{"id":71,"date":"2021-02-07T19:34:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:31:13","slug":"spano-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"71\" class=\"elementor elementor-71\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-833f3d0 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"833f3d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24e9dda\" data-id=\"24e9dda\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486da03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"486da03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2026\/07\/Spano.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1087\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2026\/07\/Spano.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2026\/07\/Spano-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2026\/07\/Spano-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3b4e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d3b4e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Prof. Frank C. Spano<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76320da\" data-id=\"76320da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d43a955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d43a955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"160\">Research Activities:<\/strong> The Spano Group develops theoretical frameworks to understand the photophysics of molecular aggregates, conjugated polymers, and hybrid light\u2013matter systems. Their research focuses on the emergence of collective quasiparticles including excitons, polarons, excimers, charge-transfer excitons, and exciton-polaritons that arise from the interplay of electronic, vibrational, and photonic degrees of freedom. A central theme of the group&#8217;s work is the development and application of vibronic Hamiltonians, such as the Holstein, Peierls, Frenkel\u2013Holstein, Frenkel\u2013Holstein\u2013Peierls, and Holstein\u2013Tavis\u2013Cummings models, to establish quantitative relationships between molecular-scale interactions and experimentally observable optical properties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a95d6c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a95d6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d100f2\" data-id=\"0d100f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f757c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51f757c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2025\/05\/thumbnail_1000013689-933x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1017\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2025\/05\/thumbnail_1000013689-933x1024.jpg 933w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2025\/05\/thumbnail_1000013689-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2025\/05\/thumbnail_1000013689-768x843.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2025\/05\/thumbnail_1000013689-91x100.jpg 91w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/spanogroup\/files\/2025\/05\/thumbnail_1000013689.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b433956 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b433956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>The SPANO Group<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Frank C. 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