Mia Sosa

Mia Sosa

Bachelors Candidate

Department of Material Science and Engineering

email: miasosa@sas.upeen.edu

Research:


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WANDA Y RIVERA-ZAYAS

Wanda Y Rivera-Zayas

LRSM Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)

Department of Biology

email: wanda.rivera17@upr.edu

Research: Synthesis of semiconducting nanocrystals for optoelectronic and quantum information science applications.


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Narcedalia Anaya Barbosa

Narcedalia Anaya Barbosa

LRSM Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)

School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Science

email: narcedalia.anayabarbosa01@utrgv.edu

Research: Synthesis of semiconducting nanocrystals for optoelectronic and quantum information science applications.


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Chyanne Turner

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

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

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

Bo-Hyung Ryoo

Bo-Hyung Ryoo

PhD Student

Department of Chemistry

email: bhryoo@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Semiconductors, Magnetic Materials


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Wenqi Li

Wenqi Li

Master in Chemistry

email: wenqili@sas.upenn.edu

 

Research: Synthesis and characterization of hybrid materials


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Lucy Decker

Lucy Decker

Ph.D. Candidate, MSE

email: ldecker1@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis of magnetic alloy nanocrystals for power electronics and catalysis


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Eli Gelblum

Eli Gelblum

Bachelors Candidate

Department of Material Science and Engineering

Department of Physics

email:gelblum@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Core/Shell Semiconducting Nanocrystals for Optoelectronic & Photocatalytic applications


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Claire Zhang

Claire Zhang

Bachelors Candidate

Department of Material Science and Engineering

Department of Biology

email:clairezh@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis of Magnetic Oxide Nanoparticles for Inductively Enhanced CO2 Sorption


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Kunyu Wang

Kunyu Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of MSE (Joint with Prof. Shu Yang)

VIEST Fellow

email: kunyuw@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Nanoscale Porous Materials for Mesoscale Smart Materials


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Cristian Gonzalez

Cristian Gonzalez​

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

email: crgon@sas.upenn.edu

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


Education

2022-present: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

2018-2021: B.S. in Biochemistry, Florida International University

2018-2021: B.A. in Natural Applied Sciences, Florida International University

Christine Huang

Christine Huang

Ph.D. Candidate, MSE

email: ch4@seas.upenn.edu

 

 

Research:  Ligand design and synthesis. Fabrication and characterization of liquid crystal-nanoparticles.


Education

2022-Present: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
2018-2022: B.S. in Chemistry with Concentration in Materials, Carnegie Mellon University

Zhenhuan Wang

Zhenhuan Wang

Master Student

Department of Material Science and Engineering

email: zwang98@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis of Semiconductor nanoparticles


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Santnam Bakshi

Santnam Bakshi

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: santnam@seas.upenn.edu

Research: Microfluidics, Electrochemical characterizations


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Akshayaa Rajendran

Akshayaa Rajendran

 

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: akshayaa@seas.upenn.edu

LinkedIn

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


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Weixingyue (Connie) Li

Weixingyue (Connie) Li

M.S. Student, Chemistry

email: weixyli@sas.upenn.edu

 

 

Research: Synthesis and characterization of rare-earth nanocrystals

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Yifan Ning

Yifan Ning

 

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

email: nyifan@sas.upenn.edu

 

 

Research: Synthesis and characterization of plasmonic noble metal nanocrystals, synthesis of liquid crystal ligands

Intern at Apple from Oct. 2023 to Aug. 2024


Education

2019-present: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
2017-2019: M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
2013-2017: B.S. in Materials Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Harshit Bharti

Harshit Bharti

M.S. Student, MSE

email: hbharti@seas.upenn.edu

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


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Mark Edmundson

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


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Emanuele Marino

Emanuele Marino

Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry

email: emarino1@sas.upenn.edu

Google Scholar

Research: Unraveling the synergistic effects of nanocrystals in multi-component self-assembled colloidal superstructures


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Tianfan Jin

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.


