Dr. Mark Edward Thompson

Group Research Advisor

Research Interests:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
- Organic PhotoVoltaic Devices (OPV or Solar Cells)
- Development of Nano-Biotic Sensors
- Development of Abiotic-Biotic Intrfaces

Email: met@usc.edu

Credentials: Full Curriculum Vitae

Judy Fong

Group Administrative Assistant

Education:
B.A., Humanities, University of California - Los Angeles, 2001

Email: judyhom@usc.edu

Dr. Peter Djurovich

Research Professor

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California - Santa Barbara

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Inorganic photochemistry

Email: djurovic@usc.edu

Dr. Sunil Kumar Kandappa

Education:
M.Sc. Applied Chemistry, Mangalore University - Mangalore (India), 2009
Ph.D. Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, 2019

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Organic Photochemistry/Photophysics
- Organic synthesis

Email: kandappa@usc.edu

Dr. Eric T. McClure

Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, 2013
M.S. Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 2017
Ph.D. Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 2019

Research Project:
- Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Charge Transfer Systems
- Fluoride intercalation and Anionic Redox Systems

Area of Expertise:
- Solid State Chemistry and Synthesis
- Powder X-ray Diffraction

Email: etmcclur@usc.edu

Dr. Anton Razgoniaev

Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia, 2012
Ph.D. Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, 2017

Research Project:
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Development of fast blue phosphorescent emitters for OLED applications

Email: razgonia@usc.edu

Megan Cassingham

Education:
B.A., Chemistry, Hendrix College, 2019

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Hybrid organic/inorganic perovskite synthesis


Email: cassingh@usc.edu

James Fortwengler

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Georgia College & State University, 2020
Mathematics Minor, Georgia College & State University, 2020
NSF Fellow

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Organic Synthesis & Computational Methods


Email: fortweng@usc.edu

Gemma Goh

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology - 2019

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Thin films and characterization of hybrid perovskites


Email: yanggoh@usc.edu

Dr. Moon Chul Jung

Education:
B.S., Material Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 2016

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Application of luminescent materials in optoelectronic devices.

Email: moonchuj@usc.edu

Dr. Savannah Kapper

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University, 2015

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of novel ancillary ligands for organometallic complexes for use in OLEDs.


Email: kapper@usc.edu

Jie Ma

Education:
M.S., Materials Science, University of Southern California, 2014

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of blue phosphorescent emitters.


Email: jiem@usc.edu

Konstantin Mallon

Education:
B.S., Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2016
M.S., Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2018

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Development and synthesis of NIR-absorbing dipyridomethene-BF2 dyes for OPV.


Email: kmallon@usc.edu

Austin Mencke

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Seattle Pacific University, 2017

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Development of Near IR Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor molecules for OPV applications.


Email: mencke@usc.edu

Collin Muniz

Education:
B.S. Chemistry (Advanced Option), Oregon State University, 2018
B.S. Physics (Mathematics Minor), Oregon State University, 2018
Gem Fellow

Research Project:
- Solar Fuels and Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Air Free Synthesis
- Theoretical Chemistry

Email: collinmu@usc.edu

Mattia Di Niro

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Brigham Young University - Idaho, 2019

Research Project:
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Organic/Inorganic Synthesis


Email: diniro@usc.edu

Mahsa Rezaiyan

Education:
M.S., Analytical Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology-Tehran,Iran, 2014
B.S., Applied Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology- Tehran, Iran, 2016

Research Project:
- Thermoreversible Bioadhesives
- Biofilms
Area of Expertise:
- Biomaterials
- Polymers


Email: rezaiyan@usc.edu

Jonas Schaab

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich (Germany), 2015.
M.S., Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich (Germany), 2018.

Research Project:
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of organic and inorganic small molecules
- Fluorine Chemistry
- NMR and Vibrational Spectroscopy, Single crystal X-Ray diffractometry


Email: jonassch@usc.edu

Darius Allen Shariaty

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2016.

Research Project:
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
- Artificial Photosynthesis
Area of Expertise:
- Electrochemical energy storage
- Composite materials


Email: shariaty@usc.edu

Dr. Daniel Sylvinson

Education:
M.S., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Thiruvananthapuram (India), 2015

Research Project:
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Virtual screening for materials discovery
- Computational methods

Email: muthiahr@usc.edu

Dr. Abegail Tadle

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
M.S., Organic Chemistry, California State University-Los Angeles


Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)
- Hybrid White Organic LED (WOLEDs)


Area of Expertise:
- Development of new Near Infrared Absorbers for OPVs
- Design and Synthesis of new Fluorescent Dopants and Host Materials for OLEDs


Email: tadle@usc.edu

Kristin Gauderman

Major:
Chemistry


Email: kgauderm@usc.edu

Diana LaFollette

Major:
Chemical Engineering


Email: dlafolle@usc.edu

Aamani Ponnekanti

Major:
Chemical Engineering


Email: aponneka@usc.edu