Me
  • Professor, Chemistry
801-587-9973

Publications

  • Kameron R. Hansen, Cindy Y. Young, C. Emma McClure, Blake Romrell, Laura Flannery, Daniel Powell, Kelsey Garden, Alex Berzansky, Michele Eggleston, Daniel J. King, Carter M. Shirley, Matthew C. Beard, Wanyi Nie, Andre Schleife, John S. Colton & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2023). Mechanistic origins of excitonic properties in 2D perovskites: Implications for exciton engineering. Matter. Vol. 6. Published, 10/04/2023.
    https://www.cell.com/matter/abstract/S2590-2385(23...
  • Pramod Baral, Xinwen Zhang, Kelsey Garden, Nilave Chakraborty, Lening Shen, Zikun Cao, Xiong Gong, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & He Wang (2023). Efficient and stable perovskite solar cells based on blade-coated CH3NH3PbI3 thin films fabricated using “green” solvents under ambient conditions. Org. Electron. Vol. 116, 106763. Published, 05/04/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106763
  • Kameron R. Hansen, Blake Romrell, C. Emma McClure, Michele Eggleston, Alex Berzansky, Jeffrey Wayjer Lin, Kelsey Garden, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & John S. Colton (2023). Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite Alloys: Continuous and Discontinuous Tuning of the Electronic Structure. J. Phys. Chem. C. Vol. 127, 9344-9353. Published, 05/03/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01294
  • Edwin J. Miller & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2023). Precision intercalation chemistry: The next step for battery development?. Matter. Vol. 6. Published, 04/05/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2023.03.008
  • Xinwen Zhang, Pramod Baral, Nilave Chakraborty, Kelsey Garden, Lening Shen, Sankaranarayanan Nair Vijayaraghavan, Zikun Cao, Feng Yan , Xiong Gong, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & He Wang (2023). Blade Coating Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Vacuum-Assisted Nucleation Based on Bottom Quasi-2D Passivation. Solar RRL. Vol. 7, 2200900. Published, 01/11/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200900
  • Laura Flannery, Kameron R. Hansen, Jonathan Ogle, Daniel Powell, Kelsey Garden & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Voltage bias stress effects and electronic stability of π-conjugated crosslinked tin halide perovskites. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. Vol. 5, 14720-14731. Published, 11/22/2022.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.2c02050
  • Junhui Sun, Jiaying Peng, Terry Ring, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Juner Zhu, Dimitrios Fraggedakis, Jin Niu, Tao Gao & Feng Wang (2022). Lithium deposition mechanism on Si and Cu substrates in the carbonate electrolyte. Energy Environ. Sci. Vol. 15, 5284-5299. Published, 10/26/2022.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202...
  • Daniel Powell, Xueqiao Zhang, Chideraa I. Nwachukwu, Edwin J. Miller, Kameron R. Hansen, Laura Flannery, Jonathan Ogle, Alex Berzansky, John G. Labram, Andrew G. Roberts & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Establishing self-dopant design principles from structure-function relationships in self-n-doped perylene diimide organic semiconductors. Adv. Mater. Vol. 34, 2204656. Published, 08/20/2022.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/a...
  • N. Samali Weliwatte, Olja Simoska, Daniel Powell, Miharu Koh, Matteo Grattieri, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Carol Korzeniewski & Shelley D. Minteer (2022). Deconvoluting Charge Transfer Mechanisms in Conducting Redox Polymer-Based Photobioelectrocatalytic Systems. J. Electrochem. Soc. Vol. 169, 085501. Published, 08/08/2022.
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-71...
  • Kameron R. Hansen & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Finding the FAIRness in perovskite photovoltaics research. Matter. Vol. 5, 2461-2464. Published, 08/03/2022.
    https://www.cell.com/matter/pdf/S2590-2385(22)0029...
  • Daniel Powell & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Concepts and principles of self-n-doping in perylene diimide chromophores; applications in biochemistry, energy harvesting, energy storage, and catalysis. Mater. Horiz. Vol. 9, 2026-2052. Published, 08/01/2022.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202...
