Lab Members

PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering (2025), Purdue University

Anika is studying the charge transfer and charge transport properties of conducting pi-conjugated polymers with advanced electroanalytical techniques, including color impedance, and computational and machine learning approaches.

PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

Bachelor’s of Science in Materials Engineering (2024) California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.

I am studying the charge and mass transport properties of pi-conjugated polymers for use in optoelectronic devices and energy storage applications.

Contact: mhawley7@gatech.edu

PhD Candidate in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (2025) from Florida Institute of Technology

Anthi is working on in situ electrochemical methods to understand degradation of metal halide perovskite semiconductors, including near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Research Scientist

Prior Experience:

• Research Scientist IV (2022-2024) University of Arizona, USA.
• Postdoctoral Researcher (2020-2022) University of Arizona, USA.
• Postdoctoral Researcher (2016-2020) Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
• Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (2015) Ghent University, Belgium.
• Master’s in Chemistry (2009) Ghent University, Belgium.

Research Areas:

• Development of in-line defect quantification method in semiconductor films;
• Study ion and charge carrier transport phenomena through advanced operando methodologies in semiconductor materials;
• Define the importance of interfacial processes within optoelectronic devices using (spectro)electrochemistry and;
• Examine active corrosion mechanisms in lead halide perovskites through
  near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. in Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

Research Areas:

Charge transfer in ground and excited states of conjugated polymers and organic molecules-

Electronic and energy harvesting devices

Solution processes for scalable and large-area film deposition

Ratul Mitra Thakur received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University, where his research focused on electrochemical doping of redox-active polymers for conjugated polymers and the development of recyclable, metal-free battery systems for circular energy storage. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering , working on understanding electrochemical properties polymer blends using advanced in situ electrochemical characterization techniques.

Postdoctoral Fellow (GATech affiliate)

PhD, Chemistry and Biochemistry (UArizona)

Spencer is working on scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) approaches to understand printable electronic materials heterogeneity at multiple length scales.