1991-1993

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin

1993-1998

PhD in Cemistry, ACS Graduate Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY

1998-2000

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

2000-present

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY

2001

New Voices in Chemistry” Chemical and Engineering News 125th Anniversary of the American Chemical Society: “The Promise of Organic Molecules,” 2001, 79, 136.

2002

Beckman Young Investigator Award: Nanoscale Energy Conversion, Electrical Conduction, and Hierarchical Assembly.

2002

Columbia University Homepage News Feature, “Faculty Focus: Colin Nuckolls” April 4, 2002. URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/04/colinNuckolls.html.

2002

Dupont Young Investigator: Nanoscale Energy Conversion, Electrical Conduction, and Hierarchical Assembly.

2003-2008

NSF, CAREER: Functional Nanoscale Architectures through Self-assembly.

2003

James D. Watson Investigator, New York State Technology and Academic Research: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Study of Artificial Transmembrane Channels for the Transport of Molecules and Genetic Material.

2003

Thieme Journal Award, 2003, Synthesis and Synlett.

2004

2004 New York City Mayor's Medal for Science and Technology for a Young Investigator

2004

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships: Nanoscale Electronics from Self-Assembled Organic Building Blocks.

2004

Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar: Nanoscale Electronics from Self-Assembled Organic Building Blocks

2007

2007 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists finalist

2007

2008 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

2001

Invited Speaker at the Life Sciences and Nanostructures Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, September 28-30, 2001.

2002

Invited Speaker at the Canadian Society of Chemistry meeting June 2nd, 2002, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

2002

Invited speaker at the National Science Foundation/EC workshop on Nanomaterials, British Consulate General, December 6th, 2002, Boston, MA.

2003

Contributing author meeting for Supramolecular Polymers, 2nd edition, organized by Professor Alberto Cifferi, November 11-12, 2003, Portofino, Italy.

2003

Invited Speaker at Gordon Research Conference on Electronic Materials, to be held July 13-18th, 2003, New London, CT.

2003

Invited Speaker at Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, to be held June 15-20th, 2003, New London, NH.

2003

Invited Speaker at The 2003 Advanced Research Workshop "Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano, the Giga, the Ultra, and the Bio" June 23-27, 2003, Corsica, France.

2003

Invited Speaker at the NSF Workshop on Physical Organic Chemistry, August 10–14, 2003, Newport, RI.

2002

Departmental Colloquium, Hunter College, February 8th, 2002.

2002

Departmental Colloquium, University of Connecticut, September 18th, 2002.

2003

Departmental Colloquium, New York University, March 11th, 2003.

2003

Departmental Colloquium, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, February 17th, 2003.

2003

Departmental Colloquium, University of Delaware, April 18th.

2003

DuPont Central Research Seminar Series, Wilmington, DE, April 17th, 2003.

2003

IBM (TJ Watson Research Center) Physical Sciences Seminar Series, March 28th, 2003.

2003

UCLA Nanosystems seminar series, Los Angeles, CA, February 18th, 2003.

2001-2002

NSF: Nanoscale Exploratory Research: Self-Assembled Nanostructures with Macroscopic Polar Order and Directed Paths of Conjugation

2001-2004

DOE: Synthesis, Directed Assembly, and Local Probe Measurements of Dipolar, Organic Nanostructures

2001-2006

Helped create and defend a successful NSF Nanocenter proposal (one of six nationally): The Columbia Center for Electronic Transport in Molecular Nanostructures

2003-2005

ACS, "Nanoscience and Undergraduate Education: Teaching the Elements of Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Science Courses” Co-PI with Professor Leonard Fine and Dr. Bhawani Venkataraman.

2003-2008

NSF, CAREER: Functional Nanoscale Architectures through Self-assembly

2001, 02

Created Chemistry G8314 Self-Assembly and Molecular Recognition. Fall 2001, enrollment: 19 students. Fall 2002, enrollment: 14 students.

2001

G4147 Advanced Organic Chemistry. Fall 2001, enrollment: 17 students.

2002, 03

Chemistry C3444 Organic Chemistry II. Spring 2002, 115 students. Spring 2003, 180 students.

James Massey

Undergraduate, 2001

Isaac Darko

Undergraduate, 2001

Qi Shuai

Graduate Student, 2001

Muhammed Hammdani

Technician, 2001

2001

National Science Foundation, Panelist for SBIR, Sensors, Instrumentation and Membranes Proposals, September 6-7, 2001.