  • Evan Lafalce, Eric Amerling, Zhi-Gang Yu, Peter Sercel, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & Z. Valy Vardeny (2022). Broken inversion symmetry and Rashba splitting in organic-inorganic lead-halide perovskites revealed through two-photon absorption spectroscopy. Nat. Commun. Vol. 13, 1-9. Published, 07/12/2022.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28127-9
  • Joseph V. Handy, Justin L. Andrews, Saul Perez-Beltran, Daniel R. Powell, Ryan Albers, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Nattamai Bhuvanesh & Sarbajit Banerjee (2022). A “Li-Eye” View of Diffusion Pathways in a 2D Intercalation Material from Topochemical Single-Crystal Transformation. ACS Energy Lett. Vol. 7, 1960-1962. Published, 05/13/2022.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c0...
  • Daniel Powell, Zayn Rhodes, Xinwen Zhang, Edwin J. Miller, McKenzie Jonely, Kameron R. Hansen, Chideraa I. Nwachukwu, Andrew G. Roberts, He Wang, Rodrigo Noriega, Shelley D. Minteer & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Photoactivation Properties of Self-n-Doped Perylene Diimides: Concentration-dependent Radical Anion and Dianion Formation. ACS Mater. Au. Vol. 2, 482-488. Published, 04/22/2022.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsmaterials...
  • Kameron R. Hansen, C. Emma McClure, John Colton & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Franz-Keldysh and Stark Effects in Two-Dimensional Metal Halide Perovskites. PRX Energy. Vol. 1. Published, 04/07/2022.
    https://journals.aps.org/prxenergy/abstract/10.110...
  • Sarbajit Banerjee, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Christopher J. Patridge & Peter Marley (2022). Doped nanoparticles and methods of making and using same. US Patent Office. Published, 04/05/2022.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US11292962B2/en
  • Kameron R. Hansen, C. Emma McClure, Daniel Powell, Hao-Chieh Hsieh, Laura Flannery, Kelsey Garden, Edwin J. Miller, Daniel J. King, Sami Sainio, Dennis Nordlund, John S. Colton & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Low Exciton Binding Energies and Localized Exciton–Polaron States in 2D Tin Halide Perovskites. Adv. Opt. Mater. Vol. 10. Published, 03/01/2022.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.2...
  • Caleb M. Hill, Jose Mendoza-Cortes, Jesus M. Velazquez & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2022). Multi-dimensional designer catalysts for negative emissions science (NES): bridging the gap between synthesis, simulations, and analysis. iScience. Vol. 25. Published, 01/21/2022.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Minh T. Pham, Eric Amerling, Tu Anh Ngo, Hoang M. Luong, Kameron R. Hansen, Huy T. Pham, Tuoc N. Vu, Huan Tran, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & Tho D. Nguyen (2022). Strong Rashba-Dresselhaus Effect in Nonchiral 2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites. Adv. Opt. Mater. Vol. 10, 2101232. Published, 01/04/2022.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/a...
  • Daniel Powell, Kameron R. Hansen, Laura Flannery & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2021). Traversing Excitonic and Ionic Landscapes: Reduced-Dimensionality-Inspired Design of Organometal Halide Semiconductors for Energy Applications. Acc. Chem. Res. Vol. 54, 4371-4382. Published, 11/29/2021.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00...
  • Jonathan Ogle, Daniel Powell, Laura Flannery & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2021). Interplay between Morphology and Electronic Structure in Emergent Organic and π-d Conjugated Organometal Thin Film Materials. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Vol. 60, 15365-15379. Published, 10/20/2021.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c0...
  • Eric Amerling, Kameron R. Hansen & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2021). Resolving buried optoelectronic features in metal halide perovskites via modulation spectroscopy studies. J. Mater. Chem. A. Vol. 9, 23746-23764. Published, 10/11/2021.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202...
  • Eric Amerling, Yaxin Zhai, Bryon W. Larson, Yi Yao, Brian Fluegel, Zbyslaw Owczarczyk, Haipeng Lu, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Volker Blum & Jeffrey L. Blackburn (2021). Charge transfer states and carrier generation in 1D organolead iodide semiconductors. J. Mater. Chem. A. Vol. 9, 14977-14990. Published, 06/15/2021.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202...
