The Watson Group, from Left to Right:
David Watson, Rachel
Dibbell, Seth Levy, Diane Youker,
Kathleen Coughlin, Anthony Smith,
Thomas Fitzgibbons, Kacie
Mulhern, Jeremy Nevins, and Meghan
Kern
Graduate
Students:
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Rachel Dibbell
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Rachel Dibbell (postdoctoral researcher)
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Research interests:
- The self-assembly of
nanomaterials to surfaces and the study of the electron transfer
processes between those materials.
- Education:
- BS in Professional
Chemistry, University
of North Alabama,
2004
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Ph.D, University at Buffalo,
2009. Thesis: Fundamental Studies of the Surface Chemistry and
Photoinduced Charge Transfer Reactivity of Tethered Semiconductor
Nanoassemblies.
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Anthony Smith
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Anthony Smith
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Research interests:
- The study of photoinduced
self-assembly of nanoparticles onto semiconductor thin films
- Education:
- BS in Chemistry, Indiana University
of Pennsylvania,
2004.
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Jeremy Nevins
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Jeremy Nevins
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Research interests:
- Formation and
characterization of self-assembled mixed monolayers.
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Developing multi-layered material surfaces
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Education:
- Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (REU) program, University at Buffalo, Summer 2005
- BS in Chemistry, Siena College, 2006
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Kathleen
Coughlin
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Kathleen Coughlin
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Research interests:
- The study of electron
transfer processes between quantum dots and metal oxide films.
- Synthesis of varying quantum
dots.
- Education:
- BS in Chemistry, Canisius College, 2006
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Diane Youker
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Diane Youker
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Research interests:
- Characterization of the
electron transfer from nanocrystals to semiconducting films at varying
wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation through transient adsorption
- Education:
- BS in Chemistry, Radford University, 2007
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Kacie
Mulhern
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Kacie Mulhern
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Research interests:
- Photoelectrochemistry of
mixed monolayers and patterned mixed monolayers.
- Education:
- BS in Chemistry, Rochester
Institute of Technology, 2008
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Meghan Kern
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Meghan Kern
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Research interests:
- Synthesis and
characterization of mixed monolayer derivatized films.
- Synthesis of metal oxide
thin films.
- Education:
- BS in Chemistry, Florida State University,
2008
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Undergraduate
Student:
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Seth Levy
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Seth Levy
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Research interests:
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Solvent effects and metal oxide morphology effects on the
self-assembly of nanomaterials onto surfaces.
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Education:
- BS in Physics, University at
Buffalo,
In Progress
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Former
Students/Postdoctoral Fellows:
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Scott Martin (M.A. 2008)
Thesis: Fundamental Studies of
Adsorption of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots to Surfactant Functionalized TiO2 Films.
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Greg Soja (Ph.D. 2008)
Thesis: Patterning Applications via
Photochemical and Intermolecular Reactions within Monolayers on Metal Oxide
Thin Films.
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Jonathan Mann (Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2008)
Research Contributions:
- Synthesis and Characterization
of Mixed Monolayers on the Surface of Nanocrystalline TiO2 films
- Development and
Characterization of Molecular and Nanoparticulate Sensitizers for Solar
Energy Conversion Applications
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Ruth Hoth (M.A. 2006)
Thesis: Self-assembly of Composite
Semiconductor Nanomaterials: Applications in Patterning and Photoinduced
Electron Transfer Processes.
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Tzuchuan Cheng (M.A. 2007)
Thesis (literature): Synthesis, Surface
Functionalization, and Biological Applications of Metallic Nanoparticles
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Patrick Wieder (B.A. 2006)
- Stephen Slocum (B.S. 2006)
- Austin Faulkner (B.S. 2007)
- Kevin Cook (B.A. 2008)
- Jonathan Barone (B.A. 2008)
- David Marsh (B.S. 2008)
- Thomas Fitzgibbons (B.S. 2009)
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