Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry

Sandra J. Rosenthal博士被授予化学博士后研究奖学金。罗森塔尔博士在芝加哥大学获得博士学位，师从格雷厄姆·弗莱明教授。罗森塔尔博士将继续在加州大学伯克利分校的查尔斯·尚克和理查德·马蒂斯教授的赞助下进行研究。罗森塔尔博士的博士后培训将研究振动和电子相干在非线性光学现象和视紫红质的光异构化中的作用，使用超快时间分辨光谱和理论。从长远来看，她计划研究电子减相过程的机制和时间尺度，并研究半导体纳米团簇中双激子的形成和弛豫。从这些研究中获得的信息将导致对激子弛豫和非线性磁化率起源的理解，为定制新系统的光学特性提供蓝图。并开创半导体纳米团簇在分子电子学领域的应用。化学博士后研究奖学金项目被视为一项重要的基础设施项目，旨在拓宽博士们的知识和经验，吸引他们从事有意义的当代化学研究和教学工作。

Dr. Sandra J. Rosenthal has been awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chemistry. Dr. Rosenthal's doctoral degree was from the University of Chicago under the supervision of Professor Graham Fleming. Dr. Rosenthal will continue research at the University of California/Berkeley under the sponsorship of Professors Charles Shank and Richard Mathies. Dr. Rosenthal's postdoctoral training will study the role of vibrational and electronic coherence in nonlinear optical phenomena and the photoisomerization of rhodopsin, using ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy and theory. Longer term she plans to study the mechanism and timescale of electronic dephasing processes and investigate the formation and relaxation of biexcitons in semiconducting nanoclusters. The information gained from these studies will lead to an understanding of exciton relaxation and the origin of nonlinear susceptibility, provide a blueprint to tailor the optical properties of new systems and, and initiate the use of semiconducting nanoclusters in the field of molecular electronics. %%% The Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry Program is viewed as an important infrastructural program designed to broaden the knowledge and experience of recent Ph.D.s and attract them into meaningful careers in contemporary chemical research and teaching.