Kelly’s hard work developing SSTA was the subject of a talk at our first-ever remote conference, Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics 2020. While it would have been nice to interact with everyone in person in London, it was still great to get a chance to share Kelly’s work and hear some awesome talks. Many thanks to the organizers who really showed that remote conferences can be pretty amazing! No conference is complete without a conference photo…

Congratulations to James, Michael, and Tim on the publication of their paper, “Surface ligation stage revealed through polarity-dependent fluorescence during perovskite nanocrystal growth” in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C! James discovered that different types of syringe filter media select for nanocrystals with different surface properties. In these studies our team uses filtration and rapid sampling of a reaction mixture to show distinct stages of growth during the synthesis of methylammonium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals. Really neat work, great job team!

A huge congratulations to our undergrad Madi, who was selected for the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program! We are all so happy for her – hooray!!

Congrats to Kelly and Ashley on the publication of their work in Optics Express. Their paper, titled “Broadband single-shot transient absorption spectroscopy”, details the heroic efforts they have made to give our SSTA instrument broadband probe capabilities. From developing a powerful white light source, to programming clever beamshaping algorithms, to meticulously ensuring accurate calibration – this is fantastic work. Great job!

A big welcome to our new research volunteer, Sonja Nusser. Sonja is simultaneously a student at Churchill High School, Lane Community College, and UO since there’s just too much learning to be done! Sonja will be working with Madi, learning how to deposit organic thin films and image them using our homebuilt microscope. Welcome to the team, Sonja!

Thanks to the UW Chemistry Department and my host, Prof. Cody Schlenker, for a great visit. It was fun to share our work with you and hear about all the exciting science happening up in Seattle.

A big welcome to our new rotation students for Winter quarter, Marium Haq and Nicole Nieves! Marium will be learning how to use our single-shot transient absorption instrument, while Nicole will be making and measuring some perovskite nanocrystals. It’s going to be an exciting quarter!

Thanks to our latest PRISM Ambassador, Emma Tran, who gave recruitment seminars at Dixie State University, the CSU at San Bernardino, and her alma mater, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Emma shared her research and experiences with over 130 undergraduate students!

James, Michael, and Kelly’s work measuring excited state dynamics during the synthesis of lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals was presented at the Materials Science & Technology conference. Great job!

Welcome to our two rotation students for Fall quarter, Ashley Mapile and Zach Walbrun! Ashley will be learning the ins and outs of our single-shot transient absorption instrument, while Zach will be learning to synthesize some perovskite nanocrystals and watching their dynamics evolve. Looking forward to a fun quarter!