Rate My Professor Dennis Hore

Dennis Hore is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Victoria, with an affiliation in the Department of Computer Science. He earned a BSc from McMaster University and a PhD from Queen’s University, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Oregon. His areas of expertise include nonlinear optics, vibrational spectroscopy of surfaces, and community drug checking. Hore’s research examines the interplay between adsorbed molecules, interfacial solvent, and solid surface structures, with particular focus on how protein conformation changes upon adsorption to hydrophobic surfaces and the molecular features driving such changes. This work supports the development of biomaterials including implants and biosensors through combined experimental and theoretical approaches, often employing sum-frequency generation spectroscopy.