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JOHN C. WRIGHT

Address Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Personal Born September 17, 1943 in Lubbock, Texas

Married with two children and one grandchild.

Education PhD in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970

BS in Physics, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1965.

Honors NSF Creativity Grant Extension, 2005-2007

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005

Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2003

Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering, 2002

Andreas C. Albrecht Chair of Chemistry, 2001-present

Dow Lecturer at University of British Columbia, 3/26/02

Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award, 1997-present

Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award, 1994

Upjohn Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1992

Evan Helfaer Chair of Chemistry, 1991-1996

American Chemical Society Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, 1991

A. I. Romnes Faculty Fellow, 1984

Applied Spectroscopy Society William F. Meggars Award, 1981

DuPont Assistant Professor, 1972

Phi Beta Kappa

Employment Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 2001-2004

Andreas C. Albrecht Professor of Chemistry, 2001-present

Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980-Present

Chair, Analytical Sciences Division, UW-Madison, 1983-1991

Consultant with Lawrence Berkeley & Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, 1980-1988

Consultant with 3M Corporation, 1985-1987

Associate Professor of Chemistry, UW-Madison, 1978-1980

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UW-Madison, 1972-1978

Postdoctoral Student with Professor F. K. Fong, Purdue University, 1970-1972.

Professional NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award Selection Committee, 1994

Activities ACS Analytical Chemistry Exam Committee, 1977-1981

Co-Chair, International Conference on Luminescence, Madison, WI, August 1984.

Program Committee, International Conference on Luminescence, Beijing, 1987.

International Program Committee, International Conference on Luminescence, University of Connecticut, 1992.

Program Organizer for Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); Detroit, MI; October 2001.

Molecular/Vibrational Spectroscopy Chair for Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); Providence, RI; October 2002.

International Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Two Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy, Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK 2003

Chairman of the ICL Prize Committee for the International Conference on Luminescence.

Society American Chemical Society

Memberships American Physical Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Publications [back to the top]

*1. J. C. Wright and H. W. Moos, Phys. Lett. 29A, 495 (1969). “Spectroscopic Observation of Magnetic Ordering in DyPO4 Using Line-Intensity Measurements.”

*2. J. H. Colwell, B. W. Magnum, D. D. Thornton, J. C. Wright and H. W. Moos, Phys. Rev. Letters 23, 1245 (1969). “Low Temperature Magnetic Properties of DyPO4: An Ideal Three-Dimensional Ising Antiferromagnet.”

*3. J. C. Wright and H. W. Moos, J. Appl. Phys. 41, 1244 (1970). “Optical Study of Ordering in DyPO4, DyAsO4 and DyVO4.”

*4. J. C. Wright, H. W. Moos, J. H. Colwell, B. W. Mangum and D. D. Thornton, Phys. Rev. B3, 843 (1971). “DyPO4: A Three Dimentional Ising Antiferromagnet.”

*5. J. C. Wright and H. W. Moos, Phys. Rev. B4, 163 (1971). “Spectroscopic Study of Magnet Phenomena in DyAsO4 and DyVO4.”

*6. J. C. Wright, M. M. Miller and F. K. Fong, J. Appl. Phys. 42, 3806 (1971). “Multiphonon Orbit Lattice Relaxation and Quantum Efficiency of 10m Infrared Quantum Counter Upconversion in Rare-Earth Doped Crystals.”

*7. J. C. Wright, D. J. Zalucha, N. V. Lauer, D. E. Cox and F. K. Fong, J. Appl. Phys. 44, 781 (1973). “Laser Optical Double Resonance and Efficient Infrared Upconversion in LaCl3:Pr3+ and LaF3:Pr3+.”

*8. D. J. Zalucha, J. C. Wright and F. K. Fong, J. Chem. Phys. 59, 997 (1973). “Energy Transfer Upconversion in LaF3:Pr3+.”

*9. J. B. Fenn, Jr., J. C. Wright and F. K. Fong, J. Chem. Phys. 59, 5591 (1973). “Optical Study of Ion-Defect Clustering in CaF2:Er3+.

10. D. R. Tallant and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 63, 2075 (1975). “Selective Laser Excitation of Charge-Compensated Sites in CaF2:Er3+.”

11. D. R. Tallant, M. P. Miller and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 65, 510 (1976). “Energy Transfer and Relaxation Phenomena in CaF2:Er3+.”

12. J. C. Wright, Radiationless Processes in Molecules and Crystals, Chapter 4, Vol. 15; In: Topics in Applied Physics (Springer-Verlag, 1976). “Upconversion and Excited State Energy Transfer in Rare Earth Doped Materials.”

13. M. D. Kurz and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 15, 169 (1977). “Laser Excitation of Single Ion and Clustered Ion Sites in SrF2:Er3+.”

14. M. P. Miller, D. R. Tallant, F. J. Gustafson and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 49, 1474 (1977). “Spectroscopic System for Selective Laser Excitation and Quantum Efficiency Measurement.”

15. F. J. Gustafson and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 49, 1680 (1977). “Ultratrace Method for Lanthanide Ion Determination by Selective Laser Excitation.”

16. J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 49, 1690 (1977). “Trace Analysis of Nonfluorescent Ions by Selective Laser Excitation of Lanthanide Ions.”

17. D. R. Tallant, D. S. Moore and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 67, 2897 (1977). “Defect Equilibria in Fluorite Structure Crystals.”

18. J. C. Wright, Spectroscopie des Elements de Transition et des Elements Lourds dans les Solides (CNRS, Paris, 1977). “Selective Excitation Studies of the Solid State Chemistry and Energy Transfer in Charge Compensated Crystals.”

19. M. P. Miller and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 68, 1548 (1978). “Single Site Multiphonon and Energy Transfer Relaxation Phenomena in BaF2:Er3+.”

20. M. P. Miller and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B18, 3753 (1978). “Importance of Defect Clustering in the Analysis of BaF2:Er3+ Optical Spectra.”

21. J. C. Wright and F. J. Gustafson, Anal. Chem., 50, 1147A (1978). "Ultratrace Inorganic Ion Determination by Laser Excited Fluorescence.”

22. J. C. Wright, F. J. Gustafson and L. C. Porter, New Applications of Lasers to Chemistry, ed. G. M. Hieftje (ACS Washington, DC, 1978). “Selective Excitation of Probe Ion Luminescence.”

23. M. P. Miller and J. C. Wright, J Chem. Phys. 71, 324 (1979). “Multiphonon and Energy Transfer Relaxation in Charge Compensated Crystals.”

24. F. J. Gustafson and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem., 51, 1762 (1979). “Trace Analysis of Lanthanides by Laser Excitation of Precipitates.”

25. M. V. Johnson and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 51, 1774 (1979). “Trace Analysis of Nonfluorescent Ions by Associative Clustering with a Fluorescent Probe.”

26. M. B. Seelbinder and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B20, 4308 (1979). “Site Selective Spectroscopy of CaF2:Ho3+.”

27. J. C. Wright, D. R. Tallant, F. J. Gustafson, M. V. Johnston, M. P. Miller, D. S. Moore, L. C. Porter and J. R. Akse, Angewandte Chemie 91, 765 (1979). “Anwendung von SEPIL auf die Festkorper-Defektchemie von Fluoriten und die extreme anorganische Spurenanalyse.”

28. D. S. Moore and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Lett. 66, 173 (1979). “Evidence for Cluster Control of the Defect Equilibria in Fluorite Structure Crystals.”

29. J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectrosc. 34, 151 (1980). “Double Resonance Excitation of Fluorescence in the Condensed Phase – An Alternative to Infrared, Raman, and Fluorescence Spectroscopy,”

30. J. C. Wright and M. J. Wirth, Anal. Chem. 52, 1087A (1980). “Principles of Lasers.”

31. J. C. Wright and M. J. Wirth, Anal. Chem. 52, 988A (1980). “Lasers and Spectroscopy.”

32. J. C. Wright, Applications of Lasers to Chemical Problems, ed. T. R. Evans (John Wiley, New York, 1982). “Applications of Lasers to Analytical Chemistry.”

33. J. C. Wright, Lasers and Chemical Analysis, eds. G. M. Hieftje, F. E. Lytle and J. C. Travis (Humana Press, New Jersey, 1981). “Nonlinear Optics.”

34. J. C. Wright, Lasers and Chemical Analysis, eds. G. M. Hieftje, F. E. Lytle and J. C. Travis (Humana Press, New Jersey, 1981). “Analysis by Laser Induced Fluorescence.”

35. J. C. Wright, J. de Physique 41, C6-435 (1980). “Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Equilibria in Fluorite Materials.”

36. M. V. Johnston and J. C. Wright, Lasers and Chemical Analysis, eds. G. M. Hieftje, F. E. Lytle and J. C. Travis (Humana Press, New Jersey, 1981). “Trace Analysis of Non-Fluorescent Ions by Association with a Fluorescent Probe in the Solid State.”

37. D. S. Moore and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 74, 1626 (1981). “Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Chemistry in CaF2:Er.”

38. J. C. Wright, Modern Fluorescence, ed. E. L. Wehry (Plenum Press, New York, 1981). “Probe Ion Techniques for Trace Analysis.”

39. M. V. Johnston and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 53, 1050 (1981). “Determination of Ultratrace Levels of Uranium by Selective Laser Excitation of Precipitates.”

40. M. B. Seelbinder and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 75, 5070 (1981). “Identification of Higher Order Clusters in Charge Compensated Materials Using Three-Body Energy Transfer.”

41. M. V. Johnston and J. C. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. 85, 3064 (1981). “Defect Processes Involving Oxygen Compensated Sites in CaF2 Precipitates Doped with Lanthanides and Actinides.”

