This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $550,000 to the University of Colorado Boulder for a 3-year research project led by Professor Markus Raschke. The project aims to combine nano-scale imaging and spectroscopy with optical nano-cavity concepts to study fundamental electronic and vibrational processes in chemical systems. Key research goals include: Applying tip-enhanced nano-cavity spectroscopy...
This five-year, $519,013 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the development of an ultra-broadband high-power frequency comb light source for advanced spectroscopy and imaging at Stony Brook University from September 2022 through August 2027. Professors Allison and Liu will create a new laser-based light source spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from terahertz to soft x-rays, enabling phase-coherent femtosecond...
This five-year, $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry and Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the development of new theoretical tools and educational materials related to two-dimensional infrared and electronic spectroscopy. Principal Investigator Mike Reppert of Purdue University will work to better understand the distinct roles of quantum and classical effects in these types of spectroscopic measurements. Reppert's team will...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $360,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Central Florida (UCF) for a 3-year project entitled "Coherent Attosecond Ionization Dynamics in Laser-Dressed Atomic and Molecular Systems". The project will theoretically study the statistical properties and time evolution of localized charges created in organic molecules by the absorption of short pulses of ionizing...
This $520,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research into advancing the understanding of transition metal-carbon bonding through integrated spectroscopy and theory methods. Principal investigators Lucy Ziurys of the University of Arizona and Nathan Deyonker of the University of Memphis will combine experimental and computational approaches to explore the ground electronic states of small...
This $557,686 National Science Foundation award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds research at Temple University from September 2022 through August 2025 related to molecular quantum control and spectroscopy using light-dressed states. The principal investigators will utilize laser interactions with diatomic molecules to study transition strengths between energy states, investigate the electronic structure of dysprosium and erbium dimer molecules, and control...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) a $472,456 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct precision spectroscopy research on single polyatomic molecules. The goal of this 3-year project is to develop techniques that can precisely measure the quantum mechanical properties of individual polyatomic molecules, rather than an ensemble average. This will enable future applications in...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $320,463 to West Chester University of Pennsylvania to acquire a tunable ultrafast spectroscopy system. This highly versatile instrument enables advanced research and hands-on training opportunities for undergraduate students across STEM disciplines, including physics, biomedical engineering, materials engineering, chemistry, and molecular biology. The spectrometer allows...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $501,728 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Emory University for the period of June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. Under this award, Francesco Evangelista of Emory University and his research team will develop computational methods and open-source computer codes to model core-excited states of molecules experiencing significant electron correlation effects. This will allow them to simulate...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $310,000 supports the acquisition of a femtosecond laser/streak camera fluorescence spectrometer by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York at Brockport from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The instrument, to be used by Professor Mark Heitz and colleagues, will facilitate ultrafast dynamic process research in chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering through time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy with...
This three-year, $525,682 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of ultrafast cavity-enhanced two-dimensional spectroscopy for coherent control experimental design at the University of Georgia. Principal Investigator Melanie Reber and her students will build a high-resolution, ultrafast two-dimensional spectrometer to characterize vibrational and electronic coupling in molecules. This instrument will use frequency comb lasers, cavity enhancement, and dual-comb detection techniques to improve the sensitivity of two-dimensional spectroscopy and enable studies of dilute molecular species in gas phases. The team aims to provide new data on gas phase molecular structure and dynamics with ultrafast time resolution and high-frequency precision. This work aligns with the goals of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in support of national needs. Results from August 2022 to July 2025 could inform coherent control experiments by elucidating molecular energy landscapes at an unprecedented level of detail.