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Kyril M. Solntsev
Senior Research Scientist
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology
901 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA
Office: 404-385-3117
Lab: 404-385-1384
Fax: 404-894-7452
E-mail: solntsev@gatech.edu
Web: http://ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu/solntsev
(a) Professional Preparation
Georgia Institute of Technology
Advisor: Laren M. Tolbert
Postdoctoral 2000-2003 Organic Photochemistry
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Advisors: Noam Agmon (HUJI) and
Dan Huppert (TAU)
Postdoctoral 1996-2000 Photochemistry and
Chemical kinetics
Moscow State University
Advisor: Michael G. Kuzmin
Ph.D. 1996 Chemical Kinetics and
Catalysis
PhD Thesis. "Kinetics of excited-state proton-transfer reactions of lipophilic hydroxyaromatic
compounds in microheterogeneous systems"
Moscow State University M.Sc. 1991 Chemistry
(b) Appointments
Long term
2011-present Senior Research Scientist, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2003-2010 Research Scientist II, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2000-2003 Post Doctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
1996-2000 Post Doctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv University,
Israel
1994-1996 Junior Researcher, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Short term / visiting
2014 Visiting Scientist, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2002-2010 Visiting Scientist, Tel Aviv University, Israel
1999 Visiting Scientist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1995 Visiting Scientist, New York University, New York
1993 Visiting Scientist, University of Helsinki, Finland
(c) Honors and awards
2015 GT Internal Competition – Research Faculty Teaching Fellows for the course
“Photochemistry and Photophysics: Theory and Applications.”
2012, 2014 Lectureships from the “Dynasty” foundation, Moscow Russia
1995-current Numerous travel awards for various local and international conferences
1999 Shapiro Foundation post-doctoral fellowship, Israel
1996 Post-doctoral fellowship from the Ministry of Higher Education, Israel

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(d) Publications
h-Index = 31.
85. Snellenburg, J.; Laptenok, S.; DeSa, R. J.; Naumov, P.; Solntsev, K. M. "Excited-State
Dynamics of Oxyluciferin in Firefly Luciferase". Revised version submitted.
84. Carayon, C.; Ghodbane, A.; Gibot, L.; Dumur, R.; Wang, J.; Saffon, N.; Rols, M.-P.; Solntsev,
K. M.; Fery-Forgues, S. "Conjugates of Benzoxazole and GFP Chromophore with
Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Emission: Influence of the chain length on the formation
particles and the dye uptake by living cells" Small 2016, in press. Invited.
83. Olsen, S.; Baranov, M. S.; Baleeva, N. S.; Antonova, M. M.; Johnson, K. A.; Solntsev, K. M.
"pH-Sensitive fluorophores from locked GFP chromophores by a non-alternant analogue of
the photochemical meta effect." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 26703-26711.
82. Tang, B. Z.; Solntsev, K. M. "Themed issue on shape-responsive fluorophores." J. Mat.
Chem. C 2016, 4, 2638-2639. Invited.
81. Ghodbane, A.; Fellows, W. B.; Bright, J. R.; Ghosh, D.; Saffon, N.; Tolbert, L. M.; Fery-
Forgues, S.; Solntsev, K. M. "Effects of the Benzoxazole Group on Green Fluorescent
Protein Chromophore Crystal Structure and Solid State Photophysics." J. Mat. Chem. C
2016, 4, 2793-2801. Invited. 2016 J. Mat. Chem. C Hot Paper.
80. Solntsev, K. M.; Popov, A. V; Solovyeva, V. N.; Abou Al-Ainain, S.; Il'ichev, Y. V.; Hernandez,
R.; Kuzmin, M. G. "Kinetics of intra- and intermolecular excited-state proton transfer of ω-(2-
hydroxynaphthyl-1)-decanoic acid in homogeneous and micellar solutions." Methods Appl.
Fluoresc. 2016, 4, 014001. Invited. Highlights of the journal.
79. Sarkisyan, K. S.; Zlobovskaya, O. A.; Gorbachev, D. A.; Bozhanova, N. G.; Sharonov, G. V.;
Staroverov, D. B.; Egorov, E. S.; Ryabova, A. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Mishin, A. S.; Lukyanov, K.
A. "KillerOrange, a genetically encoded photosensitizer activated by blue light." PLOS One
2015, 10, e0145287.
78. Walker, C. L.; Lukyanov, K. A.; Yampolsky, I. V.; Mishin, A. S.; Bommarius, A. S.; Duraj-
Thatte, A. M.; Azizi, B.; Tolbert, L. M.; Solntsev, K. M. "Fluorescence imaging using synthetic
GFP chromophores." Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2015, 27, 64-74. Invited. Cover page.
