Robin Hochstrasser

Robin Hochstrasser

Robin M. Hochstrasser

( hochstra at sas.upenn.edu)

Robin is Donner Professor of Physical Sciences in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is also a visiting professor in the BCP group during 2006 and 2007.

Degrees

  • 1952 Heriot-Watt University , B.Sc. (Applied Chemistry)
  • 1955 University of Edinburgh, Ph.D. (Pure Chemistry)
  • 1984 Heriot-Watt University, D. Sc. (Honoris causa)

Appointments

Director, Regional Laser and Biomedical Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 1978-present; Donner Professor of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1983-present; Blanchard Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1983; Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1967-1968; Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1967; Research Associate, Florida State University, 1960-1961; Research Associate, National Research Council of Canada, 1960-1960; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Instructor, Assistant, Professor, 1957-1963; Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force, Education Branch, 1955-1957

Other Positions, Academic and Professional

Chair of the John Scott Advisory Panel for the City of Philadelphia (1985-present); Chair of the ACS Division of Biophysical Chemistry (1998); Chair of the APS Division of Chemical Physics (1998); Visiting Professor, University of Paris (1987); Christianson Fellow, Oxford University (1982); Visiting Professor, Universitat Munchen (1980); Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology (1975); Visiting Professor, University of Grenoble (1974, 1989); Visiting Professor, Australian National University, Canberra (1973); Visiting Professor, and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University, England (1972);

Selected Honors

Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2008); Albert F. Cotton Award in Chemistry (2005); Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry (2003); Centenary Silver Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2000); E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy (1998); Ellis Lippincott Award of the Optical Society of America (1997); LICOR Award, University of Nebraska (1996); Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry(1996); National Institute of Health Merit Award (1990-2000); A.C.S. Philadelphia Section Award (1990); Optical Society of America, Fellow (1989); SPIE Special President's Award (1986); Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, D. Sc., (Ho noris Causa) (1984); Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982); Member National Academy of Sciences (1982); Bourke Medal, Faraday Society (1981); Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellow (1978); American Physical Society, Fellow (1978); Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1963-1967); John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1972); Courtauld Scholar (1952-1955);

Selected Lectureships

Encyclopedia Britannica Lecture, University of Chicago (1969); Sherwin-Williams Lecturer, University of Illinois, Illinois (1977); Professor Associe, University of Paris (1978); Phillips Lecturer, Haverford College (1978); FMC Lecturer, Princeton University (1979); Walter E. Kaskan Memorial Lecturer, SUNY Binghampton (1979); Bourke Lecturer, Faraday Society, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Royal Institution (1981); Grenoble Spectroscopy Lectures (1981); Distinguished Lecturer, Okazaki, Japan (September, 1981); W. A. Noyes Distinguished Lecturer, University of Texas (1982); Pew Memorial Lecturer, Widener University (1982); Sir Cyril Hinshelwood Lecturer, Oxford University (1982); Dreyfus Lecturer, University of Kansas (1986); Reilly Lecturer, Notre Dame University (1986); William Draper Harkins Lecture, University of Chicago (1990); Kolthoff Lecturer, University of Minnesota (1991); Beckman Lecturer, University of Illinois (1993); Centennial Award Lecture CUNY (1994); LICOR Award Lecture, University of Nebraska (1996); Research Frontiers in Chemistry Lectures, University of Iowa (1999); The Willard Lectures, University of Wisconsin (1999); Centenary Lecturer, Royal Society of Chemistry (2000); Pitzer Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley (2000); Gunning Lecturer, University of Alberta (2000); The Malcolm Dole Distinguished Lectures, Northwestern (2001); A.R. Gordon Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toronto (2002); Gomberg Lecture, University of Michigan (2002); Coover Lecture, Iowa State University (2002).

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications
(from a total of about 700)