42. M. V. Johnston and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 53, 1054 (1981). “Selective Laser Excitation of Probe Ion Luminescence from Associated Clusters in Precipitates.”

43. R. J. Hamers, J. R. Wietfeldt and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 77, 683 (1982). “Defect Chemistry in CaF2:Eu3+.”

44. S.-I. Mho and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 77, 1183 (1982). “Site Selective Spectroscopy of Defect Chemistry in CdF2:Er3+.”

45. L. C. Porter and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 77, 2322 (1982). “Site Selective Spectroscopy and Defect Chemistry of CaO.”

46. L. C. Porter and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 27, 237 (1982). “Site Selective Spectroscopy of Rare Earth Doped ThO2.”

47. M. V. Johnson and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 54, 2503 (1982). “Determination of Transition Metals by Selectively Excited Probe Ion Luminescence of Magnesium Oxide.”

48. L. C. Porter, J. R. Akse, M. V. Johnson and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectros. 37, 360 (1983). “Host Materials for Laser-Excited Fluorescence of Lanthanide Probe Ions.“

49. S.-I. Mho and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 79, 3962 (1983). “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Defects in PbF2. A Superionic Conductor.”

50. M. A. Valentini and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Lett. 100, 133 (1983). “Site Selective Rare Earth Spectroscopy in Proteins.”

51. S. H. Lee, D. C. Nguyen and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectros. 37, 472 (1983). “Double Resonance Excitation of Fluorescence by Stimulated Raman Scattering.”

52. S.-I. Mho and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 81, 1421 (1984). “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of the Insulator-to-Semiconductor Transition in CdF2:Er3+.”

53. John C. Wright, Laser Applications in Chemistry, eds. K. L. Kompa and J. Wanner, NATO Series B, 105 (1984). “Laser Excited Fluorescence Methods in Analytical Chemistry.”

54. John C. Wright, Laser Applications in Chemistry, eds. K. L. Kompa and J. Wanner, NATO Series B, 105 (1984). “Analytical Methods Based on Absorption of Laser Light.

55. John C. Wright, Laser Applications in Chemistry, eds. K. L. Kompa and J. Wanner, NATO Series B, 105 (1984). “Multiphonon Ionization in Analytical Chemistry.”

56. John C. Wright, Laser Applications in Chemistry, eds. K. L. Kompa and J. Wanner, NATO Series B, 105 (1984). “Nonlinear Spectroscopic Techniques and Their Application toAnalytical Chemistry.”

57. S.-I. Mho and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence, 31/32, 148 (1985). “Laser Spectroscopy of Point Defects in CdF2 on the Transition to a Semiconductor.”

58. A. J. Ramponi and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence, 31/32, 151 (1985). “Nucleation of Defects in KCl:Sr2+.”

59. J. R. Wietfeldt and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence, 31/32, 263 (1985). “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Defects in SrCl2:Er3+.”

60. J. K. Steehler, D. C. Nguyen and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 31/32, 858 (1985). “Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy of Mixed Crystals Using Three Input Frequencies.”

61. M. A. Valentini and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 31/32, 905 (1985). “Site Selective High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of Europium in Calcium Binding Proteins.”

62. R. J. Haskell and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 57, 332 (1985). “Determination of Rhenium at Ultratrace Levels by Selective Laser Excitation of Precipitates.”

63. A. J. Ramponi and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 31, 3965 (1985). “Selective Laser Excitation of Charge Compensated Sites in KCl:Sm2+.”

64. S. H. Lee, J. K. Steehler, D. C. Nguyen and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectros. 39, 243 (1985). “Site Selective Nonlinear Four Wave Mixing by Multiply Enhanced Non-Parametric and Parametric Spectroscopy.”

65. D. C. Nguyen and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectros. 39, 230 (1985). “Synchronous Scanning Methods for Organic Spectroscopy with Fully Resonant Four Wave Mixing.”

66. J. K. Steehler and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Lett. 115, 486 (1985). “Site Selective Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Pentacene:p-Terphenyl.”

67. J. K. Steehler and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectros. 39, 451 (1985). “Two Frequency CARS for Mixture Analysis Using Pentacene in p-Terphenyl as a Model.”

68. J. C. Wright, Cryst. Latt. Def. and Amorph. Mat. 12, 505 (1985). “Laser Spectroscopy of Point Defect Equilibria in Insulators and Transitions of Insulators to Superionic State.”

69. M. A. Valentini and J. C. Wright, Anal. Biochem. 150, 47 (1985). “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Lanthanide Binding Sites in Calmodulin.”

70. D. C. Nguyen and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Lett. 117, 224 (1985). “Multiply Enhanced Nonparametric Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

71. J. K. Steehler and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 83, 3200 (1985). “Parametric and Non-Parametric Four Wave Mixing in Pentacene:p-Terphenyl.”

72. J. K. Steehler and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 83, 3188 (1985). “Multiply Enhanced Site Selective CARS Spectroscopy.”

73. J. R. Wietfeldt and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 83, 4210 (1985). “Anomalous Defect Distributions in SrCl2.”

74. S. K. Doorn and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 57, 2869 (1985). ”Comparison of CaF2 and LaF3 as Host Lattices for the Determinations of Lanthanides.”

75. J. C. Wright, D. C. Nguyen, J. K. Steehler, M. A. Valentini and R. J. Haskell, Analytical Applications of Lasers, ed. E. H. Piepmeier (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986). “Linear and Nonlinear Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy in Analytical Chemistry.”

76. J. R. Wietfeldt, D. S. Moore, B. M. Tissue and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 33, 5788 (1986). “Mechanism of Nonresonant Energy Transfer Between Ions in SrF₂:Er³⁺.”

77. F. J. Weesner and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 33, 1372 (1986). “Laser Spectroscopy of Ion Size Effects on Point Defect Equilibria in PbF2:Eu3+.”

78. R. J. Haskell and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 58, 766 (1986). “Ultratrace Determination of Osmium by Laser Excitation of Precipitates.”

79. R. J. Haskell and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 59, 423 (1987). “Determination of Heavy Siderophile Elements in Geological Samples via Selective Excitation of Probe Ion Luminescence.”

80. R. J. Haskell and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 36, 331 (1987). “Host Precipitates for Trace Analysis of Heavy Metal Ions by Laser Excited Fluorescence.”

81. J. R. Wietfeldt and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 86, 400 (1987). “Laser Spectroscopic Study of Defect Equilibria in SrCl2.”

82. A. J. Ramponi and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 35, 2413 (1987). “Site-Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Aggregation Kinetics in KCl:Sm2+.”

83. M. T. Riebe and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Lett. 138, 565 (1987). “Nonlinear Line Narrowing Spectroscopy in Mixed Organic Crystals.”

84. R. J. Carlson and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Lett. 140, 101 (1987). “Perturbative Description of Extra Resonances in CARS.”

85. B. M. Tissue and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 37, 117 (1987). “Observation of Sharp-Line Lanthanide Fluorescence in High Temperature Superconductors.”

86. B. M. Tissue and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 36, 9781 (1987). “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of CaF₂: Pr³⁺ and CaF₂: Pr³⁺, R³⁺ (R³⁺= Y³⁺, Gd³⁺, Nd³⁺).”

87. R. J. Carlson and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 38, 331 (1987). “Effects of Saturation on the Elimination of Inhomogeneous Broadening by Nondegenerate Fully Resonant Four Wave Mixing.”

88. K. M. Cirillo and J. C. Wright, J. Crystal Growth 85, 453 (1987). “Fluorine Oxidation of Rare Earth Dopant Ions in CaF2 Single Crystals.”

89. B. M. Tissue, K. M. Cirillo, J. C. Wright, M. Daeumling and D. C. Larbalestier, Solid State Commun. 65, 51 (1988). “Conversion of La2CuO4-d to a Superconductor by Treatment in Fluorine Gas.”

90. K. M. Cirillo, J. C. Wright, J. Seuntjens, M. Daeumling and D C. Larbalestier, Solid State Commun. 66, 1237 (1988). “Fluorine Oxidation of High Temperature Superconductors.”

91. M. T. Riebe and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 88, 2981 (1988). “Spectral Line Narrowing and Saturation Effects in Fully Resonant Nondegenerate Four Wave Mixing.”

92. M. T. Riebe and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 40,41, 549 (1988). “Demonstration of Four Wave Mixing Line Narrowing Spectroscopy - The Nonlinear Analogue of Fluorescence Line Narrowing.”

93. A. J. Ramponi and J. C. Wright. J. Luminescence 40,41, 387 (1988). “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of the Dynamics of Defect Aggregation in Alkali Halides.”

94. B. M. Tissue and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 40,41, 313 (1988). ”Laser Spectros-copy as a Probe of Structural Changes in Eu Doped La2-xSrxCuO4.”

95. B. K. Winker and J. C. Wright, Optics Lett. 13, 913 (1988). “Elemental Analysis by Doubly Resonant Four Wave Mixing in Na Seeded Flames.”

96. B. K. Winker and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 60, 2599 (1988). “Nonlinear Atomic Spectroscopy of Flames.”

97. B. M. Tissue and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 42, 173 (1988). “Identification of Fluorescing Phases in Eu3+ Doped La_1.85Sr_0.15CuO₄ Superconductors.”

98. B. K. Winker and J. C. Wright, Optics Lett. 14, 54 (1989). “Nondegenerate Multiply Resonant Four Wave Mixing with Dynamic Stark Effects in Sodium Seeded Flames.”

99. J. R. Poliak, K. R. Noon and J. C. Wright, J. Colid State Chem. 78, 232 (1989). “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Equilibria in MgO:Cr3+.”

