Carlos Baiz

Carlos Baiz is an associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin and the W. T. Doherty Associate Professor of Chemistry. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Michigan Technological University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Following postdoctoral research at MIT and the University of Chicago, he joined the UT Austin faculty in 2015. 

Research focus: characterizing the molecular interactions that drive protein folding and association, and mediate compartmentalization in biological membranes. Baiz develops and applies new optical tools based on ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy. His current research builds upon our expertise in ultrafast optics, non-linear spectroscopy and microscopy, molecular dynamics simulations, semiclassical models of vibrational spectra and protein biophysics.