Rate My Professor Luiz Jacobsohn

Luiz G. Jacobsohn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University, leading The Light Factory research group focused on luminescent materials. He earned a B.Sc. in Physics in 1992, an M.S. in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering in 1994, and a D.Sc. in Physics in 1999, all from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His professional career began with a postdoctoral research associate position in the Materials Science and Technology Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2002, where he advanced to limited-term technical staff member in 2005. In 2009, he joined Clemson University as research faculty, transitioned to tenure-track assistant professor in 2013, and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2018. He is affiliated with the Center for Nuclear Environmental Engineering Sciences and Radioactive Waste Management and the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies.

Jacobsohn's research specializes in scintillators, optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters, and luminescent materials encompassing transparent ceramics, nanoparticles, glasses, single crystals, and thin films. His investigations cover the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, radiation damage, ceramic synthesis and processing, and structure-property relationships via optical spectroscopy. Supported by funding from NSF, DTRA, NEUP, SRNL, LANL, and NASA EPSCoR South Carolina Space Grant Consortium, he has co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, one patent, and one book chapter, accumulating more than 3,300 citations. Select publications include 'High-density glass scintillators for proton radiography – relative luminosity, proton response, and spatial resolution' (2024), 'Unlocking arene phosphorescence in bismuth-organic materials' (2024), 'Promising Tb3+-doped gallium tungsten-phosphate glass scintillator: spectroscopy, energy transfer, and UV/X-ray sensing' (Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022), 'Magnesium aluminate spinel for optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry' (Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021), and 'The kinetic parameters of the main thermoluminescence glow peak of Al2O3:C,Mg' (Journal of Luminescence, 2022). His accolades include the NSF CAREER Award (2017), Clemson University Board of Trustees Award for Excellence (2018), Dean’s Professorship Awards (2018, 2020), and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award (2022) at Ghent University’s LumiLab. Jacobsohn serves as Associate Editor of Optics Express, Commissioning Editor of Optical Materials X, and has co-chaired workshops and organized symposia at international conferences.