  • Jonathan Ogle, Daniel Powell, Detlef-M Smilgies, Dennis Nordlund & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2021). Promoting Bandlike Transport in Well-Defined and Highly Conducting Polymer Thin Films upon Controlling Dopant Oxidation Levels and Polaron Effects. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. Vol. 3, 2938-2949. Published, 05/11/2021.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsapm.1c000...
  • Praneeth Ranga, Arkka Bhattacharyya, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Michael A. Scarpulla & Sriram Krishnamoorthy (2021). N-type doping of low-pressure chemical vapor deposition grown β-Ga2O3 thin films using solid-source germanium. J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A. Vol. 39, 030404. Published, 04/05/2021.
    https://avs.scitation.org/doi/10.1116/6.0001004
  • Eric Amerling, Haipeng Lu, Bryon W. Larson, Annalise E. Maughan, Alan Phillips, Evan Lafalce, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Joseph J. Berry, Matthew C. Beard, Z. Valy Vardeny & Jeffrey L. Blackburn (2021). A Multi-Dimensional Perspective on Electronic Doping in Metal Halide Perovskites. ACS Energy Lett. Vol. 6, 1104-1123. Published, 03/01/2021.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsenergylet...
  • Daniel Powell, Eric V. Campbell, Laura Flannery, Jonathan Ogle, Sarah E. Soss & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2021). Steric hindrance dependence on the spin and morphology properties of highly oriented self-doped organic small molecule thin films. Mater. Adv. Vol. 2, 356-365. Published, 01/05/2021.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202...
  • Laura Flannery, Jonathan Ogle, Daniel Powell, Christopher J. Tassone & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2020). Voltage bias stress effects in metal halide perovskites are strongly dependent on morphology and ion migration pathways. J. Mater. Chem. A. Vol. 8, 25109-25119. Published, 11/20/2020.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202...
  • Eric Amerling, Sangita Baniya, Evan Lafalce, Steve Blair, Z. Valy Vardeny & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2020). Quantifying Exciton Heterogeneities in Mixed-Phase Organometal Halide Multiple Quantum Wells via Stark Spectroscopy Studies. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. Vol. 12, 52538–52548. Published, 11/12/2020.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.0c1356...
  • Jonathan Ogle, Nabajit Lahiri, Cherno Jaye, Christopher J. Tassone, Daniel A. Fischer, Janis Louie & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2020). Semiconducting to Metallic Electronic Landscapes in Defects‐Controlled 2D π‐d Conjugated Coordination Polymer Thin Films. Adv. Funct. Mater. Vol. 31, 2006920. Published, 10/16/2020.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ad...
  • Arkka Bhattacharyya, Praneeth Ranga, Saurav Roy, Jonathan Ogle, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & Sriram Krishnamoorthy (2020). Low temperature homoepitaxy of (010) β-Ga2O3 by metal-organic vapor phase deposition: Expanding the growth window. Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 117, 1-7. Published, 10/05/2020.
    https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0023778
  • Casey G. Hawkins, Ankit Verma, Wade Horbinski, Rory Weeks, Partha P. Mukherjee & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2020). Decreasing the ion diffusion pathways for the intercalation of multivalent cations in defect-tolerant TiS2-x nanobelt cathode insertion hosts. Appl. Mater. Interfaces. Vol. 12, 21788–21798. Published, 04/03/2020.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.9b2170...
  • Minh T. Pham, Eric Amerling, Hoang Luong, Huy Pham, George K. Larsen, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & Tho D. Nguyen (2020). Origin of Rashba spin-orbit coupling in 2D and 3D lead iodide perovskites. Sci. Rep. Vol. 10, 1-10. Published, 03/2020.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61768-8
  • Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Laura Flannery, Heilly Galvez, Wendy Nimens & Ajara Rahman (2019). WWMOD? What would metal oxides do?: Redefining their applicability in today’s energy technologies. Polyhedron. Vol. 170, 334-358. Published, 09/15/2019.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Jonathan Ogle, Daniel Powell, Eric Amerling & Detlef Smilgies (2019). Quantifying multiple crystallite orientations and crystal heterogeneities in complex thin film materials. CrystEngComm. Vol. 21, 5707-5720. Published, 08/09/2019.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/201...
  • Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Wendy Nimens, Sarah Lefave, Laura Flannery, Jonathan Ogle, Detlef Smilgies & Matthew Kieber-Emmons (2019). Understanding hydrogen bonding interactions in crosslinked methylammonium lead iodide crystals: towards moisture and light degradation pathways. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Vol. 58, 13912-13921. Published, 08/01/2019.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/a...
  • He Wang, Chengbin Fei, Meng Zhou, Jonathan Ogle, Detlef Smilgies & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2019). Self-assembled propylammonium cations at grain boundaries and the film surface to improve the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells. J. Mater. Chem. A. Vol. 7, 23739-23746. Published, 04/17/2019.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/201...
  • Mandefro Teferi, Jonathan Ogle, G. Joshi, Hans Malissa, S. Jamali, D. Baird, John Lupton, Luisa Whittaker Brooks & Christoph Boehme (2018). Tuning effective hyperfine fields in PEDOT:PSS thin films by doping. Physical Review B. Vol. 98, 1-5. Published, 12/05/2018.
    https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
  • Casey Hawkins & Luisa WHittaker-Brooks (2018). Vertically oriented TiS2−x nanobelt arrays as binder- and carbon-free intercalation electrodes for Li- and Na-based energy storage devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Vol. 6, 21949-21960. Published, 07/26/2018.
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/201...
  • Colin Kilcoyne, Ahmed H. Ali, Ali M. Alsaqqa, Ajara A. Rahman, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks & Ganapathy Sambandamurthy (2018). Gate-tunable transport characteristics of Bi2S3 nanowire transistors. Solid State Communications. Vol. 270, 135-139. Published, 02/01/2018.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Wendy J. Nimens, Jonathan Ogle, Anna Caruso, Mckenzie Jonely, Charles Simon, Detlef Smilgies, Rogrigo Noriega, Michael Scarpulla & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2018). Morphology and Optoelectronic Variations Underlying the Nature of the Electron Transport Layer in Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. Vol. 1, 602-615. Published, 01/31/2018.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaem.7b0014...
  • Casey Hawkins & Luisa WHittaker-Brooks (2018). Controlling Sulfur Vacancies in TiS2–x Cathode Insertion Hosts via the Conversion of TiS3 Nanobelts for Energy-Storage Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials. Vol. 1, 851-859. Published, 01/18/2018.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsanm.7b0026...
  • Aaron Degrauw, Rebekka Armstrong, Ajara Rahman, Jonathan Ogle & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2017). Catalytic growth of vertically aligned SnS/SnS2 p–n heterojunctions. Materials Research Express Special Edition Emerging Investigators in Materials Science 2017. Vol. 4, 1-11. Published, 09/20/2017.
    http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-159...
  • Eric Amerling, Sangita Baniya, Evan Lafalce, Chuang Zhang, Zeev Valy Vardeny & Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (2017). Electroabsorption spectroscopy studies of (C4H9NH3)2PbI4 organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite multiple quantum-wells. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Vol. 8, 4557-4564. Published, 09/07/2017.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7...

Research Statement

Organic-inorganic interfaces, while highly desirable for a host of applications, present several challenges that remain unresolved, including the ability to control the assembly of the organic and inorganic components and interfaces at the molecular level (orientation and mode of attachment), matching of phonon band structures with discrete vibrational modes within the hybrid material, and tuning energetic offsets for effective charge and spin transfer. Each of these parameters ultimately govern charge energy levels, charge transport, and the preservation of coherence. My research program at the University of Utah has centered on tackling these challenges using scale-bridging molecular design approaches spanning the following core themes: (i) elucidation of spin- and charge-transport dynamics at organic-inorganic interfaces; (ii) realization of topological states in 2D single-crystalline coordination polymers and small organic molecules; and (iii) development of in situ spectroscopy tools to understand excitonic and free carrier interactions in materials. My research efforts are driven by the following hypotheses: (1) matching phonon structure across interfaces through control of the attachment sites of molecules to surfaces that could allow for efficient coherent energy transfer and (2) topologically protected electronic states can be defined by 2D assembly of π-conjugated molecules and layered organic-inorganic materials on surfaces as a means of spin-coherent electronic transport. 

