Warren S. Warren, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2217 FFSC
Office Phone:	(919) 660-1604
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.chem.duke.edu/~wwarren

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• CHEM 210D.001, MOD APPS CHEM PRINCIPLES Synopsis

  FFSC 2231, WF 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• CHEM 210D.11D, MOD APPS CHEM PRINCIPLES Synopsis

  Bio Sci 113, Th 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• CHEM 210D.12D, MOD APPS CHEM PRINCIPLES Synopsis

  Bio Sci 154, Th 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

• CHEM 210D.001, MOD APPS CHEM PRINCIPLES Synopsis

  Physics 130, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• CHEM 210D.10D, MOD APPS CHEM PRINCIPLES Synopsis

  Bio Sci 155, Th 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• CHEM 210D.11D, MOD APPS CHEM PRINCIPLES Synopsis

  Bio Sci 130, Th 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• CHEM 210D.12D, MOD APPS CHEM PRINCIPLES Synopsis

  FFSC 1243, Th 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	University of California, Berkeley	1980
M.S.	University of California, Berkeley	1979
A.B. - Chemistry and Physics, summa cum laude	Harvard University	1977

Specialties:

Physical
Medical Imaging
Biomolecular Structure and Function
Theory and Modeling

Research Interests:

Our work focuses on the design and application of what might best be called novel pulsed techniques, using controlled radiation fields to alter dynamics. The heart of the work is chemical physics, and most of what we do is ultrafast laser spectroscopy or nuclear magnetic resonance. It generally involves an intimate mixture of theory and experiment: recent publications are roughly an equal mix of pencil- and-paper theory, computer calculations with our workstations, and experiments. Collaborations also play an important role, particularly for medical applications.

Keywords:

Absorption • Acetone • Acetylene • Acoustics • Adenocarcinoma • Adipose Tissue • Adipose Tissue, Brown • Algorithms • Animals • Anisotropy • Biopsy • Biosensing Techniques • Body Water • Brain • Breast • Breast Neoplasms • Calibration • Carbon • Carbon Isotopes • Carbon Radioisotopes • Cell Line, Tumor • Chemical Phenomena • Color • Coloring Agents • Computer Simulation • Computer-Aided Design • Contrast Media • Diacetyl • Diagnostic Imaging • Dietary Fats • Diffusion • Dimerization • Drug Carriers • Drug Delivery Systems • Electromagnetic Fields • Equipment Design • Equipment Failure Analysis • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated • Female • Ferric Compounds • Glass • Glutamic Acid • Gold • Graphite • Hair • Health Care Reform • Helium • Hippocampus • Humans • Hydrogen • Image Enhancement • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted • Imaging, Three-Dimensional • Infrared Rays • Interferometry • Iron • Isotopes • Keratinocytes • Lasers • Light • Linear Models • Lipids • Liposomes • Lung Neoplasms • Macrophages • Magnetic Phenomena • Magnetic Resonance Imaging • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy • Magnetics • Male • Maleic Anhydrides • Melanins • Melanocytes • Melanoma • Metal Nanoparticles • Mice • Mice, Inbred C57BL • Mice, Nude • Mice, Obese • Microscopy • Microscopy, Fluorescence • Models, Biological • Models, Chemical • Models, Molecular • Models, Neurological • Models, Statistical • Models, Theoretical • Molecular Imaging • Molecular Structure • Muscle, Skeletal • Nanoparticles • Neurons • Nevus, Pigmented • Nonlinear Dynamics • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular • Obesity • Optical Imaging • Optical Processes • Optics and Photonics • Organometallic Compounds • Oxides • Paintings • Particle Size • Photometry • Photons • Pigments, Biological • Polymers • Prostatic Neoplasms • Pyridazines • Quantum Theory • Rats • Refractometry • Reproducibility of Results • Scattering, Radiation • Sensitivity and Specificity • Sepia • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted • Signal-To-Noise Ratio • Skin • Skin Neoplasms • Spectrophotometry • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet • Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared • Spectrum Analysis • Spectrum Analysis, Raman • Static Electricity • Surface Properties • Temperature • Thermography • Time Factors • Tissue Engineering • Tomography • Triglycerides • Water

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Zhijian Zhou  
• Ryan Davis  
• Kevin Claytor  
• Mary Jane Simpson  
• Tana Villafana  
• Jongkang Park  
• Yesu Feng  

Postdocs Mentored

• Sanghamitra Deb (2013/01-present)  
• Hyejin Yoo (2013/01-present)  
• Francisco Robles (2012 - present)  
• Simone Degan (2010 - present)  
• Jesse Wilson (2010 - present)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Lindale, JR; Smith, LL; Mammen, MW; Eriksson, SL; Everhart, LM; Warren, WS, Multi-axis fields boost SABRE hyperpolarization., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 121 no. 14 (April, 2024), pp. e2400066121 [doi]  [abs]
2. Lindale, JR; Eriksson, SL; Warren, WS, Improved modeling of dynamic quantum systems using exact Lindblad master equations, Physical Review A, vol. 108 no. 1 (July, 2023) [doi]  [abs]
3. Warren, WS, Comment on: ‘Experimental indications of non-classical brain function’ 2022 Journal of Physics Communications 6 105001, Journal of Physics Communications, vol. 7 no. 3 (March, 2023) [doi]  [abs]
4. Muldoon, P; Warren, WS, ONCE I LOOKED INTO YOUR EYES: WITH AN INTRODUCTION, in Contemporary Poetry and Contemporary Science (January, 2023), pp. 167-169, ISBN 9780199258123 [doi]  [abs]
5. Nantogma, S; Eriksson, SL; Adelabu, I; Mandzhieva, I; Browning, A; TomHon, P; Warren, WS; Theis, T; Goodson, BM; Chekmenev, EY, Interplay of Near-Zero-Field Dephasing, Rephasing, and Relaxation Dynamics and [1-¹³C]Pyruvate Polarization Transfer Efficiency in Pulsed SABRE-SHEATH., The journal of physical chemistry. A, vol. 126 no. 48 (December, 2022), pp. 9114-9123 [doi]  [abs]