[2] He began his studies in organometallic chemistry at University of California, San Diego, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1987 working with William C.
[1] The Therien laboratory designs and characterizes supermolecular structures, bioinspired assemblies, and nanoscale materials that possess exceptional optical, electronic, and excited-state dynamical properties.
His laboratory pioneered new approaches to engineer electro-optic function important for light harvesting, long-wavelength emission, imaging, frequency doubling, and photon upconversion.
Other accomplishments include: defining molecular wires that enable expansive charge delocalization; developing carbon nanotube superstructures that facilitate energy conversion; and illuminating biologically important mechanistic insights critical for generating high-energy photoproducts.
[4] (Publications listed below have been cited more than 200 times)[5] Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2020[6] Fellow, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, 2009[7] International Francqui Chair, 2008[8] Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005[9] Philadelphia Section Award, American Chemical Society, 2004[10] Young Investigator Award, Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, 2002[11] Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1995[12] NSF National Young Investigator, 1993-98[13] Young Investigator Award, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, 1992-1994[14] Searle Scholar, 1991>[15]