Publications — The Schlau-Cohen Lab

Short-lived memory in multidimensional spectra encodes full signal evolution

T. Sayer, E. H. Fink, Z. R. Wiethorn, D. R. Williams, A. J. Dominic III, L. Guerrieri, Y. Ji, V. Policht, J. Ogilvie, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, A. Krummel, A. Montoya-Castillo

arXiv preprint, 2026

Active regulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by the membrane bilayer

S. Srinivasan, X. Lin, X. Chen, R. Regmi, B. Zhang, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

bioRxiv pre-print,

Single-molecule acceptor rise time (smART) FRET for nanoscale distance sensitivity

J. Guo, X. Chen, P. Manna, X. Lin, M. N. Scott, W. J. Chen, M. Hoffman, B. Zhang, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

bioRxiv pre-print,

Synthesis and characterization of 5,15-bis(hydroxymethyl)porphyrins – simple compounds distantly inspired by the chlorosomal bacteriochlorophylls

V-P. Tran, A. Kundu, M. N. Scott, A. Iwanicki, P. Nalaoh, J. R. Diers, M. Taniguchi, D. F. Bocian, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, J. S. Lindsey

New J. Chem., 2026

The Impact of Carotenoid Energy Levels on the Exciton Dynamics and Singlet-Triplet Annihilation in Isolated Bacterial Light-Harvesting 2 Complexes

S. Satpathi, M. Asido, M. S. Proctor, J. Pšenčík, G. P. Schmidt, D. Wang, E. C. Martin, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, A. Hitchcock, P. G. Adams

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2025

Transport of Delocalized Excitons through DNA-Based Molecular Photonic Wires

M. N. Scott, J. L. Banal, W. J. Chen, C. Brooks, X. Wang, S. M. Hart, A. Dodin, M. Bathe, A. P. Willard, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

ACS Nano, 2025

Anionic Lipids Regulate the Light-Harvesting Complex 1-Reaction Center Photocycle in Purple Bacteria

O. C. Fiebig, G. P. Schmidt, N. S. Yadav, D. Wang, M. Nairat, H. Tang, Y. Ji, V. Prima, J. N. Sturgis, J. V. Vermaas, D. Harris, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025

A chemoreceptor conformational equilibrium controlled by signaling inputs

M. C. Hoffman, M. Li, G. L. Hazelbauer, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2025

Robust light-harvesting properties upon low-light acclimation in purple bacteria

D. Wang, D. Harris, C. Chuang, G. P. Schmidt, O. C. Fiebig, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem, 2025

Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy in the Condensed Phase Using Equivariant Transformer Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations

J. Kelly, F. Hu, A. Damiani, M. S. Chen, A. Snider, M. Son, A. Lee, P. Gupta, A. Montoya-Castillo, T. J. Zuehlsdorff, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, C. M. Isborn, T. E. Markland

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2025

Exciton-Diffusion Enhanced Energy Capture in an Integrated Nanoscale Platform

A. Rousseau, K. H. Richardson, A. Nandy, C. Vasilev, M. P. Hoffmann, C. N. Hunter, M. P. Johnson, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

ACS Nano, 2025

Discovery of Multiple Light-Harvesting States of the Photosynthetic Protein PE545

A. C. Norris, C. Oberg, L. C. Spangler, G. D. Scholes, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024

Values Are More Than Statements: Connecting Actions to Values to Build Inclusive Cultures in Chemistry Research Groups

E. Pallai, M. C. Hoffman, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Chem. Educ., 2024

Lighting the way: Compelling open questions in photosynthesis research

N. A. Eckardt, Y. Allahverdiyeva, C. E. Alvarez, C. Büchel, A. Burlacot, T. Cardona, E. Chaloner, B. D. Engel, A.R. Grossman, D. Harris, N. Herrmann, M. Hodges, J. Kern, T.D. Kim, V. G. Maurino, C. W. Mullineaux, H. Mustila, L. Nikkanen, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, M. A. Tronconi, W. Wietrzynski, V. K. Yachandra, J. Yano

Plant Cell, 2024

Sculpting photoproducts with DNA origami

J. Gorman, S. M. Hart, T. John, M. A. Castellanos, D. Harris, M. F. Parsons, J. L. Banal, A. P. Willard, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, M. Bathe

Chem, 2024

Analysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Degradation Kinetics of Evolved IsPETase Variants Using a Surface Crowding Model

E. Z. L. Zhong-Johnson, Z. Dong, C. T. Canova, F. Destro, M. Cañellas, M. C. Hoffman, J. Maréchal, T. M. Johnson, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, M. F. Lucas, R. D. Braatz, K. G. Sprenger, C. A. Voigt, A. J. Sinskey