  1. Sharonov, A; Bandichhor, R; Burgess, K; Petrescu, AD; Schroeder, F; Kier, AB; Hochstrasser, RM, Lipid diffusion from single molecules of a labeled protein undergoing dynamic association with giant unilamellar vesicles and supported bilayers, Langmuir 24, 844-850 (2008)
  2. Kim, YS; Liu, L; Axelsen, PH; Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional infrared spectra of isotopically diluted amyloid fibrils from A beta 40, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105, 7720-7725 (2008)
  3. Fang, C; Bauman, JD; Das, K; Remorino, A; Arnold, E; Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional infrared spectra reveal relaxation of the nonnucleoside inhibitor TMC278 complexed with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105, 1472-1477 (2008)
  4. Sharonov, A; Hochstrasser, RM, Single-molecule imaging of the association of the cell-penetrating peptide Pep-1 to model membranes, Biochemistry 46, 7963-7972 (2007)
  5. Kuo, CH; Hochstrasser, RM, Two dimensional infrared spectroscopy and relaxation of aqueous cyanide, Chem. Phys. 341, 21-28 (2007)
  6. Finikova, OS; Troxler, T; Senes, A; DeGrado, WF; Hochstrasser, RM; Vinogradov, SA, Energy and electron transfer in enhanced two-photon-absorbing systems with triplet cores, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 6977-6990 (2007)
  7. Kuo, CH; Vorobyev, DY; Chen, JX; Hochstrasser, RM, Correlation of the vibrations of the aqueous azide ion with the O-H modes of bound water molecules, J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 14028-14033 (2007)
  8. Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, The 2D IR responses of amide and carbonyl modes in water cannot be described by Gaussian frequency fluctuations, J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 9697-9701 (2007)
  9. Bagchi, S; Kim, YS; Charnley, AK; Smith, AB; Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional infrared investigation of N-acetyl tryptophan methyl amide in solution, J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 3010-3018 (2007)
  10. Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional spectroscopy at infrared and optical frequencies, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 104, 14190-14196 (2007)
  11. Hochstrasser, RM, On a research rollercoaster with friends, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 57, 37-64 (2006)
  12. Krause, CD; Mei, EW; Mirochnitchenko, O; Lavnikova, N; Xie, JX; Jia, YW; Hochstrasser, RM; Pestka, S, Interactions among the components of the interleukin-10 receptor complex, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 340, 377-385 (2006)
  13. Londergan, CH; Wang, JP; Axelsen, PH; Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy displays signatures of structural ordering in peptide aggregates, Biophys. J. 90, 4672-4685 (2006)
  14. Krause, CD; Lavnikova, N; Xie, JX; Mei, E; Mirochnitchenko, OV; Jia, YW; Hochstrasser, RM; Pestka, S, Preassembly and ligand-induced restructuring of the chains of the IFN-gamma receptor complex: the roles of Jak kinases, Stat1 and the receptor chains, Cell Res. 16, 55-69 (2006)
  15. Park, J; Hochstrasser, RM, Multidimensional infrared spectroscopy of a peptide intramolecular hydrogen bond, Chem. Phys. 323, 78-86 (2006)
  16. Kumar, K; Sinks, LE; Wang, JP; Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, Coupling between C-D and C=O motions using dual-frequency 2D IR photon echo spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett. 432, 122-127 (2006)
  17. Jiao, GS; Thoresen, LH; Kim, TG; Haaland, WC; Gao, F; Topp, MR; Hochstrasser, RM; Metzker, ML; Burgess, K, Syntheses, photophysical properties, and application of through-bond energy-transfer cassettes for biotechnology, Chem.-Eur. J. 12, 7816-7826 (2006)
  18. Gao, F; Mei, EW; Lim, M; Hochstrasser, RM, Probing lipid vesicles by bimolecular association and dissociation trajectories of single molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 4814-4822 (2006)
  19. Ha, JH; Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, Vibrational dynamics of N-H, C-D, and C = O modes in formamide, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 64508 (2006)
  20. Kim, TG; Castro, JC; Loudet, A; Jiao, JGS; Hochstrasser, RM; Burgess, K; Topp, MR, Correlations of structure and rates of energy transfer for through-bond energy-transfer cassettes, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 20-27 (2006)
  21. Mei, E; Hochstrasser, RM, High-resolution optical imaging from trajectory time distributions, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 25101-25107 (2006)
  22. Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, Comparison of linear and 2D IR spectra in the presence of fast exchange, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 8531-8534 (2006)
  23. Wang, JP; Chen, JX; Hochstrasser, RM, Local structure of beta-hairpin isotopomers by FTIR, 2D IR, and ab initio theory, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 7545-7555 (2006)
