Recent Publications
2026
28. Barney, J. L., Patel, B., Servagno, S. M., Reif, A. J., Das, S., Gibbs, W. A., Levandowski, B. L., Das, M., Sayfutyarova, E. R.*, Kudisch, B.*, VanHeyst, M. D.*, Nacsa, E. D*. “Photoinduced Reductive Elimination from Sulfur Enables a Unique Synthetic Valorization of Sulfonamides.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148.
27. Wang, H., Mai, B.K., Li, C., Chen, X-W., Weiss, R., Kudisch, B., Liu, P., Yang, Y. Stereoselective photometallobiocatalytic cross-coupling of organoboron reagents and diazo compounds via an outer-sphere mechanism. Nat. Catal. 2026, 1.
2025
26. Weiss, R., Kudisch, B.* Ultrafast nonradiative relaxation limits the efficiency of photoinduced bond homolysis in molecular LMCT photocatalysts. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 40264.
2024
25. Sakizadeh, J., Weiss, R., Scholes, G.D., Kudisch, B.* Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Photoredox Catalysis. Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2025, 76, 203.
Past Conferences/Meetings
Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions GRC — Newport, RI, July 26th - July 31. (B.K. Poster Presentation, B.K. Oral Presentation)
Molecular Interactions and Dynamics GRC — Easton, MA, June 28th - July 3rd. (B.K. Oral Presentation)
Inorganic Chemistry GRC — Newport, RI, May 31st - June 5th, 2026. (B.K. Poster Presentation)
ACS Spring 2026 — Atlanta, GA, March 22nd-26th, 2026. (B.K. Symposium Organizer, R.W. Oral Presentation, D.J.A. Poster Presentation)
SERMACS/SWRM 2025 — Orlando, FL, October 26th-29th, 2025. (B.K. Symposium Organizer, (S.D. Oral Presentation)
FAME 2025—West of Tampa, FL, September 12th-14th, 2025. (R.W. Oral Presentation)
Photochemistry Gordon Research Conference — Lewiston, ME, July 22nd-August 1st, 2025. (B.K. and R.W. Poster Presentation)
247th ECS Meeting — Montreal, CA, May 18th-22nd, 2025 (B.K. Oral Presentation)
MAGNA-2025 — Tallahassee, FL, Feb. 28th- March 3rd, 2025. (B.K. Oral Presentation)
2025 Dirac Quantum Discussions — Tallahassee, FL, February 25th-27th, 2025. (S.D. Poster Presentation)
2025 Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting — Destin, FL, January 2-5th, 2024. (R.W. Poster Presentation)
Florida Inorganic and Materials Symposium 2024 — Gainesville, FL, November 8-9th, 2024 (R.W. Oral Presentation)
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society 2024 — Atlanta, GA, October 23rd-26th, 2024 (B.K. Oral Presentation)
Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions Gordon Research Conference — Newport, RI, July 28th-August 2nd, 2024. (B.K. Poster Presentation)
FAME 2024 — West of Tampa, FL, May 30th-June 1st, 2024. (B.K. Oral Presentation)
Raymond N. Castle Student Research Conference — Tampa Bay, FL, March 2nd, 2024 (R. W. Oral Presentation)
2024 Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting — Destin, FL, January 3rd-6th, 2024
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society 2023 — Durham, NC, October 25th-28th, 2023 (B.K. Oral Presentation).
Previous scholarly work
2023
24. Alfaraidi, A.M., Kudisch, B., Ni, N., Thomas, J., George, T.Y., Rajabimoghadam, K., Jiang, H.J., Nocera, D.G., Aziz, M.J., Liu R.Y. Reversible CO2 Capture and On-Demand Release by an Acidity-Matched Organic Photoswitch. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 26720.
23. Yan, Z., Reynolds, K.G., Sun, R., Shin, Y., Thorarinsdottir, A.E., Gonzalez, M.I., Kudisch, B., Galli, G., Nocera, D.G. Oxidation Chemistry of Bicarbonate and Peroxybicarbonate: Implications for Carbonate Management in Energy Storage. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 22213.
2022
22. Crisp, W., Fagan-Avery, S. A., Campbell, B. M., Morphet, D.R., Reynolds, K.G., Kudisch, B., Gonzalez, M. I., Zheng S-L., Dogutan, D.K., Nocera, D.G. Comparative excited state dynamics of metallo meso-(4-fluoro-2, 6-dimethyl-phenyl) porphyrins. Inorg. Chem. Comm., 2022, 146, 109999.
2021
21. DelPo, C.A., Khan, S.U.Z., Park, K.H., Kudisch, B., Rand, B.P., Scholes, G.D. Polariton Decay in Donor-Acceptor Cavity Systems. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2021, 12, 9774.
20. Yoneda, Y., Kudisch, B., Rafiq, S., Maiuri, M., Nagasawa, Y., Scholes, G.D. Vibrational Dephasing along the Reaction Coordinate of an Electron Transfer Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 14511.
19. Rieth, A.J., Gonzalez, M.I., Kudisch, B., Nava, M., Nocera, D.G. How Radical Are “Radical” Photocatalysts? A Closed-Shell Meisenheimer Complex Is Identified as a Super-Reducing Photoreagent. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 14352.
