People of the Lear Lab

Duncan’s work focused on understanding the effects that photothermal curing has on the aging of cured thermosets.

Ben focused on understanding the influence of subtle changes in nanoparticle surface chemistry over the electronic structure.

Jackie pioneered the use of photothermal patterning to directly write functional micron-scale patterns in thermally cured thermosets.

Kristen demonstrated the applicability of pulsed EPR to study metallic nanoparticles, opening up insights into how the wavefunction of electrons on metals extends into the environment and using this as probe of local environment.

River focused on extending insights from nanoparticle electronic structure to atomically precise gold nanoclusters.

Sandra studied the ability to use localized photothermal heating to drive high temperature reactions directly on top of temperature-sensitive substrates.

Vy studied ligand control over electronic structure of metallic nanoparticles.

Worked on photothermal transformations, Anthony developed means to measure the physical properties of photothermally cured polymers, as well as developed the means to drive photothermal generation of ceramics.

Hannah studied the dependence of nanoparticle size on the electronic structure of the particles and the dependence of ligand influence on these sizes.

Jonathan performed research into the electronic structure of metallic nanoparticles.

Sarah studied how to combine high temperature localized heat with medium-scale bulk heat, all generated photothermally, enabling complex multi-step reactions.

Now Mechanical Systems Design Engineer at Boeing.

Earned a masters degree in additive manufacturing.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab Now at SUNY Buffalo.

Nate explored new ways to drive photothermal curing of polymers, focusing on two-step mechanisms.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab Now at Boston University.

Zach studied how ligands control the electronic structure of nanoaprticles and atomically precise nanoclusters.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab Participated in our photothermal research through the REU program from University of California, Los Angeles. Now at Scripps, La Jolla.

Becky worked on extending our work on nanoparticle electronics to atomically precise clusters.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab.

Danny worked on photothermal curing of polymers.

Lily studied the surface modification of aluminum particles for fluidization of the particles.

Nick demonstrated NMR-based techniques as means to measure the electronic structure of metallic nanoparticles.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab Now at Harvard, Betley Group.

Santina studied the ligand control over metallic structure of metallic nanoparticles, extending our approaches to wide variety of metals.

Now R&D Surface Chemist at Vitro.

Andrea performed work to understand the ability of photothermal heating to drive small-molecule transformations, specifically retro-diels-alder reactions.

Emma studied photothermally driven polymer curing, demonstrating that kinetic and thermodynamic estimates of the temperature are identical.

Studied the dependence of the electronic structure of nanoparticles on the handling and storage of these nanoparticles.

Joe led efforts to explore the practicality of photothermal curing, demonstrating that it was generally applicable and offered control over physical properties.

Maddie worked on photothermally driven chemical transformations, seeking to understand temperature estimates of the reaction conditions.

Maddie sought understand how ligands control the electronic structure of metallic nanoparticles.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab Now at Monat.

Sabrina worked to characterize the physical properties of photothermally cured polymers.

Brittany worked on NMR structural determination.

Undergraduate researcher studying photothermally driven chemistry in the Lear Lab Participated through the REU program from University of Puerto Rico. Now at Intel Corporation.

Julie worked on understanding ligand control over the electronic structure of metallic nanoparticles.

Morgan worked on electron and proton transfer reactions in a series of inorganic mixed valence complexes, seeking to understand the coupling between these events.

Rob focused on photothermally driven reactions, specifically exploring the efficacy of a range of photothermal agents and learning to model the nanoscale heat.

Tyler worked on photothermally driven reactions in polymers.

Anthony started the project in our group that focuses on understanding the electronic structure of nanoparticles and the influence that the chemical environment has over this structure.

Angela worked on electron transfer between model dimers for polymeric chains.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab, studying photothermally driven reactions and how to model localized heat produced via nanoparticles. Participated through the REU program from University of Minnesota. Now at Northwestern University.

Katie started our photothermal efforts, demonstrating that nanoscale heat could be used to effectively drive macroscale changes. She focused on polymer degradation.

Steve studied the combination electron and proton transfer reactions in inorganic mixed valence systems.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab Participated in our electronic structure in nanoparticles work through the REU program from Texas A&M University.

Andrea spearheaded the lab’s early work on understanding the ramifications of ultrafast transformations on vibrational spectroscopy.

Eric studied the influence of proton transfer on the infrared spectra of system undergoing ultrafast transfer.

Juyeong studied mixed valence systems, as well as MOFs.

Brandon worked on understanding the influence of environmental variables on ultrafast chemical transformations.

Brian worked on understanding the ramifications of ultrast bimolecular exchanges on the vibrational spectra of the system.

Undergraduate researcher in the Lear Lab studying electron transfer through films of nanoparticles. Participated through the REU program from The City College of New York. Now at Stanford University (Chem. Eng. PhD program).

Josh built and used a photoacoustic spectrometer to study the absorption of photothermal agents.

Undergraduate researcher studying phtothermally driven chemistry in the Lear Lab Participated through the REU program from University of Louisiana Lafayette. Now at Georgia Institute of Technology.