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Josh VuraWeis 1 / 8 Josh Vura - Weis Dep t . of Chemistry University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaignMathews AvenueUrbana, IL 61801(650) 384 vura weis@ illinois .edu E University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Aug 2013 – Present ESEARCH XPERIENCE NSF ACC - F Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of California, Berkeley Jul 2010 – Jun 2013 Advisor : Stephen R. Leone, Department of Chemistry Tabletophighharmonic ultrafasttransient ray absorptionspectroscopy of semiconductors Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University Dec 2009 – Jun 2010 Graduate Research Assistant, Northwester n University Sep 2004 Nov 2009 Advisors : Mark A. Ratner and Michael R. Wasielewski, Department of Chemistry Ph.D. Thesis: “Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Investigation of Charge and Energy Trans fer Through π Stacks Research Assistant, Stanford University Jun 2003 – Jul 2004 B.S. in Chemistry with Honors in Education Advisor: Edward I. Solomon, Depart DFT Investigation of metal - thiolate bonding in blue copper protein mimics WARDSAND ONORS Teachers Ranked as Excellent 2016,2017 Sloan Fellowship 2017 - 2019 NSF CAREER award 2016 - 2021 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Yo ung Investigator 2014 - 2017 ACS Physical Division Postdoctoral Research Award 2012 NSF ACC - F Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010 - 2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2005 - 2008 ROPOSALSRANTS WARDED ( $4 80K) 2018 - 2021 ACS PRF ($110K) 2017 - 2019 Sloan Fellowship ($60K) 2017 - 2018 NSF CAREER, CHE CSDM - A ($657K) 2016 - 2021 94 K) 2014 - 2017 American Competitiveness in Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Sci ence Foundation ($200K) 2010 - 2012 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation 2005 - 2008 Josh VuraWeis 2 / 8 ERVICE Organizer of “Frontiers in high - harmonic generation: time, ene rgy, and complexity” symposium at Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science. August 2017 Co - o rganizer o f “ Chemical Applications of Ultrafast X - ray/XUV Spectroscopy and Scattering ” symposium at the Fall 2018 ACS conference Reviewer for AFOSR YIP, NSF CMI and CS DM - A, DOE CPIMS , ACS PRF Review

2 er for JACS, JPCL, Inorg Chem, Chem Phys
er for JACS, JPCL, Inorg Chem, Chem Phys, Springer Books , PNAS, Science Advances NDEPENDENT UBLICATIONS 36. Kubas, A.; Verkamp, M.; Vura - Weis, JK.; Neese, F.; Maganas, D.; “ A Restricted Open Configuration Interaction Singles Study on Mand Ledge Xray Absorption Spectroscopy of Solid Chemical Systems ”, Submitted to J Chem Theory Computation 2018. 35. Zhang, K.; Girolami, G.S.; Vura - Weis, J.; “ Improved Charge Transfer Multiplet Method to Simulate Mand LEdge Xray Absorption Spectra of MetalCentered Excited States”, Submitted to J Synch Rad, arXiv: 34. Ryland, E.S.; Lin, M. - F.; Verkamp, M.A.; Zhang, K.; Benke, K; Carlson, M.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Tabletop Femtosecond Medge XANES of FeTPPCl: Metalloporphyrin Photophysics from the Perspective of the Metal”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018140; 46914696; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01101 33 Lin, M. - F.; Verkamp, M.A.; Leveillee, J.; Ryland, E.S.; Benke, K.; Zhang, K.; Weninger, C,; Shen, X.; Li, R.; Fritz, D.; Bergmann, U.; Wang, X.;Schleife, A.; VuraWeis, J.Carrier Specific Femtosecond XUV Transient Absorption of PbIReveals Ultrafast Nonradiative Recombination”, J. Phys. Chem. C; 121; 27886 32 Delgado - Jaime, M.U.; Zhang, K; Vura - Weis, J .; de Groot, F.M.F.; “ CTM 4DOC: Electronic structure analysis from X - Ray Spectroscopy ”, J . Synch . Rad ., ; 2016 ; 23; 1264 - 1271 31 Zhang, K.; Lin, M. - F.; Ryland, E.S.; Verkamp, M.A.; Benke, K.; Vura - Weis, J. ; “ Shrinking the synchrotron: tabletop xray absorption of transition metal complexesJ. Phys. Chem. Lett.7; 3383 30 Lin, M. - F.; Verkamp, M.A.; Ryland, E.S.; Zhang, K.; Vura - Weis, J. ; “ Impact of spatial chirp on high harmonic extreme ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy of thin films”, OptSci; 33; • Selected as “Editor’s Pick”RADUATEOSTDOCTORAL UBLICATIONS 29 Siefermann, K.; Pemmaraju, C.D.; Neppl. S.; Shavorskiy, A; Cordones, A; Vura - Weis, J. ; Slaughter, D.; Sturm, F.; Weise, F.; Blum, H.; Strader, M.; Lin, M.F.; Bacellar, C.; Khurmi, C.; Guo, J.; Coslovich, C.; Robinson, J.S.; Kaindl, R.A.; Schoenlein, R.W.; Belkacem, A.; Neumark, D.M.; Leone, S.R.; Nordlund, D.; Ogasawara, H.; Krupin, O.; Turner, J.J.; Schlotter, W.F.; Holmes, M.R.; Messerschmidt, M.; Minitti, M.P.; Gul, S.; Zhang, J.Z.; Huse, N.; Prendergast, D.; Gessner, O.; “AtomicScale Perspective of Ultrafast Charge Transfer at a Dye Semiconductor Interface ”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. ; 2014 ; 5; 2753 Josh VuraWeis 3 / 8 28 . Jiang, C. - M.; Baker L.R.; Lucas, J.M.; Vura - Weis, J ; Alivisatos, A.P.; Leone, S.R.; Characterization of PhotoInduced Charge Transfer and Hot Carrier Relaxation Pathways in Spinel Cobalt Oxide (Co3O4)”; J. Phys. Chem. C; 118; 22774; DOI: 10.1021/jp5071133 27 . Baker L.R.; Jiang, C. - M.; Kelley, S; Lucas, J.M.; Vura - Wei s, J ; Gilles, M.K.; Alivisatos, A.P.; Leone, S.R.; “Charge Carrier Dynamics of P

3 hotoexcited Co3O4 in Methanol: Extending
hotoexcited Co3O4 in Methanol: Extending High Harmonic Transient Absorption Spectroscopy to Liquid Environments”, Nano Lett; 14; 5883; DOI: 10.1021/nl502817a 26 Neelakan dan, P.P.; Zeidan, T.A.; McCullagh, M,; Schatz, G.C.; Vura - Weis, J . ; Kim, C.H.; Wasielewski, M.R.; Lewis, F.D. ; “Ground and excited state electronic spectra of perylenediimide dimers with flexible and rigid geometries in DNA conjugatesChem. Sci.5; 973; DOI: 10.1039/C3SC52908H 25 . Vura - Weis, J. ; Jiang, C. - M.; Liu, C.; Gao, H.; Lucas, J. M., de Groot, F. M. F.; Yang, P.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Leone, S. R. “Femtosecond M2,3edge spectroscopy of transition metal oxides: photoinduced oxidation state change in αJ. Phys. Chem. Lett.4; 3667; DOI: 10.1021/jz401997d 24. Shavorskiy, A; Cordones, A; Vura - Weis, J. ; Slaughter, D.; Sturm, F.; Weise, F.; Strader, M.; Cho, H.; Lin, M.F.; Bacellar, C.; Khurmi, C.; Hertlein, M.; Guo, J.; Bluhm,H.; Tyliszczak, T.; Prendergast, D.; Coslovich, G.; Robinson, J.; Kaindl, R.A.; Schoenlein, R.W.; Belkacem, A.; Weber, T.; Neumark, D.M.; Leone, S.R.; Nordlund, D.; Ogasawara, H.; Nilsson, A.R. Krupin, O.; Turner, J.J.; Schlotter, W.F.; Holmes, M.R.; Heimann, P.A.; Messerschmidt, M.; Minitti, M.P.; Beye, M.; Gul, S.; Zhang, J.Z.; Huse, N.; Gessner, O. “TimeResolved XRay Photoelectron Spectroscopy Techniques for RealTime Studies of Interfacial Charge Transfer Dynamics, Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry”, AIP Conf. Proc.; ; 1525; 475; DOI: 10.1063/1.4802374 2 3 . Thazhathveetil, A.K.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M.R.; Lewis, F.D. “ The Dynamics and Efficiency of Hole Transport in LNA:DNA Hybrid Diblock OligomersJ. Am. Chem. Soc.(Article);134; 16434DOI: 10.1021/ja307989t 22. Xiong, P.; Nocek, J.M.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Lockard, J.V.; Wasielewski, M.R.; Hoffman, B.M.; Faster InterproteinElectron Transfer in a [Myoglobin, ] Complex with a Redesigned Interface ”, Scie nce ; (Report); 2010 ; 330; 1075 - 1078; DOI: 10.1126/science.1197054 21 Vura - Weis, J. ; Newton, M.D.; Wasielewski, M.R.; Subotnik, J.E.; “ Characterizing the Locality of Diabatic States for Electronic Excitation Transfer By Decomposing the Diabatic Coupling J. Phys. Chem. C ; (Article); 2010; 48; 20449 - 20460; DOI: 10.1021/jp104783r 20. Solomon, G.C.