Nathan Stevens

New York University, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library

70 Washington Square South, New York, NY, 10012

phone : (212)-998-2653

email : ns96@nyu.edu

http://nathan.instras.com

EDUCATION:

PhD., Nanomaterials and Materials Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2006

Dissertation Topic: Nonlinear Optical Switching Properties of Dye-Doped Composite Films

Adviser: Dr. Daniel L. Akins

B. A., Chemistry, Queens College-City University of New York, Queens, NY, 2001

RESEARCH SKILLS:

• UV-VIS, emission, Raman, FT-IR spectroscopies and fluorescence microscopy.

• High quality sol-gel derived thin film preparation by spin-, dip-, and drop-coating.

• Thin film characterization using AFM, ellipsometry, and reflectometry.

• Time-resolved characterization using a picosecond streak camera, nanosecond single photon counting, and femtosecond pump-probe system.

• Optical layout design and setup of femtosecond pump-probe system and hybrid streak camera/steady-state emission system.

• Chemical sensor development and evaluation using compact fiber optic spectrometers.

• Molecular probe design and characterization.

• Near Field Optical Scanning Microscopy (NSOM).

TEACHING/MENTORING EXPERIENCE:

• Taught college chemistry for high school students. Acted as mentor to several undergraduate and graduate students, majoring in the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, and chemistry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Programmer/Analyst, New York University, Summer 2008 - Current

Post Doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University, Spring 2006 - Spring 2008

Research Assistant, City College of New York, Fall 2001- Spring 2006

Research Intern, Electro-Optics and Photonics (EOP) Division of Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD) at the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD. Summer 2002, 2003.

Software Programming

Development of custom Java based programs for instrument control and data management, analysis, and visualization. Also created an interactive web-based laboratory information management system which allows for the tracking of supplies, chemicals, purchases, group meetings, and publications.

PUBLICATIONS:

• "Two-Color RNA Intercalating Probe for Cell Imaging Applications" Nathan Stevens, Naphtali O'Connor, Harshad Vishwasrao, Diana Samaroo, Eric R. Kandel, Daniel L. Akins, Charles M. Drain, and Nicholas J. Turro J. AM. CHEM. SOC. (2008), 130, 7182-7183.

• "Pyrene Excimer Signaling Molecular Beacons for Probing Nucleic Acids" Patrick Conlon, Chaoyong J. Yang, Yanrong Wu, Yan Chen, Karen Martinez, Youngmi Kim, Nathan Stevens, Angel A. Marti, Steffen Jockusch, Nicholas J. Turro, and Weihong Tan J. AM. CHEM. SOC. (2008), 130, 336-342.

• "Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Luminescent Binary Probe for DNA Detection Based on Spin-Forbidden Resonance Energy Transfer", Angel A. Martı´, Cindy A. Puckett, Joanne Dyer, Nathan Stevens, Steffen Jockusch, Jingyue Ju J., Nicholas J. Turro AM. CHEM. SOC. (2007), 129, 8680-8681.

• "FRETView: a computer program to simplify the process of obtaining fluorescence resonance energy transfer parameters" Nathan Stevens, Joanne Dyer, Angel Martí, and Nicholas J. Turro Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2007), 6, 909-911.

• "Fluorescent hybridization probes for sensitive and selective DNA and RNA detection" Angel A. Martí, Steffen Jockusch, Nathan Stevens, Jingyue Ju, Nicholas J. Turro Accounts of Chemical Research (2007), 40, 402-409.

• "Design and Characterization of Two-Dye and Three-dye Binary Fluorescence Probes for mRNA Detection" Angel A. Martí, Xiaoxu Li, Steffen Jockusch, Nathan Stevens, Zengmin Li, Bindu Raveendra, Sergey Kalachikov, Irina Morozova, Daniel L. Akins, Jingyue Ju, and Nicholas J. Turro Tetrahedron (2007), 63, 3591-3600.

• "Dye-doped Inorganic/Organic Composite Films as Fluorescence Sensors for Methanol Vapor" Nathan Stevens, Daniel L. Akins Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (2007), 123, 59-64.

• "Combinatorial Fluorescence Energy Transfer Molecular Beacons for Probing DNA/RNA Sequences" Xiaoxu Li, Zengmin Li, Angel Marti, Steffen Jockusch, Nathan Stevens, Daniel L. Akins, Nicholas J. Turro, and Jingyue Ju Photochem Photobiol. Sci. (2006), 5, 896-902.

• "Spectroscopic Investigation of a FRET Molecular Beacon Containing Two Fluorophores for Probing DNA/RNA Sequences" Steffen Jockusch, Angle A. Marti, Nicholas J. Turro, Zengmin Li, Xiaoxu Li, Jingyue Ju, Nathan Stevens, and Daniel L. Akins. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. (2006), 5, 493-498.

• "Density Functional Theory Applied to Structure and Vibrational Band Analysis of an Aggregated Thiacarbocyanine" Metin Aydin, Flemingue Jean-Mary, Nathan Stevens, Daniel L. Akins. J. Phys. Chem. B (2004) 108, 9695-9702.

• "Excited-State Acid-Base Chemistry: Evidence for a Dissociative Excited State" Jianwei Fan, Roy Helmy, Abe Kassis, Amanda Grunseich, Peter Mangubat, Charles Hicks, Nathan Stevens, Harry D. Gafney. Inorg. Chem. (2003) 42, 2486-2488.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES:

• 228^th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2004.

• 13^th International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry, University of Notre, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, 2004.

ORAL TALKS:

• 2006-Urban University Conference Series May 5 - 6, 2006 New York, NY, USA 2006 (invited).

• Presented at the 37^th ACS Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Piscataway, NJ, USA 2005.

• NSF/IGERT Mini-symposium (invited), Poconos, Skytop, PA, USA, 2003.

FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED:

• University Fellowship. Awarded Fall 2001-Spring 2003

• Dean K. Harrison (NSF). Awarded Fall 2001-Spring 2003

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Chemical Society (since 2003)

• New York Academy of Sciences (since 2004)