Masters – Christopher B. Murray Lab

Chyanne Turner

Masters Candidate, M.S.

email: chyannet@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Lead chalcogenide CQDs for long-wave IR detection

Education

2023-Present: Master of Chemical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

2019-2023: B.S. in Chemistry; B.A. in Writing, St. Lawrence University

Sai Spoorti Gattu

Masters Candidate, MSE

email: spoorti@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Doped Semiconducting Nanocrystals for Optoelectronic and Quantum Information Science Applications.

Education

2023-Present: Masters in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

2019-2023: B.E. in Mechanical engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India

Clive Cardoza

Masters Candidate, MSE

email: cclive@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Ligand design and synthesis. Fabrication and characterization of noble metal nanoparticles and their self assemblies.

Education

2023-Present: Masters in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

2019-2023: B.S. in Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology – Mumbai

Wenqi Li

Master in Chemistry

email: wenqili@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis and characterization of hybrid materials

Zhenhuan Wang

Master Student

Department of Material Science and Engineering

email: zwang98@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis of Semiconductor nanoparticles

Santnam Bakshi

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: santnam@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Microfluidics, Electrochemical characterizations

Akshayaa Rajendran

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: akshayaa@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Nanoscale Magnetic Materials, Self-Assembly, Surface Chemistry, Switchable Materials

Weixingyue (Connie) Li

M.S. Student, Chemistry

email: weixyli@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis and characterization of rare-earth nanocrystals

Harshit Bharti

M.S. Student, MSE

email: hbharti@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Characterization of magneto-optical properties of binary supercrystals for optoelectronic applications

Mark Edmundson

Master’s Candidate, Nanotechnology

email: maaku@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis of core/shell quantum dots and superballs to study optical properties and interactions of nanocrystal assemblies

Tianfan Jin

Master’s Candidate, MSE

email: mikejtf@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Investigating highly selective intermetallic nanocrystal catalysts for hydrodeoxygenation reactions. Typical reactions include the reduction of HMF and 2-AF.

Xiang Zhou

Master’s Candidate, Chemistry

email: xzhoukkk@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis and characterization of Au-Ag plasmonic nanoparticles

Aditya Maan

Visiting Scholar

Department of Chemistry

email: admaan@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis of CdSe-CdS dot-in-rod system for luminescent solar cell concentrators

Yupeng Wu

Masters Candidate, Chemistry

email: wu5146@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis and optical properties of more efficient semiconductor sensitized rare earth metal materials

Haoyun Zhang

M.S. Candidate, Chemistry

email: haoyunz@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Catalysis and nanoparticle self-assembly by using selective hydrogen bonding

Jungmi Park

M.S. Candidate, Chemistry

email: jmpark@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Organic synthesis of dendrimeric ligands tailored with molecular acceptors

Prashant Ramesh

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: rameshpr@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of CdTe nanocrystals for solar cell applications

Yingrui (Claire) Zhao

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: yingruiz@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Nanocrystal catalysts for fuel cell applications

Zhijian Sun

Masters Candidate, MSE

email: szhijian@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Addition of CdSe/CdS nanorods in ploymer composites for optical materials using electrospinning

Mingyue Zhang

Masters Candidate, MSE

email: mingyuez@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis of lanthanide-doped upconverting nanophosphors

Zixuan Li

MSE Master’s Candidate

email: lizixuan@seas.upenn.edu

Research on surface activation of nanocrystal catalysts