*Celebrating the 2014 Inaugural Volume of Structural Dynamics*
Find out more about some of the distinguished scientists who have contributed to the inaugural volume of Structural Dynamics and read their cutting-edge articles. Also meet some of our award-winning Editorial Board members.
Featured Authors
Fabrizio Carbone
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dr. Carbone obtained his PhD from the University of Geneva in condensed matter physics in 2007 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech under the supervision of Prof. Zewail. He returned to Switzerland in 2009 and started his independent group as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2010. From 2006-2009 he served as President of the European Crystallographic Association.
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Ultrafast structural and electronic dynamics of the metallic phase in a layered manganite
L. Piazza, C. Ma, H. X. Yang, A. Mann, Y. Zhu, J. Q. Li, F. Carbone
Struct. Dyn. 1, 014501 (2014)
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John R. Helliwell | Editorial Advisory Board Member
The University of Manchester
2014 ACA Patterson Award
Prof. John R. Helliwell, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, began his distinguished career in 1979 as a lecturer in Biophysics at the University of Keele. Following an academic appointment at the University of York, Prof. Helliwell become Professor of Structural Chemistry, The University of Manchester in 1989, a position he held until 2012. Prof. Helliwell earned a DPhil in 1978 and a DSc in 1996. He served as president of the European Crystallographic Association from 2006 to 2009 and is the 2014 recipient of the American Crystallographic Association Patterson Award and Lecture.
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Structural dynamics of cisplatin binding to histidine in a protein
Simon W. M. Tanley, John R. Helliwell
Struct. Dyn. 1, 034701 (2014)
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Ferenc Krausz
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
In 2003, Prof. Krausz was appointed Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik in Garching, Germany, and since October 2004 has also been Professor of Physics and Chair of Experimental Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. His research includes nonlinear light-matter interactions, ultrashort light pulse generation from the infrared to the X-ray spectral range, and studies of ultrafast microscopic processes. In 2013 Prof. Krausz was awarded the King-Faisal-Prize in Science and the Otto-Hahn-Prize.
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Peter Baum
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Peter Baum received his PhD with highest distinction in Physics in 2005 from LMU München. After postdoctoral stays at Universität Wien and Caltech, he joined Ferenc Krausz at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics and LMU München as a research team leader. His research focuses on the study of ultrafast light-matter interaction and the underlying atomic/electronic motions. He has earned an ERC-Advanced-Grant, together with Ferenc Krausz.
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Femtosecond single-electron diffraction
S. Lahme, C. Kealhofer, F. Krausz, P. Baum
Struct. Dyn. 1, 034303 (2014)
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O.J. (Jom) Luiten | Editorial Advisory Board
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Prof. Jom Luiten heads the Coherence and Quantum Technology group at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Currently his interests focus on coherent charged particle beams, ultracold plasmas, ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy, and coherent light-matter interaction. He is the recipient of the FOM Industrial Partnership Program “Foundations for Faster Electron Microscopy” grant (2013) and the VICI Scholarship (Dutch NWO Innovative Research Incentive Scheme), “Exploring Extreme Beam Regimes for Femtosecond Electron Imaging” in 2007.
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Ultrafast electron diffraction using an ultracold source
M. W. van Mourik, W. J. Engelen, E. J. D. Vredenbregt, O. J. Luiten
Struct. Dyn. 1, 034302 (2014)
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Shaul Mukamel | Editorial Advisory Board Member
University of California, Irvine
2015 ACS Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology
Shaul Mukamel, currently a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, received his PhD in 1976 from Tel Aviv University. Following postdoctoral appointments at MIT and the University of California, Berkeley, he has held faculty positions at Rice University, the Weizmann Institute, and the University of Rochester. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (2015) and the Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society (2011).
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Two-dimensional x-ray correlation spectroscopy of remote core states
Daniel Healion, Yu Zhang, Jason D. Biggs, Weijie Hua, Shaul Mukamel
Struct. Dyn. 1, 014101 (2014)
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D. A. Reis
Stanford University
Dr. Reis is Associate Professor of Photon Science and Applied Physics and Deputy Director of the PULSE Institute for Ultrafast Energy Science at Stanford University. Current research interests include experimental optical, x-ray, and condensed matter physics and ultrafast and high-field processes with a focus on fundamental interactions in the solid-state. Dr. Reis was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2012) and the National Science Foundation, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (1999-2001).
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Measurement of transient atomic displacements in thin films with picosecond and femtometer resolution
M. Kozina, T. Hu, J. S. Wittenberg, E. Szilagyi, M. Trigo, T. A. Miller, C. Uher, A. Damodaran, L. Martin, A. Mehta, J. Corbett, J. Safranek, D. A. Reis, A. M. Lindenberg
Struct. Dyn. 1, 034301 (2014)
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Dilano K. Saldin
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Since 1988, Dr. Saldin has been at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he is now a Distinguished Professor. From 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2008 he served as Chair of the Department of Physics. As a result of his research, Dr. Saldin holds two atomic imaging patents. A Fellow of the American Physical Society (2012), Dr. Saldin has been honored with numerous awards including the UWM Foundation and Graduate School Research Award “for outstanding research and creative activity” in 1994.
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Enzyme transient state kinetics in crystal and solution from the perspective of a time-resolved crystallographer
Marius Schmidt, Dilano K. Saldin
Struct. Dyn. 1, 024701 (2014)
*Award-Winning Editorial Board Members*
Majed Chergui | Editor-in-Chief
2015 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics
After studying in the United Kingdom and France, Majed moved to Berlin, Germany in 1987 where he spent six years. In 1993, he was appointed full professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Université de Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2003, he moved to his present position at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he is a Professor of Physics and Chemistry and head of the Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy.
George N. Phillips, Jr. | Associate Editor
2015 Biophysical Society Fellows Award
After completing his undergraduate and PhD degrees at Rice University in the 1970s, Dr. Phillips pursued postdoctoral training in the Structural Biology Laboratory at the Rosenstiel Center at Brandeis University. He served as Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, followed by his return to Rice University in 1987 as Professor of Biochemistry. In 2000, he moved to the University of Wisconsin-
Madison, but returned yet again to Rice University in 2012 as the Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and the Department of Chemistry.
John Spence | Editorial Advisory Board Member
2014 John Cowley Medal of the International Federation of Societies of Electron Microscopy<
Dr. Spence completed his PhD in Physics at Melbourne University, and postdoctorate at Oxford. At ASU he is Snell Professor of Physics, and Director of Science for the NSF BioXFEL Science and Technology Center on X-Ray Lasers in biology. Awards include the Cowley Medal of IFSM and the ACA Burger Medal. He is a Fellow of AAAS, MSA and Churchill College.
Ahmed Zewail | Editorial Advisory Board Member
Sole recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ahmed Zewail is the Linus Pauling Chair professor of chemistry and physics and Director of the Center for Physical Biology at Caltech. He is the sole recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize for the development of the field of Femtochemistry. In the post-Nobel era, he developed 4D Electron Microscopy for the direct visualization of matter in space and time. Dr. Zewail’s other honors include fifty Honorary Degrees, Orders of Merits, and more than a hundred international awards.
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