Welcome to the Institute of Fluorescence (IoF)

The IoF was founded in 2001 by Dr. Chris D. Geddes, Professor and Director. Under the leadership of Dr. Chris D. Geddes, the IoF has earned a well-deserved international reputation for its advances in Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Plasmonics. Approaches and concepts both developed and discovered by the group, such as Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF), Metal-Enhanced Chemiluminescence (MEC), Surface-Plasmon Coupled Phenomenon and the glucose-sensing contact lens, are both well-recognized, highly cited and currently used in laboratories around the world today.

IoF is a Department
of UMBI

News and Highlights

IoF is hiring 2 new faculty (Assistant Professors) in Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence and related technologies, Feb 6th 2010.
IoF publishes hardbound volume "Annual Reviews in Fluorescence 2008", Jan 2nd 2010.
US Senator Ben Cardin and Delegate Jon Cardin attend IoF annual Christmas dinner, Dec 22nd 2009.
Board of Reagents approve Transfer of IoF to UMBC, Dec 22 nd 2009.
Professor Geddes presents "Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence: A paradigm shift in Fluorescence Spectroscopy", Chemistry dept., University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Dec. 4th, 2009.
Professor Geddes presents Unified Description of Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF), MAFS 11, Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 7th 2009.
IoF described as Phenomenal Scientists in UMBIs annual report (January 2009)
Professor Chris D. Geddes named amoungst Maryland's Top Technology Innovators (August 2008)
WJZ: Anthrax detection in 20 seconds, Channel 13 news, Baltimore, MD (June 11, 2008)

Featured Publications

Zhang, Y., Dragan, A. and Geddes, C.D. (2010). Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence from Tin Nanostructured Surfaces, Journal of Applied Physics. 197, 024302.

Dragan, A., Bishop, E.S., Casas-Finet, J.R., Strouse, R.J., Schenerman, M.A., and Geddes, C.D. (2010). Metal-Enhanced PicoGreen Fluorescence: Application for dsDNA Quantification, Analytical BioChemistry, 396, 8-12.

Zhang, Y., Dragan, A. and Geddes, C.D.. (2009). Wavelength Dependence of Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence, Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 113(28), 12095-12100.

Pribik, R., Dragan, A., Zhang, Y., Gaydos, C.and Geddes, C.D.. (2009). Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF): Physical characterization of silver Island Films and exploring sample geometries, Chemical Physics Letters, 70-74, 478.

Zhang, Y., Dragan, A. and Geddes, C.D. (2009). Broad Wavelength Range Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence using Nickel Nanodeposits, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 15811-15816.