Employment 2007-present: Assistant professor of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA 2004-2007: Postdoctoral Researcher with George C. Schatz, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Education 2004: Ph.D., Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands Thesis: Modelling of Optical Response Properties: Application to Nanostructures Advisors: Piet Th. van Duijnen and Jaap G. Snijders†Committee: Evert-Jan Baerends , Benoit Champagne, Koos Duppen 2000: M.S. University of Copenhagen, Denmark 1998: B.S. University of Copenhagen, Denmark Thesis advisors : Kurt V. Mikkelsen and Per-Olof °Astrand

Computational/Theoretical/Materials and Nanoscience/Physical

Our research focuses on developing new theoretical and computational tools for addressing fundamental questions relevant to optical spectroscopy of bio- and nano-systems.

Q. Hao, S. M. Morton, B. Wang, Y. Zhao, L. Jensen, T. J. Huang Tuning Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Graphene Substrates using the Electric Field Effect and Chemical Doping App. Phys. Lett., 102, 011102, 2013 Y. B. Zheng, J. L. Payton, T.-B. Song, B. K. Pathem, Y. Zhao, H. Ma, Y. Yang, L. Jensen, A. K.-Y. Jen, P. S. Weiss Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to Probe Photoreaction Pathways and Kinetics of Isolated Reactants on Surfaces: Flat vs. Curved Substrates Nano Lett., 12, 5362-5368, 2012 J. E. Moore, S. M. Morton, L. Jensen Importance of Correctly Describing Charge-transfer Excitations for Understanding the Chemical Effect in SERS J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 2470-2475, 2012 B. K. Pathem, Y. B. Zheng, J. L. Payton, T.-B. Song, B.-C. Yu, J. M. Tour, Y. Yang, L. Jensen, P. S. Weiss Effect of Tether Conductivity on the Efficienccy of Photoisomerization of Azobenzene-Functionalized Molecules on Au {111} J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 2388-2394, 2012 J. L Payton, S. M. Morton, J. E. Moore, L. Jensen A discrete interaction model/quantum mechanical method for simulating surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy J. Chem. Phys., 136, 214103, 2012 K. M. Schmid, L. Jensen, S. T. Phillips A Self-Immolative Spacer that Enables Tunable Controlled Release of Phenols under Neutral Conditions J. Org. Chem., 77, 4363-4374 Q. Z. Hao, B. Wang, J. A. Bossard, B. Kiraly, Y. Zeng, I-K. Chiang, L. Jensen, D. H. Werner, T. J. Huang Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Study on Graphene-Coated Metallic Nanostructure Substrates J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 7249-7254, 2012 D. W. Silverstein, L. Jensen Vibronic coupling simulations for linear and nonlinear optical processes: Theory J. Chem. Phys., 136, 064111, 2012 D. W. Silverstein, L. Jensen Vibronic coupling simulations for linear and nonlinear optical processes: Simulation results J. Chem. Phys., 136, 064110, 2012 M. Sonntag, J. Klingsporn, L. Garibay, J. Roberts, J. Dieringer, T. Seideman, K. Scheidt, L. Jensen, G. C. Schatz, R. Van Duyne Single Molecule Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 478-483, 2012 S. M. Morton, L. Jensen A discrete interaction model/quantum mechanical method to describe the interaction of metal nanoparticles and molecular absorption J. Chem. Phys., 135, 134103, 2011 C. B. Milojevich, D. W. Silverstein, L. Jensen, J. P. Camden Probing Two-Photon Properties of Molecules: Large Non-Condon Effects Dominate the Resonance Hyper-Raman Scattering of Rhodamine 6G J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 14590-14592, 2011 Y. B. Zheng, J. L Payton, C. H. Chung, R. Liu, S. Cheunkar, B. K. Pathem, Y. Yang, L. Jensen, P. S. Weiss Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to probe reversible photoswitchable azobenzene in controlled nanoscale environments Nano Lett. 11, 3447-3452, 2011 Q. Z. Hao, Y. Zeng, B. K. Juluri, X. D. Wang, B. Kiraly, I. K. Chiang, L. Jensen, D. H. Werner, V. H. Crespi, T. J. Huang Metallic Membranes with Subwavelength Complementary Patterns: Distinct Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering ACS Nano, 5, 5472-5477, 2011 B. K. Juluri, N. Chaturvedi, Q. Z. Hao, M. Q. Lu, D. Velogol, L. Jensen, T. J. Huang Scalable manufacturing of plasmonic nanodisk dimers and cups nanostructures using salting-out quenching method and colloidal lithography ACS Nano, 5, 5838-5847, 2011 E. H. Witlicki, C. Johnsen, S. W. Hansen, D. W. Silverstein, V. J. Bottomley, J. O. Jeppesen, E. W. Wong, L. Jensen, A. H. Flood Molecular logic gates using surface enhanced Raman-scattered light J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 7288-7291, 2011 S. M. Morton, D. W. Silverstein, L. Jensen Theoretical Studies of Plasmonics using Electronic Structure Methods Chem. Rev., 111, 3962-3994, 2011 C. P. Bennett, D. W. Silverstein, L. Jensen, J. P. Camden Probing One-Photon Inaccessible Electronic States with High Sensitivity: Wavelength Scanned Surface Enhanced Hyper-Raman Scattering Chem. Phys. Chem., 12, 101-103, 2011 N. Valley, L. Jensen, J. Autschbach, G. C. Schatz Theoretical Studies of Surface Enhanced Hyper-Raman Spectroscopy: The Chemical Enhancement Mechanism J. Chem. Phys., 133, 054103, 2010 N. E. Motl, E. Ewusi-Annan, I. T. Sines, L. Jensen, R. E. Schaak Au-Cu Alloy Nanoparticles with Tunable Compositions and Plasmonics Properties: Experimental Determination of Composition and Correlation with Theory J. Phys. Chem C, 114, 19263–19269, 2010