  24. Wang, JP; Hochstrasser, RM, Anharmonicity of amide modes, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 3798-3807 (2006)
  25. Mei, E; Gao, F; Hochstrasser, RM, Controlled bimolecular collisions allow sub-diffraction limited microscopy of lipid vesicles, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 8, 2077-2082 (2006)
  26. Sharonov, A; Hochstrasser, RM, Wide-field subdiffraction imaging by accumulated binding of diffusing probes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103, 18911-18916 (2006)
  27. Fang, C; Senes, A; Cristian, L; DeGrado, WF; Hochstrasser, RM, Amide vibrations are delocalized across the hydrophobic interface of a transmembrane helix dimer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103, 16740-16745 (2006)
  28. Mei, E; Sharonov, A; Ferris, JH; Hochstrasser, RM, Direct visualization of nanopatterns by single-molecule imaging, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86,43102 (2005)
  29. Rubtsov, IV; Kumar, K; Hochstrasser, RM, Dual-frequency 2D IR photon echo of a hydrogen bond, Chem. Phys. Lett. 402, 439-443 (2005)
  30. Mei, EW; Gao, F; Vinogradov, S; Vanderkooi, JM; Hochstrasser, RM, Phosphorescence of individual horseradish peroxidases proteins having a modified heme group, Chem. Phys. Lett. 401, 30-34 (2005)
  31. Brinas, RP; Troxler, T; Hochstrasser, RM; Vinogradov, SA, Phosphorescent oxygen sensor with dendritic protection and two-photon absorbing antenna, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 11851-11862 (2005)
  32. Fang, C; Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional infrared spectra of the C-13=O-18 isotopomers of alanine residues in an alpha-helix, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 18652-18663 (2005)
  33. Kim, YS; Wang, JP; Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of the alanine dipeptide in aqueous solution, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 7511-7521 (2005)
  34. Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, Dynamics of amide-I modes of the alanine dipeptide in D2O, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 6884-6891 (2005)
  35. Londergan, CH; Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of dipeptides in trehalose glass, Mol. Phys. 103, 1547-1553 (2005)
  36. Hochstrasser, RM, Techniques - Spectroscopy at a stretch, Nature 434, 570-571 (2005)
  37. Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, Chemical exchange 2D IR of hydrogen-bond making and breaking, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 102, 11185-11190 (2005)
  38. Rubtsov, IV; Kim, YS; Hochstrasser, RM, Dynamical models in the two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of peptides, Isr. J. Chem. 44, 271-280 (2004)
  39. E. Mei, A. Sharonov, F. Gao, J. H. Ferris, and R. M. Hochstrasser, “Anamalously slow diffusion of single molecules near a patterned surface”  J. Phys. Chem. A. 108 (36), 7339-7346 (2004)
  40. I. V. Rubtsov, Y. S. Kim, R. M. Hochstrasser, “Dynamical models in the two- dimensional infrared spectroscopy of peptides”, Isr. J. Chem. 44 (1-3), 271-280 (2004)
  41. J. Park, J. –H. Ha, and R. M. Hochstrasser, “Multidimensional infrared spectroscopy of the N-H bond motions in formamide”, J. Chem. Phys. 121 (15), 7281-7292 (2004)
  42. J. Tang, E. Mei, C. Green, J. Kaplan, W. F. DeGrado, A. B. Smith III, and R. M. Hochstrasser, “Probing structural dynamics of individual calmodulin: peptide complexes in hydrogel by single molecule confocal microscopy” J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 15910-15918 (2004)
  43. S. Gnanakaran, R. M. Hochstrasser, and A. E. García, “Nature of structural inhomogeneities on folding a helix and their influence on spectral measurements” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (25), 9229-9234 (2004)
  44. C. Fang, J. Wang, Y. S. Kim, A. K. Charnley, W. Barber-Armstrong, A. B. Smith III, S. M. Decatur, and R. M. Hochstrasser, “Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of isotopomers of an alanine rich alpha-helix”, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 10415-10427 (2004)
  45. I. V. Rubtsov, N. P. Redmore, R. M. Hochstrasser, and M. J. Therien, “Interrogating conformationally dependent electron-transfer dynamics via ultrafast visible pump/IR probe spectroscopy”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 2684-2685 (2004).
  46. J. Wang & R.M. Hochstrasser “Characteristics of the two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of helices from approximate simulations and analytic models. Chem. Phys. 297, 195-219 (2004).
  47. C. Paul, J. Wang, W.C. Wimley, R.M. Hochstrasser, P.H. Axelsen “Vibrational Coupling, Isotopic Edition, and beta-sheet structure in a membrane-bound polypeptide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 5843-5850 (2004).
