Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Biography

2016-present

Professor, University of Notre Dame

2018-present

Concurrent Professor, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame

2009-2016

Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame

2003-2009

Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

2001-2003

Research Scientist, US Naval Research Laboratory

1998-2001

Postdoctoral Fellow, JILA/University of Colorado

1998

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1993

B.A. in Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis

Selected Awards

2022

Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

2006

Cottrell Teacher Scholar Fellowhip

2005

NSF CAREER Award

1998

National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship

Research Interests

Single molecule absorption and emission microscopy of nanoscale materials. Fluorescence intermittency of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots. Synthesis and characterization of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots and nanowires. Applications of low dimensional materials towards renewable energy solutions.

Recent Publications

• Kuno, M.; Prorok, M.; Zhang, S. B.; Huynh, H. and Miller, T. "Deciphering the US News and World Report Ranking of US Chemistry Graduate Programs" 2022 Scientometrics, 127 (5), pp.2131-2150. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-022-04317-6.
• Kniazev, K.; Pavlovetc, I. M.; Zhang, S.; Kim, J.; Stevenson, R. L.; Doudrick, K. and Kuno, M. "Using Infrared Photothermal Heterodyne Imaging to Characterize Micro- and Nanoplastics in Complex Environmental Matrices" 2021 Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (23), pp.15891-15899. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c05181.
• Zhang, S.; Kniazev, K.; Pavlovetc, I. M.; Zhang, S. B.; Stevenson, R. L. and Kuno, M. "Deep Image Restoration for Infrared Photothermal Heterodyne Imaging" 2021 Journal of Chemical Physics, 155 (21), 214202. DOI: 10.1063/5.0071944.
• Pavlovetc, I. M.; Ruth, A.; Gushchina, I.; Ngo, L.; Zhang, S. B.; Zhang, Z. M. and Kuno, M. "Distinguishing Models for Mixed Halide Lead Perovskite Photosegregation Via Terminal Halide Stoichiometry" 2021 ACS Energy Letters, 6 (6), pp.2064-2071. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00790.
• Zhang, Z. M.; Zhang, S. B.; Gushchina, I.; Guo, T. L.; Brennan, M. C.; Pavlovetc, I. M.; Grusenmeyer, T. A. and Kuno, M. "Excitation Energy Dependence of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Emission Quantum Yields" 2021 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (16), pp.4024-4031. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00811.
• DuBose, J. T.; Mathew, P. S.; Cho, J. S.; Kuno, M. and Kamat, P. V. "Modulation of Photoinduced Iodine Expulsion in Mixed Halide Perovskites with Electrochemical Bias" 2021 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (10), pp.2615-2621. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00367.

Gallery

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
•