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Herrmann, C.; Wasielewski, M.R.; Ratner, M.A.; “ Understanding Coherent Transport through πStacked Systems upon Spatial DislocationJ. Phys. Chem. B(Article); ; 114; 14735DOI: 10.1021/jp103110h 19. Vura - Weis, J. ; Abdelwahed, S.H.; Shukla, R.; Rathore, R.; Ratner, M.A.; Wasielewski, M.R.; Crossover from SinglStep Tunneling to Wirelike Multistep Hopping for Molecular Triplet Energy TransferScience; (Report); 328; 15471550; DOI: 10.1126/science.1189354 18. Solomon, G.C.; Herrmann, C.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M.R.; Ratner, M.A.; “ The Chameleonic Nature of Electron Transport through πStacked Systems

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J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication); 2010; 132; 7887 – 7889; DOI: 10.1021/ja102434m Josh VuraWeis 4 / 8 17. Subotnik, J.E.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Sodt, A.J.; Ratner, M.A.; “ Predicting Accurate Electronic Excitation Transfer Rates via Marcus Theory with Boys or EdmistonRuedenberg Localized DiabatizationJ. Phys. Chem. A; (Article); 2010, 114; 86658675; DOI: 10.1021/jp101235a 16. Maeda, C.; Kim, P.; Cho, S.; Park, J.K.; Lim, J.L.; Kim, D.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M. R.; Shinokubo, H.; Osuka, A.; arge Porphyrin Squares from the SelfAssembly of mesoTriazoleAppended LShaped mesomesoLinked ZnTriporphyrins: Synthesis and Efficient Energy Transfer ”, Chem. Eur. J.; (Full paper); 2010 ; 16; 5052 - 5061; DOI: 10.1002/chem.200903195 15. Greyson, E.C .; Vura - Weis, J. ; Michl, J, Ratner, M.A.; “ Maximizing Singlet Fission in Organic Dimers: Theoretical Investigation of Triplet Yield in the Regime of Localized Excitation and Fast Coherent Electron TransferJ. Phys. Chem. B.; (Article); 2010; 114; 141614177; DOI: 10.1021/jp907392q 14. Vura - Weis, J. ; Ratner, M.A.; Wasielewski, M.R. “ Geometry and Electronic Coupling in Perylenediimide Stacks: Mapping Structure Charge Transport Relationships”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. ; (Communication); 2010 ; 132; 1738 – 1739 ; DOI: 10.1021/ja907761e 13. She, C.; Lee, S.J.; Youm, K.T.; Mulfort. K.L.; McGarrah, J.E.; Farha, O.K.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski. M.R.; Chen, H.; Schatz. G.C.; Ratner, M.A.; Hupp, J.T.; Photoinduced electron transfer from rail to rung within a selfassembled porphyrin oligomeric ladderChem. Commun. ; 2010 ; 46; 547; DOI: 10.1039/b916392a 12. Lewis. F.D.; Thazhathveetil, A.K.; Zeidan, T.A.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M.R. “ Dynamics of Ultrafast Singlet and Triplet Charge Transfer in AnthraquinoneDNA Conjugates”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Communication); , 132; 444445; DOI: 10.1021/ja908470d 11. Bullock, J.; Carmieli, R.; Mickley, S.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M.R. “ Photoinitiated Charge Transport through piStacked Electron Conduits in Supramolecular Ordered Assemblies of DonorAcceptor TriadsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Article); ; 131; 1191929; DOI: 10.1021/ja903903q 10. Vura - Weis, J. ; Lewis, F.D.; Ratner, M.A.; Wasielewski, M.R. “ Influence of Base Pair Sequence on Hole Tranfer through StilbeneLinked DNA Oligomersinvited chapter,Charge and Exciton Transport through Molecular Wires, Eds: Siebbeles, L.D.A. and Grozema, F.C.; WileyVCH, Weinheim; 9. Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M.R.; Thazhathveetil, A.K.; Lewis, F.D. “ Efficient Charge Transport in DNA Diblock Oligomers.J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Article); 2009131; 97229727; DOI: 10.1021/ja9015217 8. Hariharan, M.; Zheng, Y.; Long, H.; Zeidan, T.; Schatz, G.C.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M.; Zuo, X.; Tiede, D.; Lewis, F.D. Hydrophobic Dimerization and Thermal Dissociation of Perylenediimide Linked DNA HairpinsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.

