
Professional Appointments and Affiliations
Teaching Professor
Office
220C Whitmore Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Mailing Address
104 Chemistry Building
Education
B.S. Chemistry, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China (1999)
Ph. D Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (2006)
Postdoctoral scholar, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY (2007)
Honors and Awards
MolSSI ACT-CMS Faculty Fellow (2025-2027)
Teaching Innovation Award, Eberly College of Science (2025)
Opportunity Grant, Penn State Faculty Affairs (2024)
Priestley Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry (2024)
Schreyer Institute Teaching Excellence Teaching Transformation and Innovation Grant (2023)
C.I. Noll Award for Teaching Excellence, Eberly College of Science (2023)
Teaching Innovation Award, Eberly College of Science (2023)
Selected Publications
A. Driesbach, G. Camacho, S. C. Mahler, and L. L. Jensen, Design and Implementation of the Math for PChem Foundation Modules. Engaging Students in Physical Chemistry, Volume 2, 27-40, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2025-1515.ch003
Y. B. Zheng, B. K. Juluri, L. L. Jensen, D. Ahmed, M. Lu, L. Jensen, T. J. Huang, Dynamic Tuning of Plasmon-Exciton Coupling in Arrays of Nanodisk-J-aggregate Complexes. Adv. Mater., 22, 3603-3607, 2010. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201000251
L. L. Jensen, L. Jensen, Atomistic Electrodynamics Model for Optical Properties of Silver Nanoclusters. J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 15182-15190, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp904956f
Y. B. Zheng, L. L. Jensen, W. Yan, T. Walker, B. K. Juluri, L. Jensen, T. J. Huang, Chemically Tuning the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of Gold Nanostructure Arrays. J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 7019–7024, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8106606
L. L. Jensen, L. Jensen, Electrostatic Interaction Model for the Calculation of the Polarizability of Large Noble Metal Nanoclusters. J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 15697–15703, 2008, Featured on the cover. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp804116z
L. L. Jensen, J. T. Muckerman, M. D. Newton, First-principles studies of the structural and electronic properties of the (Ga1−xZnx)(N1−xOx) solid solution photocatalyst. J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 , 3439 -3446, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp073554y
L. Jensen, L. L. Zhao, G. C. Schatz, Size-Dependence of the Enhanced Raman Scattering of Pyridine Adsorbed on Agn (n =2 − 8, 20) Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. C., 111, 4756-4764, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp067634y
L. L. Zhao, L. Jensen, G. C. Schatz, Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of Pyrazine at the Junction Between Two Ag20 Nanoclusters. Nano Lett., 6, 1229-1234, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0607378
L. L. Zhao, L. Jensen, G. C. Schatz, Pyridine – Ag20 Cluster: A Model System for Studying Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 2911-2919, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0556326
L. Jensen, L. L. Zhao, J. Autschbach, G.C. Schatz, Theory and Method for Calculating Resonance Raman Scattering from Resonance Polarizability Derivatives. J. Chem. Phys., 123, 174110, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2046670