  48. C. Fang, J. Wang, A. K. Charnley, W. Barber-Armstrong, A. B. Smith III, S. M. Decatur, R.M. Hochstrasser “Two dimensional IR measurements of the coupling between amide modes of an a-helix”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 382, 586-592 (2003).
  49. J. Chen, J. Park, and R. M. Hochstrasser “Nonlinear Infrared Responses of the N-H Mode of Pyrrole in Carbon Tetrachloride by Heterodyned and Stimulated Echoes”, J. Phys. Chem. A. 107 (49), 10660-10666 (2003).
  50. E. Mei, S. Vinogradov, and R. M. Hochstrasser “Direct observation of triplet emission of single molecules: single molecule phosphorescence quenching of metalloporphyrin and organometallic complexes by molecular oxygen and quenching rate distributions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 (43), 13198-13204 (2003).
  51. I. V. Rubtsov, J. Wang, and R. M. Hochstrasser “Dual-frequency 2D-IR spectroscopy heterodyned photon echo of the peptide bond”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100 (10), 5601-5606 (2003).
  52. I. V. Rubtsov, J. Wang, and R. M. Hochstrasser “Vibrational Coupling between Amide-I and Amide-A Modes Revealed by Femtosecond Two Color Infrared Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. Chem. A. 107 (18), 3384-3396 (2003).
  53. I. V. Rubtsov, J. Wang, and R. M. Hochstrasser “Dual Frequency 2D-IR of Amide-A and Amide-I Modes”, J. Chem. Phys.  118 (17), 7733-7736 (2003).
  54. E. Mei, J. Tang, J. M. Vanderkooi, and R.M. Hochstrasser “Motions of Single Molecules and Proteins in Trehalose Glass”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 2730-2735 (2003).
  • May 2012: Fully funded PhD studentships in the Wynne group. Applications are invited for a number of PhD studentships in the Wynne group. Some of these studentships are part of the Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC).
  • 9 May 2012: Our paper "The dynamic crossover in water does not require bulk water" just came out in PCCP, see doi:10.1039/c2cp40703e. In a nutshell, it shows that you only need one water molecule to have bulk water properties (as long as that water molecule can form a water pentamer).
  • 18/4/12: The latest issue of PCCP (Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics), the top physical chemistry journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, is dedicated to such ultrafast chemical dynamics. The special issue was guest edited by Prof Klaas Wynne in the School of Chemistry at Glasgow University and his colleague Dr Neil Hunt at the University of Strathclyde. Special issue PCCP on Ultrafast Chemical Dynamics.
  • 12/4/12: Glasgow University press release Funding boost for Ultrafast Chemical Physics.
  • March 2012: Postdoc position in the group.See http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEF581/research-associate/. Apply online at www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobs(enter Reference Number 001765). Closing date:  29 April 2012
  • February 2012: The 2011 UCP meeting in Glasgow was discussed in the March 2012 issue of Nature Chemistry: Ultrafast chemical physics: In search of molecular movies. The future is ultrafast!
  • December 2011: The International Workshop on Ultrafast Chemical Physics & Physical Chemistry (UCP 2011) was held in Glasgow. Photos from the UCP2011 event here.
  • October 2011: The Ultrafast Chemical Physics group has won a £0.7M EPSRC grant to study liquid-liquid phase transitions using microscopy in collaboration with Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde. EPSRC grant for UCP group.
  • July 2011: We would like to cordially invite you to submit a paper to a special issue of PCCP on femtosecond spectroscopy entitled "Ultrafast Chemical Dynamics". Topics that will be covered include: * ultrafast dynamics of reactions in proteins * ultrafast structure and dynamics of liquids and solutions * ultrafast chemical processes at interfaces * ultrafast dynamics of electronically excited states * ultrafast atomic structure and dynamics in the solid state. The special issue will feature a number of invited overviews followed by contributed papers. The deadline for submissions is 14 November 2011. For more information, see http://blogs.rsc.org/cp/2011/06/29/pccp-themed-issue-ultrafast-chemical-dynamics/.
  • July 2011: the European Conference of Crystal Growth ECCG4 will be held 17 to 20 June 2012 in Glasgow.
  • 7 July 2011: the EPSRC-funded Coherent regenerative amplifier (producing 23-fs 2.7-mJ 800-nm pulses at a repetition rate of 1 kHz) has been reinstalled in our lab again. This is in addition to a new Coherent Micra-10 (producing 15-fs 800-nm pulses at 80 MHz).
  • May 2011: A Faraday Discussion on 'Mesostructure and dynamics in liquids and solution' will be held in September 2013 most likely in Bristol.The organising committee consists at the moment of Alan Soper (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Austen Angell (Arizona State University), Ken Seddon (Queen's Belfast), Stephen Meech (UEA), an Klaas Wynne (Glasgow University).
