Associate Professor
Joint Appointment Chemist at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Email: tomoyasu.mani@uconn.edu / tmani@bnl.gov
Education
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 2013 (Sergei A. Vinogradov)
B.S. in Biochemistry (cum laude)
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, 2009 (A. Dean Sherry)
Experience
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 2016-2023
Goldhaber Fellow
Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2014-2016
Major Honors
NSF CAREER Award, 2022-2026
PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 2017-2021
Blavatnik Regional Award Winner in Chemistry, 2016
Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship, 2014-2016
Mini-Biography
Tomo grew up in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, and attended Matsuyama Minami High School. He earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2009 where he worked in the laboratory of Prof. A. Dean Sherry. He was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Dallas Southwestern Medical Center in 2008. He obtained a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania under the guidance of Prof. Sergei A. Vinogradov in 2013. His graduate study focused on magnetic field effects on molecular emissivity. From 2014-2016, he was a Goldhaber Fellow in the Chemistry Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He worked in the Electron- and Photo-Induced Processes for Molecular Energy Conversion Group directed by Dr. John R. Miller. He started his own lab at UConn Chemistry in 2016 Fall Hew was awarded tenure in 2023. His current research explores the application of organic and physical chemistry methods to understand the basic mechanisms of charge and energy transfer in molecular systems for applications in renewable energy and biomedical imaging technologies.