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Henry G. Gale Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago 🔗
Status: unreviewed revisit date: None Application status: none LOR status: not_needed
Department(s)/lab(s): Chemistry | Tokmakoff Group @ UChicago
Summary:

Uses ultrafast multidimensional spectroscopy to study structural dynamics of biomolecules. Directions: (1) 2D IR spectroscopy of protein folding, water dynamics, and membrane systems with sub-100-fs time resolution; (2) single-molecule FRET for resolving conformational heterogeneity in proteins and nucleic acids; (3) development of ultrafast mid-IR laser sources and pulse shaping for 2D spectroscopy. Resolves dynamics inaccessible to other methods.

Created at: May 14, 2026, 1:46 p.m. Updated at: May 14, 2026, 1:46 p.m. Metadata: As of 2025, tokmakofflab.uchicago.edu