2002

National Science Foundation, Panelist for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team Proposals, Chemical/Self-Assembly and Transport, February 25th, 2002.

2002

National Science Foundation, Panelist for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team Proposals, Nanoelectronic Materials, October 1st, 2002.

2002

National Science Foundation, US-Italy Workshop on Materials Research and Nanoscale Sciences, March 14th-15th 2002.

2002

National Science Foundation/EC Workshop on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Dec 5–7

1.   

"Aggregation of Conjugated Helical Molecules," C. Nuckolls, T. J. Katz and L. Castellanos. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1996, 118, 3767-8

2.   

"An Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Helicenes," T. J. Katz, L. Liu, N. D. Willmore, J. M. Fox, A. L. Rheingold, S. Shi, C. Nuckolls and B. H. Rickman. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997, 119, 10054-63

3.   

"Circular Dichroism and UV-Visible Absorption Spectra of the Langmuir-Blodgett Films of an Aggregating Helicene," C. Nuckolls, T. J. Katz, T. Verbiest, S. Van Elshocht, H.-G. Kuball, S. Kiesewalter, A. J. Lovinger and A. Persoons. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998, 120, 8656-60

4.   

"Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of a Helical Columnar Liquid Crystal," C. Nuckolls and T. J. Katz. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998, 120, 9541-4

5.   

"Structure and Morphology of Helicene Fibers," A. J. Lovinger, C. Nuckolls and T. J. Katz. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998, 120, 264-8

6.   

"Characterization of recombinant human plasma lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT): N-linked carbohydrate structures and catalytic properties," A. G. Lacko, A. J. Reason, C. Nuckolls, B. J. Kudchodkar, M. P. Nair, G. Sundarrajan, P. H. Pritchard, H. R. Morris and A. Dell. Journal of Lipid Research, 1998, 39, 807-20

7.   

"Synthesis and Aggregation of a Conjugated Helical Molecule," C. Nuckolls, T. J. Katz, G. Katz, P. J. Collings and L. Castellanos. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999, 121, 79-88

8.   

"Chiral Microenvironments in Self-Assembled Capsules," C. Nuckolls, F. Hof, T. Martin and J. Rebek, Jr.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999, 121, 10281-5

9.   

"Transfer of Chiral Information through Molecular Assembly," R. K. Castellano, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999, 121, 11156-63

10.   

"Hierarchy of order in liquid crystalline polycaps," R. K. Castellano, C. Nuckolls, S. H. Eichhorn, M. R. Wood, A. J. Lovinger and J. Rebek, Jr.. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 1999, 38, 2603-6

11.   

"New Molecular Vessels: Synthesis and Chiroselective Recognition," S. Saito, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 9628-30

12.   

"Quasielastic light scattering study of the reversible polymerization of hydrogen-bonded capsules," A. Lomakin, G. B. Benedek, R. K. Castellano, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Trends in Optics and Photonics, 2000, 47, 27-9

13.   

"Diversity and Selection in Self-Assembled Tetrameric Capsules," F. Hof, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 4251-2

14.   

"Emergent Conformational Preferences of a Self-Assembling Small Molecule: Structure and Dynamics in a Tetrameric Capsule," F. Hof, C. Nuckolls, S. L. Craig, T. Martin and J. Rebek, Jr.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 10991-6

15.   

"Reversibly-formed polymeric capsules," R. K. Castellano, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Polymer News, 2000, 25, 44-52

16.   

"Detection and Mechanistic Studies of Multicomponent Assembly by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer," R. K. Castellano, S. L. Craig, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 7876-82

17.   

"Emergent mechanical properties of self-assembled polymeric capsules," R. K. Castellano, R. Clark, S. L. Craig, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2000, 97, 12418-21

18.   

"Quasi-Phase-Matching in Chiral Materials," B. Busson, M. Kauranen, C. Nuckolls, T. J. Katz and A. Persoons. Physical Review Letters, 2000, 84, 79-82

19.   

"Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Highly Symmetric Chiral Thin Films," T. Verbiest, S. Van Elshocht, A. Persoons, C. Nuckolls, K. E. Phillips and T. J. Katz. Langmuir, 2001, 17, 4685-7

20.   

"Enforced Stacking in Crowded Arenes," M. L. Bushey, A. Hwang, P. W. Stephens and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 123, 8157-8

21.   

