Ralph Jimenez

(REU Student)

Undergraduate Student (REU Student)

Moral Support

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

• 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.

5th year Physical Chemistry Graduate Student

Integrated Bachelor and Master of Sciences, IISER Mohali, India

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are luminescent nanoparticles that can absorb two or more photons and emit a single photon of a higher energy. In contrast to two photon absorption which involve virtual intermediate states, UCNPs have real metastable excited states that allow for multiphoton absorption. UCNPs are good candidates for bioimaging due to various advantages such as deep tissue penetration, excellent biostability, low cytotoxicity, and no autofluorescence.