18. Rafiq, S., Fu, B., Kudisch, B., Scholes, G.D. Interplay of Vibrational Wavepackets during an Ultrafast Electron Transfer Reaction. Nat. Chem., 2021, 13, 70.
2020
17. Kudisch, B., Oblinsky, D.G., Black, M.J., Zieleniewska, A., Emmanuel, M.A., Rumbles, G., Hyster, T.K., Scholes, G.D. Active-Site Environmental Factors Customize the Photophysics of Photoenzymatic Old Yellow Enzymes. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2020, 124, 11236.
16. Scholes, G.D., DelPo., C.A., Kudisch, B. Entropy Reorders Polariton States. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 8630.
15. Kudisch, B., Maiuri, M., Moretti, L., Oviedo, M.B., Wang, L., Oblinsky, D.G., Prud’homme, R.K., Wong, B.M., McGill, S. A., Scholes, G.D. Ring Currents Modulate Optoelectronic Properties of Aromatic Chromophores at 25 T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2020, 117, 11289.
14. Moretti, L., Kudisch, B., Terazono, Y., Moore, A.L., Moore, T.A., Gust, D., Cerullo, G., Scholes, G.D., Maiuri, M. Ultrafast Dynamics of Nonrigid Zinc-Porphyrin Arrays Mimicking the Photosynthetic “Special Pair”. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 3443.
13. DelPo, C.A., Kudisch, B., Park, K.H., Khan, S.U.Z., Fassioli, F., Fausti, D., Rand, B.P., Scholes, G.D. Polariton Transitions in Femtosecond Transient Absorption Studies of Ultrastrong Light-Molecule Coupling. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 2667.
12. Tian, L., Till, N.A., Kudisch, B., MacMillan, D.W.C., Scholes, G.D. Transient Absorption Spectroscopy Offers Mechanistic Insights for an Iridium/Nickel-Catalyzed C-O Coupling. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 4555.
11. Schwarz, K.N., Geraghty, P. B., Mitchell, V.D., Khan, S.U.Z., Sandberg, O.J., Zarrabi, N., Kudisch, B., Subbiah, J., Smith, T.A., Rand, B.P., Armin, A., Scholes, G.D., Jones, D.J., Ghiggino, K.P. Reduced Recombination and Capacitor-Like Charge Buildup in an Organic Heterojunction. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 2562.
10. Black, M.J., Biegasiewicz, K.F., Meichan, A.J., Oblinsky, D.G., Kudisch, B., Scholes, G.D., Hyster. T.K. Asymmetric Redox-Neutral Radical Cyclization Catalysed by Flavin-Dependent ‘Ene’-Reductases. Nat. Chem., 2020, 12, 71.
2019
9. Hudson, R.J., de la Perrelle, J.M., Pensack, R.D., Kudisch, B., Scholes, G.D., Huang, D. M., Kee, T.W. Organizing Crystalline Functionalized Pentacene Using Periodicity of Poly(vinyl alcohol). J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 11, 516.
8. Kudisch, B., Sayre, H.J., Tian, L., Schwarz, K.N. Viewpoint on the 2019 International Conference on Photochemistry. J. Phys. Chem. A., 2019, 123, 8977.
7. Yoneda, Y., Kudisch, B., Rafiq, S., Maiuri, M., Scholes, G.D., Miyasaka, H. Vibrational Coherence in Ultrafast Electron Transfer Reaction Observed by Broadband Transient Absorption Spectroscopy. EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019, 205, 09028.
6. Kudisch, B., Maiuri, M., Wang, L., Lim, T., Lu, H., Lee, V., Prud’Homme, R.K., Scholes, G.D. Binary Small Molecule Organic Nanoparticles Exhibit Both Direct and Diffusion-Limited Ultrafast Charge Transfer with NIR Excitation. Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 2385.
2018
5. Maiuri, M., Oviedo, M.B., Dean, J.C., Bishop, M., Kudisch, B., Toa, Z.S.D., Wong, B.M., McGill, S. A., Scholes, G.D. High Magnetic Field Detunes Vibronic Resonances in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, 5548.
4. Shields, B.J., Kudisch, B., Scholes, G.D., Doyle, A.G. Long-Lived Charge-Transfer States of Nickel(II) Aryl Halide Complexes Facilitate Bimolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 3035.
2017
3. Kudisch, B., Maiuri, M., Blas-Ferrando, V.M., Ortiz, J., Sastre-Santos, A., Scholes, G.D. Solvent-Dependent Photo-Induced Dynamics in a Non-Rigidly Linked Zinc Phthalocyanine-Perylenediimide Dyad Probed Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 21078.
2016
2. Niesner, D., Zhu, H., Miyata, K. Joshi, P.P., Evans, T.J.S., Kudisch, B.J., Trinh, M.T., Marks, M., Zhu, X-Y. Persistent Energetic Electrons in Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Thin Films. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 15717.
2015
1. Wu, X., Trinh, M.T., Niesner, D., Zhu, H., Norman, Z., Owen, J.S., Yaffe, O., Kudisch, B. J., Zhu, X-Y. Trap States in Lead Iodide Perovskites. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 2089.