77. Mishin, A. S.; Belousov, V. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Lukyanov, K. A. "Novel uses of fluorescent
proteins." Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2015, 27, 1-9. Invited.
76. Sarkisyan, K. S.; Goryashchenko, A. S.; Lidsky, P. V.; Gorbachev, D. A.; Bozhanova, N. G.;
Gorokhovatsky, A. Y.; Pereverzeva, A. R.; Ryumina, A. P.; Zherdeva, V. V.; Savitsky, A. P.;
Solntsev, K. M.; Bommarius, A. S.; Sharonov, G. V.; Lindquist, J. R.; Drobizhev, M.; Hughes,
T. E.; Rebane, A.; Lukyanov, K. A.; Mishin, A. S. "Green fluorescent protein with anionic
tryptophan-based chromophore and long fluorescence lifetime." Biophys. J. 2015, 109, 380-
389. Highlighted paper.
75. Dubinnyi, M. A.; Kaskova, Z. M.; Rodionova, N. S.; Baranov, M. S.; Gorokhovatsky, A. Y.;
Kotlobay, A.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tsarkova, A. S.; Petushkov, V. N.; Yampolsky, I. V. "Novel
mechanism of bioluminescence: oxidative decarboxylation of Fridericia luciferin." Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7065–7067.
74. Vegh, R. B.; Bloch, D. A.; Bommarius, A. S.; Iwaï, H.; Pletnev, S. V.; Verkhovsky, M.;
Bochenkova, A. V.; Solntsev, K. M. "Hidden Photoinduced Reactivity in the Blue Fluorescent
Protein mKalama1." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 12472-12485. Cover page. HOT
article.
73. Chou, P.-T.; Solntsev, K. M. "Photoinduced proton transfer in chemistry and biology." J.
Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119. 2089. Invited. Cover page.
72. Kuzmin, M. G.; Soboleva, I. V.; Ivanov, V. L.; Gould, E.-A.; Huppert, D.; Solntsev, K. M.
“Competition and interplay of various intermolecular interactions in ultrafast excited-state
proton and electron transfer reactions.“ J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 2444-2453. Invited.
71. Zhuo, Y.; Solntsev, K. M.; Reddish, F.; Tang, S.; Yang, J. J. "Effect of Ca2+
on the steady-
state and time-resolved emission properties of the genetically encoded fluorescent sensor
CatchER." J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 2103-2111. Invited.

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70. Makarov, N. S.; Lau, P. C.; Olson, C.; Velizhanin, K. A.; Solntsev, K. M.; Kieu, K.; Kilina, S.;
Tretiak, S.; Norwood, R. A.; Peyghambarian, N.; Perry, J. W. "Two-Photon Absorption in
CdSe Colloidal Quantum Dots Compared to Organic Molecules." ACS Nano 2014, 8, 12572-
12586.
69. Baranov, M. S.; Solntsev, K. M.; Baleeva, N. S.; Mishin, A. S.; Lukyanov, K. A.; Yampolsky, I.
V. "Red-shifted fluorescent aminated derivatives of conformationally locked GFP
chromophore." Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 13234-13241.
68. Vegh, R. B.; Bravaya, K. B.; Bloch, D. A.; Bommarius, A. S.; Tolbert, L. M.; Verkhovsky, M.;
Krylov, A. I.; Solntsev, K. M. "Chromophore photoreduction in red fluorescent proteins is
responsible for bleaching and phototoxicity." J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 4527–4534.
67. Makarov, N. S.; Cirloganu, C.; Perry, J. W.; Lukyanov, K. A.; Solntsev, K. M. "Steady-state
and time-resolved spectroscopic studies of green-to-red photoconversion of fluorescent
protein Dendra2." J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2014, 280, 5-13.
66. Fery-Forgues, S.; Veesler, S.; Fellows, W. B.; Tolbert, L. M.; Solntsev, K. M. "Microcrystals
with Enhanced Emission Prepared from Hydrophobic Analogues of the Green Fluorescent
Protein Chromophore via Reprecipitation." Langmuir 2013, 29, 14718-14727.
65. Jablonski, A. E.; Vegh, R. B.; Hsiang, J.-C.; Bommarius, B.; Chen, Y.-C.; Solntsev, K. M.;
Bommarius, A. S.; Tolbert, L. M.; Dickson, R. M. "Optically Modulatable Blue Fluorescent
Proteins." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16410-16417.
64. Reynolds, J. E.; Josowicz, M.; Tyler, P.; Vegh, R. B.; Solntsev, K. M. "Spectral and Redox
Properties of the GFP Synthetic Chromophores as a Function of pH in buffered media."
