The Nesbitt Laboratory pursues research in four main areas:
1) High resolution laser spectroscopy of radicals, ions and molecular ion clusters
2) Chemical Reaction Dynamics: Gas Phase and Interfaces
3) Quantum nanostructures and photonic nanomaterials
4) Single Molecule Biophysics: Microscopy, Kinetics and Thermodynamics
Highlighted Publications
, “Sub-Doppler infrared spectroscopy of jet cooled trans-deuteroxycarbonyl (trans-DOCO) radical”, Journal of Chemical Physics, Submitted.
, “Novel Heat-Promoted Folding Dynamics of the yybP-ykoY Manganese Riboswitch: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies at the Single Molecule Level”, Journal pf Physical Chemistry B, Submitted.
, “Single Molecule FRET Kinetics of the Mn2+ Riboswitch Evidence for Allosteric Mg2+ Control of “Induced Fit” vs. “Conformational Selection” Folding Pathways”, J. Phys. Chem. B, vol. 123 , no. 9, pp. 2005-2015, 2019.
Opportunities
The Nesbitt Group routinely has openings for postdoctoral associates and graduate students. In addition, the Nesbitt group also has traditionally made undergraduate research opportunities available for especially motivated and independent students.
About the Nesbitt Laboratory
