Education

B.S. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (2004)

Awards

IGERT Fellowship (2006), UIF Fellowship (2007), Kwiram Graduate Student Fellowship (2008), IGERT Internatioal Research Rotation Fellowship (2008)

Publications

Ochsenbein, S. T.; Feng, Y.; Whitaker, K. M.; Badaeva, E.; Liu, W. K.; Li, X.; Gamelin, D. R. “Charge-Controlled Magnetism in Colloidal Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals.” Nat. Nanotechnol. , 2009 , 4, 681-687.

Droubay, T. C.; Keavney, D. J.; Kaspar, T. C.; Heald, S. M.; Wang, C. M.; Johnson, C. A.; Whitaker, K. M.; Gamelin, D. R.; Chambers, S. A. "Correlated Substitution in Paramagnetic Mn²⁺-Doped ZnO Epitaxial Films." Phys. Rev. B, 2009, 79, 155203.

Whitaker, K. M.; Ochsenbein, S. T.; Polinger, V. Z.; Gamelin, D. R. "Electron confinement effects in the EPR Spectra of Colloidal n-Type ZnO Quantum Dots." J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 14331-14335.

Thomay, T.; Hanke, T.; Tomas, M.; Sotier, F.; Beha, K.; Knittel, V.; Kahl, M.; Whitaker, K. M.; Gamelin, D. R.; Leitenstorfer, A.; Bratschitsch, R."Colloidal ZnO Quantum Dots in Ultraviolet Pillar Microcavities." Optics Express, 2008, 16, 9791-9794.

Janssen, N.; Whitaker, K.M.; Gamelin, D.R.; Bratschitsch, R. "Ultrafast Spin Dynamics in Colloidal ZnO Quantum Dots." Nano Letters, 2008, 8, 1991-1994. (view)

Liu, W. K.; Whitaker, K. M.; Smith, A. L.; Kittilstved, K. R.; Robinson, B. H.; Gamelin, D. R. "Room-Temperature Electron Spin Dynamics in Free-Standing ZnO Quantum Dots." Phys. Rev. Lett., 2007, 98, 186804. (view)

Liu, W. K.; Whitaker, K. M.; Kittilstved, K. R.; Gamelin, D. R. "Stable Photogenerated Carriers in Magnetic Semiconductor Nanocrystals." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 3910-3911. (view)