Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Susanna Thon

Position: Post-doctoral Fellow

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Susanna Thon received her Bachelor's degree in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005. She received Master's (2008) and Ph.D. (2010) degrees in physics from the University of California Santa Barbara where her research focused on quantum optics experiments in the solid state. Her current research interests include integrating nanoplasmonics with quantum dot photovoltaics.

Dr. Zhijun Ning

Position: Post-doctoral Fellow

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Zhijun Ning received his PhD degree in Applied Chemistry in 2009 from the East China University of Science & Technology. He worked on the development of organic optoelectronic materials for solar cells, an organic light emitting diode, and a fluorescence sensor. After that, he started his postdoctoral research at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. His research focused on the development of colloidal nanoparticles-based solar cells and a bio-sensor. He is currently working on the development of solution-processable nanocrystal-based panchromatic solar cells.

Dr. Philipp Stadler

Position: Post-doctoral Fellow

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Philipp Stadler finished his master (diploma) degree at Linz institute of organic solar cells (LIOS) and earned his PhD in physical chemistry in the same place. His work focused on development of organic field-effect transistors, fundamental transport studies in organic semiconductors and interfacial effects at organic heterojunctions and donor-acceptor systems. Currently he changed to inorganic colloidal quantum dots targeting charge transport properties in nanocrystal thin films.

Dr. Huan Liu

Position: Post-doctoral Fellow

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Huan Liu received her B.Sc.Eng in 2001 and M.E. in 2004 from Huazhong university of Science and Technology (HUST) in Wuhan, China. She then joined the faculty of the Department of Electronic Science and Technology at HUST. In 2008, she completed the Ph.D in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics at HUST. Her research interests involve nanocrystalline seminconductive oxides as well as novel sensors. She is currently focusing on the infrared photovoltaics made by solution processing.

Dr. Xihua Wang

Position: Post-doctroal Fellow

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Xihua Wang received his bachelor's degree in physics in 2003 from Peking University. Then he joined the physics department at Boston University. His Ph.D. research focused on nano-electronic and nano-optic biosensing, and he defended his thesis in the end of 2008. He is currently working as the postdoctoral fellow on quantum dot photovoltaics.