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Krishanu  Ray
 

Krishanu Ray Ph.D.

Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
krishanu@cfs.umbi.umd.edu
Location: 725 W. Lombard St., N270
Phone: (410) 706-7500
Fax: (410) 706-8408

Personal History

Education
 
  • Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
  • Visiting Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Ph.D., Spectroscopy, Jadavpur University, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India.
  • MS, Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
  • BS, Major in Physics with Chemistry and Mathematics, University of Calcutta, India.
Awards/Recognition
 
  • JSPS Fellowship
  • ISCA Young Scientists’ Award, Indian Science Congress Association

Research Interests

Single molecule imaging spectroscopy, Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Metal enhance fluorescence, Surface plasmon coupled emission, Plasmon-controlled fluorescence, Radiative decay engineering, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Chemically amplified photoresists, Langmuir-Blodgett films, Layer-by-layer assembly, Nanotechnology, Application of single molecule spectroscopy in biomedical research.

Publications

Selected Publications

K. Ray, S. Ananthavel, D. Waldeck, R. Naaman, Asymmetric Scattering of Polarized Electrons by Organized Organic Films of Chiral Molecules, Science, 283, 814 (1999)
 
Krishanu Ray, H. Nakahara, Adsorption of Sulforhodamine in Cationic Langmuir-Blodgett Films: Spectroscopic and Structural Studies, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 92 (2002)
 
M. Mason, Krishanu Ray, R. Grober, G. Pohlers, J. Cameron, Single Molecule Acid/base Kinetics and Thermodynamics, Physical Review Letters,93, 073004 (2004)
 
Krishanu Ray, M. Mason, G. Pohlers, J. Cameron, R. Grober, Quantum Yields of Photoacid Generation in 193nm Chemically Amplified Resists by Fluorescence Imaging Spectroscopy, Chemistry of Materials, 16, 5726 (2004)
 
Krishanu Ray, M. Mason, C. Yang, Z. Li, R. Grober, Single Molecule Signal Enhancement using a High Impedance Ground Plane, Applied Physics Letters, 85, 5520 (2004)
 
Krishanu Ray, R. Badugu, J. R. Lakowicz, Distance-Dependent Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence from Langmuir -Blodgett Monolayers of Alkyl-NBD Derivatives on Silver Island Films, Langmuir, 22, 8374-8378 (2006).
 
Krishanu Ray, R. Badugu, J. R. Lakowicz, Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence from CdTe Nanocrystals: A Single-Molecule Fluorescence Study, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 8998-8999 (2006).
 
Krishanu Ray, H. Szmacinski, J. Enderlein, J. R. Lakowicz, Distance-dependence of Surface Plasmon-Coupled Emission Observed Using Langmuir-Blodgett Films, Applied Physics Letters, 90, 251116 (2007).
 
Krishanu Ray, M. Chowdhury, J. R. Lakowicz, Aluminum Nano-structured Films as Substrates for Enhanced Fluorescence in the Ultraviolet - Blue Spectral Region, Analytical Chemistry, (Accelerated Article) 79, 6480-6487 (2007).
 
Krishanu Ray, R. Badugu, J. R. Lakowicz, Polyelectrolyte Layer-by-Layer Assembly To Control the Distance between Fluorophores and Plasmonic Nanostructures, Chemistry of Materials (2007), In Press.