Current research includes the study of the misfolding and aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide, processes thought to lead to Type II diabetes, using isotope labeling and two dimensional infrared spectroscopy.

Research with Prof. Bern Kohler, at Ohio State University (now at Montana State University), involved the time-resolved study of the photophysics of DNA bases and polymers; ground-state vibrational cooling and excited-state dynamics using femtosecond transient absorption in the UV, visible and mid-IR.

Research with Prof. Bruce S. Hudson, at Syracuse University, involved the study of the vibrational properties of solids through inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy and computational methods.

Research with Prof. Shaul Mukamel, at the University of Rochester (now at the University of California, Irvine), involved theoretical study of excitonic coupling in light harvesting complexes using the Collective Electronic Oscillators approach.

citation search - improved!
A fast way to find specific articles based on the journal, volume and start page.

energy unit conversion tool
A quick script I wrote to do some energy unit conversions relevent to spectroscopy.

physical chemistry student lecture series
A biweekly series of student seminars I co-founded at Ohio State University.

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