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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.

News

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ICB Supported Publications

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

Engineering grain size and electrical properties of donor-doped barium titanate ceramics

Niesz, K., Ould-Ely, T., Tsukamoto, H., Morse, D.
Ceramics International,
10.1016/j.ceramint.2010.08.040

First large-scale engineered synthesis of BaTiO3 nanoparticles using low temperature bioinspired principles

Ould-Ely, T., Niesz, K., Luger., M., Kaplan-Reinig, L., Niesz, K., Doherty, M., Morse, D.
Nature Protocols,
10.1038/nprot.2010.138

Twilight spectral dynamics and the coral reef invertebrate spawning response

Sweeney, A., Boch, C., Johnsen, S., Morse, D.
Journal of Experimental Biology,
10.1242/jeb.043406

Vapor-diffusion controlled sol-gel synthesis of flaky lithium vanadium oxide and Its electrochemical behavior

Zhang, H., Neilson, J., Morse, D.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C,
10.1021/jp108222z

Unusual evolution of ceria nanocrystal morphologies promoted by a low-temperature vapor diffusion-based process

Niesz, K., Reji, C., Neilson, J., Vargas, R., Morse, D.
Crystal Growth and Design,
10.1021/cg100708q

Low temperature growth and laser-induced phase transformation of perovskite oxide films for uncooled IR detector applications

Sarney, W., Little, J., Livingston, F., Niesz, K., Cole, M., Morse, D.
Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposium,
10.1557/PROC-1199-F03-56

Integrate-and-fire models of insolation-driven entrainment of broadcast spawning in corals

Ananthasubramaniam, B., Nisbet, R., Morse, D., Doyle, F.
Theoretical Ecology,
10.1007/s12080-010-0075-z

Sonication-accelerated catalytic synthesis of oxide nanoparticles

Niesz, K., Morse, D.
Nano Today,
10.1016/j.nantod.2010.02.004
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