Philip A Sullivan
Education:
University of Washington Department of Chemistry, Ph.D. 6/2006
Majors: Organic Chemistry and Nanotechnology GPA 3.62/4.0
Dissertation: “Theory Guided Design and Molecular Engineering of Organic Materials for Enhanced Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties”
University of California, Irvine Department of Chemistry (9/2001-7/2002)
Major: Organic Chemistry GPA 3.2/4.0
Montana State University- Bozeman, MT Bachelor of Science degree, (5/2001)
Major: Chemistry, Professional Option, GPA 3.65/4.0 with Honors, and Chemistry Departmental Honors
Specialized Courses: (4.0 = A+):
Advanced Medicinal Chemistry (3.8), Organometallic Chemistry (3.6), Advanced Organic Chemistry (3.9), Special Topics in Materials Science (3.9), Electronic Polymers (3.8)
Research Experience:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, NSF Science and Technology Center CMDITR, Reid Laboratory, University of Washington, Department of Chemistry (7/2006-current)
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Dalton Laboratory, University of Washington, Department of Chemistry (8/2002-6/2006), Thesis topic: design, synthesis, and characterization of highly active dendrimer and / or small molecule / polymer composite, 2nd-order nonlinear optical materials for thin-film photonics applications
Undergraduate Research Assistant, McClure Laboratory, MSU department of Chemistry, (7/1998-4/2001), Wrote a proposal (funded by MSU and NSF, undergraduate scholars program) and carried out investigative research in organic synthesis methodology, Thesis entitled: Pentacovalent Oxaphospholene Reactivity and Selectivity, (6/ 2001)
Awards:
“TA of the Year” Certificate of Contribution to Teaching given by the department chair to recognize outstanding commitment and contribution to education, University of California, Irvine, Deparment of Chemistry (2002)
The B.L. Johnson Memorial Scholarship for excellence in chemistry and good character, (2000)
The Gilbert Stork Undergraduate Research Scholarship given by Professor Paul A. Grieco to commemorate his doctoral advisor (1999)
Memberships:
MRS (Materials Research society) 2005-present
SPIE (international society for optical engineering) 2004-present
NSF STC for Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research 2002-present
Participant, DARPA MORPH program
American Chemical Society 2001-present
References:
Professor Larry R. Dalton, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, 109 Bagley Hall Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, Dalton@chem.washington.edu, (206)-616-5745
Professor Dong Hoon Choi, Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Anam-dong 5, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, Korea, dhchoi8803@hotmail.com, (425)-445-0136
Professor Glenn P. Bartholomew, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, 109 Bagley Hall Box 3521700, Seattle, WA 918195-1700, bart@chem.washington.edu, (206)-616-8493
Professor Joseph M. Desimone, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Venable Hall 300, Campus box 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, desimone@unc.edu, (919)-962-2166, (919)-962-5467(fax)
Professor Alvin L. Kwiram, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, 109 Bagley Hall Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, kwiram@u.washington.edu, (206)-543-4020
Professor Alex K-Y. Jen, Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington, Box 352120, Seattle, WA 98195-2120, ajen@u.washington.edu, (206)-543-2626
Professor Philip J. Reid, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, 109 Bagley Hall Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, pried@chem.washington.edu, (206)-543-6147
Professor Bruce H. Robinson, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, 109 Bagley Hall Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, robinson@chem.washington.edu, (206)-543-1773
Publications:
Akelaitis A. J. P.; Olbricht, B. C.; Sullivan, P. A.; Liao, Y.; Lee, S. K.; Bale, D. H.; Lao, D. B.; Kaminsky ,W.; Eichinger, B. E.; Choi D. H.; Dalton, L. R. Synthesis and Electro-Optic Properties of Amino-Phenyl-Thienyl Donor Chromophores, 2007, submitted for publication.
Cho, M. J.; Lee, S. K.; Jin, J.-I.; Choi, D. H.; Sullivan, P. A.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Dalton, L. R. Recent Progress in Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymers and Dendrimers Prog. Polym. Sci. 2007 invited paper, submitted for publication.
