Jim Prell

 

Jim Prell attended college at Washington University in Saint Louis, where he obtained a B.A. in 2005 in chemistry, mathematics, and German, with minors in music and religious studies. He attended graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley (research adviser: Evan R. Williams) and received a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2011. His research focused on the structure and reactivity of non-covalently bound ions, including ion-biomolecule complexes and extensively hydrated ions. From January 2011 through July 2014, he worked as a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (research adviser: Stephen R. Leone), studying attosecond-resolved photoelectron imaging of plasmons. He joined the University of Oregon Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in August 2014, and he is a member of the Materials Science Institute and an associate member of the Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science. He is the recipient of a 2019 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award, an NSF CAREER Award, and three research support awards from Agilent Technologies. Jim is the faculty sponsor for UO’s chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. Outside of physical and bioanalytical chemistry, Jim’s interests include classical music performance and composition, running, biking, coffee, cooking, and foreign languages.