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Sandra Rosenthal is the Jack and Pamela Egan Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Chemistry Department at Vanderbilt University. She holds cross-appointments in Physics, Pharmacology, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her research focuses on semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots), exploring their optoelectronic properties for applications in biotechnology, solid-state lighting, and energy-efficient materials. Rosenthal earned her B.S. from Valparaiso University and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, with postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Her research interests include quantum confinement effects, nanocrystal surface dynamics, and their biomedical applications, such as probing membrane proteins involved in neuronal signaling. She pioneered ultrafast fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy to study carrier dynamics in nanocrystals and developed white-light-emitting CdSe nanocrystals for solid-state lighting.
Rosenthal’s awards include the Herty Medalist (2018), SEC Faculty Achievement Award (2014), and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011). Her work has been published in top journals like JACS, Nano Letters, and ACS Nano.
She has served as Director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and collaborated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her lab integrates cutting-edge techniques like aberration-corrected electron microscopy and single-nanocrystal spectroscopy to advance nanomaterials science.
