• Ph D, Physical Chemistry, University of Virginia, 1987
• BS, Chemistry, College of Charleston, 1980

• University of South Dakota: Research and Development Innovation FY19-FY20, South Dakota Board of Regents, (2018 - 2021)
• Beyond the 2010 Initiative: Partnerships for Competitiveness, National Science Foundation, (2009 - 2014)
• Purchase of a Transmission Electron Microscope: a Regional Cyber-User Facility for Materials Chemistry and the Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center, National Science Foundation, (2009 - 2012)
• Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center (NPURC), National Science Foundation, (2005 - 2011)

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• Baride, Aravind, May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. Cross-Relaxation from Er3+(H-2(11/2),S-4(3/2)) and Er3+(H-2(9/2)) in beta-NaYE4:Yb,Er and Implications for Modeling Upconversion Dynamics, 2193-2201. Vol. 124, Iss. 3 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2020. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10163)
• May, Stanley, Baride, Aravind, Hossan, Md Y., and Berry, Mary. Measuring the internal quantum yield of upconversion luminescence for ytterbium-sensitized upconversion phosphors using the ytterbium(III) emission as an internal standard, 17212-17226. Vol. 10, Iss. 36 NANOSCALE, 2018. (DOI: 10.1039/c8nr03538e)
• Hossan, Md Y., Hor, Amy, Luu, QuocAnh, Smith, Steve J., May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. Explaining the Nanoscale Effect in the Upconversion Dynamics of β-NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ Core and Core–Shell Nanocrystals, 16592-16606. Vol. 121, Iss. 30 J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04567)
• Han, Yulun, Meng, Qingguo, Rasulev, Bakhtiyor, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Kilin, Dmitri. Photoinduced Charge Transfer versus Fragmentation Pathways in Lanthanum Cyclopentadienyl Complexes, 4281-4296. Vol. 13, Iss. 9 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2017.
• Han, Yulun, Kilin, Dmitri, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Meng, Qingguo. Photofragmentation Pathways for Gas-Phase Lanthanide Tris(isopropylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes. Vol. 35, Iss. 20 Organometallics, 2016. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00420)
• May, Paul B., Suter, John D., May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. The Dynamics of Nanoparticle Growth and Phase Change During Synthesis of β-NaYF4. In The Dynamics of Nanoparticle Growth and Phase Change During Synthesis of β-NaYF4, 9482-94899482-9489. Vol. 120, Iss. 17 Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01365)
• Yao, Ge, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, Wang, Jianwei, and Kilin, Dmitri. Relationship between Site Symmetry, Spin State, and Doping Concentration for Co(II) or Co(III) in β-NaYF4, 7785-7794. Vol. 120 Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11496)
• Balasanthiran, Choumini, Zhao, Bo, Lin, Cuikun, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Hoefelmeyer, James. Self-limiting adsorption of Eu3+ on the surface of rod-shape anatase TiO2 nanocrystals and post-synthetic sensitization of the europium-based emission, 63-69. Vol. 459 J Colloid Interf Sci, 2015. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2015.08.005)
• Fisher, Jon, Zhao, Bo, Lin, Cuikun, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Smith, Steve. Spectroscopic Imaging and Power Dependence of Near-Infrared to Visible Upconversion Luminescence from NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Nanoparticles on Nanocavity Arrays, 24976-24982. Vol. 119, Iss. 44 The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06969)
• Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. Disputed Mechanism for NIR-to-Red Upconversion Luminescence in NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+, 9805-11. Vol. 119, Iss. 38 J Phys Chem A, 2015. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08324)
• Yao, Ge, Lin, Cuikun, Meng, Qingguo, May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. Calculation of Judd-Ofelt parameters for Er3+ in β-NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ from emission intensity ratios and diffuse reflectance spectra, 276-281. Vol. 160 Journal of Luminescence, 2015. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.12.025)
• Meng, Qingguo, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri. Time-resolved Electronic and optical properties of a thiolate protected Au38 nanocluster , 408-417. Vol. 113, Iss. 3-4 Molecular Physics, Taylor and Francis, 2015. (DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2014.999838)
• Yao, Ge, Meng, Qingguo, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri. Molecular dynamics in finding nonadiabatic coupling for β-NaYF4: Ce(3+) nanocrystals , 385-391. Vol. 113, Iss. 3-4 Molecular Physics, Taylor and Francis, 2015. (DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2014.972475)
• Han, Y, Lin, Cuikun, Meng, Qingguo, Dai, F, Sykes, Andrew, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. (BMI)3LnCl6 crystals as models for the coordination environment of LnCl3 (Ln = Sm, Eu, Dy, Er, Yb) in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic-liquid solution., 5494-501. Vol. 53, Iss. 11 Inorganic chemistry, 2014. (DOI: 10.1021/ic500101x)
