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Dr. Bern Kohler Professor of Chemistry kohler@chemistry.montana.edu
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Research Interests
Condensed-phase femtochemistry; time-resolved electronic and vibrational spectroscopy; DNA photodamage; nucleic acid biophysics; nanostructured materials for solar energy conversion
Honors
| 2009 |
Co-Vice Chair Electronic Spectroscopy & Dynamics Gordon Conference |
| 2008 |
Nominee for Outstanding Teaching Award The Ohio State University |
| June-July 2008 |
Visiting Professor Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark |
| 2004-2005 |
Humboldt Research Fellow Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation |
| 2004 2003 |
Chair, Organizing Committee 16th Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences |
| 2002 |
Session Chair Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium |
Editorships
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Associate Editor Photochemistry and Photobiology |
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Associate Editor Research Letters in Physical Chemistry |
Education
| Ph.D. 1990 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physical Chemistry Advisor: Prof. Keith A. Nelson Thesis: "Ultrafast Dynamics of Molecular Liquids Investigated by Femtosecond Light Scattering" |
| B.S. 1985 | Chemistry, Stanford University |
Appointments
| 2009-present |
Professor of Chemistry Montana State University |
| 2007-2009 |
Professor of Chemistry The Ohio State University Member of the Biophysics Program The Ohio State University Member of the Chemical Physics Program The Ohio State University Member of the Spectroscopy Institute The Ohio State University |
| 2003-2007 |
Associate Professor of Chemistry The Ohio State University |
| 1995-2003 |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry The Ohio State University |
| 1992-1995 |
Assistant Project Scientist University of California, San Diego Research Director: Prof. Kent R. Wilson (deceased) |
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1990-1992 |
Postdoctoral Researcher ETH Zurich, Switzerland Research Director: Prof. Urs P. Wild (emeritus) |
Current Research Grants
National Science Foundation, Dynamics of Excited Electronic States in DNA, 7/1/08 - 6/30/11, Total costs: $526,145.
Department of Energy, Photoactive inorganic membranes for charge transport, 4/15/06 - 4/14/09, Total costs: $660,000, co-PI.
National Institutes of Health, Ultrafast Photodynamics of Nucleic Acids, 3/1/02 - 2/28/07, Total costs: $1,200,000.