100. R. J. Carlson and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectros. 43, 1195 (1989). “Absorption and Coherent Interference Effects in Molecular Four Wave Mixing.”

101. B. M. Tissue and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 44, 33 (1989). “Phonon Assisted Energy Transfer within Dimers in Pr3+:CaF2.”

102. J. C. Wright, R. J. Carlson, M. T. Riebe, J. K. Steehler, D. C. Nguyen, S. H. Lee,

B. B. Price and G. B. Hurst, Vibrational Spectra and Structure, 17B, pp. 123-158, eds.

H. D. Bist, J. R. Durig and J. F. Sullivan (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989). “Fully Resonant Nondegenerate Nonlinear Mixing Spectroscopy.”

103. R. J. Carlson and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. A 40, 5092 (1989). “The Diagrammatic Calculation of Resonant Optical Susceptibilities in the Presence of Excited State Populations and Population Feeding.”

104. B. M. Tissue and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 44, 121 (1989). “Magnetic Field Induced Enhancements in Energy Transfer within Dimers in SrF2:Er3+.”

105. J. C. Wright, Laser Techniques in Luminescence Spectroscopy, eds. T. Vo-Dinh and D. Eastwood (ASTM, Philadelphia, 1990). “Laser Based Fluorescence Methods for Materials Science.”

106. J. C. Wright, Structures and Active Sites of Minerals, eds. S. W. S. McKeever, L. M. Coyne and D. Blake (ACS Books, 1989). “Laser Excited Rare Earth Luminescence as a Probe of Mineral Characteristics.”

107. R. J. Carlson, D. C. Nguyen and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 92, 1538 (1990). ”Analysis of Vibronic Mode Coupling in Pentacene by Fully Resonant Coherent Four Wave Mixing.”

108. R. J. Carlson and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 92, 5186 (1990). “Analysis of Vibrational Correlations and Couplings in the Lowest Two Singlet States of Pentacene by High Resolution, Fully Resonant, Coherent Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

109. K. M. Cirillo-Penn and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 41, 10799 (1990). “Laser Spectroscopic Measurement of Point Defect Dynamics in Eu3+:CaF2.”

110. R. J. Carlson and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 93, 2205 (1990). “Analysis of Vibronic-Mode Coupling in Azulene by Fully Resonant Coherent Four Wave Mixing.”

111. B. B. Price and J. C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 62, 1989 (1990). “Scanned Laser Fluorescence Line Narrowing Spectroscopy of Photosensitive Organic Chromophores.”

112. R. J. Carlson and J. C. Wright, J. Molec. Spectrosc. 143, 1 (1990). “Line Narrowing in Multiresonant Third Order Molecular Spectroscopies.”

113. K. M. Cirillo-Penn and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 48/49, 505 (1991). “Identification of Defect Structures in Eu3+:CaF2 by Site Selective Spectroscopy of Relaxation Dynamics.”

114. C. D. Cleven, S. H,. Lee and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 44, 23 (1991). "Clustering and Percolation of Defects in Pr3+:CaF2 by Site Selective Spectroscopy of Relaxation Dynamics.”

115. J. C. Wright and K. M. Cirillo-Penn, Rad. Effects & Defects in Solids 119-121, 231 (1991). “New Laser Methods for Measuring Complete Defect Dynamics- Application to Rare Earth Doped Fluorites.”

116. J. C. Wright, R. J. Carlson, G. B. Hurst, J. K. Steehler, M. T. Riebe, B. B. Price, D. C. Nguyen and S. H. Lee, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 10, 349 (1991). “Molecular, Multi-resonant Coherent Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

117. G. B. Hurst and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 95, 1479 (1991). “Nonlinear Line Narrowing of Excited State Resonances in Perylene Doped Polymethymethacrylate Using Multiply Enhanced Nonparametric Spectroscopy.”

118. R. J. Carlson and J C. Wright, Anal. Chem. 63, 1449 (1991). “Enhanced Selectivity for Spectrochemical Measurement by Mode Selection with Fully Resonant Nonlinear Mixing.”

119. N. J. Cockroft, S. H. Lee and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 44, 4117 (1991). “Site Selective Spectroscopy of Defect Chemistry in SrTiO3, Sr2TiO4, and Sr3Ti2O7.”

120. D. M. Gill, A. Judy, L. McCaughan and J. C. Wright, Appl. Phys. Lett. 60, 1067 (1992). “Method for the Local Incorporation of Er into LiNbO3 Guided Wave Optic Devices by Ti Co-diffusion.”

121. N. J. Cockroft and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 45, 9642 (1992). “Distant and Local Compensation of Eu3+ Ion in Defect Centers in SrTiO3.”

122. M. G. D. Baumann, J. C. Wright, A. B. Ellis, T. Kuech and G. C. Lisensky, J. Chem. Educ. 69, 89 (1992). “Diode Lasers.”

123. G. B. Hurst and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 97, 3940 (1992). “Vibronic Spectroscopy of Amorphous Materials Using Higher Order Multiresonant Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy.”

124. B. B. Price and J. C. Wright, SPIE 1636, 53 (1993). "Multiresonant Nonlinear Spectroscopy."

125. J. C. Wright, SPIE 1636, 147 (1993). "New Chemical Measurements with Nonlinear Spectroscopy."

126. A. Meijerink and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 47, 2970 (1993). “Defect Dynamics in Superionic PbF2:Eu.”

127. J. E. Ivanecky and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 206, 437 (1993). "An Investigation of the Origins and Efficiencies of Higher Order Nonlinear Spectroscopic Processes."

128. A. Zilian, M. J. LaBuda, J. P. Hamilton, P. C. Chen, and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 58, 410 (1994). "Infrared Four-Wave Mixing Interferometry."

129. A. Zilian, M. J. LaBuda, J. P. Hamilton, P. C. Chen, and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 60,61; 655 (1994). "A New 4WM Process: Vibrationally Enhanced IR Spectroscopy."

130. D. M. Gill, J. C. Wright, and L. McCaughan, Appl. Phys. Letters 64, 2483 (1994). "Site Characterization of Rare Earth Doped LiNbO3 using Total Site Selective Spectroscopy."

131. L. J. Knott, N. C. Cockroft, and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 60/61, 227 (1994). "Defect Chemistry of Rare Earth Doped Strontium Titanate."

132. G. Henderson, R. C. Rittenhouse, J. C. Wright, and J. L. Holmes, J. Chem. Educ.:Software 5C, 17 (1994). "How a Photon is Created or Absorbed- A Dynamic Publication."

133. L. J. Knott and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. B 51, 5649 (1995). "Site Selective Spectroscopy of Erbium Doped SrTiO3, Sr2TiO4, and Sr3Ti2O7."

134. S. R. Hawi and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 103, 1274 (1995). "Multiresonant Four Wave Mixing in Diphenyl-Octatetraene Doped Bibenzyl Crystals."

135. A. O. Wright, L. R. Olsen, and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 244, 395 (1995). "High Pressure Solid State Chemistry Defect Dynamics using Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy".

136. A. Zilian and J. C. Wright, Molec. Physics 87B, 1261 (1996). "Polarization Effects in Four Wave Mixing of Isotropic Samples."

137. D. M. Gill, L. McCaughan, and J. C. Wright, Phys Rev B 53, 2334 (1996). "Determination of the Site Distribution of Er³⁺ in LiNbO₃".

138. L. Geng and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 249, 105 (1996). "Measurement of the Resonant Third Order Nonlinear Susceptibility of C₆₀ by Nondegenerate Four-Wave Mixing".

139. J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Ed. 73, 827-832 (1996). "Authentic Learning Environment in Analytical Chemistry Using Cooperative Methods and Open-Ended Laboratories in Large Lecture Courses".

140. L. R. Olsen, A. O. Wright, and J. C. Wright, Physical Review B 53, 14135 (1996). "Localized Fluoride Diffusion and Defect Equilibria in CaF₂:Eu³⁺ using Site Selective Spectroscopy and High Pressure Techniques".

141. J. C. Wright, M. J. LaBuda, D. E. Thompson, R. Lascola and M. W. Russell, Analy. Chem. 68, 600A-607A (1996). "Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy".

142. R. Lascola and J. C. Wright, Chemical Physics Letters 269, 79-84 (1997). "Measurement of the Second Order Molecular Hyperpolarizability of by Nondegenerate Four-Wave Mixing".

143. X. Ding, J. M. Alford, and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 269, 72-78 (1997).

"Lanthanide Fluorescence from Erbium Endohedral Fullerenes".

144. X. Ding and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 269, 341-348 (1997). "Laser Induced Fluorescence Line Narrowing in Buckminsterfullerene Hydroquinone Crystals".

145. J. C. Wright, P. C. Chen, J. P. Hamilton, A. Zilian, and M. J. LaBuda, Appl. Spectros. 51, 949-958 (1997). "Theoretical Foundations for a New Family of Infrared Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopies".

146. J. C. Wright, L. R. Olsen, and A. O. Wright, J. Lumines. 72-74, 238 (1997). "Defect Dynamics Measured with Diamond Anvil Cell and Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy".

148. J. C. Wright, M. J. LaBuda, A. Zilian, P. C. Chen, and J. P. Hamilton, J. Lumines. 72-74, 799 (1997). "New Selective Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopies".

149. D. Xiaoya, L. Geng, R. J. Lascola, and J. C. Wright, J. Lumines. 72-74, 553-554 (1997).

"Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy and Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy of Fullerenes and Er Endohedral Fullerenes".

150. M. J. LaBuda and J. C. Wright, Phys. Rev. Letters 79, 2446-2450 (1997). "Measurement of Vibrationally Resonant c⁽³⁾ and the Feasibility of New Vibrational Spectroscopies".

