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R. J. Dwayne Miller

R. J. Dwayne Miller

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
16639
World Ranking
5061
National Ranking
125

Physics

D-Index
78
Citations
20927
World Ranking
3175
National Ranking
79

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - OSA Fellows R.J. Dwayne Miller Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany For his groundbreaking development of ultrabright femtosecond electron sources for probing atomic motions on the primary timescales governing chemistry.
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

R. J. Dwayne Miller is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, notably Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science. The subfields of their work include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Structural Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on diverse topics such as Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, Enzyme Structure and Function, and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Recent publications by R. J. Dwayne Miller demonstrate a breadth of interest and collaboration in various journals and scientific fields. Selected titles include:

  • "Quantum biology revisited" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Automatic quantification and classification of microplastics in scanning electron micrographs via deep learning" (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Serial protein crystallography in an electron microscope" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "The HARE chip for efficient time-resolved serial synchrotron crystallography" (2020) published in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
  • "Intermolecular vibrations mediate ultrafast singlet fission" (2020) published in Science Advances

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with R. J. Dwayne Miller include:

  • Hong-Guang Duan
  • Ajay Jha
  • Michael Thorwart
  • Vandana Tiwari
  • Robert Bücker

The scientist's research is commonly published in venues such as Microscopy and Microanalysis, Nature Communications, arXiv (Cornell University), Science Advances, and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In recognition of contributions to science, R. J. Dwayne Miller has received several awards, including:

  • OSA Fellows (2015): For the development of ultrabright femtosecond electron sources to probe atomic motions on timescales relevant to chemistry
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1999)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1992)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1988)

Best Publications

  • An Atomic-Level View of Melting Using Femtosecond Electron Diffraction

    Bradley J. Siwick;Jason R. Dwyer;Robert E. Jordan;R. J. Dwayne Miller

  • Ultrafast memory loss and energy redistribution in the hydrogen bond network of liquid H2O

    M. L. Cowan;B. D. Bruner;N. Huse;J. R. Dwyer

  • Terahertz-driven linear electron acceleration

    Emilio Alessandro Nanni;Wenqian Ronny Huang;Kyung-Han Hong;Koustuban Ravi

  • Femtosecond electron diffraction: heralding the era of atomically resolved dynamics

    Germán Sciaini;Germán Sciaini;R. J. Dwayne Miller;R. J. Dwayne Miller

  • Snapshots of cooperative atomic motions in the optical suppression of charge density waves

    Maximilian Eichberger;Hanjo Schäfer;Marina Krumova;Markus Beyer

  • Coherent control of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin.

    Valentyn I. Prokhorenko;Andrea M. Nagy;Stephen A. Waschuk;Leonid S. Brown

  • Quantum biology revisited

    Jianshu Cao;Richard J. Cogdell;David F. Coker;Hong Guang Duan;Hong Guang Duan

  • The formation of warm dense matter: experimental evidence for electronic bond hardening in gold

    Ralph Ernstorfer;Maher Harb;Christoph T. Hebeisen;Germán Sciaini

  • Ultrafast electron optics: Propagation dynamics of femtosecond electron packets

    Bradley J. Siwick;Jason R. Dwyer;Robert E. Jordan;R. J. Dwayne Miller

  • Femtosecond crystallography with ultrabright electrons and x-rays: capturing chemistry in action.

    R. J. Dwayne Miller;R. J. Dwayne Miller;R. J. Dwayne Miller

  • Electronic acceleration of atomic motions and disordering in bismuth

    Germán Sciaini;Maher Harb;Sergei G Kruglik;Thomas Payer

  • Ultrafast heterodyne-detected transient-grating spectroscopy using diffractive optics

    Gregory D. Goodno;Gami Dadusc;R. J. Dwayne Miller

  • Mapping molecular motions leading to charge delocalization with ultrabright electrons

    Meng Gao;Meng Gao;Cheng Lu;Hubert Jean-Ruel;Hubert Jean-Ruel;Lai Chung Liu;Lai Chung Liu

  • Nature does not rely on long-lived electronic quantum coherence for photosynthetic energy transfer

    Hong-Guang Duan;Hong-Guang Duan;Valentyn I Prokhorenko;Richard J Cogdell;Khuram Ashraf

  • Two-dimensional spectroscopy of a molecular dimer unveils the effects of vibronic coupling on exciton coherences.

    Alexei Halpin;Philip J. M. Johnson;Roel Tempelaar;R. Scott Murphy

  • Temperature dependence of the two-dimensional infrared spectrum of liquid H2O

    D. Kraemer;M. L. Cowan;A. Paarmann;N. Huse

  • Optical generation of tunable ultrasonic waves

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

  • Femtosecond electron diffraction: 'making the molecular movie'.

    Jason R Dwyer;Christoph T Hebeisen;Ralph Ernstorfer;Maher Harb

  • Laser‐induced excited state and ultrasonic wave gratings: Amplitude and phase grating contributions to diffraction

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

  • Ultrafast mid-IR laser scalpel: protein signals of the fundamental limits to minimally invasive surgery.

    Saeid Amini-Nik;Darren Kraemer;Michael L. Cowan;Keith Gunaratne

  • Surface Electron Transfer Processes

    R. J. Dwayne Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz X. Kärtner
Franz X. Kärtner Universität Hamburg
Leonid S. Brown
Leonid S. Brown University of Guelph
Shaul Mukamel
Shaul Mukamel University of California, Irvine
Emil F. Pai
Emil F. Pai University of Toronto
Michael D. Fayer
Michael D. Fayer Stanford University
Shin-ya Koshihara
Shin-ya Koshihara Tokyo Institute of Technology
Wolfgang Domcke
Wolfgang Domcke Technical University of Munich
Daniel M. Neumark
Daniel M. Neumark University of California, Berkeley
Henry J. Snaith
Henry J. Snaith University of Oxford

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