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David Blank

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Office: 213 Smith Hall
Phone: 612-624-0571
Email: blank@chem.umn.edu
Departmental Page ¦ Group Website

Professional Preparation:

University of California at Los Angeles, Chemistry, B.S., 1992
University of California at Berkeley, Chemistry, Ph.D., 1997
Postdoctoral Associate, University of California at Berkeley, 1997-2000

Professional Appointments

Associate Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 2006-present
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 2000-2006


Selected Publications

N. P. Well, B. W. Boudouris, M. A. Hillmyer, and D. A. Blank, ÒIntramolecular Exciton Relaxation and Migration Dynamics in Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)Ó, J. Phys. Chem. B, Accepted (2007)

S. J. Schmidtke, D. F. Underwood, and D. A. Blank, ÒFollowing the Solvent Directly as it Controls Ultrafast Excited State Proton TransferÓ, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 8620-8621 (2004)

D. F. Underwood and D. A. Blank, ÒMeasuring the Change in the Intermolecular Raman Spectrum During Dipolar SolvationÓ, J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 3295-3306 (2005)

S. J. Schmidtke, D. F. Underwood, and D. A. Blank, ÒProbing Excited State Dynamics and Intramolecular Proton Transfer in 1-acylaminoanthraquinones via the Intermolecular Solvent ResponseÓ, J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 7033-7045 (2005)

D. F. Underwood and D. A. Blank, ÒDirect Probing of the Local solvent Response During Intermolecular Electron TransferÓ, In Ultrafast Phenomena XV, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 14, (2007). A. T. Healy, D. F. Underwood, S. Lipsky, and D. A. Blank, ÒThree-photon Near Threshold Photoionization Dynamics of IsooctaneÓ, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 051105 (2005)

S. J. Schmidtke, L. A. MacManu-Spencer, J. J. Klappa, T. A Mobley, K. McNeill, and D. A. Blank, Ò2-(2Õ-pyridyl)pyrroles: Part I. Structure and Energetics of Pyridylpryrroles, Their Dimers, Complexes and Excited StatesÓ, Phys. Chem. Chem Phys., 6, 3938-3947 (2004)

L. A. MacManu-Spencer, S. J. Schmidtke, D. A. Blank, and K. McNeill, Ò2-(2Õ-pyridyl)pyrroles: Part II. Spectroscopic Investigations of Pyridylpyrrole Alcohol complexesÓ, Phys. Chem. Chem Phys., 6, 3948-3957 (2004)

D. F. Underwood and D. A. Blank , ÒUltrafast Solvation Dynamics: A View From the SolventÕs Perspective Using a Novel Resonant-Pump Non-Resonant Probe TechniqueÓ, J. Phys. Chem. A, 107, 956-961 (2004)

A. Rundquist, J. Broman, D. Underwood, and D. Blank, ÒPolarization-Dependent Detection of Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering in Alpha-QuartzÓ, J. Mod. Opt., 52, 2501-2510 (2005).