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 7788-7790.
63. Geer, M. F.; Walla, M. D.; Solntsev, K. M.; Strassert, C. A.; Shimizu, L. S. "Self-assembled
benzophenone bis-urea macrocycles facilitate selective oxidations by singlet oxygen." J. Org.
Chem. 2013, 78, 5568-5578.
62. Baranov, M. S.; Solntsev, K. M.; Lukyanov, K. A.; Yampolsky, I. V.; "Synthetic approach to
GFP chromophore analogs from 3-azidocinnamates. Role of methyl rotors on the
chromophore photophysics." Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 5778-5780.
61. Nandwana, V.; Serrano, L.; Solntsev, K. M.; Ebenhoch, B.; Liu, Q.; Yesilbag Tonga, G.;
Samuel, I. D. W.; Cooke, G.; Rotello, V. M. "Engineering the nanoscale morphology of
quantum dot-fullerene assembly via complementary hydrogen bonding interactions"
Langmuir 2013, 29, 7534-7537. Invited.
60. Solntsev, K. M.; Laptenok, S. P.; Naumov, P. "Photoinduced dynamics of oxyluciferin
analogues: Unusual enol "super"photoacidity and evidence for keto-enol isomerization." J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16452-16455.
59. Sarkisyan, K. S.; Yampolsky, I. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Lukyanov, S. A.; Lukyanov, K. A.; Mishin,
A. S. "Tryptophan-based chromophore in fluorescent proteins can be anionic." Nat. Sci. Rep.
2012, 2, 608.
58. Addison, K.; Conyard, J.; Dixon, T.; Page, P. C. B.; Solntsev, K. M.; Meech, S. R. "Ultrafast
Studies of the Photophysics of Cis and Trans States of the Green Fluorescent Protein
Chromophore." J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 2298-2302.
57. Nandwana, V.; Fitzpatrick, B.; Liu, Q.; Solntsev, K. M.; Yu, X.; Yesilbag Tonga, G.; Eymur,
S.; Tonga, M.; Cooke, G.; Rotello, V. M. "Fluorescence resonance energy transfer in
recognition-mediated polymer-quantum dot assemblies." Polymer Chem. 2012, 3, 3072-
3076. Paper of the week.
56. Liao, L.; Ingram, C. W.; Vandeveer, D.; Hardcastle, K.; Solntsev, K. M.; Sabo, D.; Zhang, Z.
J.; Webber, R. T. "Poly-(bis((μ4-1,4-benzenedicarboxylato)-bis(μ2-N,N-dimethylformamide)-
(nitrato)-gadolinium (III))) metal organic framework: Synthesis, magnetic and luminescence
properties." Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2012, 391, 1-9.
55. Baranov, M. S.; Lukyanov, K. A.; Borissova, A. O.; Shamir, J.; Kosenkov, D.; Slipchenko, L.
V.; Tolbert, L. M.; Yampolsky, I. V.; Solntsev, K. M. "Conformationally locked chromophores

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as models of excited-state proton transfer in fluorescent proteins." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012,
134, 6025-6032.
54. Gould, E.-A.; Popov, A. V.; Tolbert, L. M.; Presiado, I.; Erez, Y.; Huppert, D.; Solntsev, K. M.
"Excited-state Proton Transfer in N-methyl-6-hydroxyquinolinium Salts: Solvent and
Temperature Effects." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 8964-8973. Invited.
53. Tolbert, L. M.; Baldridge, A.; Kowalik, J.; Solntsev, K. M. "Collapse and recovery of Green
Fluorescent Protein chromophore emission through topological effects." Acc. Chem. Res.
2012, 45, 171-181. Invited.
52. Tolosa, J.; Bryant, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Brödner, K.; Tolbert, L. M.; Bunz, U. H. F. "Water
Soluble Distyrylbenzenes: One Core With Two Sensory Responses. Turn-On and
Ratiometric." Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13726-13731.
51. Solntsev, K. M.; Ghosh, D.; Amador, A.; Josowicz, M.; Krylov, A. I. "What drives the Redox
Properties of Model Green Fluorescence Protein Chromophores?" J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
2011, 2, 2593-2597.
50. Popov, A. V.; Gould, E.-A.; Salvitti, M. A.; Hernandez, R.; Solntsev, K. M. "Diffusional effects
on the reversible excited-state proton transfer. From experiments to Brownian dynamics
simulations." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 14914-14927.
49. Vegh, R. B.; Solntsev, K. M.; Kuimova, M. K.; Cho, S.; Liang, Y.; Loo, B. L. W.; Tolbert, L. M.;
Bommarius, A. S. "Reactive Oxygen Species in the Photochemistry of the Fluorescent
Protein "KillerRed." Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 4887-4889. Inside front cover.
