Position Title
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Position Title
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bio
Research Areas
- The Forbes lab develops and exploits ultrafast laser sources to understand photochemical reaction dynamics occurring on femtosecond timescales. Our lab focuses on trying to determine nuclear structures far from equilibrium and understand the flow of electronic energy through molecules during chemical reactions, with the ultimate goal of controlling chemical and biological reactions. To achieve this, we perform experiments at both state-of-the-art X-ray light sources around the globe as well as tabletop laser experiments in our laboratory at UC Davis.
Career History
- Appointed to UC Davis faculty (2024)
- Lead Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2024)
- Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2022-2023)
- Associate Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2021-2022)
- Project Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2020-2021)
- Stanford Pulse Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University (2019-2020)
- Visiting Ph.D student, University of Ottawa and The National Research Council of Canada (2014-2019)
- Ph.D. in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, University College London (2014-2018)
- M.S. in Chemical Physics, University of Edinburgh (2009-2014)