Jay Kitt

Jay Kitt is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah, working within Joel Harris's analytical chemistry research group. His work applies confocal Raman microscopy to chromatographic silica surfaces, supported phospholipid bilayers, and DNA hybridization kinetics, including surface-area-enhanced Raman spectroscopy as a quantitative, reproducible alternative to plasmonic SERS. He previously received the Society for Applied Spectroscopy's Distinguished Service Award. The Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award, sponsored by Spectroscopy magazine, recognizes scientists early in their careers making significant contributions to molecular spectroscopy; past winners include Lu Wei, Lingyan Shi, and Ishan Barman.