48. Conyard, J.; Kondo, M.; Heisler, I.; Baldridge, A.; Tolbert, L. M.; Solntsev, K. M.; Meech, S.
R. "Chemically Modulating the Photophysics of the GFP Chromophore." J. Phys. Chem. B
2011, 115, 1571-1577.
47. McGrier, P. L.; Solntsev, K. M.; Zucchero, A. J.; Miranda, O.; Rotello, V. M.; Tolbert, L. M.;
Bunz, U. H. F. "Hydroxy-Dialkylamino Cruciforms: Amphoteric Materials with Unique
Photophysical Properties." Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 3112-3119. Frontispiece page.
46. Baldridge, A.; Solntsev, K. M.; Song, C.; Tanioka, T.; Kowalik, J.; Hardcastle, K.; Tolbert, L.
M. "Inhibition of twisting of a green fluorescent protein-like chromophore by metal
complexation." Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 5686-5688.
45. Naumov, P.; Kowalik, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Baldridge, A.; Moon, J. S.; Kranz, C.; Tolbert, L. M.
"Topochemistry and Photomechanical Effects in Crystals of Green Fluorescent Protein-like
Chromophores: Effects of Hydrogen Bonding and Crystal Packing." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010,
132, 5845-5857.
44. Tolosa, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M.; Bunz, U. H. F. "Unsymmetrical cruciforms." J. Org.
Chem. 2010, 75, 523-534. Featured article. Cover page.
43. Rajput, J.; Rahbek, D. B.; Andersen, L. H.; Rocha-Rinza, T.; Christiansen, O.; Bravaya, K. B.;
Erokhin, A. V.; Bochenkova, A. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Dong, J.; Kowalik, J.; Tolbert, L. M.;
Åxman Petersen, M.; Bröndsted Nielsen, M. "Photoabsorption studies of neutral green
fluorescent protein model chromophores in vacuo." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11,
9996-10002.
42. Solntsev, K. M.; Bartolo, E.-A.; Pan, G.; Muller, G.; Bommireddy, S.; Huppert, D.; Tolbert, L.
M. "Excited-State Proton Transfer in Chiral Environments: Photoracemization of BINOL." Isr.
J. Chem. 2009, 49, 227-233. Invited.
41. Dong, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M. "Activation and Tuning of GFP Chromophore
Emission by Alkyl Substituent-Mediated Crystal Packing." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 662-
670. ACS Noteworthy Chemistry.
40. Dong, J.; Abulwerdi, F.; Baldridge, A.; Kowalik, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M.
"Isomerization in Fluorescent Protein Chromophores Involves Addition/Elimination." J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14096-14098.
39. Solntsev, K. M.; McGrier, P. L.; Fahrni, C. J.; Tolbert, L. M.; Bunz, U. H. F. "Anomalous
Photophysics of Bis(hydroxystyryl)benzenes: A Twist on the Para/Meta Dichotomy." Org.
Lett. 2008, 10, 2429-2432.

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38. McGrier, P. L.; Solntsev, K. M.; Miao, S.; Tolbert, L. M.; Miranda. O. R.; Rotello, V. M.; Bunz,
U. H. F. "Hydroxycruciforms: Amine-Responsive Fluorophores." Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14,
4503-4510. Cover Page. SpectroscopyNOW article.
37. Leiderman, P.; Huppert, D.; Remington, S. J.; Tolbert, L. M.; Solntsev, K. M. "The effect of
Pressure on the Excited-state Proton Transfer in the Wild-type Green Fluorescent Protein."
Chem. Phys. Lett. 2008, 455, 303-306.
36. Solntsev, K. M. Poizat, O.; Dong, J.; Rehault, J.; Lou, Y.; Burda, C.; Tolbert, L. M. "Meta and
Para Effects in the Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of the Green Fluorescent Protein
Chromophores." J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 2700-2711.
35. Wang, Y.; Zappas, A. J., II; Wilson, J. N.; Kim, I.-B.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M.; Bunz, U.
H. F. "Optical Spectroscopy of Grafted Poly(p-phenyleneethynylene)s in Water and Water-
DMF Mixtures." Macromolecules 2008, 41, 1112-1117.
34. Leiderman, P.; Genosar, L.; Huppert, D.; Shu, X.; Remington, S. J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert,
L. M. "Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics in the Green Fluorescent Protein Variant
S65T/H148D. 3. Short- and Long-Time Dynamics of the Excited-State Proton Transfer."
Biochemistry 2007, 46, 12026-12036.