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; (Article); 2009; 131; 59205929; DOI: 10.1021/ja900347t 7. Daublain, P.; Siegmund, K.; Hariharan, M.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M.R., Lewis, F.D. ; Shafirovich, V.; Wang, Q.; Raytchev, M.; and Fiebig, T. Photoinduced Charge Separation in Pyrenedicarboxamide Linked DNA HairpinsPhotochem. Photobio. Sci.; (Article); ; 7; 1501 1508; DOI: 10.1039/b813995d Josh VuraWeis 5 / 8 6. Easwaramoorthi, S.; Jang, S. Y.; Yoon , Z. S.; Lim, J. M.; Lee, C. - W.; Mai, C. - L.; Liu, Y. - C.; Yeh, C. Y.; VuraWeis, J.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Kim, D. StructureProperty Relationship for Two Photon Absorbing Multiporphyrins: Supramolecular Assembly of HighlyConjugated Multiporphyrinic Ladde rs and Prisms J. Phys. Chem. A; (Article); ; 112; 65636570; DOI: 10.1021/jp801626s 5. Goldsmith, R. H.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Vega, A.; Sen, A.; Borkar, S.; Ratner, M. A., Wasielewski, M. Unexpectedly Similar Charge Transfer Rates Through Benzoannulated Bicyclo[2.2.2]octanesJ. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Article); ; 130; 76597669; DOI: 10.1021/ja8004623 4. Lewis, F. D.; Daublain, P.; Cohen, B.; Vura - Weis, J . ; Wasielewski, M. R. ; “ The Influence of Guanine on DNA Hole Transport EfficiencyAngew. Chemie. Int. Ed.; (Communication) 47; 37983800; DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705903 3. Lewis, F. D.; Daublain, P.; Zhang, L.; Cohen, B.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Wasielewski, M. R.; Shafirovich, V.; Wang, Q.; Raytchev, M.; Fiebig, T.Reversible BridgeMediated Excited State Symmetry Breaking in StilbeneLinked DNA DumbbellsJ. Phys. Chem. B.; (Article); 112; 38383843; DOI: 10.1021/jp710718p 2. Lewis, F. D.; Daublain, P.; Cohen, B.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Shafirovich, V.; Wasielewski, M. R. ; Dynamics and Efficiency of DNA Hole Transport via Alternating AT versus Poly(A) SequencesJ. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Communication); ; 129; 1513015131; DOI: 10.1021/ja076876o 1. Gorelsky, S. I.; Basumallick, L.; Vura - Weis, J. ; Sarangi, R.; Hodgson, K. O.; Hedman, B.; Fujisawa, K.; Solomon, E. I. Spectroscopic and DFT Investigation of [M{HB(3,5pz)}(SC)] (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) Model Complexes: Periodic Trends in MetalThiolate BondingInorg. Chem.; (Article); ; 444960; DOI: 10.1021/ic050371 RESENTATIONS ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA Invited talk: “ANYL: Ultrafast tabletop XUV absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes and organohalide perovskites”Contributed talk: “PHYS: “Femtosecond XUV transient absorption enables carrierand elementspecific measurement of interfacial charge transfer” May 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Solar Fuels, Newport, CA Poster: “Catalytic reaction intermediates identified with ultrafast tabletop M - edge XANES” Jan 2018 Inter - American Ph otochemical Society Winter Conference, Sarasota, Fl Invited talk: “Ultrafast tabletop XUV absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes and organohalide perovskites” Jan 2018 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Invited talk: “Ultrafast t

