We are a bunch of Physical Chemists/Chemical Physicists that specializes in using Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy, especially Coherent Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy (2DES), to study the femtosecond-picosecond dynamics of various complex systems in Chemistry, Biology & Nanoscience.
"A Study on Cross Peaks in Two-Dimensional Optical Spectroscopy: Quantum Cross-Correlation Functions and Interplay with Excitonic Coupling", J. Chem. Phys. 164, 024202 (2026). DOI
Festschrift in honor of Minhaeng Cho: Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Editor's Pick, & Featured on the Issue Cover.
"Directly Measuring the Connectivity between Isoenergetic Light-Harvesting Antennas in Plant Photosystem II at Physiological Temperature", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 17 (2), 605–614, (2026). DOI
"Correlated Vibrational Coherence and Spectral Diffusion Analysis of Multi-level Systems using Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy", J. Chem. Phys. 162, 164311 (2025). DOI
David Jonas Festschrift
"Cross Peaks on Two-Dimensional Optical Spectra arising from Quantum Cross-Correlation Functions", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15, 11485-11495 (2024). DOI
"Ultrafast Energy Transfer in a Diatom Photosystem II Supercomplex", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15, 5838-5847 (2024). DOI
"Inhomogeneous Energy Transfer Dynamics from Iron-stress-induced Protein A to Photosystem I", Front. Plant Sci. 15, 1393886 (2024). DOI
"Inter-subunit Energy Transfer Processes in a Minimal Plant Photosystem II Supercomplex", Sci. Adv. 10 (8) eadh0911 (2024). DOI
"Measuring the Ultrafast Correlation Dynamics of a Multilevel System Using the Center Line Slope Analysis in Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy" J. Phys. Chem. B 33, 7309-7322 (2023). DOI
Hiro-o Hamaguchi Festschrift
"Measuring the Ultrafast Spectral Diffusion and Vibronic Coupling Dynamics in CdSe Colloidal Quantum Wells using Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy" ACS Nano 17, 2411-2410 (2023). DOI
"Ultrafast Excitation Energy Transfer Dynamics in the LHCII−CP29−CP24 Subdomain of Plant Photosystem II" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 4263-4271 (2022). DOI
"Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of the Qx to Qy relaxation of chlorophylls a in photosystem II core complex" J. Chem. Phys. 156, 145102 (2022). DOI
Special Issue: Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting and Energy Conversion.
"Ultrafast excitation quenching by the oxidized photosystem II reaction center" J. Chem. Phys. 156, 145101 (2022). DOI
Special Issue: Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting and Energy Conversion.
"Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy of a Minimal Photosystem I Complex Reveals the Rate of Primary Charge Separation", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 14601-14612 (2021) DOI
20th Jan 2026. We welcome Wei Xinzhou to our research group. Xinzhou is an exchange student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
8th Sep 2025. We welcome Zini, Geun and Chao Ying. They will be doing their URECA project with us.
11th Aug 2025. We welcome Imran to our research group as a PhD student. He recently graduated from King's College London.
17th Jun 2025. Kai successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congrats to Dr. Zhong!
13th Sep 2024. We welcome Mengqi. Mengqi is a 2nd year NTU undergraduate under the URECA program.
29th Jul 2024 We welcome Nelson. Nelson is joining us as a PhD student . He is a recent graduate of the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
29th Jul 2024 Congratulations to Sachin for being a Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal recipient 2024, having graduated at the top of the BSc. in Chemistry & Biological Chemistry class of 2024.
16th Jan 2024 Congratulations to Long, who gave his final PhD oral presentation and is now officially Doctor Nguyen!
15th Jan 2024. Sachin officially join us as a PhD student! He has been awarded the prestigious Nanyang Postgraduate Research Scholarship.
18th Oct 2023. We welcome Jiayu. Jiayu is joining us as a PhD exchange student on a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC), He is currently a PhD student at Shantou University, China.
26th Sep 2023. We bid farewell to Jianjun. He will be taking up a research position at China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
1st July 2023 We welcome Zhong Kai. Kai is a RUG-NTU joint PhD student, He obtained his MSc from the University of Science and Technology of China.
7th Mar 2023. We welcome again Petar and Parveen. As visiting scientists, they will be with us for the next two months.
2nd Nov 2022. We bid farewell to Nhut, who will be joining the Kennis Group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as a postdoc.
28th Sep 2022. We welcome Jianjun to our research group. Jianjun joins us as an International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellow, a fellowship awarded by the China Postdoctoral Council. He obtained his PhD from Wuhan University of Technology, Hubei, China.
7th Sep 2022. We welcome Sanjib to our research group. Sanjib joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.
14th July 2022 We welcome Shuyue to our research group. Shuyue is an exchange student from the University of Science and Technology China, and will be with us till the end of 2022.
31st Mar. 2022 We welcome Monica to our research group. Monica is an exchange student from University of Malaya, and will be with us till June 2022.