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Professor Songi Han is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on developing novel magnetic resonance techniques to study molecular and material dynamics. She holds affiliations with the College of Engineering and has received numerous prestigious awards for her work.
- Education:
- Dr. rer. nat (PhD equivalent), Aachen University of Technology
- Diplom in Chemistry, Aachen University of Technology
- Vordiplom in Chemistry, University of Köln, Germany
Her lab specializes in dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) to enhance NMR signal sensitivity, enabling studies of hydration dynamics, lipid membrane biophysics, and protein aggregation. Techniques include high-frequency EPR and DNP-enhanced spectroscopy. Current research addresses biomaterial interfaces, amyloid protein aggregation, and bioinspired polymer systems.
Awards and Honors:
- Camille & Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
- NSF Early CAREER Award
- Packard Fellowship
- Biophysical Society Innovation Award
- Bessel Humboldt Prize
- NIH R35 MIRA Award
Lab Focus: The Han Lab combines instrumentation development with biophysical/materials science applications, emphasizing ambient-temperature DNP studies and pulsed EPR spectroscopy. Key projects include membrane protein dynamics, hydration mechanisms, and soft matter structure-property relationships.
