REU Student
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
Hutchinson Hall B28
120 Trustee Road
Rochester, New York 14627
Email: jlh102@geneseo.edu
Education
B.S. Chemistry, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, May 2025
B.A. English, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, May 2025
Biography
My research area focuses on spectroscopy of crystals and how they are structurally dependent on temperature. Using a variable-temperature terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and low-frequency Raman spectroscopy, I am working to understand how vibrational dynamics are related to bulk structural effects in molecular crystals. These interactions are important to quantify and investigate to further our understanding of solid-to-solid phase transitions. These phase changes can be seen and recorded using a temperature-controlled microscope stage, which is another part of my research.