Photoluminescence

Thomas S. Teets is originally from Amherst, OH, and earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 2007, doing undergraduate research with Prof. Thomas Gray. He earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012, working with Prof. Dan Nocera and supported by a fellowship from the Hertz Foundation. He was a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology from 2012 to 2014, advised by Prof. John Bercaw. In 2014, he started as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. His research group works in the areas of synthetic organometallic chemistry and photochemistry, emphasizing phosphorescent metal complexes for optoelectronic applications, photosensitizers for photoredox catalysis, and supramolecular structures for sensing and nonlinear optics. He has received several university, national, and international recognitions for his contributions to research, teaching, and undergraduate mentorship, including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2019.