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abletop XUV absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes and organohalide perovskites” Nov 2017 Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, Washington, DC Contributed talk: “Carrierand ElementSpecific Femtosecond XUV Transient Absorption of Hybrid Lead Halide Perov skites” Sep 2017 Josh VuraWeis 6 / 8 ACS Fall Meeting, Washington, DC 1) Invited talk: “PHYS: Carrierspecific femtosecond extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of semiconductors”2) Contributed talk: “INOR: Femtosecond Medge XANES of openshell transition metal porphyrins” Aug 2017 International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Complexes, Oxford, UKContributed talk: “Ultrafast Tabletop XUV absorption Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Complexes” Jul 2017 Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Mainz, Germany Invited talk: “Ultrafast tabletop XUV absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes and organohalide perovskites” Jul 2017 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mulheim, GermanyInvited talk: “Ultrafast tabletop XUVabsorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes and organohalide perovskites” Jul 2017 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Urbana, IL Contributed talk: “Femtosecond ElementSpecific XUV Spectroscopy of Complex Molecules and Materials ” Jul 2017 Marquette University, Marquette, WI Invited talk: “Shrinking the Synchrotron: Ultrafast tabletop Xray absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes” Apr 201 7 Hope College, Holland, MI Invited talk: “Shrinking the Synchrotron: Ultrafast tabletop Xray absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes” Feb 2017 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI Invited talk: “Shrinking the Synchrotron: Ultrafast tabletop Xray absorption spectroscopy of transition metal complexes” Feb 2017 OSA Front iers in Optics/Laser Science Invited talk: “Shrinking the Synchrotron: Tabletop Medge XANES of Coordination Complexes” Oct 2016 University of Rochester, Rochester NY Invited talk: “Shrinking the Synchrotron: Tabletop Medge XANES of Coordination Complexe s” Oct 2016 ACS Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 1) Invited talk: CarrierSpecific Dynamics in Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics Probed with Transient XUV Spectroscopy”2) Contributed talk: “Shrinking the Synchrotron: Tabletop Medge XANES of Coordination Co mplexes ” Aug 2016 Gordon Conference on Donor - Acceptor Interactions, Newport, RI Poster Prize Talk: “Shrinking the Synchrotron: Tabletop Femtosecond XANES ” Jul 2016 Josh VuraWeis 7 / 8 SSRL/LCLS Seminar: Research Opportunities in Photochemistry, Solar Energy & Advanced XrayMethodsInvited talk: “Tabletop femtosecond XANES of transition metal complexes … and does highharmonic generation complement or compete

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with F ELs?” Jun 2016 Notre Dame University , Notre Dame, IN Invited Talk: Tabletop Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Element Specific Organometallic Photophysics ” Apr 2016 Eastern Illinois University , Charleston, IL Invited Talk: Tabletop Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Element Specific Organometallic Photophysics ” Apr 2016 APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD Invited Talk: “Tabletop Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Element Specific Organometallic Photophysics” Mar 2016 Gordon Conference on Metals in Biology, Ventura, CA Poster: “ Tabletop Femtosecond XANES at Metal M - edges ” Jan 2016 Lewis University, Romeoville , IL Invited Talk: “Tabletop Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Element Specific Organometallic Photophysics ” Oct 2015 ACS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA Talk: “Tabletop Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of ElementSpecific Organometallic Photophysics ” Aug 201 5 XAFS 16: Soft X - ray in Energy and Time , Berlin, Germany Invited Talk: “Tabletop XUV spectroscopy as a new tool for inorganic electronic structure” Aug 2015 Gordon Conference on Donor - Acceptor Interactions, Newport, RI Poster: “Femtosecond