Welcome to the Kisley Lab
Materials at the ultimate concentration limit
We are a team of physicists, chemists, and engineers driven by curiosity to understand the world at the limit of a single molecule.
We study materials using nanoscale microscopy. We have the goal to inspire materials design through the following aims:
1) Approach medical & industrial material problems with a molecular, quantitative perspective using single molecule spectroscopy. Single molecule spectroscopy accesses heterogeneity hidden in traditional ensemble measurements.
2) Advance the single molecule materials field towards more complex, realistic conditions. We have a long-term vision of connecting the molecular results to the macroscale material performance.
3) Develop new microscopies that achieve a full physicochemical picture of molecular behavior. This includes how molecules adsorb, diffuse, and fold over space, time, and temperature.
Please check out our website for more details!
Research & Discoveries
The Kisley Lab images molecules interacting with bio/soft/metal materials using microscopy.
We track how molecules stick, move, react, or change conformation over space, time, and temperature.
Protein Dynamics in the Extracellular Matrix
How do proteins behave outside the cell?
Diffusion and Adsorption of Analytes in Separation Materials
Designing the most challenging separations from the bottom-up
Imaging Corrosion, One Redox Reaction at a Time
Detecting & understanding rust right when it starts
New High-Resolution Microscopy Methods
Reaching new scales even with noisy or low signal data
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Notable News
Lydia interviewed on PBS
9/4/2023
Lydia had a great time sharing her approach to science, along with some of the lab's work on PBS Western Reserve's Forum 360! She was happy to share the stage with the physics department's newest faculty member Prof. Johanna Nagy. You can watch the whole interview on YouTube or on your TV with the PBS Passport app.
Congratulations - JPCB publication
5/11/2023
Congratulations to Surajit, Stephanie, Ben, and Albert on their article "Spatially Resolving Size Effects on Diffusivity in Nanoporous Extracellular Matrix-like Materials with Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Super-Resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging" in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00941
Aman's 1st place poster
4/28/2023
Aman Kapoor was awarded the 1st place presentation award in the physical sciences at CWRU's SOURCE Intersections conference. Way to represent the lab!
Contact Us
Rockefeller Bldg.
2076 Adelbert Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44106-7079
216-368-2118
