Rodrigo Noriega

PHYSICAL & MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Assistant Professor

B.Eng. Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico), 2006
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, 2013-2016


Phone: (801) 587-7979
Office: 2428 TBBC
Email:  noriega@chem.utah.edu
RESEARCH GROUP

 

Research Interests

My group employs ultrafast laser spectroscopy tools to establish relationships between chemical identity, molecular-scale dynamic processes, and macroscale observables with the purpose of directing materials development. We are particularly interested in molecular systems because a large number of chemical variations can yield a seemingly boundless portfolio of materials with tunable properties. Most functional materials operate in the condensed phase and thus experience the presence of nearby molecules; this local environment has substantial effects on their behavior. Our goal is to tailor the molecular environment in order to tune the properties of functional materials.

Selected Publications

Electron transfer drives the photosensitized polymerization of contrast agents by flavoprotein tags for correlative microscopy. M.S. Lone, O. Merino-Chavez, N. Ricks, M.C. Hammond, R. Noriega. JACS (2024)

Molecular recognition at electrified interfaces: multiple binding events between Loquacious-PD and double-stranded RNA. S.A. Moonitz, N.T. Do, R. Noriega PhysChem ChemPhys, 26, 20739-20744(2024)

Selectively Altering the Reactivity of Transient Organic Radical Ions via Their Solvation Environment. M. Jonely, R. Noriega. J. Phys. Chem. B, 126 (16), 3107-3115 (2022)

Loquacious-PD regulates the terminus-dependent molecular recognition of Dicer-2 toward double-stranded RNA. M. Jonely, R.K. Singh, H.M. Donelick, B.L. Bass, R. Noriega. Chem. Comm., 57, 10879-10882 (2021)

Measuring the Multiscale Dynamics, Structure, and Function of Biomolecules at Interfaces. R. Noriega.  J. Phys. Chem. B, 125 (22), 5667–5675 (2021)

Multimodal spectroscopic investigation of the conformation and local environment of biomolecules at an electrified interface. S.A. Moonitz, N. Shepard, R. Noriega.J. Mater. Chem. B, (2020)

Current Teaching Portfolio

• Physical Chemistry I (CHEM 3060)
• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I (CHEM 7000)