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  • 2014 - OSA Fellows Marcos Dantus Michigan State University, U.S.A. For the development of the multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan for automated femtosecond pulse compression and shaping and for applications ranging from materials processing to bioimaging.
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the development of pulse shaping and coherent control techniques for femtosecond electronic spectroscopy microscopy and remote sensing of molecules
  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1998 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Marcos Dantus is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong interdisciplinary focus that also includes Chemistry. Within these broad areas, their work is concentrated on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

Their scientific output includes significant contributions to topics such as Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies.

Frequent publication venues for their work reflect a focus on physical chemistry and spectroscopy, including:

  • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

Recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Marcos Dantus include:

  • Initial-site characterization of hydrogen migration following strong-field double-ionization of ethanol, 2024, Nature Communications
  • What is the Mechanism of H3+ Formation from Cyclopropane?, 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Surprising Dynamics of the McLafferty Rearrangement, 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Ultrafast disruptive probing: Simultaneously keeping track of tens of reaction pathways, 2022, Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Control of electron recollision and molecular nonsequential double ionization, 2020, Communications Physics

Dantus frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Jacob Stamm, Sung Hyun Kwon, Laurence A. Nafié, Hiro-o Hamaguchi, and L. D. Ziegler. These collaborations have produced numerous publications across their research fields.

Their work has been recognized through several fellowships and awards. In 2014, they were named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for contributions to pulse shaping and coherent control techniques applied to femtosecond electronic spectroscopy microscopy and remote sensing of molecules. The same year, they were also made a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and received recognition as an OSA Fellow for developing multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan methods for automated femtosecond pulse compression and shaping, with applications spanning materials processing to bioimaging. Earlier, in 1998, they were named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Real-time femtosecond probing of "transition states" in chemical reactions

    Marcos Dantus;Mark J. Rosker;Ahmed H. Zewail

  • Experimental coherent laser control of physicochemical processes.

    Marcos Dantus;Vadim V. Lozovoy

  • Femtosecond real-time probing of reactions. I. The technique

    Mark J. Rosker;Marcos Dantus;Ahmed H. Zewail

  • Multiphoton intrapulse interference. II. Control of two- and three-photon laser induced fluorescence with shaped pulses

    Vadim V. Lozovoy;Igor Pastirk;Katherine A. Walowicz;Marcos Dantus

  • Reprint of: Femtosecond transition-state spectroscopy of iodine: From strongly bound to repulsive surface dynamics

    R. M. Bowman;M. Dantus;A. H. Zewail

  • Femtosecond real‐time probing of reactions. II. The dissociation reaction of ICN

    Marcos Dantus;Mark J. Rosker;Ahmed H. Zewail

  • Femtosecond laser observations of molecular vibration and rotation

    M. Dantus;R. M. Bowman;A. H. Zewail

  • Multiphoton Intrapulse Interference. 1. Control of Multiphoton Processes in Condensed Phases

    Katherine A. Walowicz;Igor Pastirk;Vadim V. Lozovoy;Marcos Dantus

  • Highly specific label-free molecular imaging with spectrally tailored excitation-stimulated Raman scattering (STE-SRS) microscopy

    Christian W. Freudiger;Wei Min;Gary R. Holtom;Bingwei Xu

  • Femtosecond temporal spectroscopy and direct inversion to the potential: Application to iodine

    M. Gruebele;G. Roberts;M. Dantus;R.M. Bowman

  • Femtosecond real-time probing of reactions. V. The reaction of IHgI

    M. Dantus;R. M. Bowman;M. Gruebele;A. H. Zewail

  • Femtosecond clocking of the chemical bond.

    Mark J. Rosker;Marcos Dantus;Ahmed H. Zewail

  • Coherent nonlinear spectroscopy: from femtosecond dynamics to control.

    Marcos Dantus

  • Femtosecond transient-grating techniques: Population and coherence dynamics involving ground and excited states

    Emily J. Brown;Qingguo Zhang;Marcos Dantus

  • Ultrafast Electron Diffraction. 5. Experimental Time Resolution and Applications

    Marcos Dantus;Scott B. Kim;J. Charles Williamson;Ahmed H. Zewail

  • Ultrafast diffraction and molecular structure

    J.C. Williamson;M. Dantus;S.B. Kim;A.H. Zewail

  • Tandem mass spectrometry strategies for phosphoproteome analysis.

    Amanda M. Palumbo;Scott A. Smith;Christine L. Kalcic;Marcos Dantus

  • Femtosecond probing of molecular dynamics by mass-spectrometry in a molecular beam

    M. Dantus;M. H. M. Janssen;A. H. Zewail

  • Coherent mode-selective Raman excitation towards standoff detection

    Haowen Li;D. Ahmasi Harris;Bingwei Xu;Paul J. Wrzesinski

  • Control of molecular fragmentation using shaped femtosecond pulses.

    Vadim V. Lozovoy;Xin Zhu;Tissa C. Gunaratne;D. Ahmasi Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Ahmed H. Zewail
Ahmed H. Zewail California Institute of Technology
James E. Jackson
James E. Jackson Michigan State University
James R. Gord
James R. Gord United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Babak Borhan
Babak Borhan Michigan State University
Piotr Piecuch
Piotr Piecuch Michigan State University
Frank W. Wise
Frank W. Wise Cornell University
Gavin E. Reid
Gavin E. Reid University of Melbourne
Manoochehr Koochesfahani
Manoochehr Koochesfahani Michigan State University
A. Daniel Jones
A. Daniel Jones Michigan State University
Chris Xu
Chris Xu Cornell University

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