"Electro-Optic Switching by Helicene Liquid Crystals," C. Nuckolls, R. Shao, W.-G. Jang, N. A. Clark, D. M. Walba and T. J. Katz. Chemistry of Materials, 2002, 14, 773-6

22.   

"Self-assembled nanostructures with macroscopic polar order from hydrogen-bonded aromatic rings," C. Nuckolls. 2002, 38 pp,

23.   

"Tuning Intermolecular Attraction to Create Polar Order and One-Dimensional Nanostructures on Surfaces," T.-Q. Nguyen, M. L. Bushey, L. E. Brus and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 15051-4

24.   

"Solid-state and solution studies of a tetrameric capsule and its guests," D. W. Johnson, F. Hof, P. M. Iovine, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2002, 41, 3793-6

25.   

"Molecular encapsulation," F. Hof, S. L. Craig, C. Nuckolls and J. Rebek, Jr.. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2002, 41, 1488-508

26.   

"The Consequences of chirality in crowded arenes-macromolecular helicity, hierarchical ordering, and directed assembly," M. L. Bushey, A. Hwang, P. W. Stephens and C. Nuckolls. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2002, 41, 2828-31

27.   

"Conductance measurement of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous environment," T. Someya, P. Kim and C. Nuckolls. Applied Physics Letters, 2003, 82, 2338-40

28.   

"Alcohol Vapor Sensors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors," T. Someya, J. Small, P. Kim, C. Nuckolls and J. T. Yardley. Nano Letters, 2003, 3, 877-81

29.   

"Synthesis, Assembly, and Thin Film Transistors of Dihydrodiazapentacene: An Isostructural Motif for Pentacene," Q. Miao, T.-Q. Nguyen, T. Someya, G. B. Blanchet and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 10284-7

30.   

"Cruciform p-Systems for Molecular Electronics Applications," J. E. Klare, G. S. Tulevski, K. Sugo, A. de Picciotto, K. A. White and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 6030-1

31.   

"Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Switching of One-Dimensional Nanostructures from New Crowded Aromatics," M. L. Bushey, T.-Q. Nguyen and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 8264-9

32.   

"A Folded, Secondary Structure in Step-Growth Oligomers from Covalently Linked, Crowded Aromatics," W. Zhang, D. Horoszewski, J. Decatur and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 4870-3

33.   

"Attaching Organic Semiconductors to Gate Oxides: In Situ Assembly of Monolayer Field Effect Transistors," G. S. Tulevski, Q. Miao, M. Fukuto, R. Abram, B. Ocko, R. Pindak, M. L. Steigerwald, C. R. Kagan and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 15048-50

34.   

"Assembling Dimeric pi Stacks on Gold Surfaces by Using Three-Dimensional Lock-and-Key Receptors," G. S. Tulevski, M. L. Bushey, J. L. Kosky, S. J. T. Ruter and C. Nuckolls. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2004, 43, 1836-9

35.   

"Molecular Interactions in One-Dimensional Organic Nanostructures," T.-Q. Nguyen, R. Martel, P. Avouris, M. L. Bushey, L. Brus and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 5234-42

36.   

"Chemical Reactions with Upright Monolayers of Cruciform p-Systems," J. E. Klare, G. S. Tulevski and C. Nuckolls. Langmuir, 2004, 20, 10068-72

37.   

"Resonant Raman scattering in nanoscale pentacene films," R. He, I. Dujovne, L. Chen, Q. Miao, C. F. Hirjibehedin, A. Pinczuk, C. Nuckolls, C. Kloc and A. Ron. Applied Physics Letters, 2004, 84, 987-9

38.   

"Using hydrogen bonds to direct the assembly of crowded aromatics," M. L. Bushey, T.-Q. Nguyen, W. Zhang, D. Horoszewski and C. Nuckolls. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2004, 43, 5446-53

39.   

"Columnar, helical, and tubular supramolecular polymers," W. Zhang and C. Nuckolls. Supramolecular Polymers (2nd Edition), 2005, 571-82

40.   

"Molecular wires from contorted aromatic compounds," S. Xiao, M. Myers, Q. Miao, S. Sanaur, K. Pang, M. L. Steigerwald and C. Nuckolls. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2005, 44, 7390-4

41.   

