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Abstract:

After nearly a quarter century of active development and widening adoption, multidimensional optical spectroscopy has made numerous contributions to the fundamental understanding of some aspects of chemistry. There remains, however, substantial potential to broaden the reach of these powerful spectroscopic methods by directing more attention towards chemical reactions. In this presentation, I will introduce the concepts and methods of two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy from a molecular perspective, focusing on the potential for new research directions in catalysis (i.e. photo-, photoredox, and electrocatalysis).

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Bio:

Kevin Kubarych is a professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences at University of Ottawa. He obtained his ScB in chemistry at Brown University (1996) and his PhD working on two-dimensional Raman spectroscopy at University of Toronto (2003). Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, he had a 19-year career at University of Michigan developing and applying two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to study a wide array of chemical phenomena ranging from biomolecular hydration and photocatalysis to electrochemistry and vibrational polaritons.