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Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Chemistry / PME | Engel Group @ UChicago
Summary:

Research focuses on quantum dynamics and excited-state reactivity in biological and synthetic light-harvesting systems. Discovered long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes (FMO, 2007). Develops 2D electronic spectroscopy techniques to probe excitonic transport, open quantum systems, and photochemical reaction dynamics on femtosecond timescales. Director NSF QuBBE; co-director Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine.

Created at: May 14, 2026, 1:46 p.m. Updated at: May 14, 2026, 1:46 p.m. Metadata: As of 2025-02, PME Faculty Guide + chemistry.uchicago.edu