Research Keywords

  • Solar Thermoelectric Conversion
  • Self-assembly, nanomaterial, Nanowire, Nanodevice, Charge Transfer, Single-Molecule Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Sensor, Optoelectronic Sensor, Explosive Detection, Organic Photovoltaic, Solar Cell
  • Photovoltaics
  • Electronic Materials
  • Batteries

Presentations

  • Traversing charge transport landscapes: Reduced dimensionality-inspired design of organic-inorganic heterostructures for energy applications. Nature conference series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/19/2022.
  • Photoactivation properties of self-n-doped organic semiconductors. MRS Spring . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/10/2022.
  • Developing Exciton Tunability in Two-Dimensional Metal-Halide Perovskites. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. Contributed Talk, Accepted, 03/15/2022.
  • Precise Exciton Binding Energies in Two-Dimensional Metal Halide Perovskites. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. Contributed Talk, Accepted, 03/03/2022.
  • Excitons and ion dynamics in metal halide semiconductors. Conference on Atomic-level characterization of hybrid perovskites (HPATOM2). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/05/2022.
  • The role of dimensionality on the spin and charge transport properties of metal halide semiconductors. MRS Fall Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/07/2021.
  • Designer organic-inorganic interfaces for coherent charge and spin transfer. Iowa State University,. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/12/2021.
  • Designer organic-inorganic interfaces for coherent charge and spin transfer. University of Michigan. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/04/2021.
  • Addressing the disparity between being a non-traditional student and the guidelines imposed by contemporary research in STEM with a little bit of organic-inorganic interfaces. Rocky Mountain ACS Regional Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/22/2021.
  • Simulating the Electroabsorption Spectrum of 2D Perovskite Multiple Quantum Wells. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. Contributed Talk, Presented, 10/08/2021.
  • Designer organic-inorganic interfaces for coherent charge and spin transfer. Wisconsin-Madison. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/16/2021.
  • Designer organic-inorganic interfaces for coherent charge and spin transfer. UIUC. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/08/2021.
  • Insights into the electronic structure of π- and π-d conjugated organic systems via diffraction and soft X-ray spectroscopy. UNC Chapel Hill. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/30/2021.
  • Designer organic-inorganic interfaces for coherent charge and spin transfer. NC State, March 29, 2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/29/2021.
  • Fundamental, state-of-the-art, and recent trends in nanostructured materials for energy and electronic applications. Creighton University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/04/2021.
  • Designer organic-inorganic interfaces for coherent charge and spin transfer. UMass Amherst. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/04/2021.
  • Fundamental, state-of-the-art, and recent trends in nanostructured materials for energy and electronic applications. Metropolitan State University, Denver (recruiting seminar). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/29/2021.
  • Extrinsic and intrinsic doping design principles in organic semiconductors. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/12/2019.
  • Fundamental, state-of-the-art, and recent trends in nanostructured materials for energy and electronic applications. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/08/2019.
  • Fundamental, state-of-the-art, and recent trends in nanostructured materials for energy and electronic applications. Carleton College. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/07/2019.
  • Addressing the disparity between being a non-traditional student and the guidelines imposed by contemporary research in STEM. Committee of Minority Affairs Luncheon Keynote Speaker. ACS Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/23/2019.
  • Eric Amerling and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks. Deconvolution of the excitonic features in mixed-phase metal halide perovskite multiple quantum wells. NASSCC conference. Contributed Talk, Presented, 07/31/2019.
  • Investigating the optical and electrical properties of two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite multiple quantum wells via electroabsorption spectroscopy studies. Novel Optical Materials and Applications (NOMA) Conference, San Francisco, CA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/29/2019.
  • In situ and in operando characterization of energy devices via synchrotron techniques. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colorado. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/18/2019.
  • Extrinsic and intrinsic doping design principles in organic semiconductors. University of Buffalo. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/26/2019.
  • Self-dopant design rules in n-type organic thermoelectrics. Yale University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/06/2019.
  • Fundamental, state-of-the-art, and recent trends in nanostructured materials for energy and electronic applications. Montana Tech. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/30/2018.
  • Toward establishing self-dopant design rules in n-type organic thermoelectrics. Materials Research Society. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/27/2018.