Dalton L. R.; Sullivan, P. A.; Olbricht, B. C.; Bale, D. H.; Takayesu J.;
Hammond, S.; Rommel, H.; Robinson, B. H. Organic Photonics Materials in
Tutorials in Complex Photonic Media (SPIE, Bellingham, WA) 2007, submitted for
publication.
Barlow S.; Marder S. R.; Sullivan P.; Dalton L. R. Electro-Optics and Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices in The Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering of Responsive Materials (D. Kiserow et al., eds.) 2007, submitted for publication.
Dalton, L. R.; Sullivan, P. A.; Bale, D. H.; Olbricht, B. C.; Theory-Inspired Nano-Engineering of Photonic and Electronic Materials: Noncentrosymmetric Charge-Transfer Electro-Optic Materials Solid State Electronics 2007, in press.
Hochberg, M.; Baehr-jones, T.; Wang, G.; Huang J.; Sullivan, P.; Dalton, L. R.; Scherer, A. Toward a milli-Volt optical modulator. Opt. Express 2007, 15(13); 8401.
Sullivan, P. A.; Rommel, H.; Liao, Y.; Olbricht, B. C.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Firestone, K. A.; Kang, J.-W.; Luo, J.; Choi, D. H.; Eichinger, B. E.; Reid, P.; Chen, A.; Robinson, B. H.; Dalton, L. R., Theory-Guided Design and Synthesis of Multichromophore Dendrimers: An Analysis of the Electro-Opitc Effect. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, published online 5/25/07 DOI: 10.1021/jao68322b
Sullivan, P. A.; Olbricht, B. C.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Mistry, A. A.; Liao, Y.; Dalton, L. R., Tri-component Diels-Alder Polymerized Dendrimer Glass Exhibiting Large, Thermally Stable, Electro-optic Activity. J. Mater. Chem. 2007, DOI: 10.1039/b701815k.
Dalton, L. R.; Sullivan, P.; Jen, A. K. Y. “Second and Third Order Nonlinear Optical Materials,” in Gupta, M. C.; Ballato, J., The Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition. CRC Press: Boca Raton, 2007.
Kinnibrugh, T.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Sullivan, P.; Isborn, C.; Robinson, B.; Eichinger, B. E. “ Influence of Isomerism on Nonlinear Optical Properties of Molecules” J. Phys. Chem. B., 2006, 110(27); 13512-13522.
Liao, Y.; Anderson, C. A.; Sullivan, P. A.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Robinson, B. H.; Dalton L. R. “ Electro-Optical Properties of Alternating Polymers of NLO Chromophores and Bulky Spacers” Chem. Mater. 2006, 18 (4), 1062-1067
Dalton, L. R.; Jen, A. K. Y.; Sullivan, P.; Eichinger, B.; Robinson, B. H.; Chen, A. ”Theoretically-Inspired Rational Design of Electro-Optic Materials,” Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics 2006, Vol X, pp. 1-19
Hochberg, M.; Baehr-Jones, T.; Wang, G.; Shearn M.; Harvard, K.; Luo, J.; Chen B.; Shi Z.; Lawson, R.; Sullivan, P., Jen, A. K-Y.; Dalton, L. R.; Scherer, A. “Terahertz all-optical modulation in a silicon-polymer hybrid system”, Nature Materials 2006, 5, 703-709 doi: 10.1038/natmat1719
Sullivan, P. A.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Lee, S. K.; McGrew, G.; Lee, S.; Choi, D. H.; Dalton, L. R. “Novel Dendritic Chromophores For Electro-optics: Influence of Binding mode and Attachment Flexibility on EO Behavior” Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 344-351
Dalton, L.; Robinson, B.; Jen, A.; Ried, P.; Eichinger, B.; Sullivan, P.; Akelaitis, A.; Bale, D.; Haller, M.; Luo, J.; Liu, S.; Liao, Y.; Firestone, K.; Sago, A.; Bhatambrekar, N.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Sinness, J.; Hammond, S.; Buker, N.; Snoeberger, R.; Lingwood, M.; Rommel, H.; Amend, J.; Jang, S. H.; Chen, A.; Steier, W. “Optimizing electro-optic activity in chromophore/polymer composites and in organic chromophore glasses,” Proc. SPIE 5990 2006, 59000C-1-10.
