Faculty Member

Dr. Dan James

Education

PhD, Arizona State University, 2015

Major: Physics

BS, Utah Valley University, 2008

Major: Physics

Teaching

PHYS 2020

College Physics II, Spring 2026

PHYS 2020

College Physics II, Spring 2026

PHYS 2800

Introduction to Materials Physics, Spring 2026

Presentations

Miller, Tessa (Presenter & Author), Stong, Connor (Co-Author), Barlow, Hyrum (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), Matheson, Phil (Co-Author), Utah Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, "Spatial Characterization of EM Mode Structures in a Helicon Antenna", Utah Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, Salt Lake City Utah. (March 21, 2026)
Emerson, Isaac (Co-Author), King, Tyler (Co-Author), Hart, Nathan (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Micro-Scale Imaging Using a Stroboscope", Utah System of Higher Education, Weber State University. (February 27, 2026)
Fernandez, David (Co-Presenter), Martinson, Marty (Co-Presenter), Porter, Garrett (Co-Author), Eads, W C (Co-Author), Jaafar, Israd (Co-Author), Amin, Masood (Co-Author), Seibi, Abdennour (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), SPE ANTEC, "Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Polymers_ A Comparative Study of Carbon Fiber Reinforcement​ ​", Society of Petroleum Engineers, Philadelphia, PA. (March 3, 2025)
Miller, Tessa (Co-Author), Stong, Connor (Co-Author), Miera, Benjamin (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), Matheson, Phil (Co-Author), Utah Space Grant Consortium, "Building a Langmuir Probe", Utah State University, Salt Lake Community College. (May 6, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Mous, Sandra , Gotthard, Guillaume , Ehrenberg, David , Sen, Saumik , Weinert, Tobias , Johnson, Philip , James, Dan , Nass, Karol , Furrer, Antonia , Ma, Pikyee , Bruenle, Steffen , Casadei, Cecilia , Martiel, Isabelle , Dworkowski, Florian , Gashi, Dardan , Skopintsev, Petr , Wranik, Maximilian , Knopp, Gregor , Panepucci, Ezequiel , Panneels, Valerie , Cirelli, Claudio , Ozerov, Dmitry , Schertler, Gebhard , Wang, Meitian , Milne, Chris , Standfuss, Joerg , Schapiro, Igor , Heberle, Joachim , Nogly, Przemyslaw , (2025) "Capturing macromolecular dynamics using time-resolved serial crystallography at X- ray free electron lasers and synchrotron light sources" (Issue: 5_Supplement, vol. 12). Structural Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000957
Bosman, Robert , Ortolani, Giorgia , Ghosh, Swagatha , James, Dan , Norder, Per , Hammarin, Greger , Úlfarsdóttir, Tinna Björg, Ostojić, Lucija , Weinert, Tobias , Dworkowski, Florian , Tomizaki, Takashi , Standfuss, Jörg , Brändén, Gisela , Neutze, Richard , (2025) "Structural basis for the prolonged photocycle of sensory rhodopsin II revealed by serial synchrotron crystallography" (Issue: 1, vol. 16). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58263-x
Bertrand, Quentin , Nogly, Przemyslaw , Nango, Eriko , Kekilli, Demet , Khusainov, Georgii , Furrer, Antonia , James, Dan , Dworkowski, Florian , Skopintsev, Petr , Mous, Sandra , Martiel, Isabelle , Börjesson, Per , Ortolani, Giorgia , Huang, Chia-Ying , Kepa, Michal , Ozerov, Dmitry , Brünle, Steffen , Panneels, Valerie , Tanaka, Tomoyuki , Tanaka, Rie , Tono, Kensuke , Owada, Shigeki , Johnson, Philip J., Nass, Karol , Knopp, Gregor , Cirelli, Claudio , Milne, Christopher , Schertler, Gebhard , Iwata, So , Neutze, Richard , Weinert, Tobias , Standfuss, Jörg , (2024) "Structural effects of high laser power densities on an early bacteriorhodopsin photocycle intermediate" (Issue: 1, vol. 15). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54422-8
Gotthard, Guillaume , Mous, Sandra , Weinert, Tobias , Maia, Raiza Nara, James, Dan , Dworkowski, Florian , Gashi, Dardan , Furrer, Antonia , Ozerov, Dmitry , Panepucci, Ezequiel , Wang, Meitian , Schertler, Gebhard F., Heberle, Joachim , Standfuss, Joerg , Nogly, Przemyslaw , (2024) "Capturing the blue-light activated state of the Phot-LOV1 domain from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using time-resolved serial synchrotron crystallography" (Issue: 5, vol. 11). IUCrJ. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052252524005608
Gruhl, Thomas , Weinert, Tobias , Rodrigues, Matthew J., Milne, Christopher J., Ortolani, Giorgia , Nass, Karol , Nango, Eriko , Sen, Saumik , Johnson, Philip J. M., Array , Cirelli, Claudio , Furrer, Antonia , Mous, Sandra , Skopintsev, Petr , James, Dan , Dworkowski, Florian , Bath, Petra , Kekilli, Demet , Ozerov, Dmitry , Tanaka, Rie , Glover, Hannah , Bacellar, Camila , Brunle, Steffen , Casadei, Cecilia M., Diethelm, Azeglio D., Gashi, Dardan , Gotthard, Guillaume , Guixa-Gonzalez, Ramon , Joti, Yasumasa , Kabanova, Victoria , Knopp, Gregor , Lesca, Elena , Ma, Pikyee , Martiel, Isabelle , Muhle, Jonas , Owada, Shigeki , Pamula, Filip , Sarabi, Daniel , Tejero, Oliver , Tsai, Ching-Ju , Varma, Niranjan , Wach, Anna , Boutet, Sebastien , Tono, Kensuke , Nogly, Przemyslaw , Deupi, Xavier , Iwata, So , Neutze, Richard , Standfuss, Jorg , Schertler, Gebhard , Panneels, Valerie , (2023) "Ultrafast structural changes direct the first molecular events of vision" . NATURE.
Wranik, Maximilian , Weinert, Tobias , Slavov, Chavdar , Masini, Tiziana , Furrer, Antonia , Gaillard, Natacha , Gioia, Dario , Ferrarotti, Marco , James, Dan , Glover, Hannah , Carrillo, Melissa , Kekilli, Demet , Stipp, Robin , Skopintsev, Petr , Brunle, Steffen , Muhlethaler, Tobias , Beale, John , Gashi, Dardan , Nass, Karol , Ozerov, Dmitry , Johnson, Philip J. M., Array , Cirelli, Claudio , Bacellar, Camila , Braun, Markus , Wang, Meitian , Dworkowski, Florian , Milne, Chris , Cavalli, Andrea , Wachtveitl, Josef , Steinmetz, Michel O. O., Array , Standfuss, Jorg , (2023) "Watching the release of a photopharmacological drug from tubulin using time-resolved serial crystallography" (Issue: 1, vol. 14). NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.