The Brumberg group at Drexel University combines materials synthesis with steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy to control and understand dynamic structural processes—such as phase transitions, self-assembly, and crystallization—in bulk and nanocrystalline inorganic materials. Ultimately, our aim is to ​enable control over optoelectronic and other physico-chemical properties in inorganic materials through enhanced fundamental understanding of how electron and carrier dynamics are influenced by changes in structure.