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Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Staff Engineer, Applied Materials. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; Department of Chemistry
Adviser: Prof. Suning Wang
Research Interests: Design and synthesis of stretchable, self-healing polymers for flexible electronics
Hobbies: hiking, arts, food
E-mail: yrao at stanford.edu
Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Faculty, UCLA, Dept of Mechanical Engineering. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Harvard University, MA; Engineering Sciences
Adviser: Prof. Zhigang Suo
Research Interests: Mechanics of soft materials
Hobbies: music, running
Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Independent Junior Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Germany. Link.
Ph.D institution: University of Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Chemistry
Adviser: Prof. Dr. Heinz Berke
Research Interests: Molecular electronics - understanding the interdependencies of molecular structure and electronic function
Hobbies: Gardening, literature, ethics
Years in group: 2013-2016
Currently: Faculty, University of Tokyo, Japan. Link.
Ph.D. Institute & Major: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials
Advisor: Prof. Mitsuru Ueda
Research Interest: Design and synthesis of polymer semiconductor
Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Faculty, University of Southern Mississippi, Dept of Polymer Science. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA; Polymer Science and Engineering
Adviser: Prof. Thomas P. Russell
Research Interests: Morphology investigation of solution processed organic semiconductors by real time X-ray characterizations
Years in group: 2013-2016
Currently: Faculty, UC-San Diego. Dept. of NanoEngineering. Link.
PhD Institution, Major and Year: UCLA, CA; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Yunfeng Lu
Research Interests: High-Performance Energy Storage Devices with Novel Structures and Functions.
Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Faculty, University of Windsor, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Canada. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Université Laval, Québec, Canada; Chemistry
Adviser: Prof. Jean-François Morin
Research Interests: Synthesis of new semiconducting polymers and control of the electronic properties via hydrogen bonding and other supramolecular interactions
Hobbies: Music, hockey, statistical analysis in sports, food
Years in group: 2013-2016
Currently: Staff Scientist, Qualcomm. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: UC-Berkeley; CA; Chemistry
Adviser: Prof. Peidong Yang
Research Interests: Understanding and Controlling the Unique Interactions between Organic/Inorganic Materials for Application in Energy Conversion Devices
Hobbies: Baseball, Football, and Statistical Analysis in Sports
Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Faculty, Materials Research Institute, Queen Mary, University of London. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Imperial College, London, UK; Chemistry
Adviser: Prof. Iain McCulloch
Research Interests: Synthesis and characterization of self-healing semiconducting polymers
Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Faculty, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, China. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Stanford University, CA; Materials Science and Engineering
Adviser: Prof. Yi Cui
Research Interests: Functional organic and polymer materials for electronics
Years in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Scientist, Covestro, Germany. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Chemistry
Adviser: Prof. François Diederich
Research Interests: Application of supramolecular chemistry to organic electronics
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ears in group: 2014-2016
Currently: Faculty, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: National Taiwan University; Chemical Engineering
Adviser: Prof. Wen-Chang Chen
Research Interests: stretchable and shearing-printed OFET
Hobbies: Basketball, Baseball
Years in Group: 2013-2016
Currently: Faculty, Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan. Link.
Ph.D. Institution: Center for Photonics Research and Department of Chemistry, Taiwan
Advisor: Prof. Chien-Hong Cheng
Research Interests: Advanced Functional Organic and Polymer Materials for Optoelectronics
Hobbies: Tennis, Traveling, Photography
Years in Group: 2014-2016
Currently: Faculty, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Soongsil University, S. Korea. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Seoul National University; S. Korea: Mechanical Engineering & Bioengineering
Advisers: Prof. Kahp-Yang Suh, Prof. Noo Li Jeon
Research Interests: Skin patch, Skin electronics, Biomimetics
Hobbies: Picture, Running
Years in Group: 2011-2016
Currently: Scientist, Applied Materials. Link.
Ph. D. Institution & Major: Peking University, China; Physical chemistry
Advisor: Professor Zhongfan Liu
Undergraduate Information: Jilin University, China; Materials chemistry
Research Interests: Chemical doping of graphene toward its application in solar cell
Years in Group: 2013-2015
Currently: Faculty, Dalhousie University, Canada; Dept. of Electrical and Conmputer Engineering. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major and Year: University of Toronto, Electrical Engineering, 2012
Advisor: Professor Edward H. Sargent
Research Interests: Designing architectures for electronic and photovoltaic applications employing carbon based materials and new organic polymers.
Years in Group: 2012-2015
Currently: Founder and CEO, Furcifer Inc. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Peking University (China), Chemistry
Adviser: Prof. Jian Pei
Research Interests: Designing and synthesizing new backbones for organic semiconductor; Devices fabrication and testing for solar cells and transistors.