151. J. P. Hamilton, M. J. LaBuda, and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 277, 175-182 (1997).

"Observation of Vibrational Enhancement Using Pre-Resonant Infrared Four Wave Mixing".

152. W. Zhao, H. Li, R. West, and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 281, 105-110 (1997).

"Measurement of the Third-Order Nonlinear Susceptibility in a Representative Soluble Polymer with Acetylenic Linkages".

153. J. C. Wright, S. B. Millar, S. A. Kosiuk, and D. L. Penberthy, Focus on Calculus 13, 7-8 (1997). "Does Active Learning Cause Credible Differences in Student Competence?"

154. P. C. Chen, J. P. Hamilton, A. Zilian, M. J. LaBuda, and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectros. 52, 380-392 (1998). "Experimental Studies for a New Family of Infrared Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopies".

155. M. J. LaBuda and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 108, 4112-4122 (1998). "Singly Vibrationally Enhanced Infrared Four Wave Mixing".

156. M. J. LaBuda and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 290, 29-35 (1998). "Vibrationally Four Wave Mixing in 1,8 Nonadiyne".

157. R. Lascola and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 290, 117-124 (1998). "Measurement of the Second Order Molecular Hyperpolarizability of Fullerene Anions by CARS Spectroscopy".

158. J. C. Wright, S. B. Millar, S. A. Kosiuk, D. L. Penberthy, P. H. Williams, and B. E. Wampold, J. Chem. Educ. 75, 986-992 (1998). "A Novel Strategy for Assessing the Effects of Curriculum Reform on Student Competence".

159. J. C. Wright and C. S. Wright, Teachers College Record 100, 122-143 (1998). "A Commentary on the Profound Changes Envisaged by the National Science Standards".

160. W. Zhao and J. C. Wright, Physical Review Letters 83, 1950-1953 (1999). “Measurement of c⁽³⁾ for Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy”.

161. W. Zhao and J. C. Wright, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 1094-10998 (1999). "Spectral Simplification in Vibrational Spectroscopy Using Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing".

162. J. C. Wright and T. J. Zielinski, J. Chem. Educ. 76, 1367-1373 (1999). "Franck-Condon Factors and Their Use in Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics".

163. W. Zhao and J. C. Wright, Physical Review Letters 84, 1411-1414 (2000). “Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing- The Optical Analogue to 2D NMR”.

164. W. Zhao, K. M. Murdoch, N. J. Condon, D. M. Besemann, K. A. Meyer, P. C. Chen, J. P. Hamilton, A. Zilian, M. J. Labuda, D. E. Thompson, R. J. Carlson, G. B. Hurst, M. T. Riebe, J. K. Steehler and J. C. Wright, J. Luminescence 87-89, 90-95 (2000). “Comparisons Between 2D Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing and Site Selective Spectroscopy”.

165. W. Zhao, K. M. Murdoch, D. M. Besemann, N. J. Condon, K. A. Meyer, and J. C. Wright, Appl. Spectrosc.54, 1000 (2000). "Two Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy by Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing.”

166. Keith M. Murdoch, David E. Thompson, Kent A. Meyer, and John C. Wright, Appl. Spectr. 54, 1495-1505 (2000). "Modeling Window Contributions to Four Wave Mixing Spectra and Measurements of Third Order Optical Susceptibilities".

167. D. E. Thompson and J. C. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 11282-11289 (2000). "Model for Spectral Artifacts in Two Dimensional Four Wave Mixing Spectra from Absorption and Refractive Index Dispersion at Infrared Resonances".

168. K. M. Murdoch and J. C. Wright, Shpol'skii Spectroscopy and Other Site-Selection Methods, edited by C. Gooijer, F. Ariese, and J. W. Hofstraat, Wiley Interscience (New York, 2000). "Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Defects in Inorganic Materials".

169. K. M. Murdoch, N. J. Condon, W. Zhao, D. M. Besemann, K. A. Meyer, and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 335, 349-356 (2001). "Isotope and Mode Selectivity in Two Dimensional Vibrational Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy".

170. D. M. Besemann, N. J. Condon, K. M. Murdoch, K. A. Meyer, W. Zhao, and J. C. Wright, Chem. Phys. 266, 177-196 (2001). "Interference, Dephasing and Vibrational Coupling Effects Between Coherence Pathways in Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Nonlinear Spectroscopies".

171. K. A. Meyer and J. C. Wright, Analy. Chem. 73, 5020-5025 (2001). "Detection Limits For Time-Resolved Coherent Two-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy".

172. J. C. Wright, W. Zhao, K. M. Murdoch, D. M. Besemann, N. J. Condon, and K. A. Meyer, Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy, vol. 1, pp. 853-865; eds. J. M. Chambers and P. R. Griffiths, (Wiley and Sons, 2002). "Two-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy by Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four-Wave Mixing".

173. K. M. Murdoch and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 116, 5717-5724 (2002). "Infrared Spectroscopy of Ethanol Clusters in Ethanol-Hexane Binary Solutions."

174. J. C. Wright, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 21, 185-255 (2002). "Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy."

175. K. Kwak, S. Cha, M. Cho, and J. C. Wright, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 5675-5687 (2002). “Vibrational Interactions in Acetonitrile: Doubly Vibrationally Resonant IR-IR-Visible Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

176. Daniel Besemann, Nicholas Condon, Kent Meyer, Wei Zhao, and John C. Wright , Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 24, 1119-1125 (2003). “Experimental Determinations of Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy.”

177. John C. Wright, Nicholas J. Condon, Keith M. Murdoch, Daniel M. Besemann, and Kent A. Meyer, J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 8166 – 8176 (2003). “Quantitative Modeling of Nonlinear Processes in Coherent Two-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy”

178. Kent A. Meyer and John C. Wright, Chem. Phys. Letters 381, 642-649 (2003). “Coherent Two Dimensional Spectroscopy with Triply Vibrationally Enhanced Infrared Four Wave Mixing.”

179. Kent A. Meyer and John C. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 8388-8395 (2003). “Interference, Dephasing, And Coherent Control In Time-Resolved Frequency Domain Two Dimensional Vibrational Spectra.”

180. Kent A. Meyer, David E. Thompson, and John C. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 11485-11493 (2004). “Frequency and Time-Resolved Triply Vibrationally Enhanced Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

181. John C. Wright, Vibrational Spectroscopy 36, 179-184 (2004). “Vibrational Correlations via Coherent Multi-Resonant Four Wave Mixing.”

182. Daniel M. Besemann, Kent A. Meyer, and John C. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 10493-10505 (2004). “Spectroscopic Characteristics of Triply Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

183. Nicholas J. Condon and John C. Wright, J. Physical Chemistry A 109, 722-729 (2005). “Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing In Crotononitrile”.

184. John D. Bak and John C. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 18391-18399 (2005).

“Site Selective Spectroscopy of the Solid State Defect Chemistry in Erbium Doped Barium Titanate.”

185. Andrei V. Pakoulev, Mark A. Rickard, Kent A. Meyer, Kathryn Kornau, Nathan A. Mathew, David E. Thompson, and John C. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 3352-3355 (2006). “Mixed frequency/time domain optical analogues of heteronuclear multidimensional NMR”

186. M. A. Rickard, A. V. Pakoulev, K. Kornau, N. A. Mathew and J. C. Wright; J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 11384-11387 (2006). "Interferometric Coherence Transfer Modulations in Triply Vibrationally Enhanced Four-Wave Mixing."

187. Mark A. Rickard, Andrei V. Pakoulev, Nathan A. Mathew, Kathryn M. Kornau, and John C. Wright; J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 1163 – 1166 (2007). “Frequency- and Time-Resolved Coherence Transfer Spectroscopy.”

188. S. Ke, J. C. Wright and G. S. Kwon; Bioconjugate Chem 18, 1644-1650 (2007). "Avidin-Biotin-PEG-CPA complexes as potential EPR-Directed therapeutic protein carriers: Preparation and characterization."

189. A. V. Pakoulev, M. A. Rickard, N. A. Mathew, K. M. Kornau and J. C. Wright; J Phys Chem A 111, 6999-7005 (2007). "Spectral quantum beating in mixed frequency/time-domain coherent multidimensional spectroscopy."

190. S. Ke, J. C. Wright and G. S. Kwon; Bioconjugate Chem 18, 2109-2114 (2007). "Intermolecular interaction of avidin and PEGylated biotin."

Ph.D. STUDENTS [back to the top]

1. David R. Tallant, PhD, 1976. “Optical Study of Erbium-Doped Calcium Fluoride by Selective Laser Excitation.”

2. Marvin P Miller, PhD, 1978. “Nonradiative Relaxation Processes in Trivalent Erbium Doped Alkaline Earth Fluorides.”

3. Frederick J. Gustafson, PhD, 1978. “Determination of the Lanthanides at Trace Concentration Levels by Selective Excitation of Probe Ion Luminescence.”

4. Mark B. Seelbinder, PhD, 1980. “Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Clusters in Doped Calcium Fluoride.”

5. David S. Moore, PhD, 1980. “Laser Spectroscopic and EPR Studies of Defect Equilibria in Rare Earth Doped Fluorite Structure Crystals.”

6. Murray V. Johnston, PhD, 1980. “Fluorescent Probes in the Solid State and Their Application in Rare Earth Doped Fluorite Structure Crystals.”

7. Laura C. Porter, PhD, 1981. “Analytical Applications of Selectively Excited Lanthanide Ion Luminescence in Various Inorganic Powders.”

8. Steven H. Lee, PhD, 1981. “New Methods for Laser Analysis of Organic Compounds.”

9. Sun-Il Mho, PhD, 1983. “Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Chemistry in Conducting Materials.”

10. Mark A. Valentini, PhD, 1984. “High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of Lanthanide Ions in Biochemical Systems.”