xray spectroscopy of electron dynamics: no synchrotron required ” Aug 2014 Dept of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign. Invited Talk: “Photophysics of transition metal oxides revealed by femtosecond tabletop x - ray transient absorption spectroscopy ” Jan 2013 Dept of Chemistry, Yale University. Invited Talk: “Photophysics of transition metal oxides revealed by femtosecond tabletop x - ray transient absorption spectroscopy ” Jan 2013 Dept of Chemistry, Harvard University. Invited Talk: “Photophysics of transition metal oxides revealed by femtosecond tabletop x - ray transient absorption spectroscopy ” Jan 2013 Dept of Photochemistry, Bowling Green State University. Invited Talk: “Photophysics of transition metal oxides revealed by femtosecond tablet op x - ray transient absorption spectroscopy ” Jan 2013 Dept of Chemistry, NYU. Invited Talk: “Photophysics of transition metal oxides revealed by femtosecond tabletop x - ray transient absorption spectroscopy ” Dec 2012 Dept of Chemistry, University of Pitt sburgh. Invited Talk: “Photophysics of transition metal oxides revealed by femtosecond tabletop x - ray transient absorption spectroscopy ” Dec 2012 Josh VuraWeis 8 / 8 Dept of Chemistry, University of Utah. Invited Talk: “Photophysics of transition metal oxides revealed by femtosecond tabletop x - ray transient absorption spectroscopy ” Nov 2012 ACS Fall National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA ACS PHYS Postdoctoral Award Talk: “Ultrafast Xray transient absorption reveals exciton and charge dynamics in semiconductor nanocrystals ” A

8 ug 2012 Gordon Conference on Donor
ug 2012 Gordon Conference on Donor - Acceptor Interactions, Newport, RI Poster: “Ultrafast tabletop xray transient absorption of exciton and charge dynamics in semiconductors” Aug 2 012 G or don Confe rence on Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Nanostructures Poster: “Exciton and Charge Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanostructures Revealed by Transient X - ray Absorption” Jul 2011 Western Spectroscopy Association , Asilomar, CA Invited talk: “Crossover from Singlestep Tunneling to Multistep Hopping for Molecular Triplet Energy Transfer Jan 2011 Gordon Conference on Donor - Acceptor Interactions, Newport, RI Poster prize talk: “Crossover from Singlestep Tunneling to Multistep Hopping for Molecular Triplet Energy Transfer Aug 2010 APS User Science Seminars, Argonne National Lab Invited Talk: Crossover from Singlestep Tunneling to Multistep Hopping for Molecular Triplet Energy Transfer ” Mar 2010 APS Users Meeting, Argonne National Lab Synchrotron Radiation in Chemical Science Workshop, Invited Talk: SAXS/WAXS Determination of SelfAssembled Structures for Solar Energy Conversion ” May 2009 ACS Spring National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT Contributed Talk: Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Investigation of Perylene Diimide Cyclophanes as Models for Charge Transfer Through π Stacks ” Apr 2009 NSF CRC on DNA Photonics, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA LongDistance, Rapid, and Efficient Hole Transfer through A DNA Sequences” Sep 2008 Gordon Conference on Donor - Acceptor Interactions, Newport, RI Poster: “AM1/CI Molecular Dynamics Analysis ofVibrational Gating Effects on Charge Transfer: An Efficient, General Technique for the Study of Large Organic Molecules” Aug 2008 American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry, Evanston, IL Poster: “AM1/CI Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Vibrational Gating Effects on Charge Transfer: An Efficient, General Technique for the Study of Large Organic Molecules ” Jul 2008 ACS Spring National Meeting, Chicago, IL Poster: “Perylene Diimide Cyclophanes as Models for Charge Transfer through π Stacks ” Apr 2006