This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $529,482 to the University of Rochester to develop the theory and simulation of the emergent properties of matter when driven or "dressed" by lasers. The project aims to: (a) Develop a Floquet theory and simulation scheme to model the optical absorption properties of realistic laser-dressed solids, in order to make experimentally testable predictions...
The University of Rochester received a $698,568 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research titled "CAREER: CAS: COMBINING MAIN GROUP AND TRANSITION METALS TO TUNE THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, PHOTOPHYSICS, AND PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF SPINEL OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS." The five-year project beginning February 1, 2021 will investigate combining main group and transition metals to tune the electronic structure,...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $500,000 Project Grant titled "CURRENT STATISTICS IN COHERENT NON-EQUILIBRIUM TRANSPORT OF DRIVEN STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS" to the University of Rochester. The award, effective August 1, 2024, supports fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative discoveries in areas such as quantum information science, advanced computing, and emerging technologies. The...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $460,000.00 to the University of Rochester to conduct research on "Mitigation of Cross Beam Energy Transfer and Hot Electrons by Laser Spectral Bandwidth". The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025....
The National Science Foundation awarded a $174,824 project grant to the University of Rochester under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2023. The grant funds research to develop "SMART ACOUSTIC SURFACES AS MULTIMODAL INTERFACES," which will advance the development and use of computing, communications, and information technologies through investigator-initiated research and education in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a $699,275 project grant to the University of Rochester. The grant, effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2028, will support Professors David McCamant and Ignacio Franco in developing experimental and theoretical methods to study quantum decoherence in molecules excited by visible light. The research aims to understand how specific molecular motions contribute to...
The University of Rochester received a $1.8 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2021 to support the Center for Quantum Electrodynamics for Selective Transformations (QUEST). The three-year award, scheduled for completion on August 31, 2024, falls under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Through this funding, the University will establish and operate QUEST, which will conduct research advancing the foundations of...
The University of Rochester received a $346,437 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences on September 15, 2021 to complete work by February 28, 2025. The award falls under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which supports basic research and education in these fields as well as monitoring science resources. Through this funding, the University will conduct collaborative research to...
The University of Rochester received a $490,637 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new theoretical approaches for simulating quantum dynamics of polariton photochemistry processes. Dr. Pengfei Huo and his research group will use the funding to create accurate and direct simulation methods for molecule-cavity hybrid systems, investigating dynamics to...
The University of Rochester was awarded a $217,870 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 30, 2024. The grant supports the project "Structured Illumination for Superresolved Remote Sensing" with a performance period ending on September 29, 2027. The University of Rochester, as the primary awardee, will conduct research to advance structured illumination techniques for improving the resolution of remote sensing systems. The...