  • In situ and in operando characterization of energy devices via synchrotron techniques. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colorado. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/09/2018.
  • Tailoring defects and orientation in nanostructured metal chalcogenide cathode insertion hosts. Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Pasco, Washington. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/20/2018.
  • Fundamental, state-of-the-art, and recent trends in nanostructured materials for energy and electronic applications. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/05/2018.
  • Manipulating the thermoelectric properties of polymer semiconductors. ACS March Meeting 2018, New Orleans, LA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/18/2018.
  • Materials for applications in solar energy conversion, thermoelectrics, batteries, and electronics. APS March Meeting 2018, Los Angeles, CA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/06/2018.
  • Manipulating the thermoelectric and spin properties of polymeric systems. International Conference on Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics, Valencia, Spain. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/01/2018.
  • Ajara A. Rahman and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks. Distinctive extrinsic atom effects on the structural, optical, and electronic properties of Bi2S3-xSex solid solutions. Material Research Society Spring Meeting 2017, Phoenix, AZ, April 17-21, 2017. Contributed Talk, Presented, 04/19/2017.
  • Ajara A. Rahman and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks. Thionated Perylene Diimides as Promising Electron Acceptors in Organic Photovoltaics. Material Research Society Spring Meeting 2017, Phoenix, AZ, April 17-21, 2017. Contributed Talk, Presented, 04/18/2017.
  • Aaron Degrauw,* Rebekka Armstrong,* Ajara A. Rahman, and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks. Synthesis, characterization, and optoelectronic properties of p-type SnS nanowire arrays. ACS Spring Meeting 2017, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017. Contributed Talk, Presented, 04/04/2017.
  • Colin Kilcoyne, Ali Alsaqqa, Ajara A. Rahman, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, and Ganaphathy Sambandamurthy. Electrical and optical characteristics of undoped and Se-doped Bi2S3 transistors. APS March Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, March 13 – March 17, 2017. Contributed Talk, Presented, 03/13/2017.
  • Eric Amerling, Sangita Baniya, Evan Lafalce, Charlie Zhang, Zeev Valy Vardeny, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks. Understanding exciton dynamics in layered 2D organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites. APS March Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, March 13 – March 17, 2017. Contributed Talk, Presented, 03/13/2017.
  • Jonathan Ogle, Mandefro Teferi, Christoph Boehme, and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks. Counter-ion and dopant effects on charge carriers in intrinsically conductive polymer. APS March Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, March 13 – March 17, 2017. Contributed Talk, Presented, 03/13/2017.

Research Groups

  • Jeffrey Lin, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 12/15/2021 - present.
  • Abdelhamid El-Sawy, Postdoc. Chemistry. 12/15/2021 - 09/01/2022.
  • Alex Berzansky, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 11/15/2021 - present.
  • Nilave Chakraborty, Graduate Student. 10/11/2021 - present.
  • Kelsey Garden, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 11/15/2020 - present.
  • Lacie Townsend, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 11/15/2020 - present.
  • Jenny Ngo, Undergraduate Student. Chemistry. 06/01/2020 - present. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: UROP.
  • Ella Spurlock, Undergraduate Student. Chemistry. 06/01/2020 - present. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: UROP.
  • Edwin Jacob Miller, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 11/01/2019 - present.
  • Brian Johns, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 11/01/2019 - 05/31/2021.
  • Kameron Hansen, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 06/01/2019 - present. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: NSF GRFP.
  • Laura Flannery, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 12/11/2017 - present.
  • Eric Campbell, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 11/06/2017 - present.
  • Daniel Powell, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 02/08/2016 - 01/18/2022.
  • Aaron Degrauw, Undergraduate Student. Chemistry. 02/03/2015 - 03/01/2018.
  • Ajara Rahman, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 01/01/2015 - 03/01/2018.
  • Eric Amerling, Graduate Student. Chemistry. 01/01/2015 - 02/01/2021.
  • Curtis Session, Undergraduate Student. Chemistry. 12/09/2014 - 12/09/2017.
  • Jackson Geary, Undergraduate Student. Chemistry. 11/2014 - 11/2015.
  • Charlie Zhang, Postdoc. Physics. 11/01/2014 - 11/01/2017. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Postdoc. MRSEC.