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Dr. Brandi M. Cossairt
she/her | cossairt@uw.edu | CHB 304D, 206-543-4643
Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Endowed Professor - University of Washington, September 2021 - Present
Professor - University of Washington, 2020 - 2021
Associate Professor - University of Washington, 2018 - 2020
Assistant Professor - University of Washington, 2012 - 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow - Columbia University, 2010 - 2012
Supervisor: Jonathan S. Owen
Ph.D. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006 - 2010
Supervisor: Christopher C. Cummins
B.S. - California Institute of Technology, 2002 - 2006
Supervisors: Jonas C. Peters, Jesse L. Beauchamp, Anthony J. Hynes (U. Miami)
Graduate Students
Forrest Eagle
B.A. Chemistry - Fort Lewis College
As a pro tennis player: Sir Andy Murray (one of the lads, might get knighted by King of England, successfully came back from surgery)
Micaela Homer
she/her | mkhomer@uw.edu
Research areas: photochemistry, electrochemical modeling, catalysis
B.S. Chemistry - Harvey Mudd College
As a pro tennis player: Serena Williams (powers through a match (project)
dominant, probably married to the founder of Reddit)
Ricardo Rivera
B.S. Chemistry - Rice University
As a pro tennis player: Juan Martin Del Potro (sweetest player on tour, gentle, probably wants you to follow EH&S rules)
Helen Larson
she/her | hclarson@uw.edu
Research areas: atomically precise nanoclusters, directed nanoparticle growth, hybrid materials, assembly
B.A. Chemistry - St. Olaf College
As a pro tennis player: Caroline Wozniacki (elegant, likes Denmark, likes ice cream, good at following rules)
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Chris Lowe
he/him | cdlowe@uw.edu
Research areas: functional hybrid materials assembly
B.S. Chemistry - UC Davis
As a pro tennis player: Frances Tiafoe (everyone’s best friend, probably making a dad joke, probably trying to put Ru on a peptoid)
Hao Nguyen
he/him | haon02@uw.edu
Research areas: quantum dots, silica, photonics
B.S. Chemistry - Texas A&M University
As a pro tennis player: Carlos Alcaraz (energizer bunny on the court/in the lab, youngest at the top of the game, always smiling)
Emily Nishiwaki
she/her | en18@uw.edu
Research areas: electrocatalysis, nanocrystal surface chemistry
B.A. Chemistry - Cornell University
As a pro tennis player: Naomi Osaka (introverted, doesn’t like talking to the press, very strong forehand)
Grant Dixon
he/him |gd70@uw.edu
Research areas: Atomically-precise synthesis, quantum dot photonics, mechanism, surfaces
B.S. Chemistry - University of Richmond
As a pro tennis player: John McEnroe (probably yelling “You cannot be serious!!!” in lab, probably narrating Netflix show Never Have I Ever, very American)
Emily Miura-Stempel
she/her |emiura@uw.edu
Research areas: nanoparticle synthesis and reactivity, hybrid materials, assembly
B.A. Chemistry - Barnard College
As a pro tennis player: Ons Jabeur (hard worker, very skilled, sweetheart/fan favourite, probably lifting weights with the boys)
Soren Sandeno
he/him|sandesf@uw.edu
Research areas: exploratory nanocluster synthesis, surface and structural characterization
B.A. Chemistry - Whitman College
As a pro tennis player: Daniil Medvedev (technique shouldn’t work but somehow he’s really really good, nicknamed Octopus, makes memes)
Ezra Bacon-Gershman
ekbacong@uw.edu
Research areas: Controlled synthesis of magneto-optical nanocrystals
B.S. Chemistry - Harvey Mudd College
Pedro Pliego
ppliego@uw.edu
Research areas: atomically-precise synthesis, semiconductor quantum dots, single-photon emission, and surface chemistry
B.S. Chemistry - Iowa State University
Reed Worland
reworlan@uw.edu
Research areas: nanoparticle metamaterials
B.S. Chemical Physics - UC Davis
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Samantha Harvey
she/her | smharvey@uw.edu
Research areas: Synthesis, doping, and magneto-optical studies of semiconductor nanocrystals
Ph.D. - Chemistry - Northwestern University
Supervisors: Profs. Michael Wasielewski and Richard Schaller
B.S. Chemistry - Indiana University
As a pro tennis player: Jelena Ostapenko (asks many questions, spicy on the court, powerful)
Hunter Ripberger
he/him | hripbe@uw.edu
Research areas: atomically precise nanoclusters, surface chemistry, mechanism
Ph.D. - Chemistry - Princeton University
Supervisor: Prof. Rob Knowles
B.S. Chemistry - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
As a pro tennis player: Roger Federer (beauty, elegance, graceful, wicked calves)
Master's Students
Emma Coester - UW 2025
Undergraduate Researchers
Tallie Zion - UW 2024
Lily Nguyen - UW 2025
Abraham Varughese - UW 2025
Ashley Oregon - UW 2026
Kyle Hucko - UW 2026
Griffin Schwartz - Seattle Academy Highschool 2024
Group Alumni
Graduate Students
Dr. Florence Dou - PhD November 2023
Dissertation: Designing Quantum Dot Interfaces for Photoredox Catalysis
Dr. Nayon Park - PhD August 2022
Dissertation: Tuning the Photoluminescence Properties of Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots Through Atomistic Surface Chemistry
First Job Post-PhD: Nanosys
Dr. Madison Monahan - PhD June 2022
Dissertation: Design principles for cadmium chalcogenide nanoparticle assembly via peptoids
First Job Post-PhD: Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc.
