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Prof. Turner is a Principal Research Scholar at Boise State University in the Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to joining Boise State, Dr Turner was an assistant professor at New York University. Dr. Turner is experienced in physical chemistry, laser spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, machine learning, and software development in MATLAB & Python for instrumentation and statistical data analysis.
Educational Background:
Dr. Turner completed his BA in Mathematics and Chemistry in 2004 at Concordia College and his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 2010 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received NSF and NDSEG Graduate Fellowships. Following completion of this PhD, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Toronto.
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Bridge rigidity affects the source and magnitude of line broadening in covalently linked squaraine dimers
Lee, J., Lee, J., Knowlton, W. B., Pensack, R. D. & Turner, D. B., 16 Jan 2026, In: Chemical Physics Letters. 883, 142516.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photosensitizer proximity labeling captures the lipid and protein interactomes
Becker, A. P., Biletch, E., Kennelly, J. P., Hong, S. G., Julio, A. R., Villanueva, M., Nagari, R. T., Turner, D. W., Burton, N. R., Fukuta, T., Cui, L., Xiao, X., Vellani, Z., Nguyen, A., Mack, J. J., Tontonoz, P. & Backus, K. M., 6 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Chemical Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distinguishing packing configurations of molecular dimers using excited-state absorption peaks in two-dimensional electronic spectra
Barclay, M. S., Cunningham, P. D., Pascual, G., Roy, S. K., Patten, L. K., Susumu, K., Policht, V. R., Mathur, D., Meares, A., Lee, J., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W. B., Davis, P. H., Pensack, R. D., Medintz, I. L., Melinger, J. S. & Turner, D. B., 7 May 2025, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 162, 17, 174303.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Influence of Collective Excitonic Effects on the Photophysics of Flexibly- and Rigidly-Bridged Squaraine Dimers Targeted for DNA-Based Applications
Lee, J., Krivoshey, A. I., Obukhova, O. M., Vashchenko, A. P., Duncan, K. M., Barclay, M. S., Yurke, B., Mass, O. A., Turner, D. B., Knowlton, W. B., Terpetschnig, E. A., Tatarets, A. L., Lee, J. & Pensack, R. D., 25 Jul 2025, In: ACS Applied Optical Materials. 3, 7, p. 1592-1606 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Overcoming aggregation-induced quenching in DNA-assembled rhodamine dimers
Cavanaugh, P., Roy, S. K., Biaggne, A., Ketteridge, M., Barclay, M. S., Rau, R., Lee, J., Davis, P. H., Knowlton, W. B., Yurke, B., Dean, J. C., Li, L., Turner, D. B. & Pensack, R. D., 30 Jul 2025, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27, 30, p. 16219-16235 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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