Dr. Gaston Corthey

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsSpectroscopy
Keywordsnanosystems, solar cells, femtosecond electron diffraction, ultrafast structural dynamics, struture-function correlation
Honours and awards

2015: Mention, Prof. Hans J. Schumacher award to the best PhD thesis in Physical Chemistry in Argentina between 2012-2014. Asociacion Argentina de Investigacion Fisicquimica.

2014: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

2013: Dr. Enrique Herrero Ducloux Prize to the best PhD thesis in Physical Chemistry. Asociacion Quimica Argentina,

2013: Honorable Mention Award of the Prize for Young Chemists for the best PhD theses in the chemical sciences from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

2011: Fulbright - Bunge-Born doctoral Award for a 3-months research stay at LBNL, CA, USA

2011: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Fellowship for Prospective Researchers.

2008: Argentinian National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), DoctoralFellowship.

2008: Instituto Sabato, Argentina, Prize for the best Licentiate Thesis in the field of Materials Sci. and Tech.

2008: Joaquin V. Gonzalez Award to outstanding graduates of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata

2007: Buenos Aires Research Council (CIC), Argentina. Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Current contact address

CountryArgentina
CitySan Martin
InstitutionUniversidad Nacional de San Martin
InstituteInstituto de Nanosistemas

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. R. J. Dwayne MillerMax-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2014

Program(s)

2013Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2017Rui Xian, Gastón Corthey, David M. Rogers, Carole A. Morrison, Valentyn I. Prokhorenko, Stuart A. Hayes, R. J. Dwayne Miller Coherent ultrafast lattice-directed reaction dynamics of triiodide anion photodissociation. In: Nature Chemistry, 2017, 516-522
2016Khalid M. Siddiqui, Gastón Corthey, Stuart A. Hayes, Andreas Rossos, Daniel S. Badali, Rui Xian, R. Scott Murphy, Benjamin J. Whitaker, R. J. Dwayne Miller: Synchronised photoreversion of spirooxazine ring opening in thin crystals to uncover ultrafast dynamics. In: CrystEngComm, 2016, 7212-7216
2015Tadahiko Ishikawa, Stuart A. Hayes, Sercan Keskin, Gastón Corthey, Masaki Hada, Kostyantyn Pichugin, Alexander Marx, Julian Hirscht, Kenta Shionuma, Ken Onda, Yoichi Okimoto, Shin-ya Koshihara, Takashi Yamamoto, Hengbo Cui, Mitsushiro Nomura, Yugo Oshima, Majed Abdel-Jawad, Reizo Kato, R. J. Dwayne Miller: Direct observation of collective modes coupled to molecular orbital–driven charge transfer. In: Science, 2015, 1501-1505