11. Dinh C. Nguyen, PhD, 1984. “Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy of Organic Systems.”

12. Jack K. Steehler, PhD, 1984. “Multiresonant Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy of Pentacene in p-Terphenyl.”

13. John R. Wietfeldt, PhD, 1985. “Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Chemistry in Rare Earth Doped SrCl2 and Mechanism of Energy Transfer Between Ions in SrF2:Er3+.”

14. Albert J. Ramponi, PhD, 1986. “Studies of the Aggregation of Divalent Cations Doped in Alkali Halides Using Site-Selective Laser Spectroscopy.”

15. Royal J. Haskell, PhD, 1986. “Determination of 4– and 5–D Transition Metals Via Laser Excitation of Precipitates.”

16. Michael T. Riebe, PhD, 1987. “Line Narrowing in the Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Pentacene in Benzoic Acid.”

17. Bruce K. Winker, PhD, 1987. “High Resolution Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Atoms, Ions, and Molecules.”

18. Brian M. Tissue, PhD, 1988. “Energy Transfer Within Isolated Rare Earth Clusters,”

19. Roger J. Carlson, PhD, 1988. ”Two-Photon Nonlinear Spectroscopy.”

20. Kathleen M. Cirillo-Penn, PhD, 1989. ”Site Selective Methods for Kinetic Measurements of Defect Reequilibration in Insulators.”

21. Gregory B. Hurst, PhD, 1990. “Line Narrowed, Fully Resonant Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Perylene in PMMA.”

22. Bradford B. Price, PhD, 1990. “Fluorescence Line Narrowing and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Octaethylporphine.”

23. Peter C. Chen, PhD 1992. "Infrared Four Wave Mixing: A New Spectroscopic Technique Used to Probe the Interaction Between Vibrational Levels in Chlorobenzene.”

24. Joseph E. Ivanecky, PhD 1993. “Higher Order Effects in Nonlinear Raman Scattering.”

25. Andrew O. Wright, PhD 1994. “Solid State Defect Dynamics Measured with Site Selective Spectroscopy Employing a Diamond Anvil Cell."

26. James P. Hamilton, PhD 1994. “Vibrationally Enhanced Infrared Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

27. Laurel J. Knott, PhD 1994. “Electronic Defect Compensation in Perovskites.”

28. Sharon R. Hawi, PhD 1994. “Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polyenes: Diphenyl-Octatetraene.”

29. Douglas M. Gill, PhD 1994. "Incorporation and Characterization of Erbium in Lithium Niobate."

30. Lawrence R. Olsen, PhD 1995. “The Defect Chemistry and Diffusion of Fluoride Interstitials in Eu³⁺ Doped CaF₂ Studied with Site Selective Spectroscopy and High Pressure Techniques.”

31. Mitchell LaBuda, PhD 1996. "Direct Measurement of a Vibrational Hyperpolarizability."

32. Ding Xiaoya, PhD 1997. "Laser Spectroscopic Studies of Fullerenes, Fullerene Derivatives, and Erbium Endohedral Metallofullerenes."

33. Robert Lascola, PhD 1998. "Nonlinear Optical Properties of Neutral and Anionic Fullerenes."

34. David Thompson, PhD 1998. "Measuring and Modeling the Contribution of the Complex Refractive Index to Infrared Four Wave Mixing Lineshapes in Mixtures of Fully Deuterated Benzene and 1,8 Nonadiyne."

35. Nicholas J. Condon, PhD 2001. "Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy of Acetonitrile and Crotononitrile."

36. Daniel Besemann, Ph.D. 2003. "Inhomogeneous Broadening, Dephasing, and Interference Effects in Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy."

37. John D. Bak, PhD 2003. “Fluorescence and Atomic Defect Properties of Rare Earth Doped Barium Titanate”

38. Eugene Standifer, PhD Candidate. “Ionic Compensation Mechanisms in Perovskites.”

39. Kent Meyer, PhD 2004. "Frequency-Scanned Ultrafast Spectroscopic Techniques Applied to Infrared Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy".

40. Mark Rickard, PhD 2008. “Fundamental Studies of Triply Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

41. Nathan A. Mathew, PhD Candidate, “Coherent Control and Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy.”

42. Kathryn Kornau, PhD Candidate, “Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy in Metal Chelates.”

43. Stephen Block, PhD Candidate, “Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy of Electron Transfer Dynamics.”

44. Lena Yurs, PhD Candidate, “Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy of Photovoltaic Nanostructures.”

45. Schuyler Kain, PhD Candidate, “Exciton and Multi-Exciton Dynamics in Quantum Confined Structures.”

Masters Students [back to the top]

1. Kate Noon, 1986, “An Investigation of the Defect Site Distribution in MgO:Cr³⁺ Using Site Selective Spectroscopy.”

2. Amy Hofstra, 2001, "Biological Applications of 2D DOVE Spectroscopy".

3. Angela Peters, 2003, “Electronically Resonant 2D DOVE Spectroscopy”.

Postdoctoral Students

1. James Akse, UCLA, 1977-1979. “Selective Excitation of Probe Ion Luminescence.”

2. Dale Lutz, Stanford University, 1981-1983. “Site Distributions in Molecular Crystals.”

3. Nigel J. Cockroft, University of Canterbury, 1987-1989. “Solid State Chemistry of Perovskites.”

4. Andries Meijerink, University of Utrecht, 1990-1991. "Defect Dynamics in PbF2.”

5. Arne Zilian, University of Bern, Swiss NSF Fellow, 1991-1993. "Infrared Four Wave Mixing."

6. Lei Geng, Duke University, 1994-1995. "Optical Properties of Endohedral Fullerenes."

7. Wei Zhao, 1997-1999. "New Nonlinear Optical Materials".

8. Keith Murdoch, 1997-2000. "Determination of the Structure of Water Using Multiresonant Four-Wave Mixing."

9. Alastair Wark, 2001-2002 . "Surface Selective Nonlinear Spectroscopy."

10. Danling Wang, 2003-2005. “Electronically Resonant Doubly Vibrationally Enhanced Four Wave Mixing.”

11. Andrei Pakoulev, 2003-present. (Currently a staff scientist) “Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Bonded Systems.”

Undergraduate Students [back to the top]

1. Russell Emerson, BS, 1974. “Trace Analysis of Mn in Geological Materials.”

2. John Happel, BS, 1976. “Laser Dyes for N2-Laser Excitation.”

3. Mark Kurz, BS, 1976. “Laser Excitation of Single Ion and Clustered Ion Sites in SrF2:Er3+.”

4. Samuel Tse, BS, 1976. “Flame Photometric Studies of Coprecipitation in CaF2.”

5. Robert J. Hamers, BS, 1980. "Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Solid State Defect Chemistry in Eu³⁺:CaF₂ .”

6. Steve Doorn, BS, 1985. “A Comparison of CaF2 and LaF3 as Host Lattices for the Determination of Lanthanides by SEPIL.”

7. Scott Malarkey, BS, 1986. “Clustering in SrF2 Doped Crystals.”

8. Jeffrey Poliak, BS, 1987. “Solid State Defect Equilibria in MgO.”

9. Aaron Judy, BS, 1993. “Solid State Chemistry of Er Doped LiNbO3 Waveguide Lasers.”

10. Curtis Cleven, 1990 Summer Student from St. Olaf College. “Cluster Formation in Pr3+:SrF2.”

11. Kimberly Frederick, 1990 Summer Student from Lawrence University “Auto-mated Control of Phase Matching in Four Wave Mixing.”

12. Stephen L. Mielke, 1991 Summer Student from Lawrence University, “Six Wave Mixing in Paranitroaniline and Mode Mixing in Perylene.”

13. Bambang Adiwijaya, BS. 1994, "Rare Earth Doped Quantum Dots."

14. Brian Droscke, BS, 1994. "Hydrogenation of Fullerene Compounds."

15. Quynh Bui, BS, 1994 in Education, "Teaching Assistant Training Program for Chemistry."

16. Drew Hope, BS, 1996, "Construction of a Laser Excited Fluorescence System."

17. Bert Preston, BS, 1997. "Construction of a Laser Excited Raman System."

18. Stuart Burke, 2003 summer student from Lawrence University.

19. Adrian Williams, 2003 summer student from Lawrence University.

20. Conor Smith, BS candidate, 2005. “Nonlinear Infrared Flow Cell”.

21. Thomas Mueller, BS candidate, 2005. “Autocorrelation and FROG of Ultrafast Infrared Pulses”.

22. Brett Kroncke, BS candidate, 2007. “Construction of an Autocorrelator”.

23. Sam Bennett Penwell, BS candidate, 2009. “Spectroscopy of Derivatized Carbon Nanotubes and Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy.”

Research Grants Received [back to the top]

1. ACS Petroleum Research Fund, $75,000; September 1972 - August 1975. “Tunable Laser Study of Charge Compensated Rare Earth Doped Crystals.”

2. Research Corporation, $10,890; January 1973 - December 1974; “Selective Laser Excitation Studies of Charge Compensated Sites.”

3. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $75,279; March 1975 – February 1977. “Analytical Applications of Rare Earth Laser Spectroscopy.”

4. ACS Petroleum Research Fund, $16,000; September 1976 – August 1978. “Selective Laser Excitation Studies of Energy Transfer Between Dimerized Ions in Charge Compensated Crystals.”

5. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $114,500; March 1977 – March 1979. “Analytical Applications of Rare Earth Laser Spectroscopy.”

6. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $54,000; August 1977 - July 1979. “Solid State Chemistry of Defect Sites in Fluorite Crystals.”

7. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $155,000; March 1979 March 1982. “Analytical Applications of Rare Earth Laser Spectroscopy.”

