at hybrid inorganic-organic interfaces, scanning probe microscopy |
| Jack Saltiel | Physical Organic: mechanisms of photochemical reactions with emphasis on biochemically significant processes and molecules |
| Michael Shatruk | Materials/Inorganic: light-induced magnetic state switching, molecule-based inorganic and organic magnetic materials |
| Geoffrey Strouse | Materials/Inorganic: hybrid photovoltaic architectures, quantum dots |
| Lei Zhu | Organic/Materials: chemistry and applications of fluorescent organic dyes |