Postdocs
Carena Daniels (Carena Daniels sample paper)
Joselyn del Pilar Albaladejo‡ (Joselyn del Pilar Albaladejo sample paper)
Feng Zhu (Feng Zhu sample paper)
Doctorates
Marquix Adamson (Phase Evolution, Polymorphism, and Catalytic Activity of Nickel Dichalcogenide Nanocrystals)
Sam Alvarado† (Shape-Programmed Nanofabrication: Understanding the Reactivity of Dichalcogenide Precursors)
Himashi Andaraarachchi (Phase-Programmed Nanofabrication: Effect of Organophosphite Precursor Reactivity on the Evolution of Nickel and Nickel Phosphide Nanocrystals)
Kuangcai Chen (Multishell Au/Ag/SiO2 Nanorods with Tunable Optical Properties as Single Particle Orientation and Rotational Tracking Probes) (co-advised with Ning Fang)
Yunhua Chen† (Revealing the Surface Structure of CdSe Nanocrystals by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization-Enhanced 77Se and 113Cd Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy) (co-advised with Aaron Rossini)
Carena Daniels (Heterobimetallic Single-Source Precursors: A Springboard to the Synthesis of Binary Intermetallics)
Eunbyeol Gi (Structural Studies of Alloyed and Nanoparticle Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Selenium-77 Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy)
Yijun Guo (Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Enhancement in Ge/CdS and Ge/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals: Utilizing IV/II–VI Semiconductor Epitaxy)
Chia-Cheng (John) Lin (Microstructure Effects on the Water Oxidation Activity of Co3O4/Porous Silica Nanocomposites)
Alan Medina-Gonzalez (Surface Chemistry of Ternary Nanocrystals: Engineering the Deposition of Conductive NaBiS2 Films)
Long Men (Persistent Dopants and Phase Segregation in Organolead Mixed-Halide Perovskites)
Malinda Reichert (Preparation and Instability of Nanocrystalline Cuprous Nitride)
Bryan Rosales†,‡ (Solution-Grown Sodium Bismuth Dichalcogenides: Toward Earth-Abundant, Biocompatible Semiconductors) (Bryan Rosales patent)
Allie Roth (Designing complex Pb3SBrxI4−x chalcohalides: tunable emission semiconductors through halide-mixing)
Purnima Ruberu† (Super-Resolution Mapping of Photogenerated Electron and Hole Separation in Single Metal–Semiconductor Nanocatalysts) (Purnima Ruberu patent)
Elham Tavasoli† (Surface Doping Quantum Dots with Chemically Active Native Ligands: Controlling Valence without Ligand Exchange)
Michelle Thompson (Axial Composition Gradients and Phase Segregation Regulate the Aspect Ratio of Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanorods)
Lin Wei (Mild and Selective Hydrogenation of Nitrate to Ammonia in the Absence of Noble Metals)
Miles Art White‡ (Polytypism and Unique Site Preference in LiZnSb: A Superior Thermoelectric Reveals Its True Colors) (co-advised with Gordie Miller)
Phil Yox (Solution-Grown Ternary Semiconductors: Nanostructuring and Stereoelectronic Lone Pair Distortions in I–V–VI2 Materials) (co-advised with Kirill Kovnir)
Masters
Amanda Nguy (co-advised with Ning Fang)
Pat Dilsaver (Cu2ZnSnS4–Au Heterostructures: Toward Greener Chalcogenide-Based Photocatalysts)
Nick Nelson (Templated Synthesis and Chemical Behavior of Nickel Nanoparticles within High Aspect Ratio Silica Capsules)
Bachelors
Rachel Abraham (Unique Challenges Accompany Thick-Shell CdSe/nCdS (n > 10) Nanocrystal Synthesis)
Haley Albright‡ (Molecular Control of the Nanoscale: Effect of Phosphine–Chalcogenide Reactivity on CdS–CdSe Nanocrystal Composition and Morphology)
Joshua Barclay (Shape-Programmed Nanofabrication: Understanding the Reactivity of Dichalcogenide Precursors)
Kate Baumler‡ (Expanding the I–II–V Phase Space: Soft Synthesis of Polytypic Ternary and Binary Zinc Antimonides)
Kyle Blakeney (Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanorods Doped with Tetrahedral, High Spin Transition Metal Ions: Mn2+, Co2+, and Ni2+)
Noreen Gentry‡ (Lead-Free Semiconductors: Soft Chemistry, Dimensionality Control, and Manganese-Doping of Germanium Halide Perovskites)
Allison (Gerber) Suchanek (Surface Doping Quantum Dots with Chemically Active Native Ligands: Controlling Valence without Ligand Exchange)
Javier Grajeda‡ (Surface Doping Quantum Dots with Chemically Active Native Ligands: Controlling Valence without Ligand Exchange)
Megan Knobeloch (Intermetallic Nanocatalysts from Heterobimetallic Group 10–14 Pyridine-2-thiolate Precursors)
Thomas Hernandez
Sarah Horger (Lead-Free Semiconductors: Phase-Evolution and Superior Stability of Multinary Tin Chalcohalides)
Shannon Tan (Chalcogenide and pnictide nanocrystals from the silylative deoxygenation of metal oxides)
Karen Torres (Axial Composition Gradients and Phase Segregation Regulate the Aspect Ratio of Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanorods)
† ISU Research Excellence Award
‡ NSF and/or AGEP Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee or Honorable Mention