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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society
  • 2010 - OSA Fellows For seminal contributions to the understanding of dynamics and interactions in liquids through development and applications of ultrafast nonlinear vibrational experimental methods and spectroscopy.
  • 2009 - Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society
  • 2007 - E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1981 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1977 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael D. Fayer is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields including Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science, with significant contributions across Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

Their research addresses several main topics such as Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Thermodynamic properties of mixtures, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Ionic liquids properties and applications, Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and Material Dynamics and Properties.

Frequent coauthors of Michael D. Fayer include Junkun Pan, Aaron P. Charnay, Sebastian M. Fica-Contreras, Samantha T. Hung, and Sean A. Roget. These collaborators have contributed substantially to the development and publication of their joint research.

Their recent publications cover a range of specialized subjects, including: "Microstructural and Dynamical Heterogeneities in Ionic Liquids" (2020) published in Chemical Reviews; "Single Ensemble Non-exponential Photoluminescent Population Decays from a Broadband White-Light-Emitting Perovskite" (2020) from the Journal of the American Chemical Society; "Water Dynamics and Structure of Highly Concentrated LiCl Solutions Investigated Using Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy" (2022) also in the Journal of the American Chemical Society; "Identical Water Dynamics in Acrylamide Hydrogels, Polymers, and Monomers in Solution: Ultrafast IR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations" (2021) likewise appearing in the Journal of the American Chemical Society; and "Free Volume Element Sizes and Dynamics in Polystyrene and Poly(methyl methacrylate) Measured with Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy" (2021) published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Michael D. Fayer's publications appear frequently in several venues, most notably: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, and Macromolecules.

Throughout their career, Michael D. Fayer has been recognized with several awards, including the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science from the American Physical Society in 2012, the OSA Fellowship in 2010 for contributions to ultrafast nonlinear vibrational experimental methods and spectroscopy, the Ellis R. Lippincott Award from The Optical Society in 2009, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2007, the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy from the American Chemical Society in 2007, and the Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy by the American Physical Society in 2000. Additional honors include fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, American Physical Society, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Ultrafast Dynamics of Solute-Solvent Complexation Observed at Thermal Equilibrium in Real Time

    Junrong Zheng;Kyungwon Kwak;John Asbury;Xin Chen

  • Water Dynamics: Vibrational Echo Correlation Spectroscopy and Comparison to Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    John B. Asbury;Tobias Steinel;C. Stromberg;S. A. Corcelli

  • Frequency-frequency correlation functions and apodization in two-dimensional infrared vibrational echo spectroscopy: A new approach

    Kyungwon Kwak;Sungnam Park;Ilya J. Finkelstein;M. D. Fayer

  • Electronic excited state transport in solution

    C. R. Gochanour;Hans C. Andersen;M. D. Fayer

  • Dynamics of water probed with vibrational echo correlation spectroscopy

    John B. Asbury;Tobias Steinel;Kyungwon Kwak;S. A. Corcelli

  • Testing the core/shell model of nanoconfined water in reverse micelles using linear and nonlinear IR spectroscopy

    Ivan R. Piletic;David E. Moilanen;D. B. Spry;Nancy E. Levinger

  • Microstructural and Dynamical Heterogeneities in Ionic Liquids.

    Yong-Lei Wang;Bin Li;Sten Sarman;Francesca Mocci

  • Shocked molecular solids: Vibrational up pumping, defect hot spot formation, and the onset of chemistry

    Dana D. Dlott;Michael D. Fayer

  • Excitation transfer in disordered two‐dimensional and anisotropic three‐dimensional systems: Effects of spatial geometry on time‐resolved observables

    J. Baumann;M. D. Fayer

  • Hydrogen bond dynamics in aqueous NaBr solutions

    Sungnam Park;M. D. Fayer

  • Theory of vibrational relaxation of polyatomic molecules in liquids

    V. M. Kenkre;A. Tokmakoff;M. D. Fayer

  • Watching Hydrogen Bonds Break: A Transient Absorption Study of Water

    Tobias Steinel;John B. Asbury;Junrong Zheng;M. D. Fayer

  • Chemical reaction initiation and hot-spot formation in shocked energetic molecular materials

    A. Tokmakoff;M. D. Fayer;Dana D. Dlott

  • Dynamics of water interacting with interfaces, molecules, and ions.

    Michael D. Fayer

  • Dynamics of Molecules in Condensed Phases: Picosecond Holographic Grating Experiments

    M D Fayer

  • Analysis of Water in Confined Geometries and at Interfaces

    Michael D Fayer;Nancy E Levinger

  • Taking apart the two-dimensional infrared vibrational echo spectra: more information and elimination of distortions.

    Kyungwon Kwak;Daniel E. Rosenfeld;M. D. Fayer

  • Dynamics of Energy Transport in Molecular Crystals: The Picosecond Transient-Grating Method

    J. R. Salcedo;A. E. Siegman;D. D. Dlott;M. D. Fayer

  • Dynamics of liquids, molecules, and proteins measured with ultrafast 2D IR vibrational echo chemical exchange spectroscopy

    M. D. Fayer

  • Orientational dynamics of water confined on a nanometer length scale in reverse micelles.

    Howe-Siang Tan;Ivan R. Piletic;M. D. Fayer

  • Optical generation of tunable ultrasonic waves

    Keith A. Nelson;R. J. Dwayne Miller;D. R. Lutz;M. D. Fayer

  • Ultrafast Infrared And Raman Spectroscopy

    M.D. Fayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrei Tokmakoff
Andrei Tokmakoff University of Chicago
Dana D. Dlott
Dana D. Dlott University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hans C. Andersen
Hans C. Andersen Stanford University
Nancy E. Levinger
Nancy E. Levinger Colorado State University
Mark Ediger
Mark Ediger University of Wisconsin–Madison
John T. Fourkas
John T. Fourkas University of Maryland, College Park
Kelly J. Gaffney
Kelly J. Gaffney SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Steven G. Boxer
Steven G. Boxer Stanford University
James L. Skinner
James L. Skinner University of Chicago

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