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Matthew Tucker is Professor of Chemistry and Graduate Director at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he also serves as Scientific Co-Director for the Hitchcock Center for Chemical Ecology. His research develops ultrafast laser spectroscopy techniques to probe structural dynamics in biological systems, employing femtosecond laser pulses for novel linear and nonlinear infrared spectroscopy.
Research focuses on protein folding dynamics, membrane protein behavior, and RNA structural transformations using two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy. Experimental approaches include optical triggering methods combined with vibrational markers that function as spectroscopic rulers. Additional research examines molecular magnetism in desert lichens and energy dissipation mechanisms under UV radiation. Dr. Tucker directs an NIH-funded laboratory equipped with ultrafast laser systems, vibrational spectroscopy instruments, and computational modeling resources.
Education includes NIH postdoctoral training at University of Pennsylvania, PhD from University of Pennsylvania (2006), and BS/BA from University of Scranton (2000). Recent publications demonstrate innovations in spectroscopic analysis of biomolecular dynamics, photochromic materials, electrocatalysis, and environmental adaptations of extremophile organisms.
