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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - OSA Fellows Majed  Chergui Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland “for pioneering ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy and for his major contributions to the development of ultrafast deep-ultraviolet spectroscopy, which he used to address fundamental light-induced processes in molecules, proteins and materials” (Engineering and Science Research
  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering ultrafast xray spectroscopy, developing novel ultrafast optical spectroscopic methods that were used to answer scientific questions on molecular and biomolecular dynamics in solutions and on the charge carrier dynamics in nanoparticles
  • 2015 - Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society

Overview

Majed Chergui is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans several fields within physics and materials science, with a particular focus on materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's recent papers reflect a concentration on advanced spectroscopic techniques, light-matter interactions, and quantum materials. Selected publications include:

  • A compact and cost-effective hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a high-brightness and low-energy electron beam, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • Evidence of Large Polarons in Photoemission Band Mapping of the Perovskite Semiconductor CsPbBr3, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Radial Spin Texture of the Weyl Fermions in Chiral Tellurium, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Chiral control of spin-crossover dynamics in Fe(II) complexes, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Energy relaxation pathways between light-matter states revealed by coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy, 2020, Communications Physics

Their main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science

Important subfields explored are:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Radiation
  • Spectroscopy

The core research topics associated with Chergui's work cover:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Chergui frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Structural Dynamics

Frequent co-authors in their work include Michele Puppin, Giulia F. Mancini, Oliviero Cannelli, Camila Bacellar, and Ludmila Leroy.

Throughout their career, Chergui has received recognition from scientific communities. Awards include:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • OSA Fellows, 2017, "for pioneering ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy and for contributions to ultrafast deep-ultraviolet spectroscopy addressing fundamental light-induced processes in molecules, proteins and materials"
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2015, for developing ultrafast optical spectroscopic methods applied to molecular and biomolecular dynamics and nanoparticle charge carrier dynamics
  • Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy from the American Physical Society, 2015

Best Publications

  • XFEL: The European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser - Technical Design Report

    R. Abela;K. Witte;A. Schwarz;H. Redlin

  • Femtosecond XANES Study of the Light-Induced Spin Crossover Dynamics in an Iron(II) Complex

    Ch. Bressler;C. Milne;V.-T. Pham;A. ElNahhas

  • Photochemically Grown Silver Nanoparticles with Wavelength-Controlled Size and Shape

    A. Callegari;D. Tonti;M. Chergui

  • Ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Christian Bressler;Majed Chergui

  • Sub-50-fs photoinduced spin crossover in [Fe(bpy)(3)](2+)

    Gerald Auböck;Majed Chergui

  • Ultrafast Nonadiabatic Dynamics of [FeII(bpy)3]2+ in Solution

    Wojciech Gawelda;Andrea Cannizzo;Van-Thai Pham;Frank van Mourik

  • Broadband femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy of [Ru(bpy)3]2+

    Andrea Cannizzo;Frank van Mourik;Wojciech Gawelda;Goran Zgrablic

  • Light-induced spin crossover in Fe(II)-based complexes: The full photocycle unraveled by ultrafast optical and X-ray spectroscopies

    A. Cannizzo;C.J. Milne;C. Consani;W. Gawelda

  • Femtosecond Fluorescence and Intersystem Crossing in Rhenium(I) Carbonyl−Bipyridine Complexes

    Andrea Cannizzo;Ana Maria Blanco-Rodríguez;Amal El Nahhas;Jakub Šebera

  • Electron and X‐Ray Methods of Ultrafast Structural Dynamics: Advances and Applications

    Majed Chergui;Ahmed H. Zewail

  • Structural determination of a short-lived excited iron(II) complex by picosecond x-ray absorption spectroscopy.

    Wojciech Gawelda;Wojciech Gawelda;Van-Thai Pham;Maurizio Benfatto;Yuri Zaushitsyn

  • Ultrafast photophysics of transition metal complexes.

    Majed Chergui

  • Fluorescence and phosphorescence from individual C-60 molecules excited by local electron tunneling

    Elizabeta Ćavar;Marie-Christine Blüm;Marina Pivetta;François Patthey

  • Photoinduced Structural Dynamics of Molecular Systems Mapped by Time-Resolved X-ray Methods

    Majed Chergui;Eric Collet

  • Observing photochemical transients by ultrafast x-ray absorption spectroscopy.

    Melanie Saes;Melanie Saes;Christian Bressler;Rafael Abela;Daniel Grolimund

  • Charge migration and charge transfer in molecular systems

    Hans Jakob Wörner;Christopher A. Arrell;Natalie Banerji;Andrea Cannizzo

  • Vibrational Coherences and Relaxation in the High-Spin State of Aqueous [FeII(bpy)3]2+

    Cristina Consani;Mirabelle Prémont-Schwarz;Amal ElNahhas;Christian Bressler

  • Electronic and molecular structure of photoexcited [Ru-II(bpy)(3)](2+) probed by picosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Wojciech Gawelda;Melanie Johnson;Frank M F de Groot;Rafael Abela

  • Recent experimental and theoretical developments in time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies

    C.J. Milne;T.J. Penfold;T.J. Penfold;M. Chergui

  • Molecular Structural Dynamics Probed by Ultrafast X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    Christian Bressler;Majed Chergui

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Penfold
Thomas J. Penfold Newcastle University
Daniel Grolimund
Daniel Grolimund Paul Scherrer Institute
Ursula Rothlisberger
Ursula Rothlisberger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ivano Tavernelli
Ivano Tavernelli IBM (United States)
Antonín Vlček
Antonín Vlček Czech Academy of Sciences
Angel Rubio
Angel Rubio Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Stanislav Záliš
Stanislav Záliš Czech Academy of Sciences
Albert Stolow
Albert Stolow University of Ottawa

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