Tom Baehr-Jones, Michael Hochberg, Guangxi Wang, Rhys Lawson, Yi Liao, Philip A. Sullivan, Larry Dalton, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Axel Scherer “Optical Modulation and detection in slotted Silicon waveguides, ” Optics Express 2005, 13 (14): 5216-5226.
Dalton, L.; Robinson, B.; Jen, A.; Ried, P.; Eichinger, B.; Sullivan, P.; Akelaitis, A.; Bale, D.; Haller, M.; Luo, J.; Liu, S.; Liao, Y.; Firestone, K.; Bhatambrekar, N.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Sinness, J.; Hammond, S.; Buker, N.; Snoeberger, R.; Lingwood, M.; Rommel, H.; Amend, J.; Jang, S.-H.; Chen, A.; Steier, W., Electro-optic coefficients of 500 pm/V and beyond for organic materials. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2005, 5935, (Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials V), 593502/1-593502/12.
Dalton, L.; Robinson, B.; Jen, A.; Ried, P.; Eichinger, B.; Sullivan, P.; Akelaitis, A.; Bale, D.; Haller, M.; Luo, J.; Liu, S.; Liao, Y.; Firestone, K.; Bhatambrekar, N.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Sinness, J.; Hammond, S.; Buker, N.; Snoeberger, R.; Lingwood, M.; Rommel, H.; Amend, J.; Jang, S.-H.; Chen, A.; Steier, W., Acentric lattice electro-optic materials by rational design. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2005, 5912, (Operational Characteristics and Crystal Growth of Nonlinear Optical Materials II), 59120A/1-59120A/12.
Dalton, L.; Scherer, A.; Chen, A.; Jen, A.; Reid, P.; Robinson, B.; Eichinger, B.; Hochberg, M.; Baehr-Jones, T.; Pyajt, A.; Takayesu, J.; Sullivan, P.; Akelaitis, A.; Lawson, R.; Bale, D.; Haller, M.; Luo, J.; Liu, S.; Liao, Y.; Firestone, K.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Sinness, J.; Hammond, S.; Sgro, A.; Buker, N.; Snoeberger, R.; Lingwood, M.; Steier, W., Organic electro-optic glasses for WDM applications. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 2005, 6014, (Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications V), 60140P/1-60140P/15.
Sullivan, P.A.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Eichinger, B. E.; Firestone, K. A.; Robinson, B. H.; Dalton, L. R. “Exploration of a series-type multifunctionalized nonlinear optical chromophore concept.” Proc. SPIE 2004, 5351(Organic Photonic Materials and Devices VI), 253-259.
Casmier, D. M.; Sullivan, P. A.; Clot, O.; Firestone, K. A.; Eichinger, B. E.; Lee, S. K.; Heller, S.; Brumbaugh, A.; Millard, B.; Dalton, L. R. “New paradigm in NLO chromophore design through a gradient bridge concept.” Proc. SPIE 2004, 5351(Organic Photonic Materials and Devices VI), 243-252.
Sullivan, P. A.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Choi, D. H.; Dalton, L. R. “Macromolecular Multichromophoric system: effects of varying chromophore substitution geometry on poling efficiency and the dendritic “site-isolation” effect.” Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering 2004, 91, 538-539.
Dalton, L. R.; Robinson, B. H.; Jen, A. K.-Y.; Reid, P.; Eichinger, B.; Jang, S.-H.; Luo, J.; Liu, S.; Liao, Y.; Firestone, K. A.; Bhatambrekar, N. P.; Bale, D.; Haller, M. A.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Schendel, J.; Sullivan, P. A.; Hammond, S.; Buker, N.; Cady, F.; Chen, A.; Steier, W. H. “Organic electro-optic materials.” Proc. SPIE, 2004, 5621, 93-105.
