Rate My Professor Bin Dong

Bin Dong is an Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, a position he has held since 2021. He earned his B.S. degree from Xiamen University, followed by a Ph.D. from Iowa State University under the supervision of Prof. Ning Fang, and completed postdoctoral research with Prof. Ning Fang at Georgia State University. His research program centers on the development of advanced optical microscopy imaging and spectroscopy systems to study dynamic processes at the nanoscale in functional materials and biological systems under in-situ conditions. Core techniques include single-molecule imaging, super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, hyperspectral imaging, single-particle tracking, and multiplexed super-resolution methods. Applications span nanoconfinement effects in heterogeneous catalysis, plasmon coupling, calcium dynamics in cellular signaling, photothermal therapy, and high-throughput single-entity analysis.

Dong's scholarly contributions include high-impact publications such as 'Super-resolution mapping of photogenerated electron and hole separation in single metal–semiconductor nanocatalysts' (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014), 'Optical super-resolution imaging of surface reactions' (Chemical Reviews, 2017), 'Gold nanorod photothermal therapy alters cell junctions and actin network in inhibiting cancer cell collective migration' (ACS Nano, 2018), 'In situ quantitative single-molecule study of dynamic catalytic processes in nanoconfinement' (Nature Catalysis, 2018), 'Deciphering nanoconfinement effects on molecular orientation and reaction intermediate by single molecule imaging' (Nature Communications, 2019), 'Single molecule fluorescence imaging of nanoconfinement in porous materials' (Chemical Society Reviews, 2021), 'Ultrahigh-Throughput Single-Particle Hyperspectral Imaging of Gold Nanorods on a Smartphone' (Analytical Chemistry, 2023), 'Automated five-dimensional single particle tracking' (Analytical Chemistry, 2023), 'Reaction initiated single molecule tracking' (Analytical Chemistry, 2024), 'High Throughput Spectrally Resolved Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy with Improved Photon Usage' (Analyst, 2024), 'Engineering Central Substitutions in Heptamethine Dyes for Improved Fluorophore Performance' (JACS Au, 2024), and 'Nondispersive single molecule spectroscopy and microscopy method for 5-Plexed super-resolution imaging' (JACS Au, 2026). In 2024, he received the ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator grant to study carbocation intermediates in zeolite catalysis. His innovations in spectro-microscopy imaging enhance understanding in analytical chemistry, materials science, and biophysics.