Hobbies: Classical Music and food.
Years in group: 2011-2015Currently: Founder, Furcifer Inc. Link.
Ph.D. Institution & Major: Tsinghua University, China; Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Xi Zhang
Research Interests: Easy processing of graphene for organic devices, stretchable organic devices
Hobbies etc: sport, electronic products.
Years in group: 2014-2015
Currently: Faculty, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zürich), Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: MIT, MA; Chemical Engineering
Adviser: Prof. Daniel Blankschtein & Prof. Michael Strano
Undergraduate Institution and Major: National Taiwan University, Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Chemistry and Electronics of Carbon Nanomaterials
Years in group: 2011-2014
Currently: Faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Link
Ph.D. Institution & Major: MIT, Chemical Engineering
Advisors: Professors Bernhardt Trout, T. Alan Hatton, Allan Myerson
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University, China
Research Interests: Nucleation and crystal growth of organic semiconductors; in-situ X-ray scattering; self-assembly at interfaces
Hobbies: classical music, martial arts, traveling
Years in Group: 2010-2011, 2012-2014.
Currently: Faculty, Purdue University, IN. Dept of Chemistry. Link.
Dr. Mei spent a year working in Dupont (China) from 2011-2012.
Ph.D. Institution, Major and Year: University of Florida, Organic and Polymer Chemistry, 2010
Advisor: Professor John R. Reynolds
Research Interests: Designing and tailoring organic materials to meet the needs for organic electronics (solar cells, field-effect transistors and bio-sensors) from all aspects
Years in Group: 2012-2014.
Currently: Faculty, Dept of Chemical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. Link.
Ph.D. Institution & Major: National Taiwan University, Chemical Engineering (2009)
Advisor: Prof. Wen-Chang Chen
Research Interests: Donor-acceptor conjugated organic materials for field-effect transistor, photovoltaic device and memory.
Hobbies: Baseball, jogging, photography and traveling.
Years in Group: 2012-2014
Currently: Faculty, University at Stony Brook, SUNY, NY. Dept of Chemistry. Link.
Ph.D. Institution & Major: University of California, Berkeley; Chemistry
Advisors: Professors Robert G. Bergman and F. Dean Toste
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Dartmouth College; Chemistry
Research interests: n-type organic semiconductors
Currently: Faculty, UC-Santa Cruz, CA. Dept of Chemistry. Link.
Ph.D. Institution & Major: UCLA; physical chemistry
Advisor: Professor Benjamin Schwartz
Undergraduate Institution: USF
Research Interests: exciton and polaron migration in organic semiconductors and relation to molecular packing
Other Info: Co-advise by Dr. Michael Toney, SLAC
Hobbies etc: biking, animals, basketball, politics
Year
s in group: 2012-2014
Currently: HGST, Western Digital
Ph.D. Institution & Major: Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Physics (2011)
Advisor: Prof. Hans Hertz
Research Interests: Solution processing of organic semiconductors, x-ray characterization of organic thin films
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ears in group: 2012-2014
Currently: Faculty, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, S. Korea. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major and Year: UC Berkeley, Physics, 2012
Advisor: Professor Alex Zettl
Research Interests: Graphene/organic semiconductor interface and organic electronics
Years in group: 
2013-2014
Currently: Faculty, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, S. Korea. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major and Year: Northwestern University, Chemistry, 2012
Advisors: Professors Tobin J. Marks and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Research Interests: Developing new strechable electronic material and its application.
Years in group: 2012-2014
Currently: Consultant, Exponent
Ph.D. Institution & Major: University of Washington, Chemistry, 2011
Advisor: Prof. Larry R. Dalton
Undergraduate Institution & Major: Stanford University, Chemistry
Research Interests: Mechanically compliant semiconducting polymers for field-effect transistors
Hobbies: Working out, hiking
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ars in group: 2013-2014
Currently: Postdoc with Prof. Yves Geerts, Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Ph.D. Institution, Major and Year: Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Chemical Engineering, 2012
Advisor: Prof. Yves Geerts
Research Interests: Organic single crystal field-effect transistors
Years in group: 2013-2014
Currently: Faculty, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), S. Korea. Link.
Ph.D institution and Major: Seoul National University (S. Korea), Mechanical Engineering
Adviser: Prof. Kahp-Yang Suh
Research Interests: Nano-Architecturing, Electrical Nano-Mechanics, Flexible sensors
Hobbies: Painting, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis.
Years in group: 2011-2014
Currently: Founder, Avails Medical, Inc. Link.
