Pat Kambhampati

Dr. Pat Kambhampati is Professor of Chemistry at McGill University, specializing in ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum-confined systems. His research deciphers electronic processes in nanomaterials using advanced laser spectroscopies.

Research areas include:

• Exciton dynamics in quantum dots and perovskites
• Development of coherent multidimensional spectroscopies
• Hot carrier relaxation in semiconductor nanocrystals

His laboratory employs three complementary femtosecond-resolution techniques to track electronic processes from 10 fs to 2 ns. Recent work reveals quantum coherence phenomena in perovskite nanocrystals, multiexcitonic effects under quantum confinement, and violations of classical emission approximations. Awards include the John Polanyi Award (2022) and Fessenden Research Prize (2019).