Jennifer Hollingsworth is a Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and currently serves as the CINT Thrust Leader for Nanophotonics & Optical Nanomaterials. She also leads a new DOE-BES effort toward solution processed photonics and electronics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. These efforts include Nano Solutions On-Chip (NSOC) within the CHIME Microelectronics Science Research Center (MSRC).
Expertise
- Nanomaterials chemistry
- Discovery, rational design, and development of novel, ultra-stable colloidal quantum emitters
- Unique synthesis and assembly techniques, e.g., automated synthesis, microfluidics-enabled nanowire growth, and scanning-probed-enabled direct-write nanointegration
- Nanomaterials applications: e.g., bioimaging, solid-state lighting and single-photon quantum light sources
- UV-Vis-NIR nanointegration and multimodal characterization
- FLS1000 steady state and fluorescence lifetime spectrometer and quantitative quantum yield
- Single-Photon-source fabrication/hybrid-materials creation
Capabilities
Education
PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, Washington University
BA, Chemistry, Grinnell College
Awards
- Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2024
- Distinguished Mentor Performance Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2023
- Editorial Advisory Board of Nano Letters, American Chemical Society, 2020
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 2018
- Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2016
- Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research in Science or Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2014
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Mentoring Awards, 2003, 2005
- 9 Science/Program Achievement Awards, Los Alamos National Laboratory, (2001-2024)
- Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award (PDPA), Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2001
Service
- Committee Member, ACS Committee on Nominations and Elections, 2026–2029
- Councilor, American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division, 2016–2027
- Committee Member, ACS Committee on Divisional Activities, 2018–2025
- International Advisory Board Member, Small Science, 2022–present
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, Nano Letters, 01/2020–12/2022
