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@che.utexas.edu
Delia’s CV
Administrative Associate
Status: Senior Administrative Associate to Delia Milliron, Tom Truskett [Chemical Engineering], and Yi Lu [Department of Chemistry]
Previous Degrees: B.A. Public Relations
Email: leslie.hilker@austin.utexas.edu
Interests: Native gardening, landscaping, and sustainable fashion.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering
Previous Degrees: Texas A&M University - Ph.D. in Chemistry (2020); University of North Texas - Bachelor’s in Chemistry (2014)
Email: benjamin.j.roman@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in the unique photophysical and optoelectronic properties of nanoscale materials.
Benjamin's CV
Status: Postdoc, UT Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering
Previous Degrees: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Ph.D. in Chemical engineering (2022); University of Iowa - B.S. in Chemical engineering (2016)
Email: dwdavies@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding nanocrystal optoelectronic properties for switchable emissive devices.
Daniel's CV
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@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@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@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in investigating and understanding nanocrystal and hybrid material assemblies for designable optical and electrical properties.
Ziyi's CVGraduate Students
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
Previous Degrees: University of California, Berkeley – B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Email: allisongreen@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in exploring the structure and conductive properties of nanocrystal assemblies towards reconfigurable electrolytes.
Allison's CV
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Virginia Tech – B.S. in Chemistry
Email: zydlewski@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in nanocrystal synthesis for the development of new materials with electronic and energy applications.
Benjamin's CV
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
Previous Degrees: Seoul National University – B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: jihokang@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding nanocrystal assembly and integration, and their application in functional assemblies.
Jiho's CV
Status: 5th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: University of Texas at Austin - B.S. in Chemistry
Email: sofiashubert@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I’m interested in studying surface depletion in plasmonic metal oxide nanocrystals and what implications this can have for applications such as plasmon-driven catalysis.
Sofia's CV
Status: 4th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Cornell University – B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: jay.bender@utexas.edu
Research Interests: Understanding electrochemical interfaces to drive sustainable fuel-cell reactions.
Jay's CV
Status: 4th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Macalester College - B.A. in Chemistry
Email: kofosu@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: 4th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Brigham Young University – B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Email: tannerwilcoxson@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding the phase behavior of polymer linked colloidal gels.
Status: 4th Year Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Texas Wesleyan University – B.S. in Chemistry
Email: vseguibarragan@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: 3rd year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Florida State University B.S. in Chemistry
Email: dianaconrad@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@utexas.edu
Research Interests: I am interested in understanding electrochromic nanocrystals for manufacturing energy-saving smart windows.
Rebecca's CV
Status: 3rd year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: University of Mary Washington - B.S. in Chemistry
Email: mberry3@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: 2nd year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: Indian Institute of Technology - B.Tech in Chemical Engineering
Email: akshat1799@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: 1st year Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin.
Previous Degrees: University of Tennessee, Knoxville – B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Email: willbrackett@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