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Current Group Members



Principal Investigator


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Delia Milliron

Status: Group Principal Investigator

Degrees: University of California, Berkeley - Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Princeton University - A.B., summa cum laude, in Chemistry, Certificate in Materials Science and Engineering

Email: milliron[at]che.utexas.edu

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Administrative Associate


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Becca Floyd

Status: Senior Administrative Associate - Research Administrator for Prof. Delia Milliron and Prof. Thomas Truskett

Email: bfloyd[at]che.utexas.edu




Postdoctoral Researchers


Benjamin
Benjamin Roman

Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering

Previous Degrees: Texas A&M University - Ph.D. in Chemistry (2020); University of North Texas - Bachelor’s in Chemistry (2014)

Email: benjamin.j.roman[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in the unique photophysical and optoelectronic properties of nanoscale materials.

Benjamin's CV


WooJe
Woo Je Chang

Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering

Previous Degrees: Northwestern University - Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2022); Seoul National University - M.S. in Bioengineering and B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering

Email: woojechang[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in coupling plasmonic nanomaterials into molecular vibrations and excitonic nanomaterials.

Woo Je's CV


Yujin
Yujin Park

Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering

Previous Degrees: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Ph.D. in Chemistry (2023) and M.S. in Graduate School of EEWS; Hongik University - B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering

Email: yujinpark[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in understanding light-matter interaction of plasmonic materials at extreme spatial and temporal limits.

Yujin's CV


Ziyi
Ziyi Zhang

Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering

Previous Degrees: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2023); University of California-Berkeley - B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (2015)

Email: zzhang[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in investigating and understanding nanocrystal and hybrid material assemblies for designable optical and electrical properties.

Ziyi's CV


Jiho
Jiho Kang

Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering

Previous Degrees: UT Austin - Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2024);Seoul National University – B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email: jihokang[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in understanding nanocrystal assembly and integration, and their application in functional assemblies.

Jiho's CV


Wu
Wu Zhang

Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering

Previous Degrees: University of Alberta - Ph.D. in Photonics and Plasmas (2024), with B.S. (2017) and M.S. (2020) in School of Engineering.

Email: wu.zhang[at]austin.utexas.edu

Research Interests: My research focuses on the design of electrochromic devices for multi-color displays and dynamic windows.

Wu's CV



Graduate Students


Jay
Jay T. Bender

Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Cornell University – B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Email: jay.bender[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: Understanding electrochemical interfaces to drive sustainable fuel-cell reactions.

Jay's CV


Kofi
Charles Kofi Ofosu

Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Macalester College - B.A. in Chemistry

Email: kofosu[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I study the interactions between dispersed nanocrystals, with the goal of better understanding the factors that influence their assemblies and morphologies.

Kofi's CV


Tanner
Tanner A Wilcoxson

Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Brigham Young University – B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Email: tannerwilcoxson[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in understanding the phase behavior of polymer linked colloidal gels.


Victor
Victor Segui Barragan

Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Texas Wesleyan University – B.S. in Chemistry

Email: vseguibarragan[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in understanding and investigating the plasmonic properties of semiconductor doped nanocrystals to design new materials with unique properties.

Victor's CV


Diana
Diana Conrad

Status: 4th year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Florida State University B.S. in Chemistry

Email: dianaconrad@utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in using dynamic covalent chemistry to control reconfigurable networks made of nanocrystals, and will analyze their application as a functional network.

Diana's CV


Rebecca
Rebecca R Tafoya

Status: 3rd Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: University of New Mexico – B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email: rebeccat1[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in understanding electrochromic nanocrystals for manufacturing energy-saving smart windows.


Rebecca's CV


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M Wren Berry

Status: 4th year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: University of Mary Washington - B.S. in Chemistry

Email: mberry3[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in researching and utilizing the optical properties of nanocrystals for the investigation and understanding of other nanoscale materials.

Wren's CV


Akshat
Akshat Singh

Status: 3rd year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Indian Institute of Technology - B.Tech in Chemical Engineering

Email: akshat1799[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I'm interested in understanding how we can control the properties of nanocrystals to improve their performance as catalysts for clean hydrogen production.

Akshat's CV


Will
William Brackett

Status: 2nd year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: University of Tennessee, Knoxville – B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Email: willbrackett[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in studying interactions between colloidal nanocrystals, the dynamics of assembly processes, and resulting characteristics to better understand new pathways of nanoscale material design.

Will's CV


Logan
Logan Carr

Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Linfield University – B.S. in Chemistry

Email: logancarr[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I'm interested in investigating the applications of semiconductor nanocrystals to hot electron transfer and polariton chemistry.

Logan's CV


Cheng
Cheng-Hsun Hsu

Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: National Taiwan University – B.S. in Chemical Engineering, M.S. in Chemical Engineering

Email: chenghsun[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in controlling the dimensions of bimetallic oxides and their electrochemical applications.

Cheng's CV


Lauralee
Lauralee Hurst

Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Belmont University – B.S. in Chemistry and Physics with a minor in Mathematics

Email: lauralee.hurst[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in the emergent opto-electronic properties of nanocrystal assemblies.

Lauralee's CV


Jayoon
Jayoon Lee

Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: Ewha Womans University – B.S. in Chemistry Education

Email: jayoonlee[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in exploring the assembly of nanocrystals, their optical properties, and their potential applications.

Jayoon's CV


Violet
P Violeta Méndez González

Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.

Previous Degrees: University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus – B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Email: paola.mendez[at]utexas.edu

Research Interests: I’m interested in studying the structure-property relationships in bimetallic oxide nanocrystals to develop new design principles for intercalation materials that employ earth-abundant charge carriers.

Violeta's CV