People
Postdoctoral Scholars
Bok Yeop Ahn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Bok Yeop Ahn is a research professor in the Lewis research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). His EFRC research focuses on the direct-write assembly of printed electronics, three-dimensional metallic or ceramic structures for photonic, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic applications.
Debashis Chanda
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Debashis Chanda is a post doctoral research associate in Prof. John Rogers group at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working on Optical Metamaterials, Plasmonic and thin film photovoltaic systems. His recent work on negative index metamaterials was published as cover article of July 2011 edition of Nature Nanotechnology and received many press coverages.
Robert Coridan
California Institute of Technology
Dr. Robert Coridan is a postdoctoral fellow in Nate Lewis’s group in the Chemistry Department at Caltech. His research interests include novel semiconductor configurations and soft material self-assembly strategies for solar fuel devices.
Matthew Escarra
California Institute of Technology
Matthew Escarra is a postdoctoral scholar in the Atwater research group at the California Institute of Technology. His research focuses on developing spectrum splitting optical structures and related devices for full spectrum, high efficiency solar energy conversion.
Vivian Ferry
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. Vivian Ferry is a postdoc in the Alivisatos group at UC Berkeley, working on light trapping in ultrathin film solar cells. Her previous work as a graduate student in the Atwater group at Caltech on plasmonic light trapping for thin film Si earned her a Gold Student Award at MRS and the Demetriades-Tsafska-Kokkalis thesis award.
Joe Geddes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Joseph B. Geddes III is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). At UIUC he has extended his research in the design, construction, and optical interrogation of complex materials. This work has included projects on gradient index and transformation optics, analysis of curved photodetector arrays and integrated solar cells made by transfer printing, design of highly nonlinear metal-dielectric composites, and optical pulse shaping for coherent control of Raman microscopy.
Majid Gharghi
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Majid Gharghi is a postdoctoral fellow in Zhang group at UC Berkeley working on optical design of solar cells for enhanced light matter interaction.
Jonathan Grandidier
California Institute of Technology
Dr. Jonathan Grandidier is currently a post-doctoral scholar in the Atwater Research Group at Caltech. He is interested in nanophotonics, plasmonics and dielectric resonant structures for photovoltaics applications. His EFRC research on Whispering Gallery Mode solar cells has been featured in "greentechmedia" in February 2011.
Ragip Pala
California Institute of Technology
Ragip Pala is a postdoc in Prof. Atwater's Group working on the design and fabrication of Plasmonic and dielectric nanostructures for enhanced light trapping in thin film solar cells with a wide angular response.
Bryce Sadtler
California Institute of Technology
Dr. Bryce Sadtler is a Beckman Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech working with Professor Nathan Lewis. He is research interests are in light-driven processes for directing the growth and morphology of inorganic materials.
Matt Sheldon
California Institute of Technology
Dr. Matt Sheldon is a postdoctoral scholar in the Atwater research lab at Caltech. He studies techniques for enhanced durability in high efficiency GaAs solar cells, as well as alternative methods for optical power conversion utilizing plasmonic nanostructures. His work has been featured in Nature Magazine 'Research Highlights' and on the cover of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics.
Xing Sheng
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Xing Sheng is a postdoctoral associate in the Rogers research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His EFRC research focuses on integration of various photonic designs for thin-film high efficiency solar cells via transfer printing techniques.
