Andrew H. Marcus
Education
Andy Marcus received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Stanford University in 1994. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. He joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Oregon in 1996.
B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1987. Ph.D., Stanford University, 1994 (Advisor: Michael D. Fayer). Postdoctoral: University of Chicago, James Franck Institute, 1994-96 (Advisor: Stuart A. Rice).
Research
Publications
1. Zabriskie, T. M.; Klocke, K. A.; Ireland, C. M.; Marcus, A. H.; Molinski, T. F.; Faulkner, D. J.; Xu, C.; Clardy, J. “Jaspamide, a Modified Peptide from a Jaspis Sponge, with Insecticidal and Anti-fungal Activity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 3123 – 3126.
2. Marcus, A. H.; Molinski, T. F.; Fahy, E.; Faulkner, D. J.; Xu, C.; Clardy, J. “5-Isothiocyanatopupukeanane from a Sponge of the Genus Axinyssa,” J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 5184 – 5188.
3. Marcus, A. H.; Fayer, M. D. “Electronic Excitation Transfer in Clustered Chromophore Systems: Calculations of Time-Resolved Observables for Intercluster Transfer,” J. Chem. Phys. 1991, 94, 5622 – 5630.
4. Stein, A. D.; Hoffmann, D. A.; Marcus, A. H.; Leezenberg, P. B.; Frank, C. W.; Fayer, M. D. “Dynamics in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Melts: Fluorescence Depolarization Measurements of Probe Chromophore Orientational Relaxation, ” J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 5255 – 5263.
5. Marcus, A. H.; Diachun, N. A.; Fayer, M. D. “Electronic Excitation Transfer in Concentrated Micelle Solutions,” J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 8930 – 8937.
6. Quitevis, E. L.; Marcus, A. H.; Fayer, M. D. “Dynamics of Ionic Lipophilic Probes in Micelles: Picosecond Fluorescence Depolarization Measurements,” J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 5762 – 5769.
7. Marcus, A. H.; Diachun, N. A.; Fayer, M. D. “Intermolecular Structure in a Polymer Glass: Electronic Excitation Transfer Studies,” Macromolecules 1993, 26, 3041 – 3048.
8. Finger, K. U.; Marcus, A. H.; Fayer, M. D. “Structure of Complex Systems using Electronic Excitation Transport: Theory, Monte Carlo Simulations, and Experiments on Micelle Solutions,” J. Chem. Phys. 1994, 100, 271 – 286.
9. Diachun, N. A.; Marcus, A. H.; Fayer, M. D. “Dynamics in Polydimethylsiloxane: The Effect of Solute Polarity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 1027 – 1032.
10. Marcus, A. H.; Fayer, M. D.; Curro, J. G. “Intermolecular Structure in a Single Component Polymer Glass: Towards High Resolution Measurements of the Side Chain Pair Correlation Function,” J. Chem. Phys. 1994, 100, 9156 – 9169.
11. Marcus, A. H.; Hussey, D. M.; Diachun, N. A.; Fayer, M. D. “Nanodomain Formation in a Liquid Polymer Blend: the Initial Stages of Phase Separation,” J. Chem. Phys. 1995, 103, 8189 – 8201.
12. Leezenberg, P. B.; Marcus, A. H.; Fayer, M. D.; Frank, C. W. “Rotational Dynamics of Naphthalene-Labeled Cross-link Junctions in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Elastomers,” J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 7646 – 7655.
13. Marcus, A. H.; Morkved, T.; Jaeger, H.; Rice, S. A.; Hussey, D.; Diachun, N. A.; Fayer, M. D. “Chromophore-Rich Nanodomains in Bulk and Ultra-Thin Film Polymer Blends,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1996, 283, 31 – 35.
14. Marcus, A. H.; Lin, B.; Rice, S. A. “Self-Diffusion in Dilute Quasi-Two-Dimensional Hard Sphere Suspensions: Evanescent Wave Dynamic Light Scattering and Video Microscopy Studies,” Phys. Rev. E 1996, 53, 1765 – 1776.
15. Marcus, A. H.; Rice, S. A. “Observation of First Order Liquid-to-Hexatic and Hexatic-to-Solid Phase Transitions in a Confined Colloid Suspension,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 1996, 77, 2577 – 2580.
16. Schofield, J.; Marcus, A. H.; Rice, S. A. “The Dynamics of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Colloidal Systems,” J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 18950 – 18961.
17. Marcus, A. H.; Rice, S. A. “Phase Transitions in a Confined Quasi-Two-Dimensional Colloid Suspension,” Phys. Rev. E 1997, 55, 637 – 656.
18. Tam, M. C.-M.; Rice, S. A.; Marcus, A. H. “Unusual Structure in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Binary Colloidal Fluid,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 1998, 294, 217 – 222.
19. Marcus, A. H.; Schofield, J.; Rice, S. A. “Experimental Observations of Non-Gaussian Behavior and String-like Cooperative Dynamics in Concentrated Quasi-Two-Dimensional Colloidal Liquids,” Phys. Rev. E 1999, 60, 5725 – 5736. See also Marcus, A. H.; Schofield, J.; Rice, S. A. “Erratum: Experimental Observations of Non-Gaussian Behavior and String-like Cooperative Dynamics in Concentrated Quasi-Two-Dimensional Colloidal Liquids,” Phys. Rev. E 1999, 61, 7260 (correction due to byline error).