8. National Science Foundation (Materials Science Division), $102,540; August 1979 - August 1982. “Solid State Chemistry of Defect Sites in Fluorite Crystals.”

9. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $80,790; March 1979 - March 1982. “New Analytical Applications of High Power Lasers.”

10. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $68,700; March 1982 December 1983. “New Analytical Applications of Site Selective Spectroscopy.”

11. National Science Foundation (Materials Science Division), $270,800; April 1982 November 1985. “Study of Point Defect Equilibria by Laser Spectroscopy.”

12. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $129,000; June 1983 December 1985. “New Analytical Applications of Site Selective Spectroscopy.”

13. Army Research Office, $122,032; July 1, 1985 - June 30, 1987. “Nonlinear Hole Burning Spectroscopy.”

14. National Science Foundation (Materials Science Division), $283,000; November 1985 – May 1988. “Study of Point Defect Equilibria and Energy Transfer by Laser Spectroscopy.”

15. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $246,755; December 1985 – June 1988. “Applications of Linear and Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy to Chemical Measurement.”

16. National Science Foundation (Materials Science Division), $257,000; February 1989 – December 1991. “Study of Point Defect Dynamics and Equilibria by Laser Spectroscopy.”

17. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $273,000; April 1989 – March 1992. “Analytical Applications of Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy.”

18. ACS Petroleum Research Fund, $40,000; August 1989 – August 1991. “Geochemical Applications to Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy.”

19. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $432, 755; March 1992 – March 1995. "Analytical Applications of Nonlinear Spectroscopy."

20. University of Wisconsin, $73,000; June, 1991-May, 1996. "Evan Helfaer Chair of Chemistry".

21. National Science Foundation (Materials Science Division), $342,000; August 1993 - August 1996. "Laser Spectroscopy of New Fullerene Based Optical Materials."

22. National Science Foundation (Education Division), $49,834; November 1994 - October 1995. "The Chemistry Curriculum: Establishing New Traditions."

23. National Science Foundation (Education Division), $2,500,000; June 1995 - May 2000. "The Chemistry Curriculum: Establishing New Traditions."

24. National Science Foundation (Analytical Chemistry Division), $334,000; August 1995 – March 1998. "Analytical Applications of Nonlinear Spectroscopy."

25. University of Wisconsin College of Letters and Science, April, 1994- March, 1995. "Computer Aided Cooperative Learning".

26. National Science Foundation (Materials Science Division), $346,872; November 1996 - October 1999. "Laser Spectroscopy of New Fullerene Based Optical Materials."

27. National Science Foundation (Analytical and Surface Science Division), $505,000; March 1999 – February 2002. "Analytical Applications of Infrared Nonlinear Spectroscopy."

28. ACS Petroleum Research Fund, $60,000; June 2000 – August 2002. “Hydrogen Bonding in Foldamer Model Systems using 2D DOVE Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

29. National Science Foundation (Analytical and Surface Science Division), $426,500; March 2002 – February 2005. "Analytical Applications of Coherent Two Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy."

30. National Science Foundation (Analytical and Surface Science Division), $450,000; March 2005 – February 2007 (Creativity Award Extension). "Analytical Applications of Coherent Two Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy."

31. ACS Petroleum Research Fund, $80,000; September 1, 2005- August 2007. “Electronically Resonant Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy.”

32. National Science Foundation (Analytical and Surface Science Division), $590,000; March 2007 – February 2010. "Analytical Applications of Coherent Two Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy."

Patents and Technological Contributions [back to the top]

1. U.S. Patent, 4,007,009. February 8, 1977. “Chemical Analysis of Ions Incorporated in Lattices Using Coherent Excitation Sources.”

2. Introduced the stirred dye cell as a replacement for dye pumping systems in N2 pumped dye laser systems. This innovation is marketed by Molectron Corporation on the dye laser systems (1974).

3. M. T. Zanni, E. C. Fulmer and J. C. Wright; Patent # 60/611,408 assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (2005). "Nonlinear Spectroscopic Methods for Identifying and Characterizing Molecular Interactions."

Invited National and International Presentations [back to the top]

1. 1975 ACS Meeting; Chicago, IL; August 1975. “Selective Laser Excitation of Probe Ions and Applications in Chemistry,”

2. Frontiers of Analytical Chemistry Symposium at June ACS Meeting; Chicago, IL; June 1976. “New Techniques of Chemical Analysis by Laser Spectroscopy.”

3. Spectroscopic des Elements de Transition et des Elements Lourds dans les Solides; Lyon, France; June 1976. “Selective Excitation Studies of the Solid State Chemistry and Energy Transfer in Charge Compensated Crystals.”

4. New Applications of Lasers in Chemistry Symposium at Spring ACS Meeting; Anaheim, CA; 1978. “Selective Excitation of Probe Ion Luminescence.”

5. New Applications of Luminescence Spectroscopy Symposium; Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Indianapolis, IN; June 1978. “Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy of Condensed Phases.”

6. Gordon Research Conference in Analytical Chemistry; New Hampton, NH ; August 1978. “Laser Excitation of Probe Ions in Condensed Phases.”

7. Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Rockford, IL; June 1979. “Relationships Between Academics and Industry in Laser Spectroscopy.”

8. Analytical Summer Symposium on Lasers in Analytical Chemistry; West Lafayette, IN; June 1979. “Analysis by Laser Induced Fluorescence.”

9. 1980 ACS Meeting; Houston, TX; March 1980. “Gravimetric Methods for Ultra-Trace Detection by Laser Excited Fluorescence.”

10. Gordon Research Conference in Analytical Chemistry, New Hampton, NH ; August 1981. “Improved Sensitivity for Fluorescence Analysis Using Laser Techniques.”

11. 1982 ACS Meeting; Las Vegas, NV; March 1982. “Counting Molecules – Approaching the Limits of Chemical Analysis.”

12. 1982 ACS Meeting; Las Vegas, NV; March 1982. “Recent Advances in Selectivity for Laser Spectroscopy.”

13. NATO Advanced Study Institute on Laser Applications to Chemistry; San Miniato, Italy; June 1982. Four talks: 1) “Analytical Chemistry Methods Based on Absorption of Laser Light,” 2) “Laser Excited Fluorescence Methods in Analytical Chemistry.” 3) “Multiphoton Ionization in Analytical Chemistry,” 4) “Non-Linear Spectroscopic Techniques and Their Applications to Analytical Chemistry,”

14. FACSS Conference; Philadelphia, PA; September 1982. “Recent Developments in Site Selective Spectroscopy.”

15. FACSS Conference; Philadelphia, PA; September 1982. “Practical Aspects of Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy.”

16. 1983 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy for Increased Specificity in Trace Measurements.”

17. American Physical Society National Meeting; Washington, DC; April 1984. “Energy Transfer Within Isolated Rare Earth Clusters.”

18. Rocky Mountain Conference; Denver, CO; August 1984. “Multiresonant Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

19. International Conference on Defects in Insulating Solids; Salt Lake City, UT; August 1984. “Laser Spectroscopy of Point Defect Equilibration in Insulators and Transitions of Insulators to Superionic and Semiconducting Materials.”

20. International Conference on Unconventional Solids; Cleveland, OH; Sept 1985.

21. 17th International Rare Earth Research Conference; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; June 1986. “Identification of the Mechanism for Phonon Assisted Energy Transfer.”

22. Laser Applications to Chemical Analysis; Incline Village, NV; January 1987. “Applications of Linear and Nonlinear Site Selective Spectroscopy to Chemical Measurements.”

23. Symposium on Spectroscopy & Chemical Analysis; Chicago, IL; May 1987.

24. Dynamical Processes Conference; Tskuba, Japan; August 1987.

25. Symposium on Nonlinear Spectroscopy; Riken Institute; Japan; August 1987.

26. International Conference on Luminescence; Beijing, China; August 1987.

27. 1987 ACS Meeting; New Orleans, LA; August 1987.

28. Conference on Accuracy in Trace Analysis; Gaithersburg, MD; September 1987.

29. Advanced Concepts Workshop in Raman Spectroscopy; Kanpur India; Dec 1987.

30. Society for Applied Spectroscopy of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA; April 1988.

31. Analytical Summer Symposium of ACS; Stanford, CA; June 1988.

32. 1988 ACS Meeting; Los Angeles, CA; September 1988.

33. FACSS Conference; Los Angeles, CA; September 1988.

34. 1989 ACS Meeting; Miami Beach, FL; September 1989.

35. FACSS Conference; Chicago, IL; October 1989.

36. Optical Society of America National Meeting; Orlando, FL; October 1989.

37. Pittsburgh Conference; New York, NY; March 1990.

38. Europhysics Conference on Lattice Defects in Insulating Materials; Groningen, The Netherlands; September 1990.

39. ACS Meeting, New York, NY; September 1991.

40. Optical Society of America; Los Angeles, CA; January 1992.

41. 1994 ACS Meeting- Analytical Division; Chicago, IL; August 1993.

42. 1994 ACS Meeting- Chemical Education Division; Chicago, IL; August 1993.

43. International Conference on Luminescence; Storrs, CT; August 1993.

44. Optical Society of America; Toronto, Canada; October 1993.

45. 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education; Bucknell University; July, 1994.

46. 1994 ACS Meeting- Physical Chemistry Division; Washington, DC; August 1994.

47. 1994 ACS Meeting- Chemical Education Division; Washington, DC; August 1994.

48. 1995 ACS Meeting, Chicago, IL; August 1995.

49. MATLAC Conference on Chemical Education, St. Paul, MN; October 1995.

50. Gordon Research Conference, "Innovations in Teaching College Chemistry", Plymouth, NH; July 1996.

51. 15th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Clemson University; August 1996.

