Bardeen Research Group

Energy Transport & Photomechanical Motion in Organic Materials

The goal of our research is to discover new and better ways to control and optimize photoinduced processes in organic materials. Our research involves both the synthesis of new materials and the use of laser spectroscopy and microscopy to study dynamics. Check out our Research and Publications pages for more info.

@UCR Solar Fields

Hossein Hooding 2019

Hossein's Hooding 2019

Solar Eclipse 2017

Solar Eclipse @UCR 2017

Val Hooding 2012

Val's Hooding 2012

Group 2021

Toasting our new graduates: Dr. Dong & Dr. Li 2021

Chris Giving Glass

Chris Giving 2021

Chris Giving 2021 Dinner

Ice Cream Winners

Bringing Home the Gold...Erlenmeyer!

Star Trek

Join Team Bardeen

Thinking about Grad School or a Post-Doc? Check out our research, and feel free to contact Chris or any of our lab members with questions about working in the lab. We're a dynamic group, with some cool projects if we do say so ourselves!

Our Latest Papers

Small Actuator

Small and Mighty

Light Powered Actuator

JACS 2021

Cage Match

Chemical Tuning

Lab Favorite

"Chris has no hobbies."

The News

Adam won Outstanding Student Poster at the March ACS meeting!
Kerry on PBS NOVA's "Beyond the Elements: Life" with David Pogue.

Check out #scicommucr!

Brandon Instagram

Fei and Brandon's work made the cover...again!

JMC Cover 2020

Guess who won the CNAS Slam 2019?

Our undergrad researcher Jessica Saoub (right) with Dean Uhrich for her awesome presentation "Don't Feel the Burn." Way to go Jessica!!

Check out @ Chemistry WorldBY THOMAS FOLEY

Gif showing microscope video of crystals peeling on blue background

Chris talks about the lab's research & how Solar Energy is crucial to reduce CO₂.

CNAS Lecture 2016