Meet the Team
Principal Investigators
B. Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Chair in Chemistry
Research Scientists
Chief scientist at the Ginger lab
Postdoctoral Researchers
CEI Distinguished postdoctoral fellow
PhD Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Masters and Undergrads
Master of Science candidate
Administration
Research Coordinator and Operations Manager at IMOD
Past Members
2025
- Benjamin Lavid (REU Student, summer 2025) Worked on Synthesis of perovskite quantum dots for quantum light applications.
- Khoa Ngo (MS,2025) , Worked on OMEIC devices, will be entering into the world of consulting. Best of luck in the future Khoa!
- Shaun Gallagher (PhD, Chemistry, 2025) Worked on surface engancements and spectroscopic characterisation of perovskite solar quantum dots. He has now joined Meta as a contractor. Congrats!
- Justin Pothoof (PhD., Chemistry, 2025) Worked on appliying advanced machine learning now works at spaceX…Reaching new heights!
- Maddie Breshears (PhD., Chemistry, 2025) Worked on appliying advanced machine learning. Best of luck in the future!
- Aiden O’Brien (Undergrad student, 2024-2025) Aidan was a chemistry undergraduate who studied perovskite semiconductors for solar cell applications, leading his own study on fabricating all-inorganic perovskite solar cells. We miss you Aidan.
2024
- Aaron Weaver (B.S., Chemistry, 2024) will be joining the California Institute of Technology to pursue a PhD in Chemistry after graduation. Looking forward to your future achievements!
- Hanna Dixon (B.S., Chemistry, 2024) is now at Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories with plans to pursue her PhD in the future. Congratulations, Hanna! Best of luck in your future endeavors.
- Dr. Robert Westbrook (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2024) has become a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Cambridge after his postdoc position here. Congrats Robert!
- Dr. Urvashi Bothra (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023-2024) has become a Postdoctoral Fellow at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) after her postdoc position here. Congrats Urvashi!
- Dr. Margherita Taddei (PhD, 2019-2024) has become a Postdoctoral Fellow at National Renewable Energy Laboratory after graduation. Congrats Margherita!
- Dr. Yangwei Shi (PhD, 2019-2024) has joined Meta with HCL upon graduation. Congrats Yangwei!
2023
- Aaron Warga (B.S., Chemistry, 2023) has become a Process Engineer with Mackin Talent at Meta after graduation. Congrats Aaron!
- Kevin Cai (B.S., Biochemistry, 2023) plans on attending medical school in the near future. Keep it up Kevin!
- Dr. Muammer Yaman (PhD, 2018-2023) has become a Process Engineer with HCL at Meta upon graduation. Congrats Muammer!
- Ramsess Quezada (M.S., 2018-2023) has graduated with M.S. degree. Best wishes with your future endeavors Ramsess!
- Dr. Kevin Ho (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2023) has become an AFM-IR Engineer at Western Digital after his postdoc position. Congrats Kevin!
- Dr. Emerson Chen(PhD, 2020-2023) has joined Analog Devices as a Senior Process Engineer upon graduation. Congrats Emerson!
- Dr. Jiajie Guo (PhD, 2016-2023) has become a Postdoctoral Fellow at Berkeley Lab after graduation. Congrats Jiajie!
- Dr. James Sadighian (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2023) has become a Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton after his postdoc position. Congrats James!
- Dr. Kathryn Guye (PhD and Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2023) has become a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Pacific Northwest National Lab National Security Directorate after her postdoc position. Congrats Katie!
2022
- Gerald Liao (B.S., Biochemistry, B.A., Philosophy, 2022) has taken a gap year after graduation with the goal of attending medical school in the near future. Keep it up Gerald!
- Dr. Jian Wang (Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Scientist, 2017-2022) has joined Ubiquitous Energy as the Director of Device Development after his research scientist position. Well done Jian!
2021
- Dr. Xudong Wang(Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021) has joined Nanosys as a Scientist after his postdoc position. Congrats Xudong!
- Dr. Connor Bischak (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2021) has become a Professor at the University of Utah after his postdoc position. Congrats Connor!
- Dr. Sarthak Jariwala (PhD, 2016-2021) has joined Palo Alto Research Center upon graduation. Way to go Sarthak!
- Dr. Demi Liu (PhD, 2016-2021) has joined McKinsey & Company after graduation. Congrats Demi!
- Dr. Erin Jedlicka (PhD, 2015-2021) has joined UW MSubs Summer Program as an Elective Instructor upon graduation. Way to go Erin.
- Irika Sinha (B.S., Biochemistry, 2021)joined the McGuire Lab at Fred Hutch after graduation. Congrats Irika!
2020
- Dr. Franziska Muckel(Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2020) is now a Professor at Univ. Duisburg-Essen. Congrats Franzi!
- Jeff Harrison (M.S., 2020) received M.S. Chemistry 2020. Way to go Jeff!
- Dr. Lucas Flagg (Ph.D. Chemistry, 2015-2020) defended his thesis titled, “Understanding Ion Injection and Transport in Mixed Ionic/Electronic Conductors”. He is currently a postdoc at NIST. Congrats Lucas!