"Formation of Catalytic Metal-Molecule Contacts," G. S. Tulevski, M. B. Myers, M. S. Hybertsen, M. L. Steigerwald and C. Nuckolls. Science (Washington, DC, United States), 2005, 309, 591-4

42.   

"Self-assembly and electronics of dipolar linear acenes," Q. Miao, M. Lefenfeld, T.-Q. Nguyen, T. Siegrist, C. Kloc and C. Nuckolls. Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany), 2005, 17, 407-12

43.   

"Directing and Sensing Changes in Molecular Conformation on Individual Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors," X. Guo, L. Huang, S. O'Brien, P. Kim and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 15045-7

44.   

"A Molecular Switch Based on Potential-Induced Changes of Oxidation State," F. Chen, J. He, C. Nuckolls, T. Roberts, J. E. Klare and S. Lindsay. Nano Letters, 2005, 5, 503-6

45.   

"Transferring Self-Assembled, Nanoscale Cables into Electrical Devices," S. Xiao, J. Tang, T. Beetz, X. Guo, N. Tremblay, T. Siegrist, Y. Zhu, M. Steigerwald and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 10700-1

46.   

"Single-Molecule Circuits with Well-Defined Molecular Conductance," L. Venkataraman, J. E. Klare, I. W. Tam, C. Nuckolls, M. S. Hybertsen and M. L. Steigerwald. Nano Letters, 2006, 6, 458-62

47.   

"Chemical Complementarity in the Contacts for Nanoscale Organic Field-Effect Transistors," G. S. Tulevski, Q. Miao, A. Afzali, T. O. Graham, C. R. Kagan and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 1788-9

48.   

"Organization of Acenes with a Cruciform Assembly Motif," Q. Miao, X. Chi, S. Xiao, R. Zeis, M. Lefenfeld, T. Siegrist, M. L. Steigerwald and C. Nuckolls. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 1340-5

49.   

"Direct structural observation of a molecular junction by high-energy X-ray reflectometry," M. Lefenfeld, J. Baumert, E. Sloutskin, I. Kuzmenko, P. Pershan, M. Deutsch, C. Nuckolls and B. M. Ocko. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006, 103, 2541-5

50.   

"Covalently bridging gaps in single-walled carbon nanotubes with conducting molecules," X. Guo, J. P. Small, J. E. Klare, Y. Wang, M. S. Purewal, I. W. Tam, B. H. Hong, R. Caldwell, L. Huang, S. O'Brien, J. Yan, R. Breslow, S. J. Wind, J. Hone, P. Kim and C. Nuckolls. Science (Washington, DC, United States), 2006, 311, 356-9

51.   

"Chemoresponsive monolayer transistors," X. Guo, M. Myers, S. Xiao, M. Lefenfeld, R. Steiner, G. S. Tulevski, J. Tang, J. Baumert, F. Leibfarth, J. T. Yardley, M. L. Steigerwald, P. Kim and C. Nuckolls. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006, 103, 11452-6

52.   

"In situ measurements of oligoaniline conductance: Linking electrochemistry and molecular electronics," F. Chen, C. Nuckolls and S. Lindsay. Chemical Physics, 2006, 324, 236-43

53.   

"Self-assembled three-dimensional conducting network of single-wall carbon nanotubes," G.B. Blanchet, S. Subramoney, R.K. Bailey, G.D. Jaycox, and C. Nuckolls. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2004, 85, 828-830

54.   

"Carbon nanotubes-semiconductor networkds for organic electronics: The pick-up stick transistor," X.-Y. Bo, C.Y. Lee, M.S. Strano, M. Goldfinger, C. Nuckolls, and G.B. Blanchet. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2005, 86, 182102

55.   

"Prevalence of Coulomb blockade in electro-migrated junctions with conjugated and non-conjugated molecules," A. de Picciotto, J.E. Klare, C. Nuckolls, A. Erbe and R. Willett. Nanotechnology, 2005, 16, 3110-3114

56.   

"Single-molecule transistor fabrication by self-aligned lithography and in-situ molecular assembly," J. Tang, E.P. De Poortere, J.E. Klare, C. Nuckolls, and S.J. Wind. Microelectron. Eng., 2006, 83, 1706-1709

57.   

"Pentacene-carbon nanotubes: Semiconducting assemblies for thin-film transistor applications," X.-Z. Bo, N.G. Tassi, C.Y. Lee, M.S. Strano, C. Nuckolls, G.B. Blanchet. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2005, 87, 203510-203512

58.   

