Autumn Bruncz

autumn_headshot_200x150
M. S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University (2021-2023)

B. S. in Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2021)

Research Interests

Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Gold nanoparticles

Master’s Thesis

Electron-phonon relaxation dynamics of hot electrons in gold nanoparticles.

Publications

  1. S. Chatterjee, H. Oh, E. Gillett, A. Bruncz, J. Ferguson, J. Dupas, M. J. Moses, S. Lee-Paul, L. Tauzin, C. R. Daniels, S. Link, C. F. Landes, Spectrometer Assembly and Python-Based Data Science Lab on the Reduction Kinetics of Methylene Blue, J. Chem. Educ., XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX (2026)
  2. W.-Y. Chiang, A. Bruncz, B. Ostovar, E. K. Searles, S. Brasel, G. V. Hartland, and S. Link, Electron–Phonon Relaxation Dynamics of Hot Electrons in Gold Nanoparticles Are Independent of Excitation PathwayJ. Phys. Chem. C, 127, 43, 21176–21185 (2023)

Link Research Group
Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory
601 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: slink@illinois.edu