33. McGrier, P. L.; Solntsev, K. M.; Schönhaber, J.; Brombosz , S. M.; Tolbert, L. M.; Bunz, U. H.
F. "Hydroxy-cruciforms." Chem. Commun. 2007, 2127-2129. Chemical Science article.
32. Dong, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Poizat, O.; Tolbert, L. M. "The Meta-Green Fluorescent Protein
Chromophore." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 10084-10085.
31. Crowe, L. L.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M. "Reversible Attachment of Perylenediimide
Fluorophore to Glass Surfaces via Strong Hydrogen-Bonding." Langmuir 2007, 23, 6227-
6232.
30. Tolbert, L. M.; Solntsev, K. M. "Design and Implementation of "Super" Photoacids." in
Hydrogen-Transfer Reactions, pp. 417-439, (Hynes, J. T.; Klinman, J. P.; Limbach, H.-H.;
Schowen, R. L, Eds.), Weinheim: Wiley-VCH (2007). Invited.
29. Dong, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M. "Solvatochromism of the Green Fluorescence
Protein Chromophore and Its Derivatives." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 12038-12039.
28. Stavrov, S. S.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M.; Huppert, D. "Probing the Decay Coordinate of
the Green Fluorescent Protein: Arrest of Cis-Trans Isomerization by the Protein Significantly
Narrows the Fluorescence Spectra." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1540-1546.
27. Nunes, R. M. D.; Arnaut, L. G.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M.; Formosinho, S. J. "Excited-
State Proton Transfer in Gas-Expanded Liquids: The Roles of Pressure and Composition in
Supercritical CO2/Methanol Mixtures." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11890-11891.
26. Usman, A.; Mohammed, O. F.; Nibbering, E. T. J.; Dong, J.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M.
"Excited-State Structure Determination of the Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore." J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11214-11215.
25. Solntsev, K. M.; Al-Ainain, S. A.; Il'ichev, Yu. V.; Kuzmin, M. G. "Effects of Long-chain Alkyl
Substituents on the Protolytic Reactions of Naphthols." J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2005,
175, 178-191.
24. Solntsev, K. M.; Clower, C. E.; Tolbert, L. M.; Huppert, D. "6-Hydroxyquinoline-N-oxides: A
New Class of "Super" Photoacids." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8534-8544.
23. Solntsev, K. M.; Al-Ainain, S. A.; Il'ichev, Yu. V.; Kuzmin, M. G. "Protolytic Photodissociation
and Proton-Induced Quenching of 1-Naphthol and 2-Octadecyl-1-Naphthol in Micelles." J.
Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 8212-8222.
22. Solntsev, K. M.; Sullivan, E. N.; Tolbert, L. M.; Ashkenazi, S.; Leiderman, P.; Huppert, D.
"Excited-State Proton Transfer Reactions of 10-Hydroxycamptothecin." J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2004, 126, 12701-12708.
21. Leiderman, P.; Ben-Ziv, M.; Genosar, L.; Huppert, D.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M. "Study
of the Long-Time Fluorescence Tail of the Green Fluorescent Protein." J. Phys. Chem. B
2004, 108, 8043-8053.

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20. Ashkenazi, S.; Leiderman, P.; Huppert, D.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M. "Ultrafast
intermolecular proton transfer from 10-hydroxy-camptothecin." In Femtochemistry and
Photobiology, pp. 201-206, (M. M. Martin and J. T. Hynes, Eds.), Amsterdam: Elsevier
(2004).
19. Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M.; Cohen, B.; Huppert, D.; Hayashi, Y.; Feldman, Yu. "Excited-
State Proton Transfer in Chiral Environments. 1. Chiral Solvents." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002,
124, 9046-9047.
18. Cohen, B.; Huppert, D.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tsfadia, Y.; Nachliel, E.; Gutman, M. "Excited State
Proton Transfer in Reverse Micelles." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 7539-7547.
17. Clower, C.; Solntsev, K. M.; Kowalik, J.; Tolbert, L. M.; Huppert, D. "Photochemistry of
"Super" Photoacids. 3. Excited-State Proton Transfer from Perfluoroalkylsulfonyl-Substituted
2-Naphthols." J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, 106, 3114-3122.
16. Tolbert, L. M.; Solntsev, K. M. "Excited-State Proton Transfer: From Constrained Systems to
"Super" Photoacids to Superfast Proton Transfer." Acc. Chem. Res. 2002, 35, 19-27. Invited.
Cited >470 times!
15. Knochenmuss, R.; Solntsev, K. M.; Tolbert, L. M. "Molecular Beam Studies of the "Super"
Photoacid 5-Cyano-2-naphthol in Solvent Clusters." J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, 105, 6393-6401.
