Daniel B. Straus
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Tulane University
5088 Percival Stern Hall
6400 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
Email: dstraus@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 862-3585
Education and Training
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, 2019-2023
- Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Cava
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2018
- Dissertation: Exciton and Carrier Dynamics in Quantum Dot Assemblies and Two-Dimensional Perovskites
- Advisor: Dr. Cherie R. Kagan
S.M. in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2012 S.B. in Chemistry with Honors, University of Chicago, 2012
- Honors Thesis: A New Approach to Analyzing Velocity-Map Imaging Data for Two-Step Dissociation Mechanisms
- Advisor: Dr. Laurie J. Butler
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
2021 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists in Chemistry
- Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences
John G. Miller Award for Most Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania, 2019
Graduate Research Fellowship
- National Science Foundation, 2013-2016
Graduate Student Teaching Award
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
Undergraduate Scholarship
- Chemical Industry Council of Illinois, 2010