"Frustrated Ostwald Ripening in Self-Assembled Monolayers of Cruciform π-Systems," G.M. Florio, J.E. Klare, M.O. Pasamba, T.L. Werblowsky, B.J. Berne, M.S. Hybertsen, C. Nuckolls, and G.W. Flynn. Langmuir, 2006, 22, 10003-10008

59.   

"Dependence of single-molecule junction conductance on molecular conformation," L. Venkataraman, J.E. Klare, C. Nuckolls, M. Hybertsen, and M. Steigerwald. Nature, 2006, 442, 904-907

60.   

"Device scaling in sub-100 nm pentacene field-effect transistors," G.S. Tulevski, A. Afzali, T.O. Graham, C. Nuckolls, and C.R. Kagan. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2006, 89, 183101

61.   

"Length dependence of charge transport in oligoanilines," J. He, F. Chen, C. Nuckolls, and S. Lindsay. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007, 90, 072112

62.   

"Chemically responsive molecular transistors fabricated by self-aligned lithography and chemical self-assembly," J. Tang, Y. Wang, C. Nuckolls, and S.J. Wind. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 2006, 24, 3227-3229

63.   

"Electronics and Chemistry: Varying Single-Molecule Junction Conductance Using Chemical Substituents," Y.S. Park, A.C. Whalley, C. Nuckolls, M.S. Hybertsen, M.L. Steigerwald. Nano Letters, 2007, 7, 502-506

64.   

"Jet-printed electrodes and semiconducting oligomers for elaboration of organic thin-film transistors," S. Sanaur, A. Whalley, M. Carnes, and C. Nuckolls. Organic Electronics, 2006, 7, 423-423

65.   

"Why 6-Methylpentacene Deconjugates but Avoids the Thermally Allowed Unimolecular Mechanism," J.E. Norton, B.H. Northrop, C. Nuckolls, and K.N. Houk. Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 4915-4918

66.   

"Enforced One-Dimensional Photoconductivity in Core-Cladding Hexabenzocoronenes," Y.S. Cohen, S. Xiao, M.L. Steigerwald, C.R. Kagan, and C. Nuckolls. Nano Lett., 2006, 6, 2838-2841

67.   

"Encoding Molecular Wire Formation within Nanoscale Sockets," J. Tang, Y. Wang, J.E. Klare, G.S. Tulevski, S.J. Wind, and C. Nuckolls. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 3892-3895

68.   

"Single-Molecule Devices as Scaffolding for Multicomponent Nanostructure Assembly," X. Guo, A. Whalley, J. Klare, L. Huang, S. O'Brien, M. Steigerwald, and C. Nuckolls. Nano Lett., 2007, 7, 1119-1122

69.   

"Self-assembly of 1-D organic semiconductor nanostructures," T.-Q. Nguyen, R. Martel, M. Bushey, P. Avouris, A. Carlsen, C. Nuckolls, and L. Brus. Phys Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 1515-1532

70.   

"Charge Transport through Oligoarylene Self-Assembled Monolayers: Interplay of Molecular Organization," C. Grave, C. Risko, A. Shaporenko, Y. Wang, C. Nuckolls, M.A. Ratner, M.A. Rampi, and M. Zharnikov. Adv. Funct. Mater. , 2007, 17, 3816-3828

71.   

"Polymer Growth by Functionalized Ruthenium Nanoparticles," F. Ren, M. Carnes, M. Steigerwald, and C. Nuckolls. Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 8151-8155

72.   

"Forming Aromatic Hemispheres on Transition-Metal Surfaces," K.T. Rim, S. Xiao, M. Myers, L. Liu, C. Su, M.L. Steigerwald, M.S. Hybertsen, C. Nuckolls, and G. Flynn. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 7891-7895

73.   

"Reversible Switching in Molecular Electronic Devices," A.C. Whalley, M.L. Steigerwald, X. Guo, and C. Nuckolls. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 12590-12591

74.   

"Conductivity of a single DNA duplex bridging a carbon nanotube gap," X. Guo, A.A. Gorodetsky, J. Hone, J.K. Barton, and C. Nuckolls. Nature Nano., 2008, accepted for publication

75.   

"Helical Dibenzoc[a,e]cyclooctatetrene: A Spring-Loaded Monomer," M. Carnes, D. Buccella, M.L. Steigerwald, and C. Nuckolls. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, accepted for publication