14. Solntsev, K. M.; Huppert, D.; Agmon, N. "Challenge in Accurate Measurement of Fast
Reversible Bimolecular Reaction." J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, 105, 5868-5876.
13. Solntsev, K. M.; Huppert, D.; Agmon, N. "Experimental Evidence for a Kinetic Transition in
Reversible Reactions." Phys. Rev. Lett. 2001, 86, 3427-3430.
12. Solntsev, K. M.; Huppert, D.; Agmon, N.; Tolbert, L. M. "Photochemistry of "Super"
Photoacids. 2. Excited-State Proton Transfer in Methanol/Water Mixtures." J. Phys. Chem. A
2000, 104, 4658-4669.
11. Solntsev, K. M.; Agmon, N. "Dual Asymptotic Behavior in Geminate Diffusion-influenced
Reaction." Chem. Phys. Lett. 2000, 320, 262-268.
10. Solntsev, K. M.; Huppert, D.; Agmon, N. "Photochemistry of "Super"-Photoacids. I. Solvent
effects." J. Phys. Chem. A 1999, 103, 6984-6997.
9. Gopich, I. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Agmon, N. "Excited-State Reversible Geminate Dissociation. I.
Two Different Lifetimes." J. Chem. Phys. 1999, 110, 2164-2174.
8. Solntsev, K. M.; Huppert, D.; Agmon, N. "Solvatochromism of beta-Naphthol." J. Phys. Chem.
A 1998, 102, 9599-9606.
7. Geacintov, N. E.; Solntsev, K.; Johnson, L. W.; Chen, J.; Kolbanovskiy, A. D.; Liu, T.-M.;
Shafirovich, V. Ya. "Photoinduced Electron Transfer and Strand Cleavage in Pyrenyl-DNA
Complexes and Adducts." J. Phys. Org. Chem. 1998, 11, 561-565.
6. Solntsev, K. M.; Huppert, D.; Tolbert, L. M.; Agmon, N. "Solvatochromic Shifts of "Super"
Photoacids." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 7981-7982.
5. Pirogov, N.; Shafirovich, V.; Kolbanovskiy, A.; Solntsev, K.; Courtney, S. A.; Amin, S.;
Geacintov, N. E. "Role of Hydrophobic Effects in the Reaction of a Polynuclear Aromatic Diol
Epoxide with Oligodeoxynucleotides in Aqueous Solutions." Chem. Res. Toxicol. 1998, 11,
381-388.
4. Il'ichev, Yu. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Kuzmin, M. G.; Lemmetyinen, H. "Effects of Surfactant Charge
and Structure on Excited-State Protolytic Dissociation of 1-Naphthol in Vesicles." J. Chem.
Soc. Farad.Trans. 1994, 90, 2717-2724.
3. Solntsev, K. M.; Il'ichev, Yu, V.; Demyashkevich, A. B.; Kuzmin, M. G. "Excited-State, Proton-
Transfer Reactions of Substituted Naphthols in Micelles. Comparative Study of Reactions of
2-Naphthol and its Long-chain Alkyl Derivatives in Micellar Solutions of
Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide." J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 1994, 78, 39-48.
2. Ilichev, Yu. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Demyashkevich, A. B.; Kuzmin, M. G.; Lemmetyinen, H.;
Vuorimaa, E. "Excited-State Proton Transfer Reactions of Long-Chain Derivatives of
Naphthols in Solutions and Langmuir-Blodgett Films." Chem. Phys. Lett. 1992, 193, 128-133.

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1. Ilichev, Yu. V.; Solntsev, K. M.; Demyashkevich, A. B.; Kuzmin, M. G. "Dynamics of the Fast
Proton Transfer Across Lipid-water Interface." Tsitologiya (Rus) 1990, 32, 932.
Patents
Invention disclosures.
GTRC #4502 "Transient, Reversible "Super" Photoacids". November 1, 2008.
GTRC #4503 "Fluorescent Chromophores for Active Sensing". March 26, 2009.
(e) Conference presentation and university seminars
Since 2004 (in Research Scientist II and Senior Research Scientist positions). Topics of the
talks correspond to the publications of the same year. See the publication list above.
Invited talks at Universities and Institutions
USA: Case Western Reserve U, NIH (2), Georgia Tech, Columbia U, UGA (2), GSU, FSU, LSU,
Tulane U, UAB, U South Cal (3), Bowling Green State U, Purdue U, UC Davis, NYU,
Cornell U, U South Car, Montana State U, Northwestern U, Oregon State U (2), Portland
State U, Michigan State U, U Nebraska Lincoln, U Kansas, U Tennessee Knoxville, Drexel
U.