52. International Conference on Luminescence, Prague, Czech Republic, August 1996.

53. American Association of Physics Teachers; Planning the Revitalization of Undergraduate Physics; College Park, MD; September 20, 1996.

54. Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta, GA; March 1997.

55. ACS National Meeting; San Francisco, CA, April, 1997

56. ACS National Meeting; San Francisco, CA, April, 1997

57. Sixth Conference on Teaching of Mathematics; Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.

58. ACS National Meeting; Las Vegas, September, 1997

59. ACS National Meeting; Dallas; March, 1998.

60. ACS National Meeting; Boston; August, 1998.

61. Eastern Analytical Symposium; Somerset, NJ; November, 1998.

62. National Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of America; Seattle, WA; March 1999.

62. Dynamical Processes Conference; Puerto Rico; May, 1999.

63. International Conference on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed Phases; Osaka, Japan; August 1999.

64. Conference on Multiresonant Nonlinear Spectroscopy; Kobe, Japan; August 1999.

65. International Conference on 2D Correlation Spectroscopy; Sanda City, Japan; August 1999.

66. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); Vancouver, Canada; October 1999.

67. APS National Meeting, Symposium on 2D Vibrational Spectroscopy; Minneapolis, MN, March 2000.

68. International Conference on Diffuse Reflectance, Plenary Speaker; Chambersburg, PA, August 2000.

69. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); Nashville, TN; October 2000.

70. Pittcon 2001; New Orleans, LA; March 2001.

71. International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy; Okasaki, Japan; May, 2001.

72. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); symposium on Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy; Detroit, MI; October 2001.

73. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); symposium on Lasers in Chemistry; Detroit, MI; October 2001.

74. American Physical Society National Meeting; Indianapolis, IN; March, 2002; symposium on Nonlinear Molecular Choreography.

75. International Conference on Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy; Korea University; Seoul, Korea; October, 2002

76. National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA; October, 2002; Joint Meeting of the Physical Sciences Directorate and the Science Education Directorate

77. International Conference on 2D Correlation Spectroscopy; Nottingham, England; August 2003.

78. Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) National Forum on Teaching Reform; Madison, WI; November, 2003.

79. 24th Annual Conference on Statistical Physics of Macromolecules: from Electronic Structure to Fluid Dynamics, Santa Fe, NM; May, 2004; Invited talk.

80. International Conference on Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy; Madison, WI; August, 2004; Invited speaker and Conference Organizer

81. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); symposium on Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy; Portland, OR; October 2004.

82. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA; March, 2005

83. Experimental Biology and Congress of Physiological Sciences- American Society of Biology and Medical Biology, San Diego, CA; April, 2005.

84. Telluride Workshop on Nonlinear Ultrafast Spectroscopy in Fluids- June, 2005.

85. International Conference on 2D Correlation Spectroscopy; Delavan, WI ; August, 2005.

86. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C.; August, 2005.

87. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA; August, 2006.

88. International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy; Freising, Germany; July, 2007.

89. International Conference on 2D Correlation Spectroscopy; Beijing, China ; August, 2007.

90. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); symposium on Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy; Memphis, TN; October 2007.

Invited University and National Laboratory Lectures [back to the top]

1. Northern Illinois University; November 1975; Departmental Colloquium. “New Techniques in Analytical Chemistry.”

2. Indiana University; February 1976; Departmental Colloquium. “New Developments in Trace Analysis.”

3. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; October 1976; Departmental Colloquium. “Laser Spectroscopy of Solid Materials.”

4. Argonne National Laboratories: December 1976. “Uses of Laser Spectroscopy in Chemical Studies.”

5. Marquette University; February 1977; Departmental Colloquium. “Use of Lanthanide Ions in Studying Defect Equilibria.”

6. Washington University; September 1977; Joint Seminar with Physics, Chemistry and Geology. “Fundamental and Applied Studies of Condensed Phases by Laser Spectroscopy.”

7. Carleton College; November 1977; Departmental Seminar. “Uses of Lasers in Analytical Chemistry.”

8. Wayne State University; October 1978; Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium Series. “New Applications of Laser Spectroscopy in Chemistry.”

9. Purdue University; November 1978; Point Physical Chemistry–Analytical Chemistry Seminar. “Use of Lasers for Studying Defects in Fluorites and Performing Ultra-Trace Analysis.”

10. University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana; October 1979; Departmental Seminar. “Laser Spectroscopy of Lanthanide Fluorescent Probe Ions.”

11. Ohio State University; November 1979; Departmental Seminar. “Site Selective Spectroscopy of Condensed Phases.”

12. National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD; June 1980. “Analytical Appli-cations of Rare Earth Laser Spectroscopy.”

13. Oak Ridge National Laboratories; Oak Ridge, TN; June 1980. “Rare Earth Laser Spectroscopy for Defect Chemistry and Trace Analysis.”

14. University of Indiana, South Bend; October 1980. “Laser Methods in Analytical Chemistry.”

15. University of Georgia, Athens; October 1981. “Site Selective Rare Earth Laser Spectroscopy.”

16. University of Texas, Austin; December 1981. “Chemical Applications of Site Selective Spectroscopy.”

17. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; October 1982. “Chemical Analysis with Lasers.”

18. ACS talk at University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; March 1983. “Applications of Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy in Chemistry.”

19. University of Michigan; March 1984; Departmental Colloquium. “Site Selective Linear and Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy.”

20. Iowa State University, Ames, IA; January 1985.

21. University of Tennessee, Knoxville; April 1985.

22. Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, TN; April 1985.

23. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; April 1985.

24. University of California, Berkeley; April 1986.

25. Society of Applied Spectroscopy; Milwaukee, WI; December 1986.

26. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; March 1987; Departmental Colloquium.

27. University of Delaware, Newark, DE; October 1987; Departmental Colloquium.

28. University of California, Riverside; December 1987; Departmental Colloquium.

29. St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN; March 1988; Departmental Colloquium.

30. Carlton College, Northfield, MN; March 1988; Departmental Colloquium.

31. Union College, Schenectady, NY; April 1988; Departmental Colloquium.

32. University of Virginia, Charlottesville; May 1988; Departmental Colloquium.

33. University of Tennessee, Knoxville; November 1989; Departmental Colloquium.

34. Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, TN; November 1989; Seminar.

35. Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; May 1990; Seminar.

36. Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, NM; May 1990; Seminar.

37. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; September 1990; Seminar.

38. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI; January 1991; Seminar.

39. Upjohn Company, Midland, MI; June 1992; Seminar.

40. Duke University, Durham, NC; March 1993; Departmental Seminar.

41. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; April 1993; Departmental Seminar.

42. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; March 1996; Departmental Seminar.

43. Tufts University, Boston, MA; March 1997; Edy Memorial Lecture.

44. Holy Cross University, Worster, MA; March 1997; Departmental Colloquium.

45. University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTN; July 1997; Special Alumni Reunion Conference Speaker.

46. University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI; October 1997; Departmental Colloquium.

47. University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA; November 1997; Departmental Colloquium.

48. Wayne State University; Detroit, MI; February 1998; Departmental Colloquium.

49. Marquette University; Milwaukee, WI; February 1998; Departmental Colloquium.

50. University of Nebraska ; Lincoln, NB; March 1998; University of Nebraska Special Lecture on New Methods of Teaching.

51. Montana State University; Bozeman, MT; March 1998; Physics Departmental Colloquium.

52. Whitman College; Walla Walla, WA; March 1999; Physics Departmental Colloquium.

53. Society for Applied Spectroscopy Meeting, Indiana Section; University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN; October 1999.

54. Florida State University; Tallahassee, FL; January 2000; Departmental Colloquium.

55. University of Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico; January 2000; New Traditions Workshop on Chemistry Teaching.

56. Michigan State University; Ann Arbor, MI; March 2000; Two seminars- Special University Seminar on Teaching Innovations using Technology and an Analytical Chemistry Research Seminar.

57. Ohio State University; Columbus, OH; April 2000; Analytical Seminar.

58. University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, OH; April 2000; Two Departmental Colloquia- one on research and a second on active learning methods.

59. Rockford College; Rockford, IL; May 2000; Departmental Colloquium on active learning methods.

60. University of Missouri; Columbia, MO; April 2001; Departmental Colloquium on Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy.

61. Society of Applied Spectroscopy (Minneapolis/St. Paul Chapter) and 3M Corporation; St. Paul, MN; June 2001; joint seminar.

62. Argonne National Laboratories; Chicago, IL; September 2001.

63. University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; October 2001; Physical Chemistry Seminar.

64. University of Georgia; Athens, GA; January, 2002; Physics Colloquium.

65. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; February, 2002; Interdisciplinary Sciences at the Interface of Education (ISIE) program

66. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; February, 2002; Physical Chemistry Seminar

67. University of Victoria; Victoria, BC; March, 2002; Department of Chemistry Colloquium

68. University of British Columbia; Vancouver, BC; March, 2002; Endowed Dow Lecture in Lectures in Modern Chemistry Series.

69. Simon Frasier University; Vancouver, BC; March, 2002; Department of Chemistry Colloquium.

70. University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC; April, 2002; Department of Chemistry Colloquium.

71. University of Delaware; Newark, DE; April, 2002; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Education Program Colloquium. "Active Learning Teaching Methods-What They Are and Are They Worth The Effort?"

72. University of Arkansas; Little Rock, AK; May, 2002; Distinguished Speaker at College of Information Science and Systems Engineering (DCISSE) Colloquium.