• Suter, John D., Pekas, Nicholas J., Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. Real-Time-Monitoring of the Synthesis of β-NaYF4:17% Yb,3% Er Nanocrystals Using NIR-to-Visible Upconversion Luminescence, 13238-13247. Vol. 118, Iss. 24 Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014. (DOI: 10.1021/jp502971j)
• Chen, Jiangchao, Hochstatter, Andrew M., Kilin, Dmitri, May, Stanley, Meng, Qingguo, and Berry, Mary. Photofragmentation of Gas-Phase Lanthanide Cyclopentadienyl Complexes: Experimental and Time-Dependent Excited-State Molecular Dynamics, 1574-1586. Vol. 33, Iss. 7 Organometallics, 2014. (DOI: 10.1021/om400953q)
• Yao, Ge, Huang, Shuping, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri. Non-collinear spin DFT for Lanthanide Ions in Doped Hexagonal- NaYF4. In Molecular Physics, editors Rodney Bartlett, 546 - 556. Vol. 112, Iss. 03-04 London: Molecular Physics, 2014. (DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.878045)
• Chen, Jiangchao, Meng, Qingguo, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri. Time-Dependent Excited-State Molecular Dynamics of Photodissociation of Lanthanide Complexes for Laser-Assisted Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition . In Molecular Physics, editors Rodney Bartlett, 508 - 517. Vol. 112, Iss. 03-04 London: Molecular Physics, 2014. (DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.845310)
• Anderson, Robert , Smith, Steve, May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. Revisiting the NIR-to-Visible Upconversion Mechanism in β-NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+, 36-42. Vol. 5, Iss. 1 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2014. (DOI: 10.1021/jz402366r)
• Yao, Ge, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri. DFT Calculation of Russell–Saunders Splitting for Lanthanide Ions Doped in Hexagonal (β)-NaYF4 Nanocrystals. In J. Phys. Chem. C, 17177–17185. Vol. 117, Iss. 33 J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013. (DOI: 10.1021/jp404206e)
• Baride, Aravind, Engebretson, Daniel, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. Quenching of coumarin emission by CdSe and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots: Implications for fluorescence reporting. Journal of Luminescence, 2013.
• Chen, Jiangchao, Meng, Qingguo, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Lin, Cuikun. Sensitization of Eu3+ Luminescence in Eu:YPO4 Nanocrystals, 5953-5962. Vol. 117, Iss. 11 The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013. (DOI: 10.1021/jp3109072)
• Baride, Aravind, Engebretson, Daniel, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. Quenching of coumarin emission by CdSe and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots: Implications for fluorescence reporting, 99-105. Vol. 141 JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 2013. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.03.027)
• Meng, Qingguo, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Kilin, Dmitri. Sequential hydrogen dissociation from a charged Pt13H24 cluster modeled by ab initio molecular dynamics. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2012.
• Yao, Ge, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri. Optical properties of host material for phosphor computational modeling. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2012.
• Han, Yulun, Dai, Fengrong, Sykes, Andrew, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, Meng, Qingguo, and Lin, Cuikun. catena-Poly[1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium [[dichlorido(methanol-[kappa]O)(propan-2-ol-[kappa]O)lanthanate(III)]-di-[mu]-chlorido]], m292-m293. Vol. E68, Iss. 3 Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2012. (DOI: 10.1107/S160053681200517X)
• Paudel, Hari P., Zhong, Lanlan, Bayat, Khadijeh , Baroughi, Mahdi F., Smith, Steve , Lin, Cuikun, Jiang, Chaoyang, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. Enhancement of NIR-to-Visible upconversion luminescence using engineered plasmonic gold surfaces, 19028-19036. Vol. 115, Iss. 39 J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011. (DOI: 10.1021/jp206053f)
• Meng, Qingguo, Cross, Ann M., May, Stanley, Sykes, Andrew, and Berry, Mary. "Di-μ-pivalato-κ3O,O:O;κ3O:O,O-bis[(methanol-κO)bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-heptane-3,5-dionato)praseodymium(III)]", m1514-1515. Vol. E67 Acta Crystallographica, 2011.
• Luu, QuocAnh N., Doorn, Joshua M., Berry, Mary, Jiang, Chaoyang, Lin, Cuikun, and May, Stanley. Preparation and optical properties of silver nanowires and silver-nanowire thin films, 151-158. Vol. 356, Iss. 1 Elsevier Inc: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2011. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.12.077)
• Brandner, Amber, Kitahara, Taizo, Beare, Nick, Lin, Cuikun, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. "Luminescence Properties and Quenching Mechanisms of Ln(Tf2N)3 Complexes in the Ionic Liquid bmpyr Tf2N", 6509 - 6520. Vol. 50 Inorganic Chemistry, 2011.
