Christy F. Landes | |
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Alma mater |
George Mason University Georgia Tech |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Oregon University of Texas at Austin University of Houston Rice University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Thesis | The dependence of the opto-electronic properties of CdSe nanoparticles on surface properties (2003) |
Christy F. Landes is an American physical chemist who is the Jerry A. Walker Endowed Chair in chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She previously was the Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Chair at Rice University. She seeks to understand the structure-function relationships in biological processes and materials. She was appointed a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow in 2019.
Landes was an undergraduate student in chemistry at George Mason University. [1] She moved to Georgia Tech for her doctoral research, where she majored in physical chemistry under the supervision of Mostafa El-Sayed. [1] After earning her doctorate, Landes joined the University of Oregon as a postdoctoral researcher with Geraldine L. Richmond, where she spent one year before joining the University of Texas at Austin with Paul Barbara. [1]
Landes joined the University of Houston at an assistant professor in 2006, and moved to Rice University in 2009. [1] She was appointed Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Chair in 2021. Her early independent work considered super-resolution single molecule spectroscopy for the characterization of biomolecules using FRET with membrane receptors and [2] diffusion within polymer brushes and porous hydrogel materials. [3] [4] She has pioneered the application of super-resolution microscopy to understand chromatography [5] and has focused on tuning the plasmonic properties of nanomaterials using electrochemistry and stimuli-responsive polymers. [6] She has also shown how silver ions disperse from the tips of gold-silver nanoparticle alloys, which may improve catalytic activity. [7] Her biophysical chemistry work has demonstrated that single-molecule approaches could be used to better understand cancer metastasis. [8]
Landes established the NSF Center for Adapting Flaws into Features (CAFF) in 2021 and serves as its director. [9] The center investigates the defects in silicon-based electronics that hold promise for improving device performance, explore the structural and optoelectronic processes that make these flaws influential, and realize technologies that incorporate and exploit these flaws. [10]
Landes was elected Chair of the Physical Chemistry Division in 2020. [1]
Landes joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2023. [11]
Christy F. Landes | |
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Alma mater |
George Mason University Georgia Tech |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Oregon University of Texas at Austin University of Houston Rice University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Thesis | The dependence of the opto-electronic properties of CdSe nanoparticles on surface properties (2003) |
Christy F. Landes is an American physical chemist who is the Jerry A. Walker Endowed Chair in chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She previously was the Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Chair at Rice University. She seeks to understand the structure-function relationships in biological processes and materials. She was appointed a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow in 2019.
Landes was an undergraduate student in chemistry at George Mason University. [1] She moved to Georgia Tech for her doctoral research, where she majored in physical chemistry under the supervision of Mostafa El-Sayed. [1] After earning her doctorate, Landes joined the University of Oregon as a postdoctoral researcher with Geraldine L. Richmond, where she spent one year before joining the University of Texas at Austin with Paul Barbara. [1]
Landes joined the University of Houston at an assistant professor in 2006, and moved to Rice University in 2009. [1] She was appointed Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Chair in 2021. Her early independent work considered super-resolution single molecule spectroscopy for the characterization of biomolecules using FRET with membrane receptors and [2] diffusion within polymer brushes and porous hydrogel materials. [3] [4] She has pioneered the application of super-resolution microscopy to understand chromatography [5] and has focused on tuning the plasmonic properties of nanomaterials using electrochemistry and stimuli-responsive polymers. [6] She has also shown how silver ions disperse from the tips of gold-silver nanoparticle alloys, which may improve catalytic activity. [7] Her biophysical chemistry work has demonstrated that single-molecule approaches could be used to better understand cancer metastasis. [8]
Landes established the NSF Center for Adapting Flaws into Features (CAFF) in 2021 and serves as its director. [9] The center investigates the defects in silicon-based electronics that hold promise for improving device performance, explore the structural and optoelectronic processes that make these flaws influential, and realize technologies that incorporate and exploit these flaws. [10]
Landes was elected Chair of the Physical Chemistry Division in 2020. [1]
Landes joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2023. [11]