France: U Paris-Sud, U of Lille, ITAV Toulouse, Strasbourg U, ENS Paris.
Germany : Max Born Institute (Berlin), Humboldt U (Berlin), Frei U (Berlin), U Heidelberg.
Portugal : Technical U Lisbon, U of Coimbra
UK: U of East Anglia (Norwich), Imperial College (London)
Switzerland: ETH Zurich, U of Geneva
Israel: Hebrew U Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University
Russia: Moscow State U (3), Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (Moscow) (2)
Netherland: Vriej U Amsterdam, AMOLF (Amsterdam)
Finland: Helsinki U
Denmark: U Copenhagen, U Aarhus
UAE: NYU Abu Dhabi
Oman: Sultan Qaboos U
Saudi Arabia: KAUST (2)
Taiwan: Natl Taiwan U
Hong Kong: HKUST, HKU
South Korea: Seoul Natl U, UNIST, POSTECH, Pusan Natl U
Mexico: UNAM
Conferences, Symposia and Workshops (I/P – invited/plenary)
• XXth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, July 17-22, 2004, Granada, Spain.
• 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005.
• The Photochemistry Gordon Research Conference, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, July 10-
15, 2005.
• Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics and Applications, Vilamoura, Portugal, June 01-04, 2006. I/P
• 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007. ,
• The XXIII International Conference on Photochemistry, Cologne, Germany. July 29-August 3,
2007.
• “Excited-State Proton Transfer: New Reactions and New Compounds, Diffusion, Solvation
and Transport of Protons in Complex and Biological Systems,” Eilat, Israel, January 13-17,
2008. I/P

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• 19th I-APS Winter Conference, St. Petersburg, Fl, January 2-5, 2009.
• The 14th International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, Meredith, NH,
May 9-14, 2009. I/P
• The XXIV International Conference on Photochemistry, Toledo, Spain, July 19-24, 2009.
• Gentner symposium on “Proton Mobility in Chemical and Biological Systems”, Ma`agan
Holiday Village, Israel, February 7-12, 2010. I/P
• 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010.
• 1st International Conference on Reaction Kinetics in Condensed Matter, Moscow, Russia,
September 22-26, 2010. I/P
• 241st ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011.
• The Photochemistry Gordon Research Conference, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, July 10-
15, 2011.
• 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 28 – September 1, 2011. I/P
• CDT Seminar Series, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, March 12, 2012. I/P
• Proton Transfer in Biology Workshop, Telluride, CO, July 16-20, 2012. I/P
• 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 19-23, 2012.
• Coherent Southeast Ultrafast Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, January 11-12, 2013.
I/P
• 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
• Shape-Responsive Fluorophores Workshop, Telluride, CO, June 10-14, 2013. I/P/Organizer
• 247th ACS National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014. I/P
• XXVth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, July 13-18, 2014, Bordeaux, France
• Fluorescent Biomolecules and their Building Blocks: Design and Applications (FB3), La Jolla,
CA, August 6-9, 2014.
• 248th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 10-14, 2014. I/P/Organizer
• 2nd
Shape-Responsive Fluorophores Workshop, Telluride, CO, June 23-27, 2015.
I/P/Organizer
• Biophysical Society. 60th Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. February 27-March 2, 2016
• 7th Southeast Enzyme Conference. Atlanta, GA. April 16, 2016.
• 252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 20-25, 2016.
(f) Teaching
Development of a curriculum and supervision of CHEM4681/4683 – Advanced Chemistry Lab
class at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech. This class has been very
successful in promoting students interest in research careers. Three undergraduate students
continued their studies at Georgia Tech as graduate students, six others enrolled in top graduate
schools. The results of the experiments conducted by the undergraduate students were
published in highly-ranked journals.
Mentoring six ten-week summer research program (SURE) students designed to attract qualified
minority students into graduate school in the fields of engineering and science. Supervision of
three high school students from local and out-of-state schools. The results of the experiments
conducted by the high school and undergraduate students are published in a high-profile journal.
2008-present. Teamteaching “Physical Organic Chemistry” course with Prof. Laren Tolbert.

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2015. GT Internal Competition - Teaching Fellows award (with San-Hui Chi). Selected as an
FY16 Research Faculty Teaching Fellow for the course entitled Photochemistry and
Photophysics: Theory and Applications.
(g) Synergistic Activities
Reviewer
Journals: Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/Letters, Journal of the American Chemical
Society, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Luminescence, Journal of Photochemistry and
Photobiology, Israel Journal of Chemistry, Langmuir, Chemical Physics Letters, Photochemistry
and Photobiology, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
Nature Scientific Reports, Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics, Chemical Science,
Chemistry - A European Journal, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie
International Edition, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Photochemical and Photobiological
Sciences.