  • May 2011: The new ultrafast chemical physics laser lab is pretty much ready. Now all we need is some (working) femtosecond lasers...
  • 16 November 2010: New website for the International Workshop on Ultrafast Chemical Physics & Physical Chemistry UCP 201.
  • October 2010: Next Ultrafast Chemical Physics meeting (UCP 2011) set for 14-16 December 2011 at the University of Strathclyde. Confirmed speakers include Prof David Klug (Imperial College, multidimensional spectroscopy), Prof Andrea Cavalleri (University of Oxford, femtosecond X-ray science) and Prof Klaas Wynne (University of Glasgow, terahertz spectroscopy). In addition we have confirmed attendance of Prof Dwayne Miller (University of Toronto) as plenary speaker for the conference.
  • 2 October 2010: Positions. A lectureship (assistant professorship) in ultrafast physical chemistry is available. The ideal candidate would be interested in ultrafast femtosecond spectroscopy of the condensed phase or an allied area. Brand new lab space will be available. Ref: 00057-10, Closing Date: 29th October 2010.
  • 1 November 2010: KW's official start as chair in physical chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow.
  • August 2010: Our paper in JACS (described in Serving nanoparticle “soup”) has been cited 19 times on Web of Science exactly one year after its publication. It describes how using multiple spectroscopies, we discovered mesoscopic structure in room-temperature ionic liquids.
  • 24 March 2010: Our paper The effects of anion and cation substitution on the ultrafast solvent dynamics of ionic liquids: A time-resolved optical Kerr-effect spectroscopic study, JCP 119, 464 (2003) was selected as highlighted reference in the JCP Spotlight Collection on ionic liquids, March 2010.
  • 12 March 2010: Our paper Universal nonexponential relaxation: Complex dynamics in simple liquids was selected JChemPhys editors’ choice as one of the most innovative and influential articles in the field of Chemical Physics in 2009. See http://jcp.aip.org/jcp/editors_choices_2009.
  • 5 January 2010: Our paper Universal nonexponential relaxation: Complex dynamics in simple liquids was the 3rd most downloaded paper of J. Chem. Phys. in December 2009.
  • 5 August 2009: Read more about our latest paper in JACS in Serving nanoparticle "soup".
  • 4 August 2009: We were joined by new postdoc Marco Candelaresi.
  • May 2009: New ultrafast physical-chemistry lab is ready!
  • 30/31 October 2008: The 2008 ultrafast physical-chemistry (UCP) meeting was held at Strathclyde.
  • 10 July 2008: We were joined by new postdoc Kitsakorn Locharoenrat.
  • 23 May 2008: Our paper "Glasslike Behavior in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions" was selected "Editors' Choice" in the 23 May issue of the journal Science (PDF, 800kB).
  • 12 May 2008: Groups wins £0.6M EPSRC grant "Two-dimensional terahertz–IR spectroscopy: a unique probe of ultrafast hydrogen-bond dynamics of liquid water and model systems" by KW, JOK, and DJSB.
  • 2 May 2008: Strathclyde will host the "International Workshop on ultrafast physical-chemistry 2008 (UCP ‘08)" on 30/31 October 2008 to be held in the Senate/Court suite. Plenary speaker is Prof Robin Hochstrasser FRSE (University of Pennsylvania). Confirmed invited speakers are Prof Casey Hynes (CNRS, Paris and University of Colorado, Boulder), Prof Charles Schmuttenmaer (Yale), Prof Majed Chergui (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Prof Mischa Bonn (AMOLF, Amsterdam), Prof Peter Hamm (University of Zurich), and Prof Thomas Elsaesser (Max Born Institute, Berlin). The workshop is organised by Angus J. Bain (UCL), David Klug (Imperial), Steve Meech (UEA), Neil Hunt (Strathclyde), and Klaas Wynne (Strathclyde).
  • 24 April 2008: Our paper "Glasslike Behavior in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions" came out in J. Chem. Phys. A summary of the paper in simple terms (best attempt anyway) is on the page The science of syrup and traffic jams.
  • 4 March 2008: Visiting professor Robin Hochstrasser of the University of Pennsylvania has been elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This is a prestigious fellowship for scientists of great international renown and we are delighted that Robin has been honoured in this way.
  • 18 March 2007: New paper in JACS on terahertz spectra associated with a helix to coil transition in a peptide. Read more about it in the research highlight Observing ‘The Lubricant of Life’
  • 10 January 2007: New paper on terahertz emission from nanostructured surfaces has come out in PRL. Read more about it in the research page on terahertz technology.

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Dynamics of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids from a Combined Dielectric Relaxation and Optical Kerr Effect Study: Evidence for Mesoscopic Aggregation

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