Biographical Information
Education:
Post Doctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Supervisor: Harry A. Atwater, 2010-2014
Department of Materials Science and Applied Physics
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Adviser: A. Paul Alivisatos, June 2010
Thesis: “Electrical Characterization of Individual Semiconductor Nanocrystals”
Graduate Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2004-2010
B.A. Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, June 2004
Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in the Major
Distinction in the Senior Thesis: “Making the Switch: Electronics on the Molecular Scale”
Fellowships and Awards:
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Winner, Journal of Materials Chemistry Poster Award, Materials Research Society Annual
Meeting, Spring 2010
Outstanding Symposium Paper, Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry, MRS Annual
Meeting, Spring 2009
Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2005-2009
Franz Exner Award for Excellence in Chemistry, Carleton College, 2004
Summer Research Fellowship, Carleton College, 2003