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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bern Kohler is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Cell Biology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics reflecting interdisciplinary expertise, including:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Recent papers authored by Bern Kohler demonstrate a focus on photophysical and biochemical analysis at the molecular level. Among these are:

  • "Probing the heterogeneous structure of eumelanin using ultrafast vibrational fingerprinting," Nature Communications, 2020
  • "Indole-5,6-quinones display hallmark properties of eumelanin," Nature Chemistry, 2023
  • "Catechol-Based Molecular Memory Film for Redox Linked Bioelectronics," Advanced Electronic Materials, 2020
  • "Time-Resolved Vibrational Fingerprints for Two Silver Cluster-DNA Fluorophores," The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020
  • "Solvent-Dependent Stabilization of a Charge Transfer State is the Key to Ultrafast Triplet State Formation in an Epigenetic DNA Nucleoside," Chemistry - A European Journal, 2021

Their frequent co-authors include Christopher Grieco, Lara Martínez-Fernández, Yuyuan Zhang, Jean-Philip Lumb, and Forrest R. Kohl, with collaboration counts ranging from four to six publications each.

Bern Kohler has contributed multiple papers to several publication venues, notably:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Chemical Science

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Bern Kohler was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics in Nucleic Acids

    Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández;Boiko Cohen;Patrick M. Hare;Bern Kohler

  • DNA Excited-State Dynamics: From Single Bases to the Double Helix

    Chris T Middleton;Kimberly de La Harpe;Charlene Su;Yu Kay Law

  • Thymine Dimerization in DNA is an Ultrafast Photoreaction

    Wolfgang J. Schreier;Tobias E. Schrader;Florian O. Koller;Peter Gilch

  • Base stacking controls excited-state dynamics in A·T DNA

    Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández;Boiko Cohen;Bern Kohler

  • DNA Excited-State Dynamics: Ultrafast Internal Conversion and Vibrational Cooling in a Series of Nucleosides

    Jean-Marc L. Pecourt;Jorge Peon;Bern Kohler

  • Ultrafast Internal Conversion of Electronically Excited RNA and DNA Nucleosides in Water

    Jean-Marc L. Pecourt;and Jorge Peon;Bern Kohler

  • Internal conversion to the electronic ground state occurs via two distinct pathways for pyrimidine bases in aqueous solution.

    Patrick M. Hare;Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández;Bern Kohler

  • Ultrafast Decay of Electronically Excited Singlet Cytosine via a π,π* to nO,π* State Switch

    Nina Ismail;Lluis Blancafort;Massimo Olivucci;Bern Kohler

  • Solvent Effects on the Two-Photon Absorption of Distyrylbenzene Chromophores

    Han Young Woo;Bin Liu;Bernhard Kohler;Dmitry Korystov

  • Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Adenine and Monomethylated Adenines in Solution: Implications for the Nonradiative Decay Mechanism

    Boiko Cohen;Patrick M. Hare;Bern Kohler

  • UV excitation of single DNA and RNA strands produces high yields of exciplex states between two stacked bases

    Tomohisa Takaya;Charlene Su;Kimberly de La Harpe;Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández

  • Controlling the Future of Matter

    Bern Kohler;Jeffrey L. Krause;Ferenc Raksi;Kent R. Wilson

  • Nonrelaxational inertial motion in carbon disulfide liquid observed by femtosecond time-resolved impulsive stimulated scattering

    S. Ruhman;Leah R. Williams;Alan G. Joly;Bern. Kohler

  • Nonradiative Decay Mechanisms in DNA Model Systems

    Bern Kohler

  • UV-Induced Proton Transfer between DNA Strands

    Yuyuan Zhang;Kimberly de La Harpe;Ashley A. Beckstead;Roberto Improta

  • Solvent-Dependent Photophysics of 1-Cyclohexyluracil: Ultrafast Branching in the Initial Bright State Leads Nonradiatively to the Electronic Ground State and a Long-Lived 1nπ* State

    Patrick M. Hare;Carlos E. Crespo-Hernandez;Bern Kohler

  • Quantum control of I2 in the gas phase and in condensed phase solid Kr matrix

    Christopher J. Bardeen;Jianwei Che;Kent R. Wilson;Vladislav V. Yakovlev

  • Life in the light: nucleic acid photoproperties as a legacy of chemical evolution.

    Ashley A. Beckstead;Yuyuan Zhang;Mattanjah S. de Vries;Bern Kohler

  • Influence of Secondary Structure on Electronic Energy Relaxation in Adenine Homopolymers

    Carlos E. Crespo-Hernandez;Bern Kohler

  • Excited State Dynamics of Methyl Viologen. Ultrafast Photoreduction in Methanol and Fluorescence in Acetonitrile

    Jorge Peon;Xin Tan;J. David Hoerner;Chungeng Xia

  • Singlet excited-state lifetimes of cytosine derivatives measured by femtosecond transient absorption

    Rosalie J. Malone;Angela M. Miller;Bern Kohler

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent R. Wilson
Kent R. Wilson University of California, San Diego
Vladislav V. Yakovlev
Vladislav V. Yakovlev Texas A&M University
Roberto Improta
Roberto Improta University of Naples Federico II
Sanford Ruhman
Sanford Ruhman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rick Trebino
Rick Trebino Georgia Institute of Technology
John R. Helliwell
John R. Helliwell University of Manchester
Urs P. Wild
Urs P. Wild École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dimitra Markovitsi
Dimitra Markovitsi University of Paris-Saclay
Cynthia J. Burrows
Cynthia J. Burrows University of Utah

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