Zygmunt Gryczynski

W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Chair of Physics

z.gryczynski@tcu.edu817-257-4209SWR 182

Program Affiliations

College of Science & Engineering Physics & Astronomy

Education

MS, University of Gdansk, 1982
Ph.D., University of Gdansk, 1987

Areas of Focus

Spectroscopy and Fluorescence: Absorption; Linear Dichroism; Fluorescence; Fluorescence Polarization; Phosphorescence
Probe Development. Novel fluorophores for molecular and cellular imaging: Organic fluorophores; Quantum dots; Nanoparticles
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy: Time-resolved fluorescence and phosphorescence; Excited state processes/dynamics.
Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET): Steady-state and time-resolved applications at molecular and cellular levels.
Molecular/Macro-Molecular Dynamics: Protein Dynamics; Protein Dissociation/Associatio; DNA/RNA.
Cooperative Binding: Oxygen binding/transport by hemoglobin; Ligand binding; Macromolecular binding.
Biomarkers – Enhanced Fluorescence Based Detection. Cardiac Risk Assessment and Cancer Detection.
Imaging: Tissue; Cell; Single molecule.
Fluorescence Based Sensing: Lifetime based sensing; Novel sensing; Plasmons enhanced sensing.
Multi-Photon Processes: Multi-Photon Induced Fluorecence (Two-Photon, Three-Photon, Four-Photon Excitation); Light Quenching by Stimulated Emission; Two-Pulse Fluorescence.
Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence: Steady-state; Time-resolved.
Metal Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF): Metallic nanoparticles/nanostructures enhanced detection; Localized surface plasmons.
Surface Plasmons Enhanced Detection (SPED): Surface plasmon enhanced fluorescence (SPCE); Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) stimulated emission.
Optical and Quantum Processes to Study Biological System in Nanoscale: Proteins, DNA/RNA, Cells, Tissue

Ceresa, L., J. Chavez, M. Bus, B. Budowle, E. Kitchner, J. Kimball, I. Gryczynski, Z. Gryczynski. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-Enhanced Detection of Minute Amounts of DNA. Anal. Chem. 2022.
Chavez, J.L., L. Ceresa, J. M Reeks, Y. Strzhemechny, J. Kimball, E. Kitchner, Z. Gryczynski, I. Gryczynski. Direct Excitation of Tryptophan Phosphorescence. A New Method for Triplet States Investigation. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. Vol. 10 (2), 2022.
Olejniczak, A., R. M. Rich, Z. Gryczynski, B. Cichy. Non-excitonic defect-assisted radiative transitions are responsible for new D-type blinking in ternary quantum dots. Nanoscale Horizons, 7 (1), 63-76, 2022.
Rice, Q., S Raut, K Burney, Z Gryczynski, I Gryczynski, W. W. Yu, B. Tabibi, J. Seo. Time-Resolved and Temperature-Dependent Fractional Amplitude Contributions to the Broadband Emission of CdSe Quantum Dots. Crystals 11 (11), 1284, 2021.
Ceresa, L., E. Kitchner, J. Chavez, M. Seung, M. Bus, B. Budowle, I. Gryczynski, Z. Gryczynski. A novel approach to imaging and visualization of minute amounts of DNA in small volume samples. Analyst, 146 (21), 6520-6527, 2021.
Ceresa, L., J. Kimball, J. Chavez, E. Kitchner, Z. Nurekeyev, H. Doan, J. Borejdo, I. Gryczynski, Z. Gryczynski. On the origin and correction for inner filter effects in fluorescence. Part II: secondary inner filter effect -the proper use of front-face configuration for highly absorbing and scattering samples. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. Vol. 9 (3), 2021.
Kitchner, E., J Chavez, L Ceresa, MM Bus, B Budowle, Z Gryczynski. A novel approach for visualization and localization of small amounts of DNA on swabs to improve DNA collection and recovery process. Analyst 146 (4), 1198-1206, 2021.
Chavez, J., J Kimball, L Ceresa, E Kitchner, T Shtoyko, R Fudala, J Borejdo, Z. Gryczynski, I. Gryczynski. Luminescence properties of 5-Bromoindole in PVA films at room temperature: Direct triplet state excitation. Journal of Luminescence 230, 117724, 2021
Rice, Q., S. Raut, R. Chib, Z. Gryczynski, I. Gryczynski, A. Wang, Y Y. Willliam, B. Tabibi, F. Jaetae Seo. Time-resolved and Temperature-dependent Broadband Emission of Plasmon-coupled Quantum Dots. J. of Materials and Applications. Vol. 9, 99-106, 2020.
Leonce, B. L., O. Harvey, Z. Gryczynski, W. C. Hockaday, N. F. Adegboyega. Structure−Energy−Photochemical Activity Relationships in Fluorophoric Water-Extracted Organic Matter from (Un)charred Plant Materials. ACS ES&T Water.
Chavez, J., L. Ceresa, E. Kitchner, J. Kimball, T. Shtoyko, R. Fudala, J. Borejdo, Z. Gryczynski, I. Gryczynski. On the Possibility of Direct Triplet State Excitation of Indole. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2020
Raut, S., Garud, A., Nagarajan, B., Sabnis, N., Remaley, A., Fudala, R., Gryczynski, I., Gryczynski, Z., Dzyuba, S. V., Borejdo, J., Lacko, A.G. Probing the Assembly of HDL Mimetic, Drug Carrying Nanoparticles, using Intrinsic Fluorescence. J. Pharmacol. Exp.Ther. Vol. 372 (3), 2020.
Kimball, J. J. L. Chavez, L. Ceresa, E. Kitchner, Z. Nurekeyev, H. Doan, M. Szabelski, J. Borejdo, I. Gryczynski, Z. Gryczynski. On the Origin and Correction for Inner Filter Effects in Fluorescence. Part I: Primary Inner Filter Effect-The Proper Approach for Sample Absorbance Correction. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. Vol. 8 (3), 2020.
Gryczynski, Z., J. Kimball, R. Fudala, J. L. Chavez, L. Ceresa, M. Szabelski, J. Borejdo, I. Gryczynski. Photophysical properties of 2-Phenylindole in poly (vinyl alcohol) film at room temperature. Enhanced phosphorescence anisotropy with direct triplet state excitation. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, Vol. 8 (1), 2020.

Photonics Approaches to Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Based Detection in Biomedical Diagnostics and Imaging. 14th International Symposium of Nanomedicine (ISNM 2021). Shimane University, November 17– November 19, 2021. Keynote Speech.
Fluorescence Measurments. Probes and Standards. 17th European Short Course on Principles & Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Berlin, Germany, November 8-11, 2021.
Analitycal Applications of Fluorescence. 17th European Short Course on Principles & Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Berlin, Germany, November 8-11, 2021.
From Multi-Photon Absorption and Stimulated Emission to Forbidden S0→T1 Transition. Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XX. 2–4 February 2020, Photonics West, SPIE. San Francisco, CA

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