Publications in preparation:
Pereverzev, Y. V.; Gunnerson, K.; Prezhdo, O. V.; Sullivan, P.A.; Liao, Y.; Olbricht, B. C.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Jen A. K.-Y.; Dalton, L. R. Guest-Host Cooperativity in Organic Materials Greatly Enhances the Nonlinear Optical Response, 2007, in preparation.
Olbricht, B. C.; Sullivan, P. A.; Robinson, B. H.; Reid, P. J.; Dalton, L. R. Refractive Index-Independent Estimation of Dipolar Order in Organic Electro-Optic Materials via Variable Angle Polarized Absorption Spectroscopy, 2007, in preparation.
Sullivan P. A.; Rommel, H.; Olbricht, B. C.; Bale, D. H.; Liao, Y.; Rehr, J.; Eichinger, B. E.; Jen, A. K.-Y.; Dalton, L. R.; Robinson, B. H. Quantitative Prediction of the Linear and Nonlinear Optical Behavior of Complex Organic Materials From First-Principles: A Complete Quantum and Statistical Mechanical Treatment, 2007, in preparation for submission to Science.
Dalton, L. R.; Gunter, P.; Sullivan, P. Organic Non-linear Optics:
Molecules, Polymers and Crystals, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
2008, in preparation.
Patents:
Jingdong Luo, Tae-Dong Kim, Kwan-Yue Alex Jen, Baoquan Chen, Jae-Wook Kang, Philip A. Sullivan, Andrew Akelaitis, Larry R. Dalton, "Highly Efficient Electro-Optic Dendrimer-Based Glassy Composites for Photonics",US patent applied, 2005.
Presentations and conferences:
Philip A. Sullivan, Larry R. Dalton “ Organic Materials for Thin-Film Photonics Applications: Rational Design of the Ultimate Electro-Optic Material” DARPA MORPH Program, DARPA MTO Photonics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, December 30 – January 2, 2004.
Sullivan, Philip A.; Akelaitis, Andrew; Luo Jingdong; Haller Marnie; Liao, Yi; Robinson, Bruce H.; Jen, Alex K. Y.; Dalton Larry R. “ Amorphous Organic Glasses from Multi-Arm Dendrimers for Thin-Film Photonics Applications” Abstracts of Papers, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005, ORGN-230.
Akelaitis, Andrew; Sullivan, Philip A.; McGrew, Genette; Lee, Sang Kyu; Choi, Dong Hoon; Dalton, Larry R. “ Dendritic Materials for Enhanced Electro-optic Activity Through Active Component “Site-Isolation” and Attachment Flexibility” Abstracts of Papers, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005, ORGN-229.
Sullivan, P. A.; Akelaitis, A. J. P.; Choi, D. H.; Dalton, L. R. “Macromolecular Multichromophoric system: effects of varying chromophore substitution geometry on poling efficiency and the dendritic “site-isolation” effect.” Abstracts of Papers, 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004, PMSE-295.
Sullivan P. A., Dalton, Larry R. "Organic Electro-Optic Materials." Invited Talk, SPIE Defence Photonics Symposium, Bruges, Belgium, September 26-29, 2005
Sullivan P. A., Dalton, Larry R. "Organic Polymer Materials with High Electro-Optic Coefficients," Invited Talk, Frontiers in Optics, OSA, Tucson, Arizona, October 16-20, 2005
Sullivan P. A. “ Molecular Engineering of Organic Materials for Enhanced 2nd-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties” Faculty Candidate Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, February 21, 2006
Sullivan P. A. “NLO Materials Characterization Capabilities; From Molecules to Modulators” UW DARPA MORPH Team, DARPA MORPH Phase II Kickoff Meeting, Seattle WA, August 15-16, 2006
Refereed publications:
Organic Letters, 2006