73. University of Toronto; Toronto, Canada; September, 2002; Optical Physics and Photonics Colloquium

74. Seoul National University; Seoul, Korea; October, 2002; Departmental Colloquium.

75. Ajou University; Korea; October, 2002; Departmental Colloquium

76. Northwestern University; Evanston, IL; November, 2002; Physical Chemistry Seminar.

77. Carleton College, Northfield, MN; February, 2003; Departmental Seminar.

78. Iowa State University, Ames, IO; April, 2003; Departmental Seminar.

79. Hope College, Holland, MI; January, 2004; Departmental Seminar

80. University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN; March, 2004; Chemistry Departmental Seminar

81. Los Alamos National Laboratories; Los Alamos, NM; May, 2004; Seminar

82. University of Oregon, Portland, OR; October, 2004; Departmental Seminar

83. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; November, 2004; Seminar at JILA for IGERT Program in Optical Sciences

84. University of Toronto; March 2006; Toronto, Canada- Physical Chemistry Seminar

85. Imperial College; July, 2007; London, England- Physical Chemistry Seminar

86. Lawrence University; October, 2007; Appleton, WI- Chemistry and Physics Colloquium

Contributed Papers [back to the top]

1. 14th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials; November 1969; New York, NY. “Optical Study of Ordering in DyPO4, DYAsO4, and DyVO4.”

2. Physical Chemistry Seminar; Harvard University; March 1972. “Laser Pumped Solid State Infrared Quantum Counters.”

3. VIIth International Quantum Electronics Conference; May 1972; Montreal, Canada. “2-m Laser-Pumped Quantum Counters.”

4. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemical Conference; Marquette University; November 1973. “Laser Spectroscopy of Charge Compensated Crystals.”

5. 11th Rare Earth Research Conference; Traverse City, MI; October 1974. “Selective Laser Excitation of Charge Compensated Rare Earth Sites in CaF2:Er3+.”

6. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemical Conference; St. Paul, MN; November 1974. “Analytical Applications of Selective Excitation.”

7. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy; Cleveland, OH; March 1975. “Trace Analysis of Rare Earths by Selective Excitation.”

8. 169th ACS National Meeting; Philadelphia, PA; April 1975. “Applications of Laser Spectroscopy to Energy Transfer Studies of Charge-Compensated Crystals.”

9. Gordon Research Conference on Analytical Chemistry; New Hampton, NH; August 1975, “Applications of Selective Laser Excitation.”

10. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemical Conference; Wayne State University; November 1975. “Trace Analysis by Selective Excitation of Rare Earth Probe Ions.”

11. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy; Cleveland, OH; March 1976 (with F. J. Gustafson). “New Techniques for Rare Earth Analysis.”

12. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy; Cleveland, OH; March 1976. “Techniques for Multiple Anion Analysis at the Trace Level by Laser Spectroscopy of Co-Precipitation.”

13. 10th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Chicago, IL; June 1976. “Solid State Defect Equilibrium.”

14. 10th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Chicago, IL; June 1976 (with M. P. Miller). “Quantum Efficiency and Rate Measurements of Energy Transfer Between Single Pair Ions.”

15. 10th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Chicago, IL; June 1976 (with M. B. Seelbinder). “Defect Compensation Mechanisms of CaF2:Ho3+.”

16. 3rd Conference of Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies; Philadelphia; November 16, 1976. “Inorganic Ion Analysis by Laser Excitation of Precipitates.”

17. 11th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Stevens Point, WI; June 1977. “Identification of Solid State Equilibria Between Defects by Selective Laser Excitation of Lanthanide Probe Ions.”

18. 11th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Stevens Point, WI; June 1977 (with M. B. Seelbinder). “Selective Laser Excitation Studies of CaF2.”

19. 11th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Stevens Point, WI; June 1977 (with M. P. Miller). “Multiphonon Relaxation and Nonresonant Energy Transfer Rates.”

20. 11th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Stevens Point, WI; June 1977 (with F. J. Gustafson). “Determination of Rare Earths at the Sub-PPB Level by Coprecipita-tion in Calcium Fluoride and Selective Laser Excitation.”

21. 11th Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Stevens Point, WI; June 1977 (with L. C. Porter). “Trace Analysis by Selective Laser Excitation of Rare Earths in Sulphate Precipitates.”

22. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemical Conference; Lincoln, NE; October 1977. “Trace Analysis by SEPIL.”

23. 175th ACS National Meeting; Anaheim. CA; March 1978. “Use of Lasers and Lanthanides for Studying Point Defects.”

24. 14th Rare Earth Research Conference: Fargo, ND; June 1979. “Solid State Chemistry in the Fluorites and Its Influence on the Spectroscopy.”

25. Third Europhysics Topical Conference—Lattice Defects in Ionic Crystals; Canterbury, England; September 1979. “Laser Spectroscopy of Defect Equilibria in Fluorite Materials.”

26. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemical Conference; University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana; October 1979. “Gravimetric Methods Using Laser Spectroscopy.”

27. American Physical Society Annual Meeting; Chicago; January 1980. “Energy Transfer and Multiphonon Relaxation in Charge Compensated Crystals.”

28. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemical Conference; Iowa State University; Ames, IA; October 1980. “Laser Methods of Analysis.”

29. American Physical Society Annual Meeting; Phoenix, AZ; March 1981. “New Insights into Point Defect Equilibria in Fluorite Crystals Using Laser Spectroscopy.”

30. American Physical Society National Meeting; Detroit, MI; March 1984. “Multiresonant Four Wave Mixing Studies of Organic Mixed Crystals.”

31. International Conference on Luminescence; Madison, WI; August 1984. “Site Selective High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of Europium in Calcium Binding Proteins.”

32. International Conference on Luminescence; Madison, WI; August 1984. “Laser Spectroscopy of Point Defects in CdF2 on the Transition to a Semiconductor.”

33. International Conference on Luminescence; Madison, WI; August 1984. “Nucleation of Defects in Alkali Halides.”

34. International Conference on Luminescence; Madison, WI; August 1984. “Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy of Mixed Crystals Using Three Input Frequencies.”

35. International Conference on Luminescence; Madison, WI; August 1984. “Phonon Assisted Energy Transfer in SrF2:Er3+.”

36. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society Meeting; Philadelphia; September 1984. “Site Selective Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Molecules in Low Temperature Matrices.”

37. American Physical Society National Meeting; Baltimore, MD; March 1985. “Study of Superionic Materials by Site Selective Laser Spectroscopy.”

38. American Physical Society National Meeting; Baltimore, MD; March 1985. “Solid State Defect Chemistry of Point Defects in Fluorites.”

39. International Conference on Unconventional Solids; Cleveland, OH; Sept 1985.

40. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; University of Pittsburgh; October 1986.

41. Lasers '86 Conference; Orlando, FL; November 1986.

42. International Quantum Electronics Conference; Baltimore, MD; April 1987. “Elimination of Inhomogeneous Brroadening in Low Temperature Mixed Organic Crystals Using Fully Resonant Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy.”

43. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; Columbus, OH, November 1987.

44. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; East Lansing; MI; November 1988.

45. International Conference on Luminescence; Lisbon, Portugal, July 1990.

46. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; Minneapolis; October 1990.

47. Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Analytical Chemistry Program; University of Michigan; June, 1994.

48. Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting; Chemical Education Program; University of Michigan; June, 1994.

49. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; Northern Illinois University; October 1995.

50. American Chemical Society National Meeting; Chemical Education Program; Orlando, FL; 4 papers; August, 1996.

51. International Conference on Luminescence, Prague, Czech Republic, August 1996 (2 papers).

52. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; Univ. Illinois; October 1996.

52. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; Purdue University; October 1997.

53. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; Illinois State University; October 1999.

54. Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference; University of Wisconsin; October 2000.

55. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); Detroit, MI; October 2001.

56. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS); Detroit, MI; October 2001.

57. Educational Research & Methods Conference- American Society of Engineering Education- S. Courter, J. Wright, J. Kwako, T. Root, D. Byrnes, and C. Conrad. Chicago, June 18-21, 2006; “Transforming College Teaching Courses Into Authentic Experiences”.

Review Panels [back to the top]

1. Department of Energy- Basic Energy Science Section, Genome Research Instrumentation Program; Washington, D.C.; September 1998.

2. Departmental Review- Department of Chemistry (joint with Amos Smith, U. Penn.), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; March-April, 2003.

Outreach [back to the top]

"Light, Our Most Precious Gift" presented at Conversations in Science Program; May, 2002, Madison, WI.

"Chemistry and Life" presented at Winter Enrichment Lecture Series sponsored by the Greater Madison Area Naturalists, February, 2001.

Organized Symposium on Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy at FACSS Conference, Detroit, October 2001.

Organized the Molecular and Vibrational Spectroscopy Symposia at the 2002 FACSS Conference, Providence, October 2002.

Chemical Demonstration at Evansville Middle School, May, 2001.

Chemical Demonstration at Oregon Middle School, January, 2002.

K thru ∞ Program Presentation on Active Learning Methods in Chemistry, April, 2002.

Chemical Demonstration at Oregon Middle School, January, 2003.

Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning (CIRTL)- Delta program. EPD 654 “College Classroom Teaching” with Sandra Coulter and Joan Kwako. Fall semester, 2003-04.

Chemical Demonstration at Oregon Middle School, November, 2004.

Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning (CIRTL)- Delta program. EPD 654 “College Classroom Teaching” with Sandra Coulter and Joan Kwako. Fall semester, 2004-05.

J. Kwako, S. Courter and J. C. Wright College Classroom Course- a guidebook; 1 ed.; CIRTL: Madison, 2005.

Chemical Demonstration at Oregon Middle School, November, 2005.

Chemical Demonstration at Oregon Middle School, January, 2007.

WOW Demonstrations, UW-Madison, February, 2007

* Work done prior to appointment at University of Wisconsin