J. Bio. Chem., 2024

Energetic driving force for LHCII clustering in plant membranes

P. Manna, M. Hoffmann, T. Davies, K. H. Richardson, M. P. Johnson, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Sci. Adv., 2023

Photosynthetic light harvesting and energy conversion

G. R. Fleming, J. Minagawa, T. Renger, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Chem. Phys., 2023

Observation of Parallel Intersystem Crossing and Charge Transfer-state Dynamics in [Fe(bpy)3]2+ from Ultrafast 2D Electronic Spectroscopy

A. Lee, M. Son, M. Deegbey, M. D. Woodhouse, S. M. Hart, H. F. Beissel, P. T. Cesana, E. Jakubikova, J. K. McCusker, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem. Sci., 2023

Energetic robustness to large scale structural fluctuations in a photosynthetic supercomplex

D. Harris, H. Toporik, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Y. Mazor

Nat. Comm., 2023

Elucidating interprotein energy transfer dynamics within the antenna network from purple bacteria

D. Wang, O. C. Fiebig, D. Harris, H. Toporik, Y. Ji, C. Chuang, M. Nairat, A. L. Tong, J. I. Ogren, S. M. Hart, J. Cao, J. N. Sturgis, Y. Mazor, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, 2023

Engineering Exciton Dynamics with Synthetic DNA Scaffolds

S. M. Hart, J. Gorman, M. Bathe, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Acc. Chem. Res., 2023

Single-photon absorption and emission from a natural photosynthetic complex

Q. Li, K. Orcutt, R. Cook, J. Sabines-Chesterking, A. L. Tong, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, X. Zhang, G. R. Fleming, K. B. Whaley

Nature, 2023

Ultrafast Dynamics of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting: Strategies for Acclimation Across Organisms

O. C. Fiebig, D. Harris, D. Wang, M. P. Hoffmann, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2023

Activating charge-transfer state formation in strongly-coupled dimers using DNA scaffolds

S. M. Hart, J. L. Banal, M. Castellanos, L. Markova, Y. Vyborna, R. Häner, A. Willard, M. Bathe, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem. Sci., 2022

Photoenzymatic Catalysis in a New Light: Gluconobacter “Ene”-Reductase Conjugates Possessing High-Energy Reactivity with Tunable Low-Energy Excitation

P. T. Cesana, C. G. Page, D. Harris, M. A. Emmanuel, T. K. Hyster, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

J Am Chem Soc, 2022

Nanoscale 3D spatial addressing and valence control of quantum dots using wireframe DNA origami

C.Chen, X. Wei, M. F. Parsons, J. Guo, J. L. Banal, Y. Zhao, M. N. Scott, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, R. Hernandez, M. Bathe

Nature Communications, 2022

Observation of conformational dynamics in single light-harvesting proteins from cryptophyte algae

R. Moya, A. C. Norris, L. C. Spangler, G. D. Scholes, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Chem. Phys., 2022

Ligand-induced transmembrane conformational coupling in monomeric EGFR

S. Srinivasan, R. Regmi, X. Lin, C. A. Dryer, X. Chen, S. D. Quinn, W. He, K. L. Carraway, M. A. Coleman, B. Zhang, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Nature Communications, 2022

Bioinspired Supercharging of Photoredox Catalysis for Applications in Energy and Chemical Manufacturing

A. Millet, P. T. Cesana, K. Sedillo, M. J. Bird, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, A. G. Doyle, D. W. C. MacMillan, G. D. Scholes

Acc. Chem. Res., 2022

Photoprotective conformational dynamics of photosynthetic light-harvesting proteins

P. Manna, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, 2022

Tuning optical absorption and emission using strongly coupled dimers in programmable DNA scaffolds

S. M. Hart, X. Wang, J. Guo, M. Bathe, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022

Observation of robust energy transfer in the photosynthetic protein allophycocyanin using single-molecule pump-probe spectroscopy

R. Moya, A. C. Norris, T. Kondo, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Nature Chem, 2022

A biohybrid strategy for enabling photoredox catalysis with low-energy light

P. T. Cesana, B. X Li, S. G. Shepard, S. I. Ting, S. M. Hart, C. M. Olson, J. I. Martinez Alvarado, M. Son, T. J. Steiman, F. N. Castellano, A. G. Doyle, D. W. C. MacMillan, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem, 2022

Concerted differential changes of helical dynamics and packing upon ligand occupancy in a bacterial chemoreceptor