2019
- Jake Precht (M.S., 2019) is now at Pitchbook. Congrats Jake!
2018
- Dr. Mark Ziffer (2012-2018) is currently a postdoc in X.Y.Zhu’s Group at the Columbia University investigating electronic structure and charge carrier dynamics using EUV time-resolved two-photon photoemission spectroscopy. Way to go Mark!
2017
- Dr. Soumyadyuti Samai (2013-2017) is currently working as a Research Scientist at Corning Inc. Congrats Soumya!
- Dr. Sarah Vorpahl (2012-2017) worked as an MRS/OSA Science and Engineering Congressional Fellow in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office after graduating! She is currently a Senior Energy Policy Specialist in the WA State Energy Office. Way to go Sarah!
- Dr. Dane DeQuilettes (2012-2017) is currently a postdoc in Vladimir Bulovic’s Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working to save the world by developing novel photovoltaics. Congrats Dane!
- Prof. Hiroaki Benten (2017) Prof. Benten, currently at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, has visited our lab twice as a visiting professor, most recently in Autumn, 2017.
- Dr. Zhaoxia Qian (postdoc 2015-2017) Is currently working in Seattle as both a mom and a professional data scientist.
- Dr. Jie Zhang (2014-2017) is currently a postdoc in Alex Jen’s Group at the City University of Hong Kong.
2016
- Adam Colbert (Ph.D. 2016)defended his thesis titled, “Spectroscopic Characterization of Interfacial Charge Transfer and Recombination in Polymer/Quantum Dot Blends,” and worked at the startup company Voxtel, before moving to a new position at NRL.
- Dr. David Moerman (2014-2016) is currently a postdoc in the Laboratory for Chemistry in Novel Materials at the University of Mons in Belgium.
- Wenbi Wu (2016 B.S. Chemistry) is currently a graduate student at MIT.
- Phillip Cox (2016 Ph.D. Chemistry)defended his thesis titled, “Local Imaging of Optoelectronic Properties and Film Degradation in Polymer/Fullerene Solar Cells with Electrostatic Force Microscopy,” and worked at Intel before moving to a staff scientist at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds.
Pre-2016
- Dr.Tony Wu (postdoc 2015)
- Durmus Karatay (2010-2015, Ph.D. Physics) defended his thesis and now works at Microsoft.
- Yunqi Yan (2009-2015) defended her thesis and went on to a post-doc in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.
- Dr. Fukashi Matsumoto (2014-2015) visiting scientist from Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute.
- Dr. Micah Glaz (2012-2015) has accepted a position working in the Molecular Analysis Facility at the Clean Energy Institute located at the University of Washington.
- Hiro Nagaoka (2012-2014) defended his thesis and is currently working at JNC Corporation in Japan on lithium ion batteries. Congratulations!!
- Dana Sulas became a graduate student in Professor Cody Schlenker’s lab.
- Anthony Hall, undergraduate researcher 2011-2014
- Guozheng Shao, graduate student from 2009-2014, defended his thesis entitled, “Studying Internal Processes in Organic Photovoltaics through Atomic Force Microscopies.” Congratulaitons Guozheng!
- Dr Fei Ma, visiting scientist.
- Glennis Rayermann, graduate student UW chemistry.
- Jasmine Beverly was an undergraduate researcher and Rainer Scholar, Summer 2014.
- Jonathan Casamayor was a Hooked on Photonics REU student, Summer 2014.
- Samuel R. Peurifoy was a Hooked on Photonics REU student, Summer 2014.
- Cody Schlenker was a post doc in the lab from 2011-2014 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Washington. Congratulations Cody!
- Esha Sengupta was a post doc in the lab from 2012-2014 before joining GE.
- Kristi Bischoff was an REU student in the lab and undergraduate researcher from Summer 2013-2014.
- Stephen Hsieh** gradauted in 2014 from the UW Chemistry Department and was an undergraduate in the lab 2011-2014.
- Torin Dupper (2013 REU) currently a chemistry graduate student at UC Irvine.
- Michael Salvador (post doc 2009-2013) became a research scientist working in the lab of Prof. Dr. C. J. Brabec at Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research and is now part of KAUST Solar Center.
- Elizabeth Strein (2013 PhD, Chemistry) successfully defended her thesis entitled, “Probing Photocurrent Generation Mechanisms in Hybrid IR-Senstive Quantum Dot/Conjugated Polymer Solar Cells.”
- Matt Gliboff (2013 PhD, Physics) successfully defended his thesis and is now a Physics Instructor University of Washington, Bothell. Congratulations Matt!
- Kristina Knesting (PhD student, Chemistry) sucessfully defended her thesis titled, “Polymer-Metal Interface Studies with Applications for Solar Cells.” Way to go Kris!
- Professor Hiroaki Benten (visiting professor 2013) is currently at Kyoto University, in Japan researching polymer physics and structure.
