As an applied physicist, I design nanosystems and test concepts in the precision control of light-matter interactions.

I am a researcher in the Munday lab in the EECS Department at UC Davis. My graduate studies were in nanoscience at UC Berkeley where I was supported by the UC Dissertation Year Fellowship and the Molecular Foundry at LBNL.

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research

My research focuses on the design and testing of complex, optical materials. My current work targets optical networks and forces in small systems. I am also interested in sensing in extreme environments and topics in chirality.

papers + patents

Bright sub-20-nm cathodoluminescent nanoprobes for electron microscopy
Maxim B Prigozhin, Peter C Maurer, Alexandra M Courtis , Nian Liu, Michael D Wisser, Chris Siefe, Bining Tian, Emory Chan, Guosheng Song, Stefan Fischer, Shaul Aloni, D Frank Ogletree, Edward S Barnard, Lydia-Marie Joubert, Jianghong Rao, A Paul Alivisatos, Roger M Macfarlane, Bruce E Cohen, Yi Cui, Jennifer A Dionne, Steven Chu
Monoalkoxy BODIPYs-A Fluorophore Class for Bioimaging
Alexandra M Courtis , Sofia A Santos, Yinghua Guan, J Adam Hendricks, Balaram Ghosh, D Miklos Szantai-Kis, Surya A Reis, Jagesh V Shah, Ralph Mazitschek
BODIPY dyes for biological imaging
Ralph Mazitschek, Alexandra M Courtis, James Adam Hendricks

service + teaching


gratitude

I am incredibly grateful for my family, friends + being able to spend time in nature and on the water