Prof. Alberto Salleo | asalleo@

Jonathan Rivnay | rivnay@

Jonathan received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. He is currently a graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford. His research interests include structure property relations and spectroscopy of semiconducting polymers. Outside of lab he enjoys traveling, running, and the outdoors.

Sangwon Lee | sangwon@

Sangwon received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Seoul National University (Korea) in 2006. He is currently a graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. His research interests include novel materials' properties and processing techniques for various applications such as electronics, photonics and biotechnology. He enjoys running, swimming and skiing.

Chenchen Wang | c2wang@

Chenchen received her BS in Fundamental Science (Math and Physics) and MS in Physics from Tsinghua University in China. She is currently a graduate student in Applied Physics. She is interested in structure property relations of organic semiconductors. She also enjoys reading and traveling.

Rodrigo Noriega | noriega@

Rodrigo earned his BS in Engineering Physics from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. He is currently a graduate student in Applied Physics, working on the synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanowires for use as transparent conductors. His outside interests include soccer, the outdoors, and almost any team sport.

Sujay Phadke | saphadke@

Sujay received his BS (BE) in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University (India). He did MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He is currently a graduate student in the department(s) of Mechanical Engineering and Materials science and Engineering at Stanford Univeristy. Sujay is working on zinc oxide nanowires for solar cell electrodes. His outside interests are playing table tennis, reading and watching sci-fi movies.

Young Min Park | youngmin@

Young Min received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering and Mathematics, and MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Seoul National University (Korea). He is currently a graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford. His research interests include new types of chemical sensors using organic transistors, and various organic materials applications for electronics. Young Min enjoys playing soccer, watching sports and traveling.

Amit Desai | aydesai@

Amit received his B.S in Materials Science & Engineering from NC State University in 2006. He then completed an M.Phil. in Physics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge while researching doped hydroxyapatite thin films as biocoatings for orthopedic implants. Amit is now a grad student in Materials Science with an interest in charge transport within organic semiconductors. Amit enjoys traveling, playing tennis, and learning how to cook.

Waqas Mustafeez | mustafeez27@

Waqas received his B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering from University of Hull, UK. Currently he is a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford. In the past he did work on numerical techniques for modeling heat flow and more recently at Stanford worked in Prof. Kazovsky's lab on optical communication components and WDM optical networks. His current work is on silicon nanocrystal formation for illumination purposes using femtosecond lasers. He likes to spend his spare time on playing squash, cricket and reading.

Javier Dacuna Santos | javierds@

Javier received his B.S. (2003) and  M.S. (2005) degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain). He spent one year in the Wireless and Mobile Communications Group of the Delft University of Technology (Netherlands), where he worked on statistical characterization of ultra wide-band (UWB) channels. Later he did work on novel miniature antennas for radio-frequency identification (RFID) applications. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford, working on charge transport models for organic semiconductors.

Saahil Mehra | smehra@

Saahil graduated from MIT in 2008 with his B.S in Materials Science & Engineering, and is currently pursuing his M.S in Materials Science & Engineering. His research interests are in electronic materials and materials for alternate energy, and he hopes to pursue a PhD in the near future. His current work is on solution-based, low-cost synthesis and deposition of nanostructured ZnO films for improved photovoltaic light trapping. In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors, playing his guitar, and travelling.

Pil Sung Jo | chovic99@

Pil Sung received his BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Yonsei University. He is currently a graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford, working on structure property relations of single- or multi-component organic semiconductor systems. He enjoys playing basketball and traveling.

Shai Barak | sbarak@

Shai received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2007. She is currently a graduate student in Electrical Engineering at Stanford, with interests including laser interactions with materials and potential for processing. She also enjoys reading, papercraft, and cooking with friends.

Garrett Hayes | ghayes@

Garrett received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering here at Stanford in 2009 and is staying to pursue a PhD in the same discipline. Garrett is currently developing a technology to deposit high-quality, biaxially-aligned polycrystalline Si thin films for low-cost solar cells in conjunction with Prof. Bruce Clemens. In his spare time Garrett enjoys alpine ski racing with the Stanford Ski Team, as well as playing jazz and classical trumpet in the bay area.

Yezhou Shi | yezhou@

Yezhou obtained his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He joined the Materials Science and Engineering Department in Stanford in fall, 2009 and is currently co-supervised by Prof. Salleo and Dr. Mike Toney at SSRL. He uses diffraction techniques to study the relationship between structures and electrical properties in oxides for their potential applications as transparent electrodes. In his spare time, Yezhou enjoys playing badminton, reading, and cooking Chinese cuisine.

Diane Wu| dmw53@

Di received her BA in Chemistry from Cornell University and is
currently a PhD student in the Chemistry department. She is studying the incorporation of upconverting materials into ZnO films to improve light absorption in photovoltaics. Interests outside of lab include photography, food, swimming, backgammon and rock climbing.

Scott Himmerlberger| shimmelberger@

Scott graduated from UC Davis in 2010 with a BS in Chemical Engineering, and is currently a graduate student in Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford.  His research interests include structure/property relationships in semiconducting polymers for use in large-area and flexible electronics. Outside of lab he enjoys running, playing basketball, and reading.

Duc Trong Duong| dtd32188@

Duc earned his BS in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently a graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.  His research interests include aligning organic semiconductors for anisotropic charge transport studies and conducting various X-ray Diffraction experiments at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL).  Outside of lab he enjoys being outdoors, reading, playing piano and writing music.

Thomas Bancel| tbancel@