20. Margineantu, D.; Capaldi, R. A.; Marcus, A. H. “Dynamics of the Mitochondrial Reticulum in Live Cells using Fourier Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy and Digital Video Microscopy,” Biophys. J. 2000, 79, 1833 – 1849 (journal cover article). See also Schurr, J. M. “Molecular Motions in Fourier Transform Space,” Biophys. J. 2000, 79, 1692 – 1694 (editorial comment).
21. Knowles, M. K.; Grassman, T. J.; Marcus, A. H. “Measurement of the Dynamic Structure Function of Fluorescently Labeled Complex Fluids by Fourier Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 2000, 85, 2837 – 2840.
22. Grassman, T. J.; Knowles, M. K.; Marcus, A. H. “Structure and Dynamics of Fluorescently Labeled Complex Fluids by Fourier Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy,” Phys. Rev. E 2000, 62, 8245 – 8257.
23. Margineantu, D.; Brown, R. M.; Brown, G. K.; Marcus, A. H.; Capaldi, R. A. “Heterogeneous Distribution of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in the Matrix of Mitochondria,” Mitochondrion 2001, 1, 327 – 338.
24. Knowles, M. K.; Margineantu, D.; Capaldi, R. A.; Marcus, A. H. “Translational Dynamics of Fluorescently Labeled Species by Fourier Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy,” in Liquid Dynamics: Experiment, Simulation, and Theory. Pgs. 58 – 70. ACS Symposium Series 820 (American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2002)
25. Knowles, M. K.; Guenza, M. G.; Capaldi, R. A.; Marcus, A. H. “Cytoskeletal-Assisted Dynamics of the Mitochondrial Reticulum in Living Cells,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2002, 99, 14772 – 14777.
26. M.K.Knowles, M.G.Guenza, R.A.Capaldi, A.H.Marcus "Cytoskeletal-assisted dynamics of the mitochondrial reticulum in living cells" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 99, 14772-14777 2002.
27. Capaldi, R. A., R. Aggeler, R. Gilkerson, G. Hanson, M. Knowles, A. Marcus, D. Margineantu, M. Marusich, J. Murray, D. Oglesbee, S. J. Remington, and R. Rossignol, “A replicating module as the unit of mitochondrial structure and functioning.” Biochim. Biophys. Acta: Bioenergetics, 2002, 1555, 192-195.
28. Knowles, M. K.; Honerkamp-Smith, A. R.; Marcus, A. H. “Direct Measurement of the Relative and Collective Diffusion in a Dilute Binary Suspension of Colloidal Particles,” J. Chem. Phys. 2005, 122, 234909-1-13.
29. Fink, M. C.; Adair, K. V.; Guenza, M. G.; Marcus, A. H. “Translational Diffusion of Fluorescent Proteins by Molecular Fourier Imaging Correlation Spectroscopy,” Biophys. J. 2006, Volume 91, 3482-3498.
30.Tekavec, P.F.; Dyke, T.M.; Marcus, A. H. “Wave Packet Interferometry and Quantum State Reconstruction by Acousto-Optic Phase Modulation,” J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 125, 194303-1-19. Selected for publication in the December 2006 issue of the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science www.vjultrafast.org.
31. Tekavec, P.F.; Lott, G.A.; Marcus, A.H., "Fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic coherence spectroscopy by acousto-optic phase modulation," J. Chem. Phys. 127, 214307 (2007).
32. Goulding, M. B., J. C. Canman, E. N. Senning, A. H. Marcus, and B. Bowerman, "Control of nuclear centration in the C. elegans zygote by receptor-independent Galpha signaling and myosin II," J. Cell Biol. 178, 1177 (2007).
Honors and Awards
University of California, San Diego Outstanding Freshman in Chemistry Award, 1983; American Chemical Society Western States Regional Scholar, 1987; American Institute of Chemists Student Research Recognition Foundation Scholar, 1987; Harold Urey Award for Outstanding Excellence in Chemistry, 1987; Provost's Honor List, 1982-1987; Research Corporation Innovation Award, 1997; NSF CAREER Award, 1998; Biophysical Journal "New and Notable" Feature Article, 2000; Innovative Polymer Research Lecturer, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, 2001; University of Wisconsin John L. Schrag Memorial Lectureship, 2014; Fund for Faculty Excellence Award, 2014; Interdisciplinary Research Award, UO Office of Research, Innovation and Graduate Education, 2014; Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2014; Journal of Chemical Physics Editor's Pick and Issue Cover article, 2018; Headline Speaker for Faraday Discussion on Ultrafast Photo-Induced Energy and Charge Transfer, 2019; Journal of Chemical Physics Special Issue Cover Article, 2021; Journal of Chemical Physics Scilight Featured Article and Issue Cover, 2022; Journal of Chemical Physics Editor's Pick, 2022; Biochemistry Article Featured on the Issue Cover, 2026.