Group Members

PhD candidate: Sunil Benachigere Shivarudraiah
Email: sbs[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Perovskite-based hybrid solar cells. Semiconductor nanostructures synthesis
and applications.

PhD candidate: Michael Ng
Email: mngab[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Synthesis and characterization of novel materials for optoelectronic devices.

PhD candidate: Zhicong (Alex) Zhou
Email: zzhouaw[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and fabrication of LEDs.

PhD candidate: C.H. Angus Li
Email: chaliaa[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and fabrication of LEDs.

PhD candidate: Memoona Qammar
Email: mqammar[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Optoelectronic devices using nanostructured perovskites.

PhD candidate: Neha Tewari
Email: ntewari[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Synthesis of perovskites for energy applications.

PhD candidate: Yanyan Li
Email: ylihw[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Synthesis of novel nanomaterials and fabrication of solar cells.

PhD candidate: Pai Geng
Email: pgeng[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Spectroscopy and synthesis of novel perovskite materials

PhD candidate: Dezhang "Mike" Chen
Email: dchenba[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Synthesis of novel perovskite materials for solar cells

PhD candidate: Pui Kei "Perkins" KO
Email: dchenba[at_]connect.ust.hk
Office: Room 7124, 7/F, Academic Building at HKUST
Phone: 2358 7383

Solar cells and LEDs Using Nanomaterials

Group Alumni

PhD in Physics: Matthew Cryer
Email:
formerly: PhD Candidate in Physics at VUW (2015-2019)
currently: Management Consulting with KPMG New Zealand

Synthesis of nanocrystals for MIR photodetector, memristor and transistor applications

PhD in Chemistry (2018): Parth Vashishtha
Email: parthvashishth[at_]gmail.com
formerly: PhD Candidate in Chemistry at VUW (2015-2018)
currently: Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship at NTU in Singapore

Perovskite nanocrystals and nanostructured perovskites for the fabrication of LEDs and synthesis of novel nanomaterials for optoelectronic applications.

Postdoctoral Researcher: Dr. Long Hu
Email:
formerly: Postdoctoral Researcher at HKUST (2018 Feb-Oct)
currently: Assistant Professor at Chongqing University in China

Lead chalogenide quantum dots and perovskite nanocrystals for the fabrication of nanocrystal solar cells.

Postdoctoral Researcher: Dr. Yingzhuang "Mark" Ma
Email:
formerly: Postdoctoral Researcher at VUW (2015-2016)
currently: employed in industry (perovskite solar cells)

Perovskite solar cells

Research Assistant: Dani Metin
Email:
formerly: Summer Student and RA at VUW (2015-2016)
currently: PhD Candidate in Nicola Gaston's group at U. of Auckland

modeling structures for novel perovskites

MPhil in Chemistry: Erin Service
Email:
formerly: MPhil Candidate in the Halpert Group at VUW (2016-2017)
currently: PhD in Thomas Nann's Group at VUW (2017-2019)

Synthesis of lead-free nanocrystals and electrical properties of doped perovskite thin films

Research Associate: Dr. Holger Fielder
Email:
formerly: Postdoctoral RA at VUW (2015-2016)
currently: Researcher at Crown Research Institute (CRI), Wellington

Electical properties of cluster compounds

Research Associate: Dr. Andrew McGrath
Email:
formerly: Postdoctoral RA at VUW (2015)
currently: Scientist at C-Crete Industries

Core/shell structures with FeS2/FeSe2

Research Associate: Dr. Chenlong Yu
Email:
formerly: Postdoctoral RA at VUW (2014-15)
currently:

Core/shell structures with FeS2/FeSe2