- Huanxin Ju,(visiting student 2012-2013) is currently at the University of Science and Technology of China, China.
- Eric Janke, (2013 B.S. Chemistry), currently a graduate student at the University of Chicago.
- Dr. Dean Waldow, is back working at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA.
- Dr. Liping Wang, now professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China.
- Dr. Hoon Heo, now professor at Pukyong National University, Korea.
- Brittani Love (2012 REU) is currently a chemistry graduate student at UT Austin.
- Dr. Xin Wang, former postdoc now at Invitrogen.
- Dr. Rajiv Giridharagopal, went to work at Intel Research, before returning to UW as staff scientist in our group.
- Dr. Jennifer Chen (postdoc) now professor at York University, Canada.
- Dr. Bradley McLeod, (Ph.D. Chemistry, 2012) now at NREL.
- Dr. Keiko Munechika, (Ph.D. Chemistry 2011) following a year of postdoc research in our group, worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, then Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and now works for a startup company in the Bay Area.
- Dr. Jung-hyurk Lim, visiting Faculty, now professor at Chungju National University, South Korea.
- Sarah Griesse-Nascimento, (2011 REU), now completing her EE degree at Boston University.
- Ashley Marshall, (2011 REU), now completing her Chemistry degree at Pacific Lutheran.
- Dr. Kevin Noone, (2011 Ph.D. Chemistry), now at Intel.
- Noah Horwitz, (2011 B.S. Chemistry), currently a chemistry Ph.D. student at Northwestern.
- Sam Collins, (2011 B.S. Chemistry), currently a chemistry Ph.D. student at UC Santa Barbara.
- Dr. Deanna Rodovsky, (2010 Ph.D. Chemistry), currently at Boeing Research.
- Andreas Tillack, UW Chemistry pre-doctoral student, 2008-2010.
- Dr. Abhishek Kulkarni, 2007-2010, now at Boeing Research.
- Dave Moore, 2008-2010 (2009 B.S. Chem Eng), now PhD student at Cornell.
- Alex Chortos, 2010 (U. Waterloo summer intern).
- Dr. Obadiah Reid, 2005-2010 (2010 Ph.D. Chemistry), currently at postdoc at the National Renewable Energy Lab – NREL.
- Leo Yexuan Zhang, UW Chem E (now EE), undergraduate, 2009-2010.
- Matt Hall, 2010 (physics undergrad project).
- Sam Guyer, 2009-2010 (2010 B.S. Chemistry).
- Dr. Chris Groves, 2009, (postdoc), Lecturer of Organic Electronics in School of Engineering and Computing Sciences University of Durham, U.K.
- Dr. Yeechi Chen, 2004-2009 (2009 Ph.D. Physics), currently proud mother, and post-doc working on scientific communication and visualization.
- Josiah Ward, summer 2009 (REU student).
- Ian Braly, summer 2009 (REU student).
- Nick Anderson, 2007-2009 (2009 B.S. Chemistry), currently a Ph.D. student at Columbia, now at NREL.
- Dr. Joseph Wei, 2004-2009 (2009 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering), engineer at Novellus Systems, Portland.
- Dr. Liam Pingree, 2006-2008, (postdoc) engineer at Boeing 2009-2014, Amazon 2014-present.
- Prof. Lee Park, 2007-2008 (sabbatical), returned to Williams College.
- Dr. Andrea Munro, 2003-2008 (2008 Ph.D. Physical Chemistry), Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Pacific Lutheran University.
- Irene Wang, 2008 (GEMSEC REU student), undergrad at UW.
- Andrey Malyutin, 2008 (NNIN REU student), undergrad at Kalamazoo College.
- Jessica Smith, 2006-2008 (2008 B.S. Chemistry), currently a Ph.D. student at Berkeley.
- Marsha Ng, 2004-05 & 2007-08 (2008 M.S. Chemistry), currently pursing dentistry.
- Dr. David Coffey, 2003-2007 (2007 Ph.D. Physics), currently working at NREL.
- Ilan Jen-La Plante, 2005-2007 (undergraduate, 2007 B.S. Chemistry), currently a Ph.D. student at Berkeley.
- Ashley Bissell, 2007 (joint summer student with Gamelin), currently a Ph.D. student in the Gamelin group.
- Abram Ledbetter, 2006-2007 (M.S. Materals Science & Engineering).
- Brian Rolcynski, 2006-2007 (undergraduate), currently PhD student at Northwestern.
- Dr. Jialong Zhao, 2005-2006 (postdoc).
- Matthew Adams, 2004-2006 (M.S. Chemistry).
- Andrew Laughlin, 2004-2005 (M.S. Chemistry), currently working in patent law.
- Peter Salveson, 2004-2005 (undergraduate, B.S. Biochemistry).
- Ryan Thompson, 2004-2005 (undergraduate, Environmental Science).
- I-Kang Ding, 2003-2004 (undergraduate, National Taiwan University) currently a Ph.D. student at Stanford.
- Poi Sim Khiew, 2004 (visiting scholar from University Kebangsaan Malaysia).
