Rate My Professor Doug English

Dr. Doug English serves as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wichita State University. His research focuses on physical chemistry, with specific interests in nanomaterials, self-assembly, biophysics, fluorescence detection, and spectroscopy. As department chair, he oversees faculty and staff, including leading initiatives such as scholarships and participation in university committees like the Open Educational Resources Steering Committee.

Dr. English has made significant contributions to the field through extensive publications. Notable works include 'Selection of peptides with semiconductor binding specificity for directed nanocrystal assembly' (Whaley et al., 2000, cited 1854 times), 'On the quenching of semiconductor quantum dot photoluminescence by proximal gold nanoparticles' (Pons et al., 2007, cited 652 times), 'Size tunable visible luminescence from individual organic monolayer stabilized silicon nanocrystal quantum dots' (English et al., 2002, cited 416 times), 'Solution-phase single quantum dot fluorescence resonance energy transfer' (Pons et al., 2006, cited 349 times), 'A reactive peptidic linker for self-assembling hybrid quantum dot-DNA bioconjugates' (Medintz et al., 2007, cited 248 times), 'LacI-DNA-IPTG Loops: Equilibria among Conformations by Single-Molecule FRET' (Goodson et al., 2013), 'Exploring one-state downhill protein folding in single molecules' (Liu et al., 2012), and 'The Role of Charge in the Surfactant-Assisted Stabilization of the Natural Product Curcumin' (Wang et al., 2010). His research explores topics such as quantum dot interactions, single-molecule spectroscopy, catanionic surfactant vesicles for molecular sequestration, and carbohydrate-modified vesicles. According to Google Scholar, his work has garnered over 6,500 citations, reflecting substantial impact in spectroscopy, physical chemistry, colloids, and fluorescence.