Prof. Mark P. Heitz, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, SUNY Brockport, 228 Smith Hall, Brockport, NY 14420 Education: 1995 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY with Prof. Frank V. Bright 1996-1997 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Penn State University, University Park, PA, with Prof. Mark Maroncelli Research interests: Application of static and dynamic (ps, TCSPC) fluorescence spectroscopy to study molecular solvation in condensed phase solutions, including: 1) hydrophiles within microheterogeneous media; 2) protein conformational changes in bulk solution; 3) alternative solvents, most recently room-temperature ionic liquids (ILs), deep eutectic solvents (DESs), and mixed IL/cosolvent and DES/cosolvent systems. Our fluorescence studies are augmented by ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy and computational methods.