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Primary Investigator

Clemens Burda

Ph.D. University Basel  |  Basel, Switzerland
Post-Doc Georgia Institute of Technology  |  Atlanta, Georgia

Awards & Honors

• 2010 – Invited for Feature Article for Materials Chemistry
• 2010 – Conference Co-Chair, Fluorescent Probes in Biophysics and Chemistry, ACS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• 2009 – Publication chosen as FEATURE and COVER PAPER in Langmuir (Publications # 83)
• 2009 – Publication selected as HOT PAPER in Angewandte Chemie (Publications # 80)
• 2008 – Gerhard Closs Student Award – Inter-American Photochemical Society (Best Ph.D. Thesis in Photosciences – Smita Dayal)
• 2008 – Innovations in Photobiology Award, American Society for Photobiology
• 2007 – Invited Feature Presentation at Gordon Research Conference for Photochemistry
• 2005 – ACS Award for Most Accessed Article in 2005 (Paper number 49 in publication list)
• 2005 – Conference Co-Chair, Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials IV, SPIE
• 2004 – Faculty Member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
• 2004 – Selected Panelist, National Academies of Science, Keck Futures Nano Conference
• 2004 – Nominated for Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
• 2003 – NSF-Career Award
• 2003 – Glennan Fellowship Teaching Award
• 1997 – DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 1997 – Honors (Magna Cum Laude) for Ph.D. thesis at University of Basel, Switzerland

 

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Doctorate Students

 

Charles Kolodziej

B.S. Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, OH

 

Anton Kovalsky

B.S. Brandeis University>  |  Waltham, MA
M.S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  |  Champaign, IL

 

Chris McCleese

B.S. Shawnee State University  |  Portsmouth, OH

 

Wei-Chun Lin

B.S. Yuan Ze University  |  Taoyuan City, Taiwan
M.S. Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio

 

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Master’s Students

 

Muyuan Zhao

 

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Alumni

 

Xin Guo

Ph.D. graduate
B.S. University of Science and Technology Beijing  |  Beijing, China
M.S. RWTH Aachen University  |  Aachen, Germany

 

Yixiao Li

 

Lang Guo

 

Xiao Qi

 

Yubin Chen

 

Feng Lu

Visiting PhD student from Nanjing University
PI: Prof. Junjie Zhu

 

Chi-Hung Chuang

B.S. National Taiwan University  |  Taipei, Taiwan
M.S. National Taiwan University  |  Taipei, Taiwan

Research Interest
Quantum Dot Dynamics

 

Tennyson Doane

B.S. Eastern Nazarene College  |  Quincy, MA

Research Interest

Energy Transfer and Femtosecond Spectroscopy

 

Yu Cheng
B.S. Wuhan University  |  Wuhan, China
M.S. Wuhan University  |  Wuhan, China
Research Interest
Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application.

 

Baodong Mao
B.S. Northeast Normal University  |  Changchun, China
M.S. Northeast Normal University  |  Changchun, China
Currently: Professor at Jiangsu University  |  Zhenjiang, China

 

Junwei Wang
B.S. Nankai University  |  Tianjin, China
M.S. Nankai University  |  Tianjin, China
Research Interest
Visible light active nanoscale photocatalysts

 

Yixin Zhao
B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong University  |  Shanghai, China
M.S. Shanghai Jiaotong University  |  Shanghai, China

Research Interest

Energy Conversion Related Nanomaterials.

 

Smita Dayal (2003-2008)
M.S. University of Rajasthan  |  Jaipur, India
M.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology  |  Delhi, India
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio

Currently: Ph.D. postdoc at National Renewable Energy Laboratory

 

Xiaofeng Qiu (2003-2008)
B.S Nanjing University  |  Nanjing, China
M.S Nanjing University  |  Nanjing, China
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio
Currently: Ph.D. Postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 

Robert Krolicki (2004-2005)
Currently: Poland

 

Anna Samia (2003-2004)

 

Changjie Mao
Graduate Student Nanjing University  |  Nanjing, China

 

Yongbing Lou (2001-2006)
B.S Nankai University  |  Tianjin, China
M.S Nanjing University  |  Nanjing, China
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio
Currently: Professor at Sourtheast University  |  Nanjing, China

 

Xiaobo Chen (2001-2005) Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio
Currently: Assistant Professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City  |  Kansas City, Missouri

 

Hyun-Ju Lee (2002-2003)
Currently: Korea

 

Jonathan Wheeler (2002)

 

Robert Immormino (2002)
Currently: Ph.D. at Duke University

 

Xiaoling He (2001-2002)
Currently: Assistant Professor for Nanomechanics at University of Wisconsin

 

Amir Babar
Junior Student, Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio

 

Andrew Chomas
Junior Student, Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio

 

Eric (2004)
Junior Student, Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio

 

Casey (2004)
Junior Student, Case Western Reserve University  |  Cleveland, Ohio

 

Eric (2005-6)

 

Jared Allred(2005-6)
Assistant Professor at University of Alabama

 

Chris (2005-6)

 

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