Group Members

5th-Year Graduate Students


 

Gookyeong Jeong

Gookyeong Jeong

Education:
B. Eng. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University; 2019

Email: [email protected]

Research: Molecular Electronics

 

 

Amber Walton

Amber Walton

Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; 2019

Email: [email protected]

Co-advisor: Paul Dauenhauer

Research: Dynamic Catalysis

The dynamic manipulation of a catalyst's electronic structure provides a novel method of catalyst enhancement for energy storage techniques. My work utilizes band bending from back-gated transistor heterostructures to continuously, and reversibly, tune the electronic occupation (and thus binding energy) of electrocatalytic overlayers. By applying an oscillating back-gate voltage to match the frequency of reaction rate-determining steps, we predict that catalytic activity will dramatically exceed the traditional limitation of modern catalysis - the Sabatier optimum. 

Jonathan Nguyen

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Education:
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara; 2020
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara; 2019

Email: [email protected]

Co-advisor: Lorraine Francis

Research: Printed Electronics

Jiazhen Xu

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Education:
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University; 2019
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 2016

Email: [email protected]

Research: Organic semiconductor single crystals

4th-Year Graduate Students


 

Andy Cheung

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Education:
M.Phil. Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; 2021
B.Sc. Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; 2019

Email: [email protected]

Research: Molecular Electronics

Selected Publications:

  1. Andy Man Hong Cheung; Han Yu; Siwei Luo; et al. Incorporation of alkylthio side chains on benzothiadiazole-based non-fullerene acceptors enables high-performance organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency. J. Mater. Chem. A2020, 8, 23239-2324

Nate Hartnett

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Education:
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; 2021

Email: [email protected]

Co-Advisor: Lorraine Francis (informal)

Research: Printed Electronics

Shreya Singh

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Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, India; 2020

Email: [email protected]

Research: Electrocatalysis

3rd-Year Graduate Students


 

Jayamathangi (Jaya) Srinivasan

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Education: B.Tech Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India

Email: [email protected]

Co-advisor: Paul Dauenhauer

Research: Dynamic Catalysis

1st-Year Graduate Students


 

Sam Ewald

Sam

Education: B.A. Chemistry/Physics, Kalamazoo College; 2024

Email: [email protected]

Co-advisor: Vivian Ferry

Research: Printed Photonics

Wooseong Jeong

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Education: B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University

Email: [email protected]

Co-advisor: Paul Dauenhauer

Research: Electrocatalysis

Postdocs


 

Sang Gil Youm

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Education:
Postdoc, Northern Illinois University and Louisiana State University; 2016-2021
Ph.D. Chemistry, Louisiana State University; 2016

Email: [email protected]

Research: Conjugated Macrosystems, Organic Single Crystals, Organic Electronics

 

Selected Publications:

  1. De Silva, D.; Youm, S. G.; Tamas, G. G; Chhotaray, P.; Nesterov, Evgueni. E.; Wanrner, I. M. "Pyrenylpyridines: Sky-Blue Emitters for Organic Light Emitting Diodes." ACS Omega, 2019, 4 (16), 16867-16877.
  2. Chatterjee, Sourav; Karam, Tony; Rosu, Cornelia; Wang, Chun-Han; Youm, S. G.; Li, Xin; Do, Changwoo; Losovyj, Yaroslav; Russo, Paul; Haber, Louis; Nesterov, Evgueni E. “Silica–Conjugated Polymer Hybrid Fluorescent Nanoparticles: Preparation by Surface-Initiated Polymerization and Spectroscopic Studies.” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (12), 6963–6975
  3. Youm, S. G.; Hwang, E. Y.; Chavez, C. A.; Li, X.; Chatterjee, S.; Lusker, K. L; Lu, L.; Strzalka, J.; Ankner, J. F.; Losovyj, Y.; Garno, J. C.; Nesterov, E. E. “Polythiophene Thin Films by Surface-Confined Polymerization:Mechanistic and Structural Studies.” Chem. Mater., 2016, 28 (13), 4787–4804, Selected as Science Highlights in 2017 by DOE Office of Science.