Graham R. Fleming Deputy Laboratory Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Acting Head, Biological Dynamics Department, Physical Biosciences
Division
Melvin Calvin Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Contact
info: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Physical Biosciences Division
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Mail Stop: 201 Hidebrand
Berkeley, California 94720-1460
USA
Research Emphasis Ultrafast spectroscopy of chemical and biological systems.
Fleming's work has three general areas: chemical dynamics in liquids and
solutions, the dynamics of elementary biological processes, and the development
of new types of spectroscopies to reveal molecular dynamics in greater
detail. He combined computer simulation and femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy
in a way that led to a deep understanding of the molecular mechanism by
which solutes, including dyes and natural pigments such as chlorophylls
and carotenoids, interact with their environments (which could be polar
liquids such as water and alcohols, non-polar liquids such as benzene
and hexane, polymer glasses, or proteins). To explore these phenomena,
new types of spectroscopies have been developed by the Fleming Group,
including phase control of optical pulses and several photon echo techniques,
along with theories describing ultrafast spectroscopies. Current research
topics include non-polar solvation, protein-pigment interactions, photosynthetic
systems, and multi-dimensional optical spectroscopy.
