• Ph.D. Physics, Colorado State University 2011
• B.S. Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, 2003

Research Interests:

• Multiplexed single molecule, single cell measurements and modeling of host-pathogen processes
• Energy flow and interactions between coupled semiconductor nanocrystals
• Computational techniques for rapid image processing and data analysis of single-molecule datasets

Selected Recent Publications:

Shepherd, D.P. et.al, Counting small RNA in pathogenic bacteria, Analytical Chemistry, 85 (10), 4938-4943 (2013)

Shepherd, D.P. et.al, In-Situ Studies of Photoluminescence Quenching and Photocurrent Yield In Quantum Dot Sensitized Single Crystal TiO2 and ZnO Electrodes,Journal of Physical Chemistry C.116(39),21069-21076(2012)

Shepherd, D.P. et.al, New tools for discovering the role sRNA plays in cell regulation,Proc. SPIE 8228, Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Imaging V.8228,822808-01(2012)

Shepherd, D.P. et.al, Fluorescence Intermittency and energy transfer in small clusters of semiconductor quantum dots,Journal of Physical Chemistry C.114,14831-14837(2010)