Group Alumni
Graduated Ph.D. students
Dr. Michael Rasch
Ph.D., 2012, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title:
After graduation:
Dr. Aaron Chockla
Ph.D., 2012, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title:
After graduation: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Dr. Vincent Holmberg
Ph.D., 2011, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Semiconductor Nanowires: From a Nanoscale System to a Macroscopic Material
After graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory, Norris Group, ETH Zürich
website
Email: hvincent[at]ethz.ch
Dr. Brian Goodfellow
Ph.D., 2011, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title:
After graduation: DOW Chemical Company
Dr. Matthew Panthani
Ph.D., 2011, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title:
After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher, Talapin Group, University of Chicago
website
Email: mgp[at]uchicago.edu
Dr. Vahid Akhavan
Ph.D., 2011, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Photovoltaic Devices Based on Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 Nanocrystal Inks
After graduation: Novacentrix
Dr. Reken Patel
Ph.D., 2010, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Aspects of bottom-up engineering: synthesis of silicon nanowires and Langmuir-Blodgett assembly of colloidal nanocrystals
After graduation: Intel
Dr. Andrew Heitsch
Ph.D., 2010, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Synthesis and characterization of silicon nanowires, silicon nanorods, and magnetic nanocrystals
After graduation: DOW Chemical Company
Email: Andrew.T.Heitsch[at]gmail.com
Dr. Bonil Koo
Ph.D., 2009, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: CdTe/CdSe/CdTe heterostructure nanorods and I-III-VI2 nanocrystals: synthesis and characterization
After graduation: Argonne National Labs
Dr. Damon Smith
Ph.D., 2009, Materials Science and Engineering
Thesis Title: Mechanical, electromechanical, and optical properties of germanium nanowires
After graduation: CNM/TMI, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Danielle Smith
Ph.D., 2009, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes, Gold Nanorods, Silica Coated Nanocrystals, and Binary Nanocrystal Superlattices
After graduation: Post-doctoral fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
website
Email: Danielle.Smith[at]nrel.gov
Dr. Dayne Fanfair
Ph.D., 2008, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Solution phase synthesis and characterization of III-V, II-VI and CdSe.08Te.92 semiconductor nanowires
After graduation: Bristol-Meyers-Squibb
Dr. Doh Chang Lee
Ph.D., 2007, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Silicon nanowires, carbon nanotubes, and magnetic nanocrystals: synthesis, properties, and applications
After graduation: Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
website
Email: dclee[at]kaist.edu
Dr. Hsing-Yu Tuan
Ph.D., 2007, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Synthesis and characterization of silicon and germanium nanowires, silica nanotubes, and germanium telluride/tellurium nanostructures
After graduation: Assistant Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
website
Email: hytuan[at]che.nthu.edu.tw
Dr. Tripp Davidson
Ph.D., 2006, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Synthesis and characterization of III-V semiconductor nanowires and fabrication of colloidal nanorod solar cells
After graduation: Intel
Dr. Ali Ghezelbash
Ph.D., 2006, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Topics in colloidal nanocrystals: synthesis and characterization, polymorphism, and self-assembly
After graduation: Applied Materials
Dr. April Schricker
Ph.D., 2005, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Electrical properties of single GaAs, Bi2S3 and Ge nanowires
After graduation: Sandisk
Dr. Felice Shieh
Ph.D., 2005, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Semiconductor nanocrystals, nanorods, nanowires and applications in biomolecular integration
After graduation: Luminex
Dr. Aaron Saunders
Ph.D., 2005, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Colloidal nanocrystals: synthesis and shape-control, interparticle interactions & self-assembly
After graduation: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Dept of Chemical Engineering
website
Email: aaron.saunders[at]colorado.edu
Dr. Cindy Stowell
Ph.D., 2005, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Aspects of colloidal nanocrystals: patterning, catalysis and doping
After graduation:
Dr. Michael Sigman
Ph.D., 2005, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Solventless synthesis, characterization, self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals
After graduation: nGimat, formerly Nanoengineered Materials
Dr. Jessica Winter
Ph.D., 2004, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Synthesis of Quantum Dot-Neuron Bioelectronic Interfaces using Directed Recognition Molecules
After graduation: Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
website
Dr. Tobias Hanrath
Ph.D., 2004, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Germanium nanowires: synthesis, characterization, and utilization
After graduation: Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Dept of Chemical Engineering
website
Email: th358[at]cornell.edu
Dr. Lindsay Pell
Ph.D., 2004, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Controlled synthesis and characterization of silicon nanocrystals
After graduation: IBM
Dr. Chris Doty
Ph.D., 2003, Chemical Engineering
Thesis Title: Electron transport, self-assembly, and electroluminescence of nanocrystal superlattices
After graduation: Post doctoral fellow, University of Michigan
Former Postdoctoral Students
Dr. Justin Holmes
After Korgel Group: Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Ireland [link]
Dr. Jose Luis Hueso Martos
After Korgel Group: Research Associate, University of Zaragoza, Spain [link]
