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Mahdi Hesari

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

231 Shineman
315.312.2746
mahdi.hesari@oswego.edu

Research 

The Hesari Lab investigates the electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and nanoscopy of rationally
designed nanomaterials (e.g., atomically precise metal nanoclusters, semiconductive crystals,
etc.) for energy conversion, such as light harvesting and light emission processes. 

More details can be found here: http://hesarigroup.com

Publications 

Hesari, M.,* Workentin, M.S., On-demand photochemical modification of glassy carbon surface,
Electroanalysis, 2025, 37,1, e12004.

De-Jong, J.A., Workentin, M.S., Hesari, M.* Charge state tuning and photochemical stability of
Au 25 (SR) 18 nanoclusters, ChemPhotoChem., 2024, DOI.org/10.1002/cptc.202400236.

Stöckli, A.H., de Jong, J.A., Vega Verduga, C., Vogeler, N.H., Hesari, M.,   Boyle, P.D., Corrigan,
J.F.,* Workentin, M.S.* Ag 20 Nanoclusters with surface azides as an easily functionalized
platform for diverse applications. Small, 2024, 20, 2405727.

Hesari, M.; Jia, R.; Wu S.; Mirkin, MV.* Cobalt- H 3 BTC metal organic framework based
electrochemical nanosensor for hydrogen peroxide. J. Electrochem. Soc., 2023, 170, 106503.

Askarova, G.; Hesari, M.; Barman, K.; Mirkin, MV.* Visualizing overall water splitting on single
microcrystals of phosphorus doped BiVO 4  by photo-SECM. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023,
15, 47168-47176.

Askarova, G.; Hesari, M.; Wang, C.; Mirkin, M. V.*, Decoupling Through-tip Illumination from
Scanning in Nanoscale photo-SECM. Anal. Chem. 2022, 94, 7169–7173. 

Hesari, M.*; Ding, Z.*, Identifying Highly Photoelectrochemical Active Sites of Two Au21
Nanocluster Isomers Toward Bright Near-infrared Electrochemiluminescence. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2021, 143, 19474−19485. 

Hesari, M.*; Ding, Z.*, Spooling Electrochemiluminescence Spectroscopy: Development,
Applications and Beyond. Nat. Protoc. 2021, 16, 2109–2130. 

Mao, X.; Liu, C.; Hesari, M.; Zou, N.; Chen, P.*, Super-resolution Imaging of Non-fluorescent
Reactions via Competition. Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 687–694.

Education 

Post-doctoral associate, City University of New York, Queens College, USA.

Post-doctoral associate, Cornell University, USA.

Ph.D. in Analytical/ Physical Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, Canada.