Mark and Nancy Ratner Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy)
Director, Photo-Sciences Research Center (PSRC)
Deputy Editor, Journal of Chemical Physics
e-weiss[at]northwestern.edu
Office: Tech K330
Ph: 847-491-3095
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Education
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Ph.D. Chemistry, June 2005
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, A.B. Chemistry, May 2000
Research Experience
Mark and Nancy Ratner Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2018-present
Dow Chemical Company Research Professor in Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2016-present
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy), Northwestern University, 2015-present
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2015-present
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2013-2015
Irving M. Klotz Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2012-2016
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2008-2013
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University, 2005-2008
– Advisor: George M. Whitesides, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
– Research Focus: Electron transport through self-assembled monolayers of organic molecules, new methods for fabrication of metal-polymer hybrid nanostructures
Graduate Research Fellow, Northwestern University, 2000-2005
– Advisors: Michael R. Wasielewski and Mark A. Ratner, Department of Chemistry
– Thesis: “The influence of molecular structure and environment on the mechanism of photo-induced charge transfer in organic systems”
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Princeton University, 1998-2000
– Advisor: Herschel Rabitz, Department of Chemistry
– Thesis: “Nonlinear input-output maps for laboratory learning control of quantum systems”
Honors and Awards
National Finalist, Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists, 2019
Speaker and panelist for the Opening Session of the ACS Spring National Meeting, 2019
National Finalist, Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists, 2018
Paul Gassman Memorial Seminar Speaker, Canisius College, 2018
Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2018
Public Voices Fellowship from Northwestern University and The Op-Ed Project, 2016-2017
Dow Chemical Company Research Professorship in Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2016-2018
Distinguished Women in Science Seminar Speaker, Stanford University, 2016
Phi Lambda Upsilon Distinguished Speaker, Kansas State University, 2015
Harry Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Investigator, American Chemical Society, 2015
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, The Dreyfus Foundation, 2014
Kavli Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecturer, American Chemical Society, 2014
Distinguished Teaching Award, Undergraduate Chemistry Council, 2013
Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011
NU-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award for Energy Research, 2011
A.P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, 2011
Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, 2010
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) via DoD (ARO), 2010
Department of Energy Early Career Research Award, 2010
Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry Grant, 2009
Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, 2009
Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award, 2008
Dow Chemical Company Teacher-Scholar Award, 2008
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Postdoctoral Energy Fellowship, 2005
Northwestern University Graduate Presidential Fellowship, 2004
The Link Foundation Doctoral Energy Fellowship, 2002
Other Experience
Deputy Editor, Journal of Chemical Physics
Founding Director, Photo-Sciences Research Center (PSRC)
Associate Editor, Journal of Chemical Physics (May-Oct 2019)
Editorial Advisory Boards for: ACS Energy Letters, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Materials Horizons, RSC Advances, Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Omega, Trends in Chemistry
Scientific Advisory Board for US Nano
Current Center Affiliations
Photo-Sciences Research Center (PSRC), 2019 – present
Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science, a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, 2014 – present
Northwestern Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), 2009 – present
Center for Light Energy-Activated Redox Processes (LEAP), a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, 2018 – present
