Lab Members

Ralph Jimenez

Ralph’s interests are in experimental studies of dynamics in complex molecular systems. Over the years, he has worked on a wide range of areas where ultrafast spectroscopy is useful such as femtosecond dynamics of liquids, energy transfer in photosynthetic systems, protein-ligand interactions in antibodies, chromophore dynamics of fluorescent proteins. As part of his research, he has developed a number of optical and microfluidic technologies to advance experimental capabilities in liquid-phase chemical dynamics using time-resolved optical or laser-based x-ray techniques. Most recently he has been exploring applications of quantum optics to molecular spectroscopy.

Affiliations

JILA Fellow

Professor Adjoint, Department of Chemistry

Nancy Douglas

I manage general lab operations and facilities and support engineering and analysis of fluorescent and bioluminescent proteins.

Richard Erickson

• BS (Mechanical Engineering), Ohio State University
• MBA, Pepperdine University
• Ph.D. (Biochemistry), University of Colorado – Boulder

As a Senior Research Associate at JILA, my work is focused on developing high throughput, analytical instruments to evaluate cyanobacteria and algae for their biofuel/biochemical production potential. These evaluations are performed at the single cell level and are capable of measuring physical properties such as cell size (based on forward scattered light), chlorophyll content, photosynthetic efficiencies (real-time quantum yield measurements) and lipid production (using lipid-specific fluorescence stains). Previous research concentrated on custom-built, microfluidic cytometers that were used to assess the effect of culture conditions upon lipid production in diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum). Previous collaborations with major research labs investigated synergistic properties of mixed algal/…

Kristen Parzuchowski

My research is focused on the design and implementation of various measurements of cross-sections for entangled two-photon absorption, a process in which entangled photon pairs are used to excite two-photon transitions. Entangled two-photon absorption has shown promise for biological imaging at low excitation intensity, however the magnitude of the “quantum advantage” of the process needs further study.

Alan McLean

My research at JILA in the Jimenez Group is focused on understanding the nature (magnitude and mechanism) of entangled two-photon absorption (E2PA). By better understanding the nature of E2PA, I would like to develop strategies to employ entangled photons and other forms of quantum light in applied fields such as within the chemical and physical sciences.

Miles SanSoucie

I am going to be developing a method of squeezed light induced two-photon absorption for the purpose of imaging biological samples.

Kara Jacobsen

Daniel Podos

Interests in working with light-matter interactions involving entangled light and computational nonlinear optics.

Lila

Moral Support

Bob

Moral Support