National Science Foundation
Auckland University (NZ) tenure committee
Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) PhD evaluation committee
Elsevier publishing group
Conferences organized:
• Workshops “Shape-responsive fluorophores”. Telluride, CO
1st. June 10-14, 2013. 2nd
. June 23-27, 2015.
• Symposium “Photoinduced proton transfer in chemistry and biology” at the PHYS section of the
National ACS meeting. San Francisco, CA 10-14 August, 2014.
Editorial Service:
• Guest Editor of the J. Phys. Chem. B special issue “Photoinduced proton transfer in chemistry
and biology”. 2015, volume 119, issue 6.
• Guest Editor of the J. Mat. Chem. C thematic issue “Shape-responsive fluorophores”. 2016,
volume 4.
Professional Societies
Member, American Chemical Society, 2002 present.
Member, European Photochemical Association, 2004-present.
Member, Inter-American Photochemical Society, 2008-present.
(h) Collaborators & Other Affiliations
•Recent Collaborators (papers published in the past 5 years or submitted):
Dr. Anastasia Bochenkova (Moscow State U, Russia / Aarhus U), Prof. Andreas Bommarius
(Georgia Tech), Prof. Uwe Bunz (U Heidelberg, Germany), Prof. Pi-Tai Chou (National Taiwan
U), Prof. Robert Dickson (Georgia Tech), Dr. Suzanne Fery-Forgues (ITAV, Toulouse, France),
Prof. Dan Huppert (Tel Aviv U, Israel), Prof. Conrad Ingram (Clark Atlanta U), Dr. Mira Josowicz
(Georgia Tech), Dr. Marina Kuimova (Imperial College London, UK), Prof. Michael Kuzmin
(Moscow State U, Russia), Prof. Anna Krylov (U South California), Dr. Sergey Laptenok (U East
Anglia, UK), Dr. Konstantin Lukyanov (Inst. Bioorg Chem., Moscow, Russia), Prof. Omar
Mohammed (KAUST, Saudi Arabia), Prof. Steve Meech (U East Anglia, UK), Dr. Erik Nibbering
(Max Born Institute, Berlin), Prof. Pance Naumov (NYU Abu Dhabi), Prof. Joseph Perry (Georgia
Tech), Dr. Sergey Pletnev (NIH), Dr. Olivier Poizat (U Lille, France), Dr. Alexander Popov
(Georgia Tech), Prof. Aleks Rebane (Montana State U), Prof. Vincent Rotello (U Mass Amherst),

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Prof. Lyudmila Slipchenko (Purdue U), Prof. Linda Shimizu (U South Carolina), Prof. Ben Zhong
Tang (Hong Kong U Science Technology), Prof. Mikhail Verkhovsky (U Helsinki, Finland), Dr. Ilia
V. Yampolskii (Inst. Bioorg Chem., Moscow, Russia), Prof. Jenny Yang (Georgia State U).
• Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor.
Jian Dong. PhD student graduated in 2008. Georgia Tech.
Michael Salvitti. M.Sc. student graduated in 2008. Georgia Tech.
Elizabeth-Ann Gould. PhD student graduated in 2012. Georgia Tech.
Russell Vegh. PhD student graduated in 2012. Georgia Tech.
Brett Fellows. PhD student graduated in 2014. Georgia Tech.
• Students’ awards at Georgia Tech.
Department of Education GAANN Fellowship in Chemistry and Biochemistry (2013)
Telluride Science Research Center Peter Salamon Award (2013)
GAANN Fellowship – Drug Design, Development, and Delivery (2008, 2011)
Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars Mentor, Georgia Tech (2010)
Cherry Emerson Fellowship (2007)
Chemistry Graduate Student Forum representative-organic chemistry division (2007)
Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Fellowship (CETL) (2008)
(i) Funding
Completed
Principal Investigator in: National Science Foundation, CHE-1213047 and 1425931 "Shape-
Responsive Fluorophores." Gary Schuster (Co-PI). 07/01/12-06/30/16. $ 561,838.
Co-Principal Investigator in:
National Science Foundation, CHE-0809179 "Excited-State Proton Transfer in Chemistry and
Biology." Laren Tolbert (Principal Investigator). 07/01/08-06/30/11. $ 478,000.00.
National Science Foundation, CHE-0456892 "Toward a quantitative model for excited-state
proton transfer: From "super" photoacids to the green fluorescent protein." Laren Tolbert
(Principal Investigator). 04/15/05-04/16/08. $ 486,000.00.