Ph.D. Institution & Major: University of Basel, Switzerland; Department of Physics, Experimental Physics (2011)
Advisor: Prof. Christian Schönenberger
PhD thesis: Sensing with Silicon Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors
Research Interests: Development of next generation point-of-care (bio-) chemical (nano-)sensors and applications build on organic (and non-organic) semiconductors.
Hobbies: Sport: Judo (2. Dan, former high-performance sportsman) and currently national-licensed Judo referee, music
Year in Group: 2013
Currently: Staff Scientist, Philips 66
PhD Institution, Major and Year: University of Alberta, Chemistry, 2013
Advisor: Prof. Jillian Buriak
Research Interests: Flexible Electronics and In-situ Printing of Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells
Years in Group: 2011-2013
Currently: Faculty, Dept of Chemistry, University of Texas A&M. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major: Northwestern University, Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart
Undergraduate Information: Wuhan University, China
Research Interests: Electrical properties of single organic semiconducting molecules or macromolecules. Investigation of organic small molecules and polymers for molecular electronics.
Currently: Project Leader, Heliatek, GmbH, Germany. Link.
Advisor: Professor Karl Leo
Undergraduate Institution: Universitaet Karlsruhe (Germany)
Research Interests: Physics of organic electronic devices
Other Info: Joined Heliatek, Dresden, 2008 - 2010
Years in Group: 2011-2013
Currently: Faculty, Stetson University, Deland, FL. Link.
Ph.D. Institution & Major: Georgia Institute of Technology, Chemistry (2010)
Advisor: Professor Uwe H.F. Bunz
Committee: Profs Jean-Luc Bredas, Bernard Kippelen, Seth Marder, Laren Tolbert
Undergraduate Institution & Major: University of Miami (FL), Marine Sciences and Chemistry (2006)
Research Interests: Design and synthesis of small molecules for air-stable electron transport, organic electronics in general, and organic photovoltaic device architecture and engineering.
Hobbies: Cooking (chemistry with immediate benefits), NCAA Football (It’s great to be a Miami Hurricane), traveling, and spending time with family & friends.
Years in Group: 2011-2012
Currently: Faculty, Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Soongsil University, S. Korea. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major: Pohang University of Science and Technology, POSTECH (Korea), Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Kilwon Cho
Undergraduate Institution: Hanyang University (Korea)
Research Interests: Design and application of single-crystalline, nano- or micro-structured building blocks to high-performance organic photovoltaics via self-assembly of pi-conjugated molecules
Other Info, e.g. hobbies etc: N/A
Years in Group: 2010-2012
Currently: Faculty, Dept of NanoEngineering, University of California at San Diego, CA. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major: Harvard University, Chemistry
Advisor: Professor George M. Whitesides
Research Interests: Transparent, mechanically compliant electrodes
based on films of carbon nanotubes; organic photovoltaics
Outside the lab: You can usually find me cooking, running, hiking,
swimming, reading, or writing.
Years in Group: 2010-2012
Currently: Staff Scientist, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: National University of Singapore, Bioengineering, 2008
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Yong Zhang
Project: DNA templated nanowires for single molecule electronics
Other Info:
Research Interest: Micro and nanofabrication via self assembly techniques
Professional Experience: (2008-present) Research Engineer, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore
Years in Group: 2009-2012
Currently: Faculty, University of Texas at Austin, TX. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Harvard University, Chemistry, 2009
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Charles M. Lieber
Undergraduate Info: USTC, China, 2003
Project: Developing novel self-assembled single molecular electronics
Hobbies: tennis, basketball, hiking, traveling. Joint postdoc fellow with Prof. Zhenan Bao and Prof. Eric Shaqfeh
Years in group: 2010-2012
Currently: Faculty, Dept of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, NC. Link.
Ph.D. Institution & Major: MIT, Organic Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Greg Fu
Undergraduate Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: New materials for artificial photosynthesis; mechanistic studies on regioregular polymerization
Other Info, e.g. hobbies etc: Hobbies include running, hiking, and reading
Years in group: 2008-2012
Currently: Vice President, Royole Corporation. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Chemistry, 2007
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Yong Qiu
Undergraduate Info: Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), Chemistry, 2002
Project: n-type organic semiconductors and transistors
Years in group: 2009-2012
Currently: DuPont, Delaware.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2009
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. R.A.J. Janssen
Undergraduate Info: University of Utrecht (Netherlands), 2005
Project: Design and synthesis of small organic semiconductors to tune molecular packing and enhance charge transport.
Years in Group: 2010-2012
Currently: Postdoc with Prof George Malliaras, Department of Bioelectronics (BEL), Centre Microélectronique de Provence of the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Saint-Étienne. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major and Year: IMT Neuchatel / CSEM Basel, Zurich, Switzerland
Advisor: Professor Peter Seitz
Research Interests: Sensors based on organic electronic devices, organic solar cells, organic photodiodes.
