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Jonas, David

Professor

Positions

Professor, Chemistry

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Professor Jonas has research interests in the electronic and vibrational dynamics of molecules, biomolecules, and nanomaterials, non-adiabatic dynamics at conical intersections and funnels, multidimensional electronic spectroscopy, photoluminescence, energy transfer, charge transfer, excited state thermodynamics, and reactive intermediates in electrochemistry.

keywords

physical chemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, and solar energy

Publications

selected publications

chapter
- Energy Transfer in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center 2011
- Transient Dichroism Studies of I2 Predissociation in Solution 2011
- Ultrafast Energy Transfer within the Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center 2011
- Band Filling Dynamics and Auger Recombination in Lead Sulfide Nanocrystals 2011
- Hot Carrier Dynamics in Lead Sulfide Nanocrystals 2011
conference proceeding
- Femtosecond 2DFT Spectroscopy Resolves Disorder to Reveal Reactive Dynamics, Even Under the Quantum Zero-Point. 37-40. 2022
- Measuring the standard chemical potential for creation of an exciton. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2018
- Femtosecond nonadiabatic dynamics in photosynthetic light harvesting. EPJ Web of Conferences. 2018
- Bandgap inhomogeneity from 2D spectra vs. size dispersion from TEM in PbSe quantum dots. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2017
- Fast electronic dynamics in 2D spectra of PbS quantum dots. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2017
journal article
- Generalized Einstein relations between absorption and emission spectra at thermodynamic equilibrium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 2024
- Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution. Chemical Reviews. 7890-7952. 2023
- Relations between absorption, emission, and excited state chemical potentials from nanocrystal 2D spectra. Science Advances. 2021
- Nonadiabatic conical nodes are near but not at an elliptical conical intersection. Chemical Physics. 108-121. 2019
- Purification of Oleylamine for Materials Synthesis and Spectroscopic Diagnostics for trans Isomers. Chemistry of Materials. 1223-1230. 2019

Teaching

courses taught

CHEM 4511 - Physical Chemistry 1
Primary Instructor - Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
Chemical thermodynamics and kinetics. Includes study of laws of thermodynamics, thermochemistry, entropy, free energy, chemical potential, chemical equilibriums, and the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions. Department enforced prereq or coreq., PHYS 1120 (minimum grade C-). Degree credit not granted for this course and BCHM 4400 and BCHM 5400.
CHEM 4581 - Physical Chemistry Lab 1
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2024
One 3-hour lab per week. Instruction in experimental techniques of modern physical chemistry. Experiments illustrate the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Illustrates the material discussed in CHEM 4511.
CHEM 4591 - Physical Chemistry Lab 2
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2024
One lect. and one 3-hour laboratory every two weeks. a continuation of CHEM 4581, but may be taken concurrently with CHEM 4531. Experiments illustrate the principles of quantum chemistry and spectroscopy discussed in CHEM 4531.
CHEM 6401 - Seminar: Physical Chemistry
Primary Instructor - Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
Student, faculty, and guest presentations of current research in physical chemistry. Discussion of research topics related to the subject of weekly physical chemistry/chemical physics seminar and appropriate journal articles.
CHEM 6901 - Research in Chemistry
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2024
May be repeated up to 15 total credit hours.

Background

education and training

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1992
B.S., University of California-Berkeley 1986
B.A., University of California-Berkeley 1986

awards and honors

E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, conferred by American Chemical Society, 2023
Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, conferred by American Physical Society, 2018
Fellows, conferred by Optica, 2018
Bomem-Michelson Award, conferred by Coblentz Society, The, 2015
AAAS Fellow, conferred by American Association for the Advancement of Science, The, 2014

International Activities

geographic focus

China Country
France Country
Germany Country
Greece Country
India Country

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1085-8161

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Jonas