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Xiang Zhou

Xiang Zhou

Master’s Candidate, Chemistry

email: xzhoukkk@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis and characterization of Au-Ag plasmonic nanoparticles


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Aditya Maan

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


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Shengsong Yang

Shengsong Yang

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

email: yeson@sas.upenn.edu

Research: Synthesis, Assembly, Heterostructure Nanoparticles


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Yupeng Wu

Yupeng Wu

Masters Candidate, Chemistry

email: wu5146@sas.upenn.edu

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


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Haoyun Zhang

Haoyun Zhang

 

M.S. Candidate, Chemistry

email: haoyunz@sas.upenn.edu

 

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


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Jungmi Park

Jungmi Park

M.S. Candidate, Chemistry

email: jmpark@sas.upenn.edu

 

Research: Organic synthesis of dendrimeric ligands tailored with molecular acceptors


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Prashant Ramesh

Prashant Ramesh

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: rameshpr@seas.upenn.edu

 

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


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Yingrui Zhao

Yingrui (Claire) Zhao

 

M.S. Candidate, MSE

email: yingruiz@seas.upenn.edu

 

Research: Nanocrystal catalysts for fuel cell applications


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Zhijian Sun

Zhijian Sun

Zhijian Sun

Masters Candidate, MSE

email: szhijian@seas.upenn.edu


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

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Zixuan Li

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Zixuan Li

MSE Master’s Candidate

email: lizixuan@seas.upenn.edu

 


Research on surface activation of nanocrystal catalysts

Christopher B Murray

Christopher B Murray

Principal Investigator

p: 215-898-0588
email: cbmurray@sas.upenn.edu

 

C. V. for Professor Christopher B. Murray

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Employment/Appointments:
2007- University of Pennsylvania: Richard Perry University Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering
2000-2006 Manager of the Nanoscale materials and devices department leading development of nanomaterials and exploring self-organizing phenomena for applications in IT.
1995-2000 Member of research staff, IBM Corp., T. J. Watson Research Center. Established a program in the preparation and characterization of nanomaterials and devices

Education:
1990-1995: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1989: Rotary International Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand
1985-1988: B.Sc. Honors Chemistry, Summa cum Laude, St. Mary’s University, Halifax N.S., Canada.

Awards and Distinctions:
2004 Debye Chair Professor, University of Utrecht, Utrecht the Netherlands
2004 R.B. Woodward Fellow, Harvard University, March 11&12, 2004
2003 IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, 2003
2002 Spring 2002 Distinguished Lecturer in Materials Science, Univ. of Maryland 03/22/ 2002
2002 Goodyear Lecturer in “The Frontiers of Chemistry” at Case Western Reserve University
2002 Selected as IBM Master Inventor
2001 Top 10% Patent Award for value to IBM Corporation in 2001
2001 IBM outstanding technical achievement award
2000 IBM Team Award for development of the IBM Materials Research community
1999 TR100: selected as one of Technology Reviews Top 100 young innovators Nov 4, 1999
1997 ACS Noble Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Research in Chemistry
1995 NSERC Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
1995 Elected as a Member of Sigma Xi
1990-1994 NSERC Canada “1967 Centennial Science Scholarship”
1989 Saint Mary’s University Gold Medal in Sciences
1989 Rotary International Fellowship, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
1985-1988 Saint Mary’s University Presidential Scholarship
1986 Hinman Memorial Award in Chemistry

Research Topics:
2002-2006 Lead studies of multi-component nanoscale assembly and doping nanocrystal solids. I managed IBM’s effort to integrate carbon nanotube electronics and program focused on the use self-assembly for nanofabrication.
2002-2004 Bio-directed assembly of magnetic nanostructures
2000-2005 Synthesis of IR active quantum dots and quantum wires
2000-2003 Granular giant magneto-resistance in nanoparticle arrays
1995-2002 Synthesis of Nanostructured magnetic materials, IBM Corporation,
1990-1995 Physical/Inorganic chemistry of semiconductor nanocrystals, with Professor Moungi Bawendi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1987-1988 Development of surfactant based additives for the reduction of hydraulic drag in turbulent flows, with Professor John Young, Saint Mary’s University
1986 (summer) Design and construction of salt hydrate units for energy storage in solar thermal applications with Professor John Young, Saint Mary’s University