Prashant Jain is a G. L. Clark Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Jain earned his PhD at Georgia Tech and held research appointments at Harvard and UC Berkeley, focusing on ultrafast spectroscopy, magneto- and chiro-optics, and quantum dots. His research explores nanoscale light–matter interactions, plasmonic phenomena, and photocatalysis. A prolific author and widely cited scientist, he serves on major journal editorial boards, leads nanoDDSCAT tool development, and is an award-winning educator and academic leader at UIUC.
In this interview segment, Prashant Jain, who is a G. L. Clark Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), discusses the implications of his study’s findings, highlighting how they advance our understanding of light-driven hydrocarbon formation pathways and plasmonic catalytic events.
In this interview segment, Prashant Jain of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign discusses the unique reaction pathways observed in light-driven chemistry on nanoparticles, particularly in CO2 reduction, and the insights gained into the quantum mechanical mechanisms of these reactions.
In this interview segment, Prashant K. Jain, a G. L. Clark Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), recaps his award plenary talk that he delivered at the SciX Conference this year.
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