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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society
  • 2003 - Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society
  • 1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For developing theories for molecular dynamics, energy transfer, and relaxation, and transport properties of disordered materials as probed by spectral line shapes in linear and nonlinear optical processes
  • 1980 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Shaul Mukamel is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the broad domain of physics and astronomy, with a specialization in atomic and molecular physics and optics. Their work extends prominently into spectroscopy, artificial intelligence, physical and theoretical chemistry, and biophysics.

The scientific focus includes several interrelated topics such as:

  • Spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies
  • Laser-matter interactions and applications
  • Advanced chemical physics studies
  • Quantum information and cryptography
  • Photochemistry and electron transfer studies
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Mechanical and optical resonators

Mukamel has produced a significant number of publications, notably in leading journals including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborative partners include Daniel Keefer, Jérémy R. Rouxel, Marco Garavelli, Bing Gu, and Artur Nenov. These coauthorships reflect consistent scholarly interactions across multiple research projects.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Molecular Structure and Modeling of Water-Air and Ice-Air Interfaces Monitored by Sum-Frequency Generation" (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Roadmap on quantum light spectroscopy" (2020, Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics)
  • "A Machine Learning Protocol for Predicting Protein Infrared Spectra" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Direct observation of coherent femtosecond solvent reorganization coupled to intramolecular electron transfer" (2021, Nature Chemistry)
  • "Aggregation-Induced Intersystem Crossing: Rational Design for Phosphorescence Manipulation" (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)

Mukamel has received multiple professional recognitions, including:

  • Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society, 2020
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
  • Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society, 2011
  • Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society, 2003
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1996
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1987
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1980

Their research contributions cover theoretical and experimental investigations into molecular dynamics, energy transfer, spectral line shapes, and nonlinear optical processes in disordered materials. This corpus supports ongoing studies on laser science, chemical physics, and spectroscopy methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Principles of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy

    Shaul Mukamel

  • Nonequilibrium fluctuations, fluctuation theorems, and counting statistics in quantum systems

    Massimiliano Esposito;Upendra Harbola;Shaul Mukamel

  • Multidimensional femtosecond correlation spectroscopies of electronic and vibrational excitations.

    Shaul Mukamel

  • Role of water in electron-initiated processes and radical chemistry: issues and scientific advances.

    Bruce C Garrett;David A Dixon;Donald M Camaioni;Daniel M Chipman

  • Two-dimensional femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy of liquids

    Yoshitaka Tanimura;Shaul Mukamel

  • Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Lin X. Chen;Lin X. Chen;Alán Aspuru-Guzik

  • Density Matrix Analysis and Simulation of Electronic Excitations in Conjugated and Aggregated Molecules

    Sergei Tretiak;Shaul Mukamel

  • Coherent Multidimensional Optical Spectroscopy of Excitons in Molecular Aggregates; Quasiparticle versus Supermolecule Perspectives

    Darius Abramavicius;Benoit Palmieri;Dmitri V. Voronine;František Šanda

  • Exciton-migration and three-pulse femtosecond optical spectroscopies of photosynthetic antenna complexes

    Wei Min Zhang;Torsten Meier;Vladimir Chernyak;Shaul Mukamel

  • Experimental determination of the quantum-mechanical state of a molecular vibrational mode using fluorescence tomography.

    T. J. Dunn;I. A. Walmsley;S. Mukamel

  • Electronic coherence and collective optical excitations of conjugated molecules

    Shaul Mukamel;Sergei Tretiak;Thomas Wagersreiter;Vladimir Chernyak

  • Nonlinear susceptibilities of molecular aggregates: Enhancement of χ ( 3 ) by size

    Francis C. Spano;Shaul Mukamel

  • Superradiance in molecular aggregates

    Frank C. Spano;Shaul Mukamel

  • Roadmap of ultrafast x-ray atomic and molecular physics

    Linda Young;Linda Young;Kiyoshi Ueda;Markus Gühr;Markus Gühr;Philip H. Bucksbaum;Philip H. Bucksbaum

  • Nonlinear optical signals and spectroscopy with quantum light

    Konstantin E. Dorfman;Frank Schlawin;Shaul Mukamel

  • Photosynthetic reaction center as a quantum heat engine

    Konstantin E. Dorfman;Dmitri V. Voronine;Shaul Mukamel;Marlan O. Scully;Marlan O. Scully

  • Femtosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules in Condensed Phases

    Yijing Yan;S. Mukamel

  • Direct evidence of quantum transport in photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes

    Gitt Panitchayangkoon;Dmitri V. Voronine;Darius Abramavicius;Darius Abramavicius;Justin R. Caram

  • Quantum extension of the Jarzynski relation: analogy with stochastic dephasing.

    Shaul Mukamel

  • Femtosecond Optical Spectroscopy: A Direct Look at Elementary Chemical Events

    Shaul Mukamel

  • Collisionless Multiphoton Dissociation of S F 6 : A Statistical Thermodynamic Process

    Jerry G. Black;Eli Yablonovitch;N. Bloembergen;S. Mukamel

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergei Tretiak
Sergei Tretiak Los Alamos National Laboratory
Marco Garavelli
Marco Garavelli University of Bologna
Jun Jiang
Jun Jiang University of Science and Technology of China
Joshua Jortner
Joshua Jortner Tel Aviv University
Steven T. Cundiff
Steven T. Cundiff University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore
Laurence E. Fried
Laurence E. Fried Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Norbert F. Scherer
Norbert F. Scherer University of Chicago
R. J. Dwayne Miller
R. J. Dwayne Miller University of Toronto
Giulio Cerullo
Giulio Cerullo Polytechnic University of Milan

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