Professor Dana D. Dlott received his undergraduate degree from Columbia in 1974 and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1979. He joined the faculty at Illinois in 1979. Professor Dlott's research interests are in chemical physics, and physical and materials chemistry.

His research is focused on understanding the dynamical behavior of molecules in condensed matter, including crystalline solids, glasses, polymers, biopolymers, surfaces and liquids.

“In Situ Spectroscopic Examination of a Low Overpotential Pathway for Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Carbon Monoxide”, Brian A. Rosen, John L. Haan, Prabuddha Mukherjee, Björn Braunschweig, Wei Zhu, Amin Salehi-Khojin, Dana D. Dlott, Richard I. Masel, J. Phys. Chem. C 116, pp. 15307-15312 (2012).

“Solid Electrolyte Interfaces and Interphases in Lithium Batteries: In Situ Studies Using Nonlinear Optical Probes”, Prabuddha Mukherjee, Alexei Lagutchev and Dana D Dlott, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. vol. 1388 (2012).

“Simplified laser-driven flyer plates for shock compression science”, Kathryn E. Brown, William L. Shaw, Xianxu Zheng and Dana D. Dlott, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 103901 (2012).

“Controlling vibrational energy flow in liquid alkylbenzenes”, Brandt C. Pein, Yuxiao Sun and Dana D. Dlott, J. Phys. Chem. B 117, pp. 10898-10904 (2013).

“Bright emissive core-shell spherical microparticles for shock compression spectroscopy”, James M. Christensen, Alexandr A. Banishev and Dana D. Dlott, J. Appl. Phys. 116, 033513 (2014).