Staff

Bio

Jon Huff completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering with the Quantum DNA research group in May of 2023, and is continuing as a postdoctoral research fellow with the Ultrafast Spectroscopy team. His graduate research focused on characterizing the excited-state dynamics of DNA-dye structures using time-resolved spectroscopy techniques. In his spare time, Jon enjoys being outdoors, antiquing, and reading.

Education

• Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University (2023)

Dissertation: Photophysical Studies of Electronic Structure and Excited-State Dynamics of DNA-Templated Cyanine Dye Aggregates

• B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University (2016)
• A.S. in Physics, Dalton State College (2012)

Publications

Boise State University

First-Author Papers

• Huff, J.S., Patten, L.K., Turner, D.B., Knowlton, W.B., Lee, J.H., Yurke, B., and Pensack, R.D. “Structural Insight into a Sixteen Cyanine Dye Construct via Exciton-Exciton Annihilation” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 8018–8025.
• Huff, J.S., Duncan, K.M., van Galen, C.J., Barclay, M.S., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Davis, P.H., Turner, D.B., Stanley, R.J., and Pensack, R.D. “High-Sensitivity Electronic Stark Spectrometer Featuring a Laser-Driven Light Source” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2023, 94, 094103.
• Huff, J.S., Díaz, S.A., Barclay, M.S., Chowdhury, A.U., Chiriboga, M., Ellis, G.A., Mathur, D., Patten, L.K., Roy, S., Sup, A., Biaggne, A., Rolzcynski, B.S., Cunningham, P.D., Li, L., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Medintz, I.L., Turner, D.B., Melinger, J.S., and Pensack, R.D. “Tunable Electronic Structure via DNA-Templated Heteroaggregates of Two Distinct Cyanine Dyes” J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 17164–17175.
• Huff, J.S., Turner, D.B., Mass, O.A., Patten, L.K., Wilson, C.K., Roy, S., Barclay, M.S., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Davis, P.H., and Pensack, R.D. “Excited-State Lifetimes of DNA-Templated Cyanine Dimer, Trimer, and Tetramer Aggregates: The Role of Exciton Delocalization, Dye Separation, and DNA Heterogeneity” J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 10240–10259.
• Huff, J.S., Davis, P.H., Christy, A., Kellis, D.L., Kandadai, N., Toa, Z.S.D., Scholes, G.D., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., and Pensack, R.D. “DNA-Templated Aggregates of Strongly-Coupled Cyanine Dyes: Nonradiative Decay Governs Exciton Lifetimes” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 2386–2392.

Co-Author Papers

• Duncan, K.M., Byers, H.M., Houdek, M.E., Roy, S.K., Biaggne, A., Patten, L.K., Barclay, M.S., Huff, J.S., Kellis, D.L., Wilson, C.K., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Mass, O.A., Li, L., Turner, D.B., Hall, J.A., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., and Pensack, R.D. “Electronic Structure and Excited-State Dynamics of DNA-Templated Monomers and Aggregates of Asymmetric Polymethine Dyes” J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 4901–4918.
• Barclay, M.S., Chowdhury, A.U., Biaggne, A., Huff, J.S., Wright, N.D., Davis, P.H., Li, L., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Pensack, R.D., and Turner, D.B. “Probing DNA Structural Heterogeneity by Identifying Conformational Subensembles of a Bicovalently Bound Cyanine Dye” J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 158, 035101.
• Wright, N.D., Huff, J.S., Barclay, M.S., Wilson, C.K., Barcenas, G., Duncan, K.M., Ketteridge, M., Obukhova, O.M., Krivoshey, A.I., Tatarets, A.L., Terpetschnig, E.A., Dean, J.C., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Li, L., Mass, O.A., Davis, P.H., Lee, J., Turner, D.B., and Pensack, R.D. “Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in DNA-Tethered Asymmetric Nitro- and Dimethylamino-Substituted Squaraines” J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 1141–1157.
• Duncan, K.M., Kellis, D.L., Huff, J.S., Barclay, M.S., Lee, J., Turner, D.B., Davis, P.H., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., and Pensack, R.D. “Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer in DNA-Templated Perylene Dimer Aggregates” Molecules 2022, 27, 6612.
• Barclay, M.S., Huff, J.S., Pensack, R.D., Davis, P.H., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Dean, J.C., Arpin, P.C., and Turner, D.B. “Characterizing Mode Anharmonicity and Huang–Rhys Factors Using Models of Femtosecond Coherence Spectra” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 5413–5423.
• Barclay, M.S., Wilson, C.K., Roy, S.K., Mass, O.A., Obukhova, O.M., Svoiakov, R.P., Tatarets, A.L., Chowdhury, A.U., Huff, J.S., Turner, D.B., Davis, P.H., Terpetschnig, E.A., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Lee, J., and Pensack, R.D. “Oblique Packing and Tunable Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Squaraine Rotaxane Dimer Aggregates” ChemPhotoChem 2022, 6, e202200039.
• Chowdhury, A.U., Díaz, S.A., Huff, J.S., Barclay, M.S., Chiriboga, M., Ellis, G.A., Mathur, D., Patten, L.K., Sup, A., Hallstrom, N., Cunningham, P.D., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Turner, D.B., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Medintz, I.L., Melinger, J.S., and Pensack, R.D. “Tuning between Quenching and Energy Transfer in DNA-Templated Heterodimer Aggregates” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 2782–2791.
• Barclay, M.S., Roy, S., Huff, J.S., Mass, O.A., Turner, D.B., Wilson, C.K., Kellis, D.L., Terpetschnig, E.A., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., and Pensack, R.D. “Rotaxane Rings Promote Oblique Packing and Extended Excited-State Lifetimes in DNA-Templated Squaraine Dye Aggregates” Commun. Chem. 2021, 4, 19.