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Dr. Olga Mass joined the Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering at Boise State University in September 2019 as a Research Scholar working in the Quantum DNA research group with Profs. Bill Knowlton and Bernard Yurke. Olga has extensive expertise in design, multistep synthesis and characterization of small organic molecules, macromolecules and dyes.
Educational Background
Dr. Mass received her BS in Chemical Engineering and her MS in Chemistry from Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology. Following her PhD in Organic Chemistry from North Carolina State University in 2012, Dr. Mass was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the research group of Prof. Lisa Warner in the Biomolecular Research Center, Boise State (2017-2019). She also held an appointment as an organic chemistry lecturer at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State from 2013 to 2017.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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MRI: Acquisition of a 600 MHz NMR Console and Cryoprobe to Support Research and Education at Boise State University
Warner, D. (PI), Warner, L. (CoPI), Nagarajan, R. (CoPI), Phillips, S. (CoPI) & Mass, O. (CoPI)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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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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Singlet Excited-State Lifetimes of Nitro- and Dimethylamino-Substituted Bacteriochlorins Vary in Their Sensitivity to Solvent Polarity
Duncan, K. M., Watt, D. R., Knowlton, W. B., Turner, D., Mass, O. A. & Pensack, R. D., 12 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129, 25, p. 11439-11457 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tunable and robust optical and structural properties of a cooperative squaraine-dye aggregate-DNA DX-DAE tile system
Roy, S. K., Olaso, N., Davis, P. H., Mass, O. A., Cervantes-Salguero, K., Lee, J., Pensack, R. D., Hall, J. A., Yurke, B. & Knowlton, W. B., 28 Aug 2025, In: Nanoscale. 17, 32, p. 18646-18677 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of hydrophilicity-imparting substituents on exciton delocalization in squaraine dye aggregates covalently templated to DNA Holliday junctions
Pascual, G., Roy, S. K., Barcenas, G., Wilson, C. K., Cervantes-Salguero, K., Obukhova, O. M., Krivoshey, A. I., Terpetschnig, E. A., Tatarets, A. L., Li, L., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W. B., Mass, O. A., Pensack, R. D. & Lee, J., 21 Jan 2024, In: Nanoscale. 16, 3, p. 1206-1222 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Influence of Substituents on the Vectorial Difference Static Dipole Upon Excitation in Synthetic Bacteriochlorins
Ketteridge, M. N., Watt, D. R., Duncan, K. M., Barcenas, G., Shaw, K., Knowlton, W. B., Yurke, B., Pensack, R. D., Mass, O. A. & Li, L., 12 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 128, 36, p. 7581-7592 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations
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American Chemical Society (External organization)
Mass, O. A. (Member)
1 Jan 2008 → 1 Jan 2012Activity: Membership › Membership of network