Prof. Renske van der Veen is Looking for Graduate Students

The van der Veen lab in the Department of Chemistry has an opening for a graduate student. Our lab develops and applies state-of-the-art ultrafast probing tools to unravel the energy relaxation pathways in photoactive nanomaterials. We are currently looking for a PhD student to lead our ultrafast laser spectroscopy and microscopy project. This project encompasses the optimization and further development of our femtosecond spectrometer, as well as laser pump-probe experiments on photomagnetic nanoparticles and thin films. Skills learned will include experimental laser spectroscopy and optics, data analysis in Matlab/Igor Pro, advanced fitting tools, and modeling of relaxation pathways and switching in photomagnetic compounds.

For more information, visit our website at https://www.vanderveen-lab.com/ or e-mail Renske at renske@illinois.edu. Representative publications are below:

R.M. van der Veen, T.J. Penfold, A.H. Zewail, “Ultrafast Core-Loss Spectroscopy in 4D Electron Microscopy”, Structural Dynamics 2, 024302 (2015)

R.M. van der Veen, O-H. Kwon, S.T. Park, A. Tissot, A. Hauser, A.H. Zewail, "Single-Nanoparticle Phase Transitions Visualized by 4D Electron Microscopy", Nature Chem. 5, 395-402 (2013)

A. Yurtsever, R.M. van der Veen, A.H. Zewail, "Sub-particle Ultrafast Spectrum Imaging in Electron Microscopy", Science 335, 6064 (2012)

M. Herzog, W. Leitenberger, R. Shayduk, R.M. van der Veen, C.J. Milne, S.L. Johnson, I. Vrejoiu, and M. Bargheer, "Tailoring Interference and Nonlinear Manipulation of Femtosecond X-rays", New J. Phys. 14, 013004 (2012)

R.M. van der Veen, A. Cannizzo, F. van Mourik, A. Vlček Jr. and M. Chergui, "Vibrational wavepacket dynamics and intersystem crossing in binuclear metal complexes in solution", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133(2), 305-315 (2011)