Principal Investigator
Status: Group Principal Investigator
Degrees: University of California, Berkeley - Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Princeton University - A.B., summa cum laude, in Chemistry, Certificate in Materials Science and Engineering
Email: milliron[at]che.utexas.edu
Delia’s CV
Administrative Associate
Status: Senior Administrative Associate - Research Administrator for Prof. Delia Milliron and Prof. Thomas Truskett
Email: bfloyd[at]che.utexas.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering
Previous Degrees: Northwestern University - Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2022); Seoul National University - M.S. in Bioengineering and B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
Email: woojechang[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in coupling plasmonic nanomaterials into molecular vibrations and excitonic nanomaterials.
Woo Je's CV
Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering
Previous Degrees: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Ph.D. in Chemistry (2023) and M.S. in Graduate School of EEWS; Hongik University - B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
Email: yujinpark[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding light-matter interaction of plasmonic materials at extreme spatial and temporal limits.
Yujin's CV
Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering
Previous Degrees: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2023); University of California-Berkeley - B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (2015)
Email: zzhang[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in investigating and understanding nanocrystal and hybrid material assemblies for designable optical and electrical properties.
Ziyi's CV
Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering
Previous Degrees: UT Austin - Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2024);Seoul National University – B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: jihokang[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding nanocrystal assembly and integration, and their application in functional assemblies.
Jiho's CV
Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering
Previous Degrees: University of Alberta - Ph.D. in Photonics and Plasmas (2024), with B.S. (2017) and M.S. (2020) in School of Engineering.
Email: wu.zhang[at]austin.utexas.edu
Research Interests: My research focuses on the design of electrochromic devices for multi-color displays and dynamic windows.
Wu's CVGraduate Students
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Cornell University – B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: jay.bender[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: Understanding electrochemical interfaces to drive sustainable fuel-cell reactions.
Jay's CV
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Macalester College - B.A. in Chemistry
Email: kofosu[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I study the interactions between dispersed nanocrystals, with the goal of better understanding the factors that influence their assemblies and morphologies.
Kofi's CV
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Brigham Young University – B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Email: tannerwilcoxson[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding the phase behavior of polymer linked colloidal gels.
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Texas Wesleyan University – B.S. in Chemistry
Email: vseguibarragan[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding and investigating the plasmonic properties of semiconductor doped nanocrystals to design new materials with unique properties.
Victor's CV
Status: 4th year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Florida State University B.S. in Chemistry
Email: dianaconrad[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in using dynamic covalent chemistry to control reconfigurable networks made of nanocrystals, and will analyze their application as a functional network.
Diana's CV
Status: 3rd Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: University of New Mexico – B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: rebeccat1[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding electrochromic nanocrystals for manufacturing energy-saving smart windows.
Rebecca's CV
Status: 4th year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: University of Mary Washington - B.S. in Chemistry
Email: mberry3[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in researching and utilizing the optical properties of nanocrystals for the investigation and understanding of other nanoscale materials.
Wren's CV
Status: 3rd year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Indian Institute of Technology - B.Tech in Chemical Engineering
Email: akshat1799[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I'm interested in understanding how we can control the properties of nanocrystals to improve their performance as catalysts for clean hydrogen production.
Akshat's CV
Status: 2nd year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: University of Tennessee, Knoxville – B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Email: willbrackett[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in studying interactions between colloidal nanocrystals, the dynamics of assembly processes, and resulting characteristics to better understand new pathways of nanoscale material design.
Will's CV
Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Linfield University – B.S. in Chemistry
Email: logancarr[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I'm interested in investigating the applications of semiconductor nanocrystals to hot electron transfer and polariton chemistry.
Logan's CV
Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: National Taiwan University – B.S. in Chemical Engineering, M.S. in Chemical Engineering
Email: chenghsun[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in controlling the dimensions of bimetallic oxides and their electrochemical applications.
Cheng's CV
Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Belmont University – B.S. in Chemistry and Physics with a minor in Mathematics
Email: lauralee.hurst[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in the emergent opto-electronic properties of nanocrystal assemblies.
Lauralee's CV
Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Ewha Womans University – B.S. in Chemistry Education
Email: jayoonlee[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in exploring the assembly of nanocrystals, their optical properties, and their potential applications.
Jayoon's CV
Status: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus – B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Email: paola.mendez[at]utexas.edu
Research Interests: I’m interested in studying the structure-property relationships in bimetallic oxide nanocrystals to develop new design principles for intercalation materials that employ earth-abundant charge carriers.
Violeta's CV