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

Peter Djurovich, Ph.D.

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

Karim El Roz, Ph.D.

Education:
Ph.D., Chemistry, North Carolina State University- Raleigh, NC, 2017

Research Project:
- Hybrid White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (WOLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Designing blue fluorescent dopant materials with high internal/external quantum efficiencies.
- Steady-state and time resolved photophysical characterization of fluorescent materials in both solution and in doped thin films.

Email: elroz@usc.edu

Bin Li, Ph.D.

Education:
B.S., Polymer Materials and Engineering, Anhui University, 2009
Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS, 2015

Research Project:
- Thermoreversible bioadhesive

Area of Expertise:
- Polymers, biomaterials, hydrogels


Email: binli@usc.edu

Ali Akil

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, California State University - Long Beach, 2016
B.A., Physics, California State University - Long Beach, 2016

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of materials for organic photovoltaics.
- Photophysical and computational study of charge transfer in organic materials.

Email: aakil@usc.edu

Niki Bayat

Education:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology - Iran
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of S. California, 2014

Research Project:
- Temperature Responsive Adhesives

Area of Expertise:


Email: nbayat@usc.edu

Jessica Golden

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of California - Santa Cruz, 2013

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of novel materials for organic photovoltaics

Email: jhgolden@usc.edu

Rasha Hamze

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, American University of Beirut, 2011

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Cu(I)-based luminescent materials for uses in display technology (OLEDs) and in white-lighting (down-converters for UV-LEDs)
- Design, synthesis, isolation, purification of Cu(I) luminophores; incorporating these materials into devices through vapor deposition and into thin films through solution processing.

Email: hamze@usc.edu

Taylor Hodgkins

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 2014

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite like structures.

Email: thodgkin@usc.edu

Muazzam Idris

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 2012
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2013
M.S., Chemistry, Bilkent University, 2014

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of blue host and dopant materials for OLEDs.


Email: idris@usc.edu

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

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

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

Roby Menefee (Master's student)

Education:
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, 2017
B.S., Computational Neuroscience, University of Southern California, USA, 2017

Research Project:
- Smart Materials, Temperature Responsive Sealants and Adhesives

Area of Expertise:
- Rheology, DLS, Zeta Potential Measurements.
-General principles of biomaterials and biomedical device regulation.


Email: rmenefee@usc.edu

Brenda Ontiveros

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 2017

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of blue host and dopant materials for OLEDs.


Email: bontiver@usc.edu

Patrick Saris

Education:
B.S., University of California - San Diego

Research Project:
- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Area of Expertise:
- The strategic application of named reactions in organic synthesis

Email: psaris@usc.edu

Bethany Seckman

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, SUNY - Binghamton, 2016

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Perovskite synthesis.

Email: seckman@usc.edu

Shuyang Shi

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Nankai University (China), 2013

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

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of new materials for OLEDs

Email: shis@usc.edu

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

Abegail Tadle

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs)

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of Dipyridomethene-BF₂ complexes

Email: tadle@usc.edu

Narcisse Ukwitegetse

Education:
B.A. Chemical Physics, Hendrix College, 2014

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of Aza-pentacene chromophores


Email: ukwitege@usc.edu

Piyumie Wickramasinghe

Education:
M.S., Chemistry, Queen's University - Canada

Research Project:
- Organic Photovoltaics

Area of Expertise:
- Synthesis of Squaraine Materials
- Fabrication of Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Email: pwickram@usc.edu

Rebecca Wilson

Education:
B.S., Environmental Engineering: Industrial Processes, University of New Hampshire, 2012

Research Project:
-Organic Photovoltaics

Area of Expertise:
- Inverted devices, hybrid photoelectrochemical systems

Email: rebeccjw@usc.edu

Jose Cardenas

Major:
Chemistry


Email: jlcarden@usc.edu

Han-Ming Hau

Major:
Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology)


Email: hanmingh@usc.edu