Years in group: 2008-2012
Currently: Dow Chemicals, Michigan. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: University of Iowa, Chemistry, 2007
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Leonard R. MacGillivray
Project: Incorporation of specific analyte detection methods within organic semiconductor-based sensors. Development of stable, high-performance semiconductor materials as active layers for sensors. Stability, and performance of sensors within complex environments.
Years in group: 2010-2012
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany); Physical Chemistry, 2008
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Ch. Wöll
Undergraduate Info: Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany), Physical Chemistry, B.S.: 2002, M.S.: 2005
Project: Chemical interface engineering for studies of charge carrier injection process in organic field-effect transistors
Years in group: 2008-2011
Currently: Senior Research Scientist at Soane Energy. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, 2008
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Paula Hammond
Undergraduate Info: N/A
Project: Investigating the structure property relationship of organic thin film transistors and organic photovoltaic devices with X-ray scattering and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS)
Other Info: Hobbies: basketball, frisbee, snowboarding, and live music
Years in group: 2010-2012
Currently: Faculty, Zhejiang University, China. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Cornell University, NY. Materials Science & Engineering, 2009
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Lara Estroff
Undergraduate Info: Zhejiang University, China; Polymer Science & Engineering, B.E. 2002, M.E. 2005
Project: Single-crystals of organic semiconductors and organic electronic devices
Years in Group: 2009-2011
Currently: Holst Centre, Edinhoven, The Netherlands. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: University of Groningen (Netherlands), Applied Physics, 2008.
Ph.D. Advisors: Prof. Paul Blom, Prof. Dago de Leeuw and Prof. Bert de Boer
Project: Organic Transistors and Single Molecule Electronics
Years in Group: 2008-2010
Currently: Kaneka Co, Japan. Link.
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Chemical Engineering, 2004
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Masahiro Hirama
Undergraduate Info: N/A
Project: Synthesis of Solution-Processed Organic Semiconductor and device fabrication
Hobbies: Guitar (electric and acoustic), billiards, Travel (Bike, Train), finding good restaurants and sweets
My favorites: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Queen.
Professional experience: Posdoc, (2004-2006), RIKEN, Researcher (2006-present) Kaneka Co.
Years in Group: 2007-2009
Currently: Faculty, Chemistry, Brigham Young University - Idaho. Link.
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Years in Group: 2009-2010
Currently: Due to unfortunate circumstances, Dr Choi has passed away in Dec, 2010. Memories of Dr. Choi will always be with us. May he rest in peace.
Link to Stanford's Chem Eng Memorial Wall: http://cheme.stanford.edu/alumni/InMemoriam.html
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: University of Minnesota, Chem Eng & Mat Sci., 2009.
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Daniel Frisbie
Undergraduate Info: N/A
Project: Organic Solar Cells and Single Molecule Electronics
Other Info: N/A
Years in Group: 2008-2010
Currently: Milliken and Co.
Link: http://www.milliken.com/
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Bowling Green State University, Ohio, Chemistry, 2007
Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas C. Neckers
Project: Design and synthesis of low band gap materials for OTFT and organic solar cell
Years in Group: 2007-2010
Currently: Consultant, Exponent
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Iowa State University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2006
Ph.D. Advisor: Vladimir Tsukruk (now at Georgia Tech)
Project: My research involves the design and assembly of carbon nanotube and nanotube hybrid films for organic transistors and solar cells.
Other Info: I enjoy skiing, surfing, walking my dog, and old vampire books
Years in group: 2008-2010
Currently: Faculty, Biomedical Engineering. Carnegie Mellon University
Link: http://biomicrosystems.net/
Ph.D. Institution, Major, Year: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, 2008
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Robert Langer
Undergraduate Info: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, 2003
Project: I work on developing novel materials for organic thin film transistors
Other Info: I enjoy cycling, snowboarding, hiking, and watching the Boston Red Sox
Years in Group: 2008-2010
Currently: Faculty, POSTECH, S. Korea. Department: School of Nano-Biotechnology & Chemical Engineering and the Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy. Link.
Years in group: 2004-2005
Currently: Applied Materials Inc.
Years in group: 2004-2006
Currently: Attending Law School
Years in group: 2004-2006
Currently: Faculty, Chemistry, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Link.
Years in group: 2004-2007
Currently: Applied Materials Inc.
Years in group: 2005-2007
Currently: Faculty, Chemistry & Engineering, Univ. of Georgia, Athens. Link.
Years in group: 2005-2008
Currently: Faculty, University of Tokyo, Japan. Link.
Years in group: 2005-2009
Currently: Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Link.