• Meng, Qingguo, Robert, Witte, Gong, Yajuan, Day, Elizabeth, Chen, Jiangchao, May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. Thin Film Deposition and Photodissociation Mechanisms for Lanthanide Oxide Production from Tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato)Ln(III) in Laser-Assisted MOCVD, 6506-6064. Vol. 22 Chemistry of Materials, 2010. (DOI: 10.1021/cm101283k)
• Meng, Qingguo, Witte, Robert J., Gong, Yajuan, Day, Elizabeth L., Chen, Jiangchao, May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. Thin Film Deposition and Photodissociation Mechanisms for Lanthanide Oxide Production from Tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato)Ln(III) in Laser-Assisted MOCVD, 6056. Vol. 22, Iss. 22 Chem. Mater, 2010. (DOI: 10.1021/cm101283k)
• Lin, Cuikun, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley. Influence of colloidal-gold films on the luminescence of Eu(TTFA)3 in PMMA, 1907-1915. Vol. 130, Iss. 10 Journal of Luminescence, 2010. (DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2010.05.005)
• Cross, Anne M., May, Stanley, van Veggel, Franck, and Berry, Mary. Dipicolinate sensitization of europium luminescence in dispersible 5%Eu:LaF3 nanoparticles, 14740. Vol. 114 Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2010. (DOI: 10.1021/jp103366j)
• Meng, Qingguo, Witte, Robert, May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary. Photodissociation and Photoionization Mechanisms in Lanthanide-based Fluorinated β-Diketonate Metal−Organic Chemical-Vapor Deposition Precursors, 5801. Vol. 2009, Iss. 21 Chemistry of Materials, 2009. (DOI: 10.1021/cm9023056)
• Koppang, Miles, Meyer, Justin, Hoefelmeyer, James, Riley, Lynn, Berry, Mary, and DeWitt, Krisma. Integrating authentic research on ionic liquids into the general chemistry laboratory at a small liberal arts college and a public university. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 414–414. Vol. 233

• Presidents Research Award , University of South Dakota

• May, Stanley, Suter, John, Baride, Aravind, Hossan, Md Y., Zhao, Bo, Lin, Cuikun , and Berry, Mary, Beyond the near-field: Enhancing the efficiency of upconversion-luminescence nanomaterials using the diffractive and reflective properties of structured metal surfaces. Presented at the 255th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. (March 22, 2018)
• Hossan, Md Y., Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley, Modeling the photon avalanche upconversion mechanism in Tm3+, Yb3+ co-doped β-NaYF4 nanocrystals. Presented at the 255th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. (March 22, 2018)
• Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley, Explaining the Nanoscale Effect in the Upconversion Dynamics of β-NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Core and Core/Shell Nanomaterials. Presented at the 28th Rare Earth Research Conference, Ames, IA. (June 21, 2017)
• Yao, Ge, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri, ENFL 420 - Probability of trivalent molybdenum (d3) spin crossover in hexagonal phase NaYF4 nanocrystals . Presented at the ACS, 248th Natl. meeting in San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA. (August 12, 2014)
• May, Stanley, Suter, John D., and Berry, Mary, Real-time-monitoring of the synthesis of β-NaYF4: 17% Yb,3% Er nanocrystals using NIR-to-visible upconversion luminescence. Presented at the 27th Rare Earth Research Conference, Squaw Valley, CA. (June 26, 2014)
• Baride, Aravind, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley, Additive-Color Printing with Red-Green-Blue Upconversion Inks for Security Printing Applications. Presented at the 2014 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 24, 2014)
• Hor, Amy, Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley, Surface Effects on the Upconversion Dynamics in NaYF4:Yb, Er. Presented at the 2014 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 23, 2014)
• Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley, A New Mechanism for Energy Transfer Upconversion in NaYF4:Yb,Er. Presented at the 2014 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 22, 2014)
• Chen, Jiangchao, Meng, Qingguo, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Kilin, Dmitri, PHYS 128 - Computational analysis of photodissociation of lanthanide complexes for laser-assisted metal-organic chemical vapour deposition by time-dependent excited-state molecular dynamics . Presented at the ACS, 247th Natl meeting in Dallas, TX, Dallas, TX. (March 17, 2014)
• , May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Kilin, Dmitri, Density Functional Theory Investigation on the Optical, Electronic and Catalytic properties of thiolate-protected Au nanoclusters. Presented at the 54th Sanibel Symposium, St. Simon Island, GA. (February 14, 2014)
