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Montana State University

Chemistry Physics Biochemistry Catalysis Materials Chemistry Photochemistry Physical Chemistry Spectroscopy Nanotechnology Nanochemistry Chemical Physics

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Erik Grumstrup is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Montana State University, specializing in nanoscale spectroscopy of materials and chemical systems. He also serves as Program Director for the Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program since 2022. His research employs nonlinear microscopy and ultrafast laser spectroscopy to investigate ultrafast carrier dynamics, excited state transport, and charge carrier dynamics in complex materials for applications in solar energy, catalysis, and electronics. Grumstrup investigates how atomic-scale interactions couple with mesoscopic interfaces and defects to influence material properties on scales from 10 nanometers to 10 microns. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2011, with a dissertation on ultrafast photophysics using optical pulse shaping under Prof. Niels H. Damrauer. He received a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in 2006. His postdoctoral work included an Energy Frontier Research Center fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011-2013) focused on ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy of light-harvesting polymers, and a National Research Council Research Associateship at the Army Research Office (2013-2014) on ultrafast pump-probe microscopy of semiconductor nanostructures.