Jesse B. Gordon, Mikaila C. Hoffman, Julianne M. Troiano, Mingshan Li, Gerald L. Hazelbauer, and Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen

ACS Chem. Biol., 2021

Protein-protein interactions induce pH-dependent and zeaxanthin-independent photoprotection in the plant light-harvesting complex, LHCII

M. Son, R. Moya, A. Pinnola, R. Bassi, G. S. Schlau-Cohen

J Am Chem Soc, 2021

Ultrafast energy transfer between lipid-linked chromophores and plant Light-Harvesting Complex II

Ashley M. Hancock, Minjung Son, Muath Nairat, Tiejun Wei, Lars J. C. Jeuken, Christopher D. P. Duffy, Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen and Peter G. Adams

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021

Spectrally-tunable femtosecond single-molecule pump-probe spectroscopy

R. Moya, T. Kondo, A.C. Norris, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Optics Express, 2021

Membrane-dependent heterogeneity of LHCII characterized using single-molecule spectroscopy

P. Manna, T. Davies, M. Hoffmann, M.P. Johnson, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Biophysical Journal, 2021

Investigating carotenoid photophysics in photosynthesis with 2D electronic spectroscopy

M. Son, S.M. Hart, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Trends in Chemistry, 2021

Solar fuels and feedstocks: the quest for renewable black gold

H. Sayre, L. Tian, M. Son, S.M. Hart, X. Liu, D. Arias-Rotondo, B.P. Rand, G.S. Schlau-Cohen, G. Scholes

Energy & Environmental Science, 2021

Identification of distinct pH-and zeaxanthin-dependent quenching in LHCSR3 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

J.M. Troiano, F. Perozeni, R. Moya, L. Zuliani, K. Baek, E. Jin, S. Cazzaniga, M. Ballottari, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

eLife, 2021

Engineering couplings for exciton transport using synthetic DNA scaffolds

S.M. Hart, W.J. Chen, J.L. Banal, W.P. Bricker, A. Dodin, L. Markova, Y. Vyborna, A.P. Willard, R. Haener, M. Bathe, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem, 2021

Phosphorylation-dependent conformations of the disordered carboxyl-terminus domain in the epidermal growth factor receptor

R. Regmi, S. Srinivasan, A.P. Latham, V. Kukshal, W. Cui, B. Zhang, R. Bose, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020

Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis

A. Proppe et al.

Nature Reviews Materials, 2020

Identification of non-radiative decay pathways in Cy3

S.M. Hart, J.L. Banal, M. Bathe, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020

Zeaxanthin independence of photophysics in light-harvesting complex II in a membrane environment

M. Son, A. Pinnola, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

BBA Bioenergetics, 2020

Observation of dissipative chlorophyll-to-carotenoid energy transfer in light-harvesting complex II in membrane nanodiscs

M. Son, A. Pinnola, S.C. Gordon, R. Bassi, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Nature Commun., 2020

Comparison of the energy transfer rates in structural and spectral variants of the B800-850 complex from purple bacteria

A.L. Tong, O.C. Fiebig, M. Nairat, D. Harris, M. Giansily, A. Chenu, J.N. Sturgis, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

J. Phys. Chem B, 2020

Flipping a protein switch: Carotenoid-mediated quenching in plants

M. Son, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem, 2019

Microsecond and millisecond dynamics in the photosynthetic protein LHCSR1 observed by single-molecule correlation spectroscopy

T. Kondo, J.B. Gordon, A. Pinnola, L. Dall’Osto, R. Bassi, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2019

Charting a course for chemistry

A. Aspuru-Guzik et al

Nature Chem, 2019

The electronic structure of lutein 2 Is optimized for light harvesting in plants

M. Son, A. Pinnola, R. Bassi, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem, 2019

Single-molecule fluorescence detection of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in membrane discs

S.D. Quinn, S. Srinivasan, J.B. Gordon, W. He, K.L. Carraway III, M.A. Coleman, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Biochemistry, 2019

Impact of the lipid bilayer on energy transfer kinetics in the photosynthetic protein LH2

J. Ogren, A. Tong, S. Gordon, A. Chenu, Y. Lu, R. Blankenship, J. Cao, G.S. Schlau-Cohen

Chem Sci, 2018

Programmed coherent coupling in a synthetic DNA-based excitonic circuit

E. Boulais, N. Sawaya, R. Veneziano, A. Andreoni, J. L. Banal, T. Kondo, S. Mandal, S. Lin, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, N. Woodbury, H. Yan, A. Aspuru-Guzik, M. Bathe

Nature Mater, 2018