• Han, Yulun, Meng, Qingguo, May, Stanley, Berry, Mary, and Kilin, Dmitri, Time-dependent Excited-state Molecular Dynamics Study of Lanthanide Cyclopentadienyl Complexes for Laser-assisted Metal-organic Chemical Vapor Deposition. Presented at the 54th Sanibel Symposium, St. Simon Island, GA. (February 14, 2014)
• Berry, Mary, and May, Stanley, Modeling the Kinetics of NIR-to-Visible Upconversion ., Fuzhou, China. (August 09, 2013)
• Berry, Mary, IGERT: Nanostructured Solar Cells: Materials, Processes, and Devices. Presented at the 2012 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, Arlington, VA. (December 03, 2012)
• May, Stanley, Jeevan, Meruga, Berry, Mary, Kellar, Jon J., and Cross, William , Security Printing Applications of Upconverting Inks. Presented at the Document Security Alliance, Washington, DC. (October 25, 2012)
• Berry, Mary, Modeling the Kinetics of NIR-to-Visible Upconversion in NaYF4:Er,Yb Nanocrystals. Presented at the Sustainable Materials and Light Driven Processes, Fargo, ND. (September 29, 2012)
• Qingguo, Meng, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri, COMP417 Electronic structure of Pt13H24 cluster and its surface chemistry. Presented at the ACS 244th National Meeting, Philadelphia,, Philadelphia, PA. (August 21, 2012)
• Yao, Ge, Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, and Kilin, Dmitri, COMP14 Computational modeling of optical properties of lanthanide ions doped hexagon beta-NaYF4 nanocrystals for laser spectroscopy. Presented at the ACS 244th National Meeting, Philadelphia,, Philadelphia, PA. (August 19, 2012)
• May, Stanley, Baroughi, Mahdi F., and Berry, Mary, Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Plasmonic Enhancers. Presented at the 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 12, 2012)
• May, Stanley, Lin, Cuikun, and Berry, Mary, Sensitization of Eu3+ Luminescence in YPO4 Nanocystals. Presented at the 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 12, 2012)
• May, Stanley, Meng, Qingguo, and Berry, Mary, Investigation on Thin Film Deposition Mechanism by Laser Assisted MOCVD (LCVD) Method Using Lanthanum Tri(methylsilyl)amide [La(TMSA)3] as Precursor. Presented at the 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 11, 2012)
• May, Stanley, Chen, Jiangchao , and Berry, Mary, Photodissociation Pathway of Gadolinium Cyclopentadienyl-type Precursors for Laser Assisted MOCVD. Presented at the 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 11, 2012)
• May, Stanley, and Berry, Mary, Modeling the kinetics of NIR-to-visible upconversion. Presented at the 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April 10, 2012)
• Berry, Mary, IGERT: Nanostructured Solar Cells: Materials, Processes, and Devices. Presented at the 2011 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, Arlington, VA. (December 05, 2011)
• Berry, Mary, and Kellar, Jon, The Impact of NSF-EPSCoR on SD Research Infrastructure. Presented at the ND/SD 2011 Joint EPSCoR Conference, Fargo, ND. (October 04, 2011)
• Berry, Mary, PANS Center Characteristics. Presented at the AAAS Review of PANS, Chamberlain, SD. (June 02, 2011)
• Berry, Mary, Prospects for Solar Energy. Presented at the Green Jobs Conference, Des Moines, IA. (April 19, 2011)
• Berry, Mary, May, Stanley, Koodali, Ranjit T., Galipeau, David , and Kellar, Jon, IGERT: Nanostructured Solar Cells: Materials, Processes, and Devices. Presented at the 2010 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC. (December 06, 2010)
• Berry, Mary, Integrative Graduate Education and Training (IGERT) Program in South Dakota. Presented at the Meeting of the National Science Board, Spearfish South Dakota. (September 24, 2010)
• Berry, Mary, and Koppang, Miles, Development of student skills in the first two years of the chemistry curriculum. Presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Dallas, TX. (August 03, 2010)
• Berry, Mary, Larive, Cindy, and Donnelly, Scott , Strategies for increasing participation and fostering excellence. Presented at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Dallas, TX. (August 03, 2010)
• Cross, Ann M., May, Stanley, van Veggel, Frank, and Berry, Mary, Dipicolinate of Sensitization of Europium Luminescence in Dispersible %5Eu:LaF3 Nanoparticles. Presented at the Tribal Renewable Energy Research Workshop, Seattle, WA. (May 11, 2010)
• Berry, Mary, Prospects for Solar Energy. Presented at the Tribal Renewable Energy Research Workshop, Seattle, WA. (May 11, 2010)
• Berry, Mary, Small and Bright: Sensitizing Nanoparticle Luminescence and Other Stories., Charleston, SC. (April 24, 2010)