Research Group, Fall 2022
Research Group Leader
		Deirdre M. O'Carroll Associate Professor Rutgers University, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry Office: CCR-218 Phone: 848-445-1496 Email: ocarroll@rutgers.edu Office Hours: by appointment Curriculum Vitae Citations

Current Researcher Group Members
Cindy Kumah PhD Student, MSE Research Area(s): Organic polymer solar cell materials Email: ck585@rutgers.edu Sneha Sreekumar PhD Student, CCB Research Area(s): Organic optoelectronics; OLEDs, nanolasers Email: ss3317@chem.rutgers.edu Haydee Pacheco PhD Student, MSE Research Area(s): Plasmonics; 2D materials; nanofabrication Email: jp1925@scarletmail.rutgers.edu  Jinyu Chong PhD Student, CCB Research Area(s): Organic solar cells; semiconductor photophysics Email: jc2662@scarletmail.rutgers.edu Yongqi Yang  [CV] PhD Student, CCB Research Area(s): Carbon dots; quantum materials Email: yy592@chem.rutgers.edu Deah Hamza Masters Student, MSE Research Area(s): Organic solar cells Email: deh133@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Alumni

Dr. Nasir Javed, Graduate Researcher (PhD), MSE, 04/2018 - 11/2022 Dr. Hemanth Maddali, Graduate Researcher (PhD), CCB, 04/2017 - 09/2021 Dr. Zhongkai Cheng, Graduate Researcher (PhD), CCB, 09/2015 - 12/2021 Dr. Krystal House, Graduate Researcher (PhD), CCB,03/2019 - 12/2021 Rahma Leil, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 01/2017 - 05/2020 Joshua Kuras, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 01/2018 - 08/2019 Dr. Jill Tracey, Graduate Researcher (PhD), CCB,11/2014 - 05/2019 Radhe Bangad, Undergraduate Researcher, Project SUPER, 01/2018 -05/2019 Trystan Irmiere, REU Undergraduate Researcher, 05/2018 - 08/2018 Kelsey Gwynne, Graduate Research (Masters), MSE, 10/2017 - 05/2020 Daniel Um, Undergraduate Researchers (Senior Lab.), MSE, 01/2017 - 05/2018 Dr. Zeqing Shen, Graduate Researcher, CCB, 09/2012 - 12/2017    Subsequent Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Duke University. Dr. Catrice Carter, Graduate Researcher, MSE, 09/2012 - 12/2017    Subsequent Position: Process Engineer at Intel. Yi (Angela) Yang, Jilin University Intern., CCB, 09/2017 - 12/2017 Maria L. Adrover, U. Puerto Rico, REU Researcher, 06/2017 - 08/2017 Kristina Laya: Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 10/2016 - 05/2017 Anand Patel, Undergraduate Researcher (Senior Lab.), MSE, 01/2016 - 05/2017 Ankur Dalsania, Undergraduate Researcher, CCB, 09/2014 - 05/2017    Subsequent Position: Medical Student at NJIT. Dr. Christopher Petoukhoff, Graduate Researcher, MSE, 09/2011 - 12/2016    Subsequent Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at OIST, Japan. Kun Zhu, Rotation Graduate Student, CCB, 10/2016-12/2016 Yutong Wu, Jilin University Intern., CCB, 09/2016 - 12/2016 Seerat Aziz, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 01/2016 - 09/2016 Kelsey Gwynne, REU Undergraduate Researcher, 06/2016 - 08/2016.    Subsequent position: Graduate student in MSE at Rutgers University. Dr. Binxing Yu, Graduate Researcher, CCB, 09/2011 - 06/2016    Subsequent Position: Senior R&D Engineer at NanoFlex Power, Corp. Catherine Antonick, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 09/2014 - 05/2016    Subsequent Position: Manufacturing Engineering at Thorlabs. Maxine Siss, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 02/2015 - 05/2016 Katsuya Noji, Visiting Graduate Researcher, Tokyo I.T., 11/2015 - 12/2016 Zhongkai (Harry) Cheng, Jilin University Intern, CCB, 09/2015 - 12/2015 Maria Ramos Sepulveda, U. Puerto Rico, REU Researcher, Summer 2015 AiMei Chang, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 09/2013 - 05/2015    Subsequent Position: Math Teacher, NYC Department of Education. Joe Woo, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 05/2013 - 05/2015 Peter Spatocco, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 01/2014 - 01/2015    Subsequent Position: Roll Mill Metallurgist at Nucor Steel. Pragi Siva, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 06/2013 - 01/2015 Manika Jain, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 05/2012 - 01/2015    Subsequent Position: Metallurgical Engineering at Alcoa. Yingge (Betty) Cong, Jilin University Intern, CCB, 09/2014 - 12/2014 Gary Cheung, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 03/2011 - 08/2014    Subsequent Position: Technical Project Manager at Princeton Optronics. Sarah Goodman, Undergraduate Researcher, CCB, 09/2011 - 08/2014    Subsequent Position: Graduate student at MIT in Electrical Engineering. Divya Vijapurapu, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, 05/2011 - 07/2014    Subsequent position: Incoming Associate Engineer at Merck. Cindy Kumah, REU GET-UP Undergraduate Researcher, 06/2014-07/2014.    Subsequent position: Graduate student in MSE at Rutgers University. Benjamin AgyeiTuffour, Visiting Graduate Researcher from the University of Ghana, 09/2013 - 07/2014. Dr. Jesse Kohl, Graduate Researcher, MSE, 03/2011 - 05/2014    Subsequent positions: Research Scientist at Corning; Process Engineer at Intel. Dr. Roney Thomas, Postdoctoral Researcher, 03/2013 - 03/2014 ...Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Wesleyan University. Owen Abe, RiSE/REU Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2013    Subsequent position: Graduate student at SUNY in MSE. Ryan Belfer, Aresty Undergraduate Researcher, Physics, Summer 2013 Michael Kong, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, Summer 2013 Alexa Abdelaziz, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, June 2011 - May 2013    Subsequent positions: Graduate student at Columbia; graduate trainee at Croda. Emily Esposito, Undergraduate Researcher, CCB, Sept. 2012 - May 2013 Kevin Savage, Aresty Research Assistant, Civil Eng., Sept. 2012 - May 2013 Xiaojun Wang, Jilin University Intern, CCB, Sept. - Dec. 2012 Avni Mehta, High School Research Intern, Summer 2012 Coleen Nemes, Undergraduate Researcher, RISE Program, Summer 2012    Subsequent position: Graduate student at Yale in Chemistry. Joshua Vichare, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, January - May 2012 Kenan A. Gebizlioglu, Undergraduate Researcher, MSE, June - Aug. 2011