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Nathanael Kazmierczak

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

616.395.7639kazmierczakn74@hope.edu

Dr. Nathanael Kazmierczak joined the 91自拍论坛 Department of Chemistry in 2025. The Kaz Lab studies the interaction of light with molecules in the presence of magnetic fields. Through advanced spectroscopy techniques, the Kaz Lab gleans insights on how to build better light-activated catalysts, organic LEDs for display technologies, and quantum bits. Dr. Kazmierczak鈥檚 teaching roles include Physical Chemistry I (thermodynamics and kinetics) and Physical Chemistry II (quantum mechanics and spectroscopy).

See Dr. Kazmierczak鈥檚 current research

Areas of expertise

Magnetic circularly polarized luminescence (MCPL) spectroscopy
Magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy
Lasers and cryogenics
Transition metal catalysis
Photochemistry
Computational chemistry

Education

Ph.D., chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 2025
B.S., chemistry, Calvin University, 2020
B.A., music, Calvin University, 2020

Honors, Grants, and Awards

Herbert Newby McCoy Thesis Prize Award, Caltech, 2025
Hertz Fellowship, 2021鈥�2025
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2020鈥�2023
Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2017鈥�2019
Beckman Scholar, 2016鈥�2017

Selected Publications

A full list of publications, including academic citations, is available on Dr. Kazmierczak鈥檚 CV.

鈥淎 Spectrochemical Series for Electron Spin Relaxation.鈥� With co-first author K. T. Xia and co-authors E. Sutcliffe, J. P. Aalto, and R. G. Hadt. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, pages 2849-2859.
鈥淪pectroscopic Signatures of Phonon Character in Molecular Electron Spin Relaxation.鈥� With co-authors P. H. Oyala and R. G. Hadt. ACS Central Science, 2024, 10, pages 2353-2362.
鈥淯ltrafast All-Optical Coherence of Molecular Electron Spins in Room-Temperature Water Solution.鈥� With first author E. Sutcliffe and co-author R. G. Hadt. Science 2024, 386, pages 888-892.
鈥淚lluminating Ligand Field Contributions to Molecular Qubit Spin Relaxation via T₁ Anisotropy.鈥� With co-author R. G. Hadt. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, pages 20804-20814.
鈥淭he Impact of Ligand Field Symmetry on Molecular Qubit Coherence.鈥� With co-authors R. Mirzoyan and R. G. Hadt. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 143, pages 17305-17315.

Outside the College

Nathanael enjoys birdwatching, chess, classical guitar, and spending time with his wife, Joyce. His favorite animal is the little blue penguin.

Nathanael Kazmierczak

Phone Number616.395.7639

kazmierczakn74@hope.edu

Chemistry Department