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Daniel Morse

ICB Founding Director Emeritus
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Biomolecular Science and Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
805-252-4882
Email:
d_morse@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Website:
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Research Focus Areas

Professional Development Opportunity

Outstanding women and minority scholars are encouraged to apply for the advantageous University of California (UC) President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (https://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/about-ppfp/index.html). Annual deadline is November 1. The fellowship can facilitate subsequent hiring as an assistant professor by any UC campus. Approximately 75% of UC President's Postdoctoral Fellows have received tenure track faculty appointments.

Research Interests

Molecular and genetic mechanisms controlling tunable biophotonics, self-healing, catalytic biomineralization, high-performance multifunctional materials nanofabrication; bio-inspired adaptive optical materials and self-healing nanocomposites for energy dissipation.

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ICB Supported Publications

Molecular mechanism of reflectin’s tunable biophotonic control: Opportunities and limitations for new optoelectronics

Robert Levenson, Daniel G. DeMartini and Daniel E. Morse
APL Materials,
10.1063/1.4985758

Fabrication and optical behavior of graded-index, moth-eye anti-reflective surfaces in CdTe

Chan, L., Goshal, A., DeCuir, E.A., Chen, Y.P., Morse, D.E. and Gordon, M.J.
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B,
10.1116/1.4971770

Angle dependent light scattering by highly uniform colloidal rod-shaped microparticles: experiment and simulation

Rotstein, R. A. Berges, S.Mitragotri, D. E. Morse and M. Moskovits
J. Polymer Sci. B: Physics,
10.1002/polb.24093

Wavelength-specific forward scattering of light by Bragg-reflective iridocytes in giant clams

Ghoshal, A., Eck, E., Gordon, M. and Morse, D. E.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface,
10.1098/rsif.2016.0285

Biological analogs of RGB pixilation yield white coloration in giant clams

Ghoshal, A., Eck, E. and Morse, D. E.
Optica,

Progressive transition from resonant to diffuse reflection in anisotropic colloidal films

R. Rotstein, S. Mitragotri, M. Moskovitz, and D. E. Morse
Polymer Physics,
10.1002/polb.23458

Simple colloidal lithography method to fabricate large-area moth-eye antireflective structures on Si, Ge, and GaAs for IR applications

F. Lora Gonzalez, L. Chan, A. Berry, D. E. Morse, and M. J. Gordon
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B,
10.1116/1.4895966

Experimental determination of refractive index of condensed reflectin in squid iridocytes

A. Ghoshal, D. G. DeMartini, E. Eck, and D. E. Morse
J. R. Soc.,
10.1098/rsif.2014.0106

High-rate continuous synthesis of nanocrystalline perovskites and metal oxides in a colliding vapor stream of microdroplets

T. Ould-Ely, L. Kaplan-Reinig, and D. E. Morse
Adv. Funct. Mater.,
10.1002/adfm.201301916

Importance of diffuse scattering phenomena in moth-eye arrays for broadband infrared applications

F. L. Gonzalez, D. E. Morse, and M. J. Gordon
Opt. Lett.,
10.1364/OL.39.000013

Dynamic biophotonics: female squid exhibit sexually dimorphic tunable leucophores and iridocytes

D. G. DeMartini, A. Ghoshal, E. Pandolfi, A. T. Weaver, M. Baum, and D. E. Morse
J. Exp. Biol.,
10.1242/jeb.090415

Bio-inspired synthesis of high-performance nanocomposite catalysts for hydrogen oxidation

C. S. Kong, H.-L. Zhang, F. Somodi, and D. E. Morse
Advanced Functional Materials,
10.1002/adfm.201203882

Optical parameters of the tunable Bragg reflectors in squid

A. Ghoshal, D. G. DeMartini, E. Eck, and D. E. Morse
10.1098/rsif.2013.0386

In situ synthesis of metal oxides in carbon nanotube arrays and mechanical properties of the resulting structures

J. Raney, H. Zhang, D. Morse, and C. Daraio
Carbon,
10.1016/j.carbon.2012.05.021

Hydrothermal realization of high-power nanocomposite cathodes for lithium ion batteries

J. von Bulow, H. Zhang, and D. Morse
Advanced Energy Materials,
10.1002/aenm.201100481

Novel path to nanocomposite cathodes and anodes enabling high power li-ion and next-generation batteries

D. Morse, H. Zhang, J. von Bulow, L. Kaplan-Reinig, C. Reji, and N. Whelan
Proceedings of the 45th Power Sources Conferences: U.S. Army—CERDEC,

Transforming large-scale industrially produced carbon nanotubes to high performance electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries

H. Zhang and D. Morse
Journal of Materials Research,
10.1557/jmr.2011.397

Bio-inspired silica nanomaterials for biomedical applications

O. Ely, T. Bawazer, and D. Morse
Comprehensive Biomaterials,
10.1016/B978-0-08-055294-1.00060-X

Effects of light dynamics on coral spawning synchrony

Boch, C., Ananthasubramaniam, B., Sweeney, A., Doyle, F., Morse, D.
Biological Bulletin,

Cd1−xZnxO [0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.26] synthesized by vapor-diffusion induced co-nucleation from aqueous metal salt solution

Schwenzer, B., Neilson, J., Jeffries, S., Morse, D.
Dalton Transactions,
10.1039/c0dt01558j
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