Dr. Cecilia Johnson - PhD December 2021
Dissertation: Examining Metal-Ligand and Metal-Metal Cooperativity in Ruthenium (II) bis-(Protic N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Phosphine Complexes for CO2 and Related Substrate Transformations
First Job Post-PhD: Science and Technology Policy Fellowship (DOE)
Dr. Ian Murphy - PhD August 2021
Dissertation: Surface Functionalization of Electrode Materials with Aryl-Diazonium Salts: Influence on Electronic Structure and Electrochemical Reactivity
First Job Post-PhD: Twelve
Dr. Andrew Ritchhart - PhD August 2020
Dissertation: Quantitative Analysis and Modification of Colloidal Nanoparticle Surfaces and Structures
First Job Post-PhD: Postdoc U Chicago
Dr. David Ung - PhD March 2020
Dissertation: Designing the Interface of Transition Metal Phosphides for Electrocatalysis
First Job Post-PhD: Science and Technology Policy Fellowship (DOE)
Dr. M. Elizabeth Mundy - PhD March 2020
Dissertation: Aminophosphines as Precursors for Doped and Phase Pure Metal Phosphide Nanocrystals: Synthesis Beyond P(SiMe3)3
First Job Post-PhD: Communications Manager PNNL
Dr. Kira Hughes - PhD August 2019
Dissertation: Exploring the Photophysics of Engineered and Intrinsic Charge-Carrier Trapping Processes in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
First Job Post-PhD: Osram Opto Semiconductors
Dr. Michael Enright - PhD June 2019
Dissertation: Synthesis of Colloidal Semiconductor Heterostructures
First Job Post-PhD: Postdoc U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Jennifer L. Stein - PhD August 2018
Dissertation: Scratching the Surface of Colloidal InP Nanoparticles: Tuning the Physical and Electronic Structure through Surface Chemistry
First Job Post-PhD: Postdoc U Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh Quantum Institute
Dr. Danielle A. Henckel - PhD March 2018
Dissertation: Photo and Electrochemical Investigations of Solution Processable Molecules and Materials for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
First Job Post-PhD: Postdoc U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Sarah E. Flowers - PhD December 2017
Dissertation: Preparation, Characterization, and Reactivity of Ruthenium Protic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes
First Job Post-PhD: Postdoc PNNL
Dr. Benjamin A. Glassy - PhD August 2017
Dissertation: The Role of Precursor Chemistry in the Nucleation and Growth of Zinc Pnictide Based Semiconductor Quantum Dots
First Job Post-PhD: Aerojet Rocketdyne
Dr. Dylan C. Gary - PhD August 2016
Dissertation: Investigation of the Nucleation and Growth of Colloidal Indium Phosphide: From Molecular Precursors to Semiconductor Nanocrystals through In37P20(O2CR)51 as a Magic-Sized Intermediate
First Job Post-PhD: Postdoc UNC Chapel Hill
A. Coleman Schwartz - MS 2015
Tyler Robison - MS 2019
McKenna Troje (MSE) - MS 2021
Dissertation: High Throughput Investigation of Ligand Dependent Quantum Dot Photoluminescence
Sarah D. Helland - MS 2022
Md Mashroor Elahi Raiyan - MS 2023
Dissertation: Direct Solution Synthesis of Transition Metal Borides
Michaela Gustaitis - MS 2024
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Ding-Yuan Kuo - Senior Materials Scientist, ASML
Dr. Max R. Friedfeld - UAW4121
Dr. Michael R. Norris - Asst. Prof. University of Richmond
Undergraduate Researchers
Autumn Abbott - U Minnesota REU
Qarsim Aslam - Merced College REU
Austin Engstrom - BS 2023
Tracee Nguyen - U Hawaii Manoa REU
Parvye Vorakoumman - Central Seattle College REU
Janae Hume - UC Merced REU
Konstantina Mason - BS 2022
Melanie Cash - BS 2022
Shenwei Wu - BS 2022
Aditi Kumar - BS 2022
Alfred Moore - Rose-Hulman REU
Talia LoCurto - BS 2022
Victoria Lasch - BS 2021
Dane Johnson - BS 2020
Ingrid Zimmerman - BS 2020
Nathan Lai - BS 2019
Eric Riesel - Columbia University REU
Kito Gilbert-Bass - Ithaca College REU
Noushyar Panahpour Eslami - BS 2019
Harrison Sarsito - BS 2019
Justin Brown - BS 2018
Ashley Mathews - BS 2018
Dante Magdici - BS 2017
Molly Steimle - Oberlin REU
Yuting Lin - BS 2016
Tianna Ibea - BS 2015
Douglas Waterman - BS 2015
Emily Reeves - St. Olaf REU
Connor McCue - BS 2014
Visiting Researchers
Kyle Schnitzenbaumer - Transylvania University