My research currently involves photostability studies of four-waving mixing substrates for surface-enhanced stimulated raman spectroscopy (SE-FSRS) and surface-enhanced coherent raman scattering (SE-CARS). We have observed novel spectral features that can be explained by plasmon-driven hot electron chemistry and are working towards dynamic control of these charge transfer processes by utilizing increased temporal resolution. I am also pursuing theoretical calculations of non-